Resolution 07715CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 7715
CALLING GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF
ALAMEDA ON TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1971; ESTABLISHING ELECTION
PRECINCTS; FIXING NUMBER OF ELECTION OFFICERS ON THE BOARD
OF ELECTION FOR EACH PRECINCT; FIXING COMPENSATION OF ELECTION
OFFICERS AND DESIGNATING HOURS OF VOTING
WHEREAS, Article XIX of the Charter of the City of Alameda provides that a General Municipal
Election shall be held in said City on Tuesday, March 9, 1971; and
WHEREAS, at said General Municipal Election, and pursuant to the provisions of the Charter
of said City, officers are to be elected to fill the office of Mayor for one full term; the office of
Councilman for one full term; the office of Auditor for one unexpired term; and the office of member of
the Board of Education for two full terms.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA that a General Municipal
Election be, and is hereby, called and ordered to be held in said City of Alameda, State of California,
on Tuesday, March 9, 1971, in accordance with the provisions of said Charter of the City of Alameda, for
the purpose of electing the following named officers of the City for the terms specified:
One (1) Mayor on the Council of said City for one full term, commencing at 8:00 o'clock
p,m. on the third Tuesday in April, 1971, and continuing for four (4) years thereafter
and until a successor is elected and qualified;
One (1) Councilman on the Council of said City for one full term cumencing at 8:00
o'clock p.m. on the third Tuesday in April, 1971, and continuing for four (4) years
thereafter and until a successor is elected and qualified;
One (1) Auditor of said City for one unexpired term commencing at 8:00 o'clock p.m.
on the third Tuesday in April, 1971, and continuing for two (2) years thereafter and
until a successor is elected and qualified;
Two (2) members of the Board of Education of said City for two (2) full terms commencing
at 8:00 o'clock p.m. on the third Tuesday in April, 1971, and continuing for four (4)
years thereafter and until a successor is elected and qualified;
and for the purpose of voting on any measures or propositions which may lawfully be submitted at said
election.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the 60 election precincts within the City of Alameda, designated and
numbered as the same were last heretofore 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 General Municipal Election.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Election for each election precinct at said General
Municipal Election shall consist of one Inspector, one Judge and two Clerks.
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the compensation to be paid to each of the election officers for
conducting said General Municipal Election be, and the same is hereby, fixed at the sum of Sixteen ($16)
Dollars and an extra sum of Two ($2) Dollars shall be paid to the election officer who delivers the
returns to the City Clerk,
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the polls at the polling places hereafter to be designated by the
Council 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 7:00 o'clock p.m. (P.S.T.) of said day of election when the
polls shall be closed (except as provided in Section 14436 of the California Elections Code) and the
election officers shall thereupon proceed to canvass the ballots cast thereat and the returns of said
election shall be 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.
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that this Council shall meet at its usual meeting place and canvass said
returns on Tuesday, the 16th day of March, 1971, (being the first Tuesday after said General Municipal
Election and the date of the first regular meeting of the Council following said General Municipal Election)
at the hour of 7:30 o'clock p.m. and declare the results of said General Municipal Election,
RESOLVED, FURTHER, 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 General Municipal Election,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said General 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 General Municipal Election.
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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, 1971, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Fore, Levy, Longaker, McCall and President La Croix, Jr., (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, 1971.
(SEAL) IRMA L. NELSON
City Clerk of the City of Alameda
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of "City of Alameda
Resolution'No. 7715, CALLING GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA ON TUESDAY,
MARCH 9, 1971; ESTABLISHING ELECTION PRECINCTS; FIXING NUMBER OF ELECTION OFFICERS ON THE BOARD OF
ELECTION FOR EACH PRECINCT; FIXING COMPENSATION OF ELECTION OFFICERS AND DESIGNATING HOURS OF VOTING,"
introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of Alameda on the 5th day of January, 1971.
City Clerk of the City of Alameda