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Home My WebLink AboutORD 3153.;._ I r • • ORIGINAL ORDINANCE NO. 3153 ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY O'F PALO ALTO AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3148 IN ORDER TO MODIFY THE DATE OF ELECTION PROPOSED FOR VOTER APPROVAL The Counc:Ll of the City of Palo Alto does Ol<..DAIN as follo~·s: SECTION l. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 31L'+8 is hereby amended to read asToiTOws: 11 Section 2. Pursuant to the authority of the California Const~tution, the City Council submits the following, pro posal to amend the City of Palo Alto Charter to the electorate: CITY OF PALO ALTO HE.ASUF..E h Shall the Charter of the City of Palo Alto be amended to prt.1vide that the gene:t·a1 municipal election for election of cotmc:i.lmt.i>.mberf> to the Council of the City of Palo Alto be held in November. rather than in Hay and con::e:3pond~"ngly th.a.t terms expi.re ~7hen ne•..:ly clectt·a cou.nc1.lr.:1ernbers take office in January rather than in July and that the Hayor and Vic.e,.Hayo1· he e~ected fr~m among the councilmembet's in .January rather than ~n July? For the Amendment Aga:tns t the Amendment If a majority of the qualified voters voting on such measure shall vote in favor of City of Palo Alto Measure , it shall be deemed ratified, and Secttons 2, 3t 8) and 10 of Article III of the Charter of the City C>f Palo Alto shall, upon filing with the Secretary of State~ be amended to read as follows: "Sec. 2. Number; term, COOJnencing July 1, 1971, sald co~·!llcil shall be composed of nine mem bers, each of whom shall at the time of assuming such office be an elector and shall have been a resident of the City of Palo Alto for at least thirty days next prec:e.eding the final filing date for nomination papers for such office. The members of said council shall be known as councilmen, councilwomer., or council members and their terms of office shall be four years~ commenc~ng on the first day of January next succeeding tt~~dr election. '1'he terms of council members who took office on July 1, 1977, shall expire on December 31, 1981. "Sec. 3. Time of election. A regular election shall be held in the City of Palo Alto on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd nrunbered year, and the same shall be known as the :general municipal election. All other municipal elections that may be called under the authority of this charter, or by the general laws> shall be knmro as special elections. " , ,. ,·· ; ... .. . . ,., ... . . . • • "Sec. 8. Mayor; election; duties. The council ahall, at its first meeting· in Jam.tary, elect one of its number as its presidi.ng officer, who shall have the title of mayor, and one of its number to be vice Dla.YO:t', who shall serve for one year after their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The mayor and vice~mayor elected in July 1981 shall serve until election and qualification of their successors in January 1982. The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the council, shall sign all official documents when the signature of the council or mayor is required by law, and shall act as official head of the city on public or ceremonial occasions, The mayor shall not have any regular administrative duties but may act as ex officio member of all boards. con:o:uissions) and committees. The mavor shall vote as other memb~:rs of the c.ouncil, hut shall have no pm.;er of veto. The mayor sha 11 have the power to administer oaths and af'fi'l.J:na tians. The mayor shall perform such other duties as from time to time are assigned by the council. When the mayor i.s absent fr.·:;m any meet1.ng of the council ox incapable of performing hi.s or her duties, the vice··ma.yor shall, durin8 such time .. have the full power~ of the mayor. A vacancy in the positions of 'illayor or vice mayor shall be filled by the council £o·r the unexpired term., "Sec. 10. Vacanct on council. A vacancy on the counci.l may be fil ed FJy a maJo:city of the re maj~ning members of the council, and the appointee shall hold offi.ce until the first day of January succeeding the next election at which counc:i.l members are to be elected. At the next election succeeding any vacancy a council member shall be elected to serve for the unexpired term. If the council fails to fill such vacancy within 60 days of such vacancy or the counc:tl chooses to fill suc.h vacancy by election) it shall forthwith call a special election, at which a council member shall be elected to serve for the unexpired term .• , ~ECTION 2. The Council of the City of Palo Alto finds that this is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act and, therefore~ no environmental impact assessment is necessary. SECTION 3. This ordinance: shall become effective innnediately in that: it reiates to elections. INTRODUCED AND PASSED: August 20, 1979 AYES: Brenner, Eyerly, Fazzino, Fletcher, Hendersont Renzel, Sher, Witherspoon NOES: None ABSTENTIONS: None ABSENT : Levy ATTEST: ~~"--- AP OVED: _/ (.,lev~ - 2 - (C . ~~· \.~.~4) ) .1 ·~;·:;·~. ;