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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1472 EJC: adg 1/15/79 NS-1472 ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA A~ ~\_j.~_~.\~\~ ORDERING, CALLING, PROVIDING FOR AND , ~ -' ELW. CTION TO EE EE.LD IN ~I--/E SAID CITY ON APRIL 3, 1979, FOR TEE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF TEE SAID CITY CERTAIN PROPOSALS TO AMEND TEE CHARTER OF SAID CITY WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana desires that a special municipal election be combined with the general election to be held on April 3, 1979, for the purpose of submitting a certain proposed amendment to the Charter of the City of Santa Ana to the qualified voters of said City; and WHEREAS, the City Council has requested the Board of Supervisors of Orange County, pursuant to Resolution No. 79-4, to permit the Registras of Voters to render speci- fied services to said City relating to the general election to be held in said City on April 3, 1979; NOW, THEREFOREv THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: That a special election be combined with the general election and be held and the same is hereby called to be held, in the City of Santa Aha on April 3, 1979, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said City the proposal set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof, to amend the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Section 2: That on the ballot to be used at said special election, in addition to other matters required by law, there shall be printed substantially the provisions of Exhibit A. Section 3: That the proposals pursuant to Exhibit A hereof shall be designated on the ballot by a letter, pursuant to Section 10219 of the Elections Code of the State of California. Section 4: That the said special municipal election shall be conducted an accordance with the Elections Code of the State of California, and the Clerk of the Council is hereby author- ized and directed to take all actions necessary or appropriate with respect thereto, except to the extent such actions may be under- taken by the Registrar of Voters of the County of Orange. Section 5: That notice of the time and place of holding said special municipal election is hereby given, and the Clerk of the Council is hereby authorized and directed to give such additional notice thereof as required by law. ADOPTED, this 15th day of January , 1979, by the following vote: Brandt, Bricken, Evans, Ortiz, AYES: COUNCILMEN: Ward, Yamamoto NOES: COUNCILMEN: ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: ATTEST: APPRovpo AS TO KEITH L. GOW, CITY ATTORNEY MAYOR ORDINANCE NS-1472 EXHIBIT A Ballot lan~.ua~e: REVENUE AND TAXATION. Shall the Charter be [ ] YES amended to revise the budget adoption procedure by prohibiting yearly budget growth greater than 3% and [ ] NO salary, wages and fringe benefits greater than 70% of the budget without an affirmative vote of the electors. Proposed amended charter language: Sec. 607. Same - further consideration and adoption. After the conclusion of the public hearing, the city council may further consider the proposed budget and make any revisions thereof that it may deem advisable. On or before the thirty-first (31st) day of July, the city council shall adopt the budget with revisions, if any, by the affirm- ative votes of at least the majority of its members. Upon final adoption, the budget shall be in effect for the ensuing year. Between the first (let) day of July and any subsequent date on which the budget is adopted, the several offices, departments and divisions shall be authorized to expend, each calendar month subject to the controls established in other sections of this charter, amounts of money equal to the ex- penditures of each such office, department or division during the preceding year. The budget adopted by the city council shall provide for the support of public recreation programs at least the equivalent of six cents (6~) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed value of taxable property in the city on the legal assessment date for the previous fiscal year. The b~d~et ~ by the city council shall not exceed the previous yeaz's bud~et..-~more ~re-~--~pr~nt ~--~n~-~he total budget expendltur~--~r--6~icer-~-~Fsa~-~ employees; w--~s, sal--~i~-~d fringe benefits shall not be greater than seventy percentS%) of th~ bud~e~wltho~t an' ~f~-~v~ vote of the electors. A copy of the adopted budget, certified to by the clerk of the council, shall be filed with the director of finance and a further copy shall be placed, and shall remain on file, in the office of the clerk of the council where it shall be available for inspection. The budget so certified shall be reproduced and copies made available for the use of all officers, offices, departments, and other agencies of the city and for the use of civic organizations.