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.
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(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.
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(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
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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
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