Resolution 12150CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO.12150
CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE
HELD IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA ON TUESDAY, JUNE
2, 1992 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE
ELECTORS THEREOF A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE CITY
OF ALAMEDA CHARTER PERTAINING TO THE DATE AND
CONSOLIDATION OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION, FIXING THE DATE AND MANNER OF THE
SPECIAL ELECTION, PROVIDING NOTICE THEREOF,
CONSOLIDATING THE SPECIAL ELECTION AND
PROPOSING THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City
of Alameda that a special municipal election be, and is hereby,
called and ordered to be held in the City of Alameda on Tuesday,
June 2, 1992 in accordance with the City Charter and the Elections
Code of the State of California, for the purpose of submitting to
the electors a proposal to amend the City Charter pertaining to
date and consolidation of the general municipal election and any
other measures or propositions which may be lawfully submitted at
said election.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alameda County Board of
Supervisors shall be requested to consolidate said special election
with the statewide primary election to be held on the same date and
future general municipal elections with the statewide general
elections to be held on the same date.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of
Alameda hereby proposes on its own motion to amend Sections 2-6,
11-2, and 19-2 of the City of Alameda Charter to read as follows:
Section 2-6. The term of each elective officer shall
commence at 8:00 o'clock p.m. on the third Tuesday of the
month following the general municipal election at which such
officer was elected and continue for four years thereafter
and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The
term of each elective officer holding office as of June 2,
1992 shall be shortened approximately four to five months to
8:00 o'clock p.m. of the third Tuesday of the month following
the November 3, 1992 general municipal election and shall be
considered a complete term.
Section 11-2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
this Charter to the contrary, the matters contained in this
section shall be controlling as to the Board of Education.
The Board of Education shall consist of five members elected
by the qualified electors of the City at large, at the time,
in the manner, and with the qualifications provided elsewhere
in this Charter for the qualification, nomination and election
of other elective officers of the City, and shall serve a term
of four years thereafter and until their successors are
elected and qualified.
At such general municipal election hereunder, either two
or three members of said Board, as the case may be, shall be
elected for four-year terms to fill the vacancies caused by
the expiration of the terms of the members.
The term of each officer elected hereunder shall commence
at 7:30 o'clock p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month
following the general municipal election at which such officer
was elected and continue for four years thereafter and until
his or her successor is elected and qualified: The term of
each elective officer holding office as of June 2, 1992 shall
be shortened approximately four to five months to 7:30 o'clock
p.m. of the fourth Tuesday of the month following the November
3, 1992 general municipal election and shall be considered a
complete term.
A vacancy on the Board of Education, arising otherwise
than as provided in Article XX, shall be filled by appointment
by said Board, said appointee to hold office for the term
provided in Section 2-8 of this Charter. After any such
vacancy in the office of a member of said Board has continued
for twenty-one days, the vacancy shall be filled by the
Council.
It is hereby declared to be the intent of this section
that the only changes to be effective by its terms are to make
the Board of Education elective, rather than appointed, and
to provide the manner in which the members thereof shall be
elected. Except to the extent that they are inconsistent with
the provisions of this section, other provisions of this
Charter relating to the Board of Education and other elective
officers shall apply to the Board of Education provided for
by this section.
Section 19-2. A general municipal election shall be held
biennially on the date of and consolidated with the statewide
general election in each even-numbered year. All other
municipal elections shall be special municipal elections. A
special municipal election may be called by ordinance or by
resolution of the Council.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of
Alameda hereby proposes to and does hereby on its own motion submit
to the qualified electors of the City at the June 2, 1992 election
the proposal to amend Sections 2-6, 11-2 and 19-2 of the City of
Alameda Charter, in the manner hereinabove specifically set forth,
as follow:
AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF ALAMEDA CHARTER
Shall the City Charter of the City of
Alameda be amended so that the general
municipal election will be held on the : YES :
date of and consolidated with the statewide • •
general election in each even-numbered : NO :
year and the terms of the current Mayor and • •
members of the City Council, City Auditor,
City Treasurer, and Board of Education
will be shortened by approximately four
to five months?
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby
authorized, instructed and directed to furnish all printed
materials, supplies and necessary materials required by law.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk shall furnish
the Alameda County Registrar with all pertinent information and
material to supplement the City's contract with the County entered
into pursuant to Elections Code Section 20003.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk shall publish
notices pursuant to Division 14 of the Elections Code as provided
in Government Code Section 34450 authorizing any city to amend its
charter pursuant to the procedures in Elections Code Article 3,
Chapter 3 Division 5.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED in all other matters of procedure
the City Clerk shall conduct the election as provided by the
Elections Code except where such provisions are in conflict with
the City Charter.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk shall certify
the passage or failure of the proposed Amendment and shall enter
the results in thereof in the records of the proceedings of the
City Council at which meeting the results of the election are
certified and adopted.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the election precincts within
the City of Alameda, shall be the same as those designated,
numbered defined, fixed and established by the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Alameda, State of California, as the Election
precincts within the City of Alameda for holding general State and
County elections be, and the same are hereby, fixed, designated,
and established as the election precincts for holding the aforesaid
special municipal election.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there shall be only one set
of election officers in each of said precincts and the compensation
to be paid to each of the election officers for conducting said
special municipal election be fixed at the sum designated by the
Board of Supervisors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the polls at the polling
places for said election shall be opened at 7:00 o'clock a.m.
(P.S.T.) of said day of election and shall be kept open
continuously thereafter until 8:00 o'clock p.m. (P.S.T.) of said
day of election when the polls shall be closed, as provided in the
California Election Code, and the election officers shall thereupon
proceed to canvas the ballots cast thereat.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the returns of said election
shall be canvassed, made out and signed by the election officers
so designated by the Board of Supervisors, County of Alameda, State
of California, and the results thereof transmitted to the City
Clerk of Alameda, and City Council thereof, who shall declare the
result thereof in accordance with the Charter of the City of
Alameda and the laws of the State of California.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and she
is hereby, directed to do and perform any and all acts required of
her under the Charter of the City of Alameda and the laws of the
State of California in respect to said proposed charter amendments
and special municipal election.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said special municipal
election called and ordered to be held, as aforesaid, shall be held
and conducted, and the votes cast thereat received and canvassed,
and the returns thereof made, and the result thereof ascertained,
determined, and declared, as herein provided, and in all
particulars not recited herein, in accordance with the Charter of
said City of Alameda and the laws of the State of California
governing said special municipal election.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager, City
Attorney and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to
prepare and execute all documents necessary to consolidate the
election.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the
City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the third of
September, 1991, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Arnerich, Camicia, Lucas, Roth
and President Withrow - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this fourth day of September, 1991.
Diane B. Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda