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RESOLUTION NO. 6199
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA CALLING AND GIVING NOTICE OF THE HOLDING
OF A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN
SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, THE 5TH DAY OF NOVEMBER,
1974, FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS
OF SAID CITY CERTAIN MEASURES RELATING TO THE
ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND
CONSOLIDATING SAID ELECTION WITH THE STATE-WIDE
GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SAID DATE,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Azusa desires to
submit to the qualified electors of said City at a special municipal
election the measures relating to the election and term of office of
the Mayor hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Azusa does
hereby resolve, declare, determine and order as follows:
SECTION 1, Pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the
State of California relating to General Law Cities, there shall be,
and there is hereby called and ordered, held in the City of Azusa,
County of Los Angeles, State of California, on Tuesday, the 5th day
of November, 1974, a special municipal election of the qualified
electors of said City for the purpose of submitting the following
questions, to wit:
PROPOSITION _
Shall the voters of the City of YES:
Azusa elect a Mayor and four
City Councilmen instead of
electing five City Councilmen,
: one of whom is chosen by the
: members of the City Council to : NO:
: act as Mayor as is now the practice?
PROPOSITION
YES:
If Proposition is approved,
shall the term ZT—office of
Mayor be two years? N0:
t
PROPOSITION _
:YES .
If Proposition is approved,
shall the term
if—office of Mayor '
be four, years? NO .
That proposition relating to the term of office of the
Mayor which receives the-largest'numler of YES votes
shall be the proposition which shall have passed.
Neither such proposition shall be effective unless a
majority of the votes cast upon the,proposition relating
to the election of a Mayor receives.a'majority of the
votes cast on that proposition:
SECTION 2. The special election hereby cAlled
for the date hereinbefore specified shall be and'is
hereby ordered consolidated'•with the State-wide general
election to behheld on said date;.and within said City
the precincts, polling places- and'officers of election
for the special municipal election hereby called'shall
be the same as those provided -for said State-wide-
general
tate-widegeneral election. The Board of Supervisors of Los Andes
County is,hereby requested to order the consolidation -of
the special municipal election hereby called with said
State-wide general election and said Board of Supervisors
is hereby authorized to'canvass the returns of -said
special municipal election, and said election shall be
held in all respects as if there were only one election,.
and only -one form of ballot, namely, the ballots used in
said general election, -shall be used, The Board of
Supervisors shall certify -the results of the canvass of
the returns of said municipal election to the City
Council of the City of'Azusa which shall thereafter
declare the results thereof. The propositions submitted
by this resolution shall be designated on the ballot by.
a letter printed on -the left margin of the square con-
taining the description of the measure, as provided in
Section 10231 of the Elections Code.
SECTION 3-.. Notice of the time and place of
holding said election is hereby given and the City Clerk
is hereby authorized, instructed, and directed to give
such further or additional notice of said election in
the time, form and manner required by law.
SECTION 4.. The City Clerk shall certify to
the adoption of this resolution, shall enter the same
in the original book of resolutions of said City, and
shall make a minute entry of the adoption and passage
thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City
Council, -.in the minutes of the meeting at which the
same is passed and adopted,
Adopted and approved this 15th day of -April,
1974.'
mayor of` -the City of 4z=u:s`a
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I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 15th day of April, 1974, by the following vote
of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Solem, Cruz, Decker
NOES: Councilmen: Arkison
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
City Clerk
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