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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-339ORDINANCE NO. N$'339 ORDERING, CALLING, AND PROVIDING FOR A SPECIAL ~N--~AL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA ON THE 4TH DAY OF NOV~2~IBER, 1958, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING A CHARTER AMENDMENT TO ~tE VOTERS OF SAID CITY WHEREAS, because of the rapid increase in the population and size of the City of Santa Ana resulting in increase in the number and complexity of problems confronting said City, the demands upon the time of the members of the City Council have materislly increased, md the requirements which necessitate actual cash expense to be borne by the Councilmen personally, without reimbursement, and be- cause of fae enlarged responsibility now placed upon members of said Council the present salary of $75.00 per month is no longer adequate or sufficient or, in fact, more than enough to repay said Councilmen for their out-of-pocket expense, so that now said compensation shou~ be increased in fairness to those citizens of the City who may here- after be elected to serve as Councilmen of said City. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES NOW, THEREFORE, ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTIONi~ That a special municipal election is hereby called and ordered to be held in the City of Santa Ana, California on the 4th day of November, 1958, for the purpose of submitting to the electors ~ said City a proposition proposing amendment of Section 402 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana to provide a monthly compensation for each member of the City Council of ~125.00, in place and stead of the present monthly compensation of 3!75.00, and that said Section be amended so that the same shall read, as follows: "Section 402. CITY COUNCIL: COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS. Each member of the City Council shall receive as compen- sation for his services as such a monthl~ salar~ in the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars (~125.00). Further, each m-~mer of the City Council sh~ i receive reimbursement for required travel and other es enses while on official business outside the City as authorized and approved by the City CounciL Absence of a member of the City Council from all regular and special meetings of the City Council during any calendar month shall render him ineli!~ible to receive the monthly sal- ary for such a calendar month unless by permission of the City Council expressed in its official minutes." SECTION 2. That the proposition to be presented to said electors and to be p~esented upon the ballot shall be in words and figures as follows: Shall the Charter of the City of Sa~ ta Aha be ) amended by amending Section 402 thereof to pro-) YES vide that each member of the City Council shall) receive as compensation for his services a ) NO monthly salary in the sum of $125.007 ) SECTION 3. That said Specisl ~icipal Election shall be consolidated with the State-wide General Election to be held on the same day, that is, November 4th, 1958, and that a request that the same be done as heretofore be submitted to the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange by the adoption of Resolution No. ~8-193 on the ~th day of August, 1958, and by submission of a certified copy thereof to said Board of Supervisors, and that the details as to the manner in which said election shall be held and the authorization to the Board of Supervisors to hold the sane with said State-wide elec- tion, and the instructions to the Clerk of the Council as to the notices to be given and things to be done in connection with said election, shall be as set forth in said Resolution No. SECTION 4. This Ordinance, being an Ordinance calling and otherwise relating to an election, shall take effect upon the date of its publication. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of Ana at its regular meeting held on the 1958. ATTEST: ~~ CLERK OF THE COUNCIL STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF SANTA ANA ) the City of Santa l§th day of Augmst / , I, ERMA HUNTER, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana, California; that the foregoing Ordinance was re~a_a~ly introduced at its regular meeting held on the 4th day of--.---- · !958, and was again considered by said Council at its regular meeting held on the 18t~a day of Amg~st , 1958, and was at said meeting regularly passed a~ d adopted by said Council by the following vote, to-wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: ~oyal E. Nubbard~ Stanley C. G~mld, Jr.~ A. A. HalJ.~ ])ale H. NOES, COUNCILMEN: Nome ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: J. OgdemNarhal CLERK OF THE COUNCIL -2-