HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 16 (1990)ORDINANCE NO. 16 (1990)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DIAMOND BAR DIRECTING THAT GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND
BAR BE HELD ON THE DAY OF SCHOOL DISTRICT
ELECTIONS.
A. Recitals.
(i) On April 18, 1989, the City of Diamond Bar
formally incorporated as a general law city in the State of
California. Pursuant to the provisions of California Government
Code Section 36503, the general municipal election for the City
of Diamond Bar would be held on the second Tuesday in April in
each even -numbered year.
(ii) California Government Code Section 36503.5
provides that a city council may enact an Ordinance requiring its
general municipal election to be held on alternate election
dates, as specified in said Ordinance.
(iii) The City Council desires to cause the municipal
elections for the City of Diamond Bar to be held on the day of
school district elections in order to conserve City resources.
(iv) All legal prerequisites to the adoption of this
Ordinance have occurred.
B. Ordinance.
Now, therefore, the City Council of the City of Diamond
Bar does ordain as follows:
Section 1.
In all respects, as set forth in the Recitals, Part A
of this Ordinance.
Section _Z.
This Council hereby directs that general municipal
elections of the City of Diamond Bar shall be held on the day of
the school district election, the first Tuesday after the first
Monday of November in each odd -numbered year.
Section 3.
Those elected officers of the City of Diamond Bar whose
terms of office would have,, prior to the adoption of this
,i ordinance, expired following the April, 1992 general municipal
election, shall, instead, continue in their respective offices
i I until no later than the Tuesday after the day of the 1991 general
municipal election of the City of Diamond Bar, and until their
successors are elected and qualified.
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Those elected officers of the City of Diamond Bar whose
terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of this
Ordinance, expired following the April, 1994, general municipal
election, shall instead, continue in their offices no later than
the Tuesday after the day of the 1993 general municipal election
of the City of Diamond Bar and until their successors are elected
and qualified.
Section 4.
This Ordinance shall become operative upon its approval
by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, as
provided in California Government Code Section 36503.5.
Section 5.
The City Clerk is hereby is directed to:
(a) Cause this Ordinance to be posted in the manner
required by law pursuant to Resolution 89-6;
(b) Forthwith transmit a copy of this Ordinance to the
Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, together with
a request that said Board approve this Ordinance; and,
(c) Within thirty (30) days after approval of this
Ordinance by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los
Angeles, cause a notice to'be mailed to all registered voters in
the City of Diamond Bar informing them of the change in the
general municipal election date effected by this Ordinance, which
notice shall be in accord with the requirements specified in
California Government Code Section 36503.5 (e).
ADOPTED UM APPROVED this 29th day of _November ,
1990 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Horcher, Mayor Pro Tem Forbing
and Mayor Werner
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kim and Papen
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTANED: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ATTEST:
Ci Clerk of th
City of Diamond Bar
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I, Linda Burgess, City Clerk of the City of Diamond
Bar, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was
introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of
Diamond Bar held on the 13th day of _ November , 1990, and
was finally passed at a regular meeting of the Council of the
City of Diamond Bar held on the 29th day of November ,
1990.
C y Clerk :bf _ he-
City of Dia&o6dvBar
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