Resolution 06727CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO 6727
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
ON morroN OF THE CITY COUNCIL; CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL,
CHARIER AMENDMENT ELECTION IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA FOR THE PURPOSE
OF SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS THEREOF A PROPOSAL TO AMEND SAID
CHARTER, VIZ: BY AMENDING SECTION 2-4 OF ARTICLE II THEREOF
RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL, AS FOLLOWS: PROVIDING THAT EACH COUNCILMAN SHALL RECEIVE
COMPENSATION OF $100.00 PER MONTH OR FRACTION THEREOF, AND THAT
PERSON SERVING AS MAYOR SHALL RECEIVE A COMPENSATION OF 5200.00
PER MONTH OR FRACTION THEREOF; FIXING THE DATE OF SAID ELECTION,
THE MANNER OF HOLDING THE SAME, AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE THEREOF;
AND CONSOLIDATING SAID SPECIAL MUNICIPAL CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION
WITH THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON
MARCH 9, 1965.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL 00 1111- CITY OF ALAMEDA as follows:
SECTION 1. The Council of the City of Alameda hereby proposes on its own motion to
amend the Charter of the City of Alameda by amending Section 2-4 of Article II thereof, to read as
set forth in. the nonce entitled, "Proposed Amendment to the Charter of the City of Alameda", here-
inafter set forth in Section 3 of this resolution.
SECTION 2. The Council of the City of Alameda hereby proposes to and does hereby on its
own motion submit to the qualified electors or the City of Alameda, at the special municipal charter
amendment election hereinafter provided for, a proposal to amend the Charter of the City of Alameda
set forth in said notice hereinafter set forth in Section 3 of this resolution and designates and
refers to said proposal as the proposal to he set forth in the form of ballot hereinafter prescribed
for use at said special municipal charter amendment electien.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk of the City of Alameda is hereby ordered and directed to
cause said proposed amendment to the Charter of the City of Alameda to he published once, not less
than forty (40) and not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the special municipal charter
amendment election hereinafter provided for, in the ALAMEDA TIMES-STAR, the official newspaper of
said City, and in each edition thereof during the day of publication, said newspaper being a news-
paper of general circulation published at leaat six days a week in said City of Alameda.; and such
publication may be in substantially the following form:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
to
THE CHARTER
of the
CITY OF ALAMEDA
Special Municipal Charter Amendment Election March 9, 1955
(Consolidated with General Municipal Election)
The Council of the City of Alameda hereby proposed an its own motion to amend the Charter
of the City of Alameda by amending Section 2-4 of Article L thereof, to road as follows:
Sec, 2-4. The salary attached to the following offices shall be fixed by the
Council at not less than the following amounts per annum: Auditor, $3,600.00:
Treasurer, $3.600.00; City Manager, $4,000.00; City Attorney, 53,000.00; City
Clerk, $2,400.00. Each Councilman shall receive $100.00 per month or fraction
thereof, and the person serving as Mayor shall receive 5200.00 per month or fraction
thereof. The foregoing provision relating to the compensation of the Mayor and the
Councilmen shall take precedence over any section in this Charter to the contrary,
and shall become effective on the first day of July following its adoption.
The Counoll of the City of Alameda hereby proposes tn and does hereby on its own motion
submit to the qualified electors of said City at a special municipal charter amendment election to
he held in said City on Tuesday, March 9, 1965 (shieh said election will be consolidated with the
General Municipal Election to be held on March 9, 1965), the following proposal to amend said Charter,
in the manner hereinabove specifically set forth, as follows:
AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
MEASURE B
Shall the Charter of the City of Alameda be amended to provide that each
Councilman shall receive a compensation of 5100.00 per month or fraction thereof,
and the person serving as Mayor shall receive a compensation DE 5200.00 per . YES .
month or fraction thereof; Said amendment will be accomplished by amending
Section 2-4 of said Charter, all as fully set forth in Resolution No. J5727, of
the Council of the City of Alameda. . NO
I hereby certify that the foregoing Charter amendment proposal was ordered submitted to the
qoalified electors of the City of Alameda by the Council of the City of Alameda,
Dted: January 5 , 1955.
IIIRLEY H. itENIEs
City Clerk of the City of Alameda
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SECTION 4. (a) A special municipal charter amendment election is hereby called to
be held in the City of Alameda on Tuesday, March 9, 1965, for the purpose of submitting to the
qualified electors of said City said proposal set forth in Section 3 of this resolution to amend the
Charter of said City es in said proposal and in this resolution provided and as hereby submitted by
the Council of the City of Alameda on its own motion.
(b) Said special municipal charter amendment election hereby called shall be held and con-
ducted, and the votes thereat canvassed and the returns thereof made, and the results thereof
ascertained and determined as herein provided, and in all particulars not prescribed in this resolu-
tion, said special municipal charter amendment election shall he held as provided for in the Charter
of said City and in all particulars not provided for therein said election shall be held as provided
by law for the holding of special municipal elections in the City of Alameda, and otherwise in accord-
ance with the Elections Code of the State of California.
(n) All persons qualified to vote at municipal elections in said City of Alameda on the
day of the election herein provided for shall bo qualified to vote upon said amendment hereby pro-
posed by the Council of the City of Alameda on its own motion and submitted at said special municipal
charter amendment election.
(d) The polls at the polling places hereinafter designated for said special municipal
charter amendment election shall be opened at 7:00 a.m. (P.S.T.) of said day of election, and shall
be kept open continuously thereafter until 7:00 p.m. (P.S.T.) of said day of election when the polls
shall be closed (except as provided in Section 14436 of the Elections Code), and the election officers
shall thereupon proceed to canvass the ballots cast thereat.
(e) Sald special municipal charter amendment election shall be and is hereby consolidated
with the General Municipal Election to be held in sald City of Alameda on the date of said special
municipal charter amendment election hereby called, and the election precincts, polling places and
voting booths shall. in every case be the same, and there shall be only one set of election officers
in each of said precincts; and the precincts, polling places and officers of election for said special
municipal charter amendment election shall be the same as those to be selected and designated by the
Council of said City for said General Municipal Election in said City of Alameda by resolution, to
which resolution reference is hereby made for a designation of the precincts, polling places and
election officers for the special municipal charter amendment election hereby called.
(f) Only one form of ballot shall be used at said General Municipal Election and said
Special Municipal Charter Amendment Election hereby consolidated therewith, which, in addition to
all other matters required by law to be printed thereon, shall state the measure set forth in Sec-
tion 3 hereof.
(g) Each voter may vote on the proposed Charter amendment. To vote in favor of the proposal
to amend the Charter of the City of Alameda a voter shall stamp a cross (X) in the blank space opposite
the word 'YES' on the ballot to the right of the proposal, and to vote against said proposal a voter
shall stamp a cross (X) in the blank space opposite the word "NO" on the ballot to the right of said
proposal. The votes cast for and against the proposed charter amendment shall he counted separate and
apart from ail other measures to be submitted at the special municipal charter amendment election
hereby called for the purpose of submitting said charter amendment, and if a majority of the qualified
voters voting on the proposed charter amendment vote in favor thereof, such charter amendment shall
be deemed ratified.
(h) The returns of said election shall he made out and signed by the election officers and
shall be by them deposited with the City Clerk, together with the ballots cast at said election; and
this Council shall meet at its usual meeting place and canvass said returns on Tuesday, the 16th day
of March, 1965, at the hour of 7:30 p.m. (P.S.T.) and declare the result of said election.
SECTION 5. Said proposed amendment set forth in Section 3 hereof shall be set forth in
the election proclamation and notice of General Municipal Election and Special Municipal Charter
Amendment Election to be held on Tuesday, March 9, 1965, to be published in the time and form required
by Section 19-9 of Article XIX of the Charter of the City of Alameda.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk of the City of Alameda is hereby authorized and directed (1)
to cause copies of the text of said proposed charter amendment to be printed in convenient pamphlet
form and in type of not leas than ten-point and to cause copies thereof to be mailed to each of the
qualified electors of said City, and (2) until the day fixed for said special municipal charter amend-
ment election to advertise daily in the ALAMEDA TIMES-STAR, a newspaper of general circulation in said
City, a notice that copies of said pamphlet. may be had on application therefor. Said notice shall be
in substantially the following form:
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF CFIARTEI1 AMENDhIENI
NOTICE IS HERECY GIVEN to the qualified electors of the City of Alameda that pamphlet copies
of the amendment, proposed by the City Council on its own motion, to the Charter of the City of
Alameda by amending Section 2-4 of Article II thereof relating to the compensation of the Mayor and
members of the City Council, as follows: Providing that each Councilman shall receive compensation
of One Hundred Dollars ($i00.00) per month or fraction thereof, and that the person serving as Mayor
shall receive a compensation of Two Hundred Collars (8200.00) per month or fraction thereof, are on
file in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Alameda, California, and may be had on application
therefor.
SHIRLEY H. TENNIER
Shirley H. Tennier
City Clerk of the Clty of Alameda, California
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the
5th day of January, 1965, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Freeman, Le Croix, Jr., McCall, Rose and President Godfrey, (5).
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said
City this 6th day of January, 1965.
SHIRLEY H, TENNIER
(SEAL) City Clerk of the City or Alameda
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of "City of Alameda
Resolution No 6727, PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF' THE CITY OF ALAMEDA ON MOTION OF THE
CITYCOUNCIL; CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA FOR THE
PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS THEREOF A PROPOSAL TO AMEND SAID CHARTER, V12: BY AMENDING
SECTMN 2-4 OF ARTICLE II THEREOF RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF MAYOR ACID MEMBERS OF 1516 CITY
COUNCIL, AS FOLLOWS: PROVIDING THAT EACH COUNCILMAN SHALL RECEIVE COMPENSATION OF 6I00.00 PER MONTH
OR FRACTION THEREOF, AND THAT PERSON SERVING AS MAYOR 50101 RECEIVE A CONTPENSATION OF 6200.00 PER
MONTH OR FRACTION THEREOF; FIXING THE DATE OF SAID ELECTION, THE MANNER OF HOLDING THE SAME, AND
PROVIDING FCR NOTICE THEREOF; AND CONSOLIDATING SAID SPECIAL MDNICUAL CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION
WITH THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE 11EL0 IN SAID CITY ON MARCH 9, 1965," introduced and
adopted by the Council on the 5th day of January, 1965.
City Clerk of_ple City of Alameda