Resolution 1816
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RESOLUTION NO. 1816
RESOLUTION APPROVING PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR
THE CITY OF GILROY, DIRECTING THE FILING OF A COPY
THEREOF, DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO CAUSE THE SAME
TO BE PUBLISHED AND DIRECTING THAT THE PROPOSAL BE
SUBMITTED FOR ADOPTION BY THE ELECTORATE AT THE
GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 5, 1974.
WHEREAS, Section 3 of Article XI of the Constitution and
Sections 34450et. seq. of the Government Code of the State of
California authorize the legislative body of a city, on its own
motion, to propose an amendment to the City Charter of any such
city, and to submit a proposal for the adoption thereof to the
electors of said city, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Gilroy on its own
motion, has caused a proposed amendment of Section 1400 of the
Charter of the City of Gilroy to be framed pursuant to the afore-
said provisions of the Constitution and Government Code of the
State of California so as to permit consolidation of general
municipal elections with school district elections;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the
City of Gilroy, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1. That the said proposed amendment Charter be and the same
is hereby approved by the City Council of the City of Gilroy, and
a copy thereof shall be filed forthwith in the office of the City
Clerk of the City of Gilroy.
2. That the proposed amendment to the Charter of the City
of Gilroy be submitted to the electors of said city for their
approval or rejection at the General Election to be held on
Tuesday, the 5th day of November, 1974, said proposed Charter
Amendment being as follows, to-wit;
Section 1400. General Municipal Elections.
A general municipal election shall be held on the regular
election date established by the Election Code of the
State of California, as it now exists or may hereafter be
amended, in each odd-numbered year, commencing with the
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year 1975, for the election of officers and for such
other purposes as the Council may prescribe.
3. That the ballot proposal shall be submitted as follows:
Shall Section 1400 of the Charter of the City
of Gilroy be amended to provide that general
municipal elections shall be held in each odd-
numbered year on the regular election date
established by state law so as to permit
consolidation of general municipal elections
with school district elections?
4. That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby directed to
cause said proposed Charter Amendment to be published once not
less than forty (40) and not more than sixty (60) days prior to
the date of the General Election in The Gilroy Evening Dispatch,
and in each edition thereof during the day of publication, said
newspaper being a newspaper of general circulation printed and
published in said City of Gilroy.
PASSED AND ADOPTED: this 3rd day of June, 1974, by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS: DE BELL, DUFFIN, HUGHAN, PATE,
SILVA, STOUT and GOODRICH
COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
APPROVED:
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I, SUSANNE E. STEINMETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gllroy~ do
hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 1816
is an original
resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a
regular meeting of said Council held on the 3rd
day of June
, 197~, at which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of the City of Gilroy, thts5~ day of June
, 19~.
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