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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. 1 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 2 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 C110111ELECORDMB 9.2 3