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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1260ORDINANCE NO. NS-1260 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A MAYOR PRO TEM; DECLARING THE NECESSITY THEREFOR; AND ESTABLISHING POWERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds and declares that because of the great demands upon the Mayor and the Vice Mayor for appearances before public groups, State, County and local governmental agencies, and other appearances required of the Mayor in his official capacity, it becomes necessary that the Mayor have the power to appoint a Mayor Pro Tem to act in his stead. The City Council further finds and declares that it is necessary that the powers of the Mayor Pro Tem to act on behalf of the City be designated and the appropriate limitations placed thereon. Accordingly, the following sections are added to Chapter 2, entitled Administration, Article II, entitled "City Council": SECTION 2: Section 2-101.1 Appointment of Mayor Pro Tem The ~ayor shall have the right to appoint a Mayor Pro Tem when, in his judgment, neither he nor the Vice mayor are able to attend to any public function requiring the Mayor's presence, either in his official or unofficial capacity. Section 2-101.2 Eligibility Only duly elected and acting City Councilmen of the City of Santa Ana shall be eligible to be appointed as Mayor Pro Tem. Appointments shall be made in a successive rota- tional order from a list composed for such purpose at the first meeting of the City Council following the adoption of this ordinance. The list shall be composed of the names of all the duly elected and acting members of the City Council drawn in random order. The list shall be revised following each election of the City Council to reflect such changes ~n the composition of the City Council. This shall be accomplished by deleting from said list the names of those persons not re-elected to office, and adding to the end thereof the names of such newly elected councilmen. Section 2-101.3 Powers and Duties The Mayor Pro Tem shall be the agent of the duly elected and acting Mayor of the City of Santa Ana, and shall be his representative for the purpose for which he was appointed, and his duties and obligations shall be those assigned by the Mayor with such limitations as the Mayor or City Council shall reason- ably impose, including limitations on purpose and length of appointment. ORDINANCE NO. NS-1260 PAGE TWO Section 2-101.4 Compensation The Mayor Pro Tem shall not be entitled to any additional compensation over and abovethat which is his normal and usual compensation as a Councilman for the City of Santa Ana. The Mayor Pro Tem may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of his duties as Mayor Pro Tem. Section 2-101.5 Designation once appointed by the Mayor, the Mayor Pro Tem may be introduced at all public gatherings as the Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Santa Ana, and shall be afforded all of the rights and privileges usually afforded the Mayor in similar circumstances. The Mayor Pro Tem shall be provided with credentials, letters of introduction, or written authority wherever the same is required, in order for him to effectively act on behalf of the City of Santa Ana. Section 2-101.6 Limitations The appointment of the Mayor Pro Tem by the duly elected Mayor of the City of Santa Ana shall in no manner be deemed a permanent appointment of Mayor Pro Tem, nor shall said appointment in any manner create any priority for future similar appointments. The Mayor Pro Tem appointment shall be at the pleasure of the Mayor and subject to recall by the City Council. The appointment of a Mayor Pro Tem shall be limited by the Mayor in time and purpose, and in no circumstance shall extend beyond that time reasonably re- quired to perform the designated appearance. SECTION 3: ~If any section, subsection, 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 valid- ity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 4: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be con- strued as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or case deposit in lieu there- of, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION 5: The Clerk of the Council shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Santa Ana within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. SECTION 6: This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its adoption. ORDINANCE NO. NS-1260 PAGE THREE PASSED ~ND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 16th day of June , 1975. ATTEST: FLORENCE I. NIALONE --~ STATE OF CkLIFOP~NIA ) COUNTY OF OP~NGE ) CITY OF S~/qTA ANA ) ss: I, FLORENCE I. M~ONE, do hereby certify that I am %he Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced to said Council at its r~gular meeting held on the 2nd day of June , 1975, and was again considered by said Council at its regular meeting held on the 16th day of June , 1975, and was at said meeting passe--d--and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCILMEN: Evans, Brandt, 0rtiz, Bricken, Garthe NOES: COUNCILMEN: Ward, Yamamoto ABSENT: APPROVED AS TO FOP. M: COUNCILM~N: None