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10-20-97
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DATE:
OCTOBER 20, 1997
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
ORDINANCE NO. 1187, CHANGING DATE OF GENERAL
ELECTION
MUNICIPAL
RECOMMENDATION'
Have second reading by title only and adoption of Ordinance No. 1187 (roll call
vote).
BACKGROUND:
The following Ordinance No. 1187 had first reading and introduction at the October
6, 1997 City Council meeting:
ORDINANCE NO. 1187 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1139 AND REQUIRING THAT
THE CITY'S GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION, BEGINNING IN 1998, SHALL BE
CONSOLIDATED WITH THE STATEWlDE GENERAL ELECTION WHICH WILL BE
HELD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER OF
EVEN NUMBERED YEARS
Valerie Crabill
Chief Deputy City Clerk
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ORDINANCE NO. 1187
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING ORDINANCE
NO. 1139 AND REQUIRING THAT THE CITY'S GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION, BEGINNING IN 1998, SHALL BE
CONSOLIDATED WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL
ELECTION WHICH WILL BE HELD ON THE FIRST
TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER
OF EVEN NUMBERED YEARS
The City Council of the City of Tustin does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1:
The purpose and intent of this ordinance is to permit the consolidation of the
City's general municipal elections with the statewide general electionS that will
be held on the first Tuesday after the' first Monday in November of even
numbered years beginning in 1998.
Section 2:
Ordinance No. 1139 is hereby repealed.
Section 3:
Those elected city officeholders whose terms of office would have, prior to
adoption of this ordinance, expired on the Tuesday succeeding the second
Tuesday in April of even numbered years, shall instead have their terms of
office expire on a date to be determined in November following certification of
election results by the Orange County Registrar of Voters.
Section 4:
As a result of adoption of this ordinance, no term of office shall be increased
or decreased by more than twelve (12) months.
Section 5:
This ordinance shall be operative upon the approval of the Orange County
Board of Supervisors. Accordingly, the City Clerk is directed to transmit a
certified copy of this ordinance to the Orange County Board of Supervisors and
request approval of the ordinance by the Board of Supervisors.
Section 6:
Within thirty (30) days of the operative date of this ordinance, the City Clerk
shall cause a notice to be mailed to all registered voters informing the voters
of the change in election date and that as a result of the change in election
dates, elected city officeholders terms of office will be extended.
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Ordinance No. 1,87
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Section 7 (Severability):
If any sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance, is for any reason
held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Tustin hereby declares that
they have adopted this ordinance, and each section, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
sentences, clauses, phrases or portions thereof be declared invalid or
u nco n stit utio nal.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council held
on the 20th day of October, 1997.
JEFFERY M. THOMAS, MAYOR
PAMELA STOKER, CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF TUSTIN
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ORDINANCE NO. 1187
Pamela Stoker, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members
of the City Council is five; that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 1187
was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on October 6,
1997, and was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council
held on October 20, 1997, by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES:
COUNCILMEMBER NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT:
Pamela Stoker, City Clerk