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HomeMy WebLinkAbout711ORDINANCE NO. 711 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IRWINDALE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 617 AND DIRECTING THAT GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS OF THE CITY OF IRWINDALE BE HELD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER OF EVEN -NUMBERED YEARS BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER 2018 A. RECITALS (i) Pursuant to the provisions of the California Government Code and City Council Ordinance No. 617 adopted on July 11, 2007, the general municipal elections for the City of Irwindale presently are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd -numbered year. (ii) California Elections Code §1301(b) 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) Pursuant to Elections Code § 1301(b), the City Council desires to cause the municipal elections for the City of Irwindale to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even -numbered years beginning in November 2018, to coincide with the statewide general election and to realize a savings of city resources, both monetary and staff time, through consolidating its general municipal election with the County of Los Angeles. (iv) All legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred. B. ORDINANCE NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Irwindale hereby does ordain as follows: (i) The City Council hereby finds that the Recitals, at Part A of this Ordinance are true and correct. (ii) The City Council hereby repeals in its entirety Ordinance No. 617 adopted on July 11, 2007. (iii) The City Council hereby directs that general municipal elections of the City of Irwindale shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each even -numbered year beginning in November 2018. Ordinance No. 711 Page 1 (iv) The City Council hereby directs that pursuant to Elections Code § 10403.5, the general municipal elections of the City of Irwindale be consolidated with the Los Angeles County -conducted elections to coincide with the statewide general election date, and that pursuant to the requirements of Section 10403 of the Elections Code, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles is hereby requested to consent and agree to the consolidation of a general municipal election of the City of Irwindale with the statewide general election. (v) The City Council further directs that the County Election Department is authorized to canvass the returns of the general municipal election of the City of Irwindale. The elections shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election, and only one form of ballot shall be used. The Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to the County Election Department to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of the consolidated election. The City will reimburse the County pursuant to Elections Code § 10002. (vi) In accordance with §1301 and 10403.5 of the California Elections Code, the term of any elected official that would have expired upon certification of the election results from a November 2017 election shall be extended for an additional year and instead shall expire upon certification of election results from the November 2018 general municipal election, as established by this ordinance. (vii) In accordance with §1301 and 10403.5 of the California Elections Code, the term of any elected official that would have expired upon certification of the election results from a November 2019 election shall be extended for an additional year and instead shall expire upon certification of election results from the November 2020 general municipal election, as established by this ordinance. (viii) Pursuant to the Charter of the City of Irwindale, at section 601, the City Council shall choose one of its members a Mayor and one of its members as Mayor Pro Tempore in even -numbered years, at the regular Council meetings held for the purpose of canvassing the General Municipal Election and in odd -numbered years, at the first regular Council meeting held during the month of November. (ix) The Deputy City Clerk is hereby directed to: (a) Cause this Ordinance to be posted in the manner required by law; and (b) Notify the County Board of Supervisors of this Ordinance for approval of consolidation forthwith. Thirty days after approval by the County Board of Supervisors this Ordinance shall become operative. Ordinance No. 711 Page 2 (c) Pursuant to Section 10403.5(e) of the California Elections Code, within thirty (30) days after this Ordinance becomes operative, the Deputy City Clerk shall cause a notice to be mailed to all registered voters in the City of Irwindale informing them of the change in the general municipal election date effected by this Ordinance, and that, as a result of the change in election date, the terms of office of currently -elected City Councilmembers will be extended by not more than twelve months. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this Bch day of March 2017._ Cl Mark A. Breceda, Mayor ATTEST: WL ur M. Nieto, CMC ty City Clerk Ordinance No. 711 Page 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES } ss. CITY OF IRWINDALE } I, Laura M. Nieto, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Irwindale, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 711 was duly introduced at a regular meeting of the Irwindale City Council held on the 22nd day of February 2017, and was duly approved and adopted on second reading at its regular meeting held on the 8th day of March 2017, by the following vote of the Council: AYES: Councilmembers: Ambriz, Burrola, Garcia, Ortiz, Mayor Breceda NOES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None I C) au a M. Nieto, CMC uty City Clerk r_I99u7airlEel 0le -3I101et I, Laura M. Nieto, Deputy City Clerk, certify that I caused a copy of Ordinance No. 711 adopted by the City Council of the City of Irwindale at its regular meeting held March 8, 2017, to be posted at the City Hall, Library, and Post Office on March 9, 2017. Dated: 31q 117 Lau a M. Nieto, CMC D uty City Clerk Ordinance No. 711 Page 4