City Council Minutes
March 21, 2022
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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING OF MARCH 21, 2022
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Walker called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Mayor Walker, Mayor Pro-tem Martinez, Councilmembers Untalon, Tipton and White
ABSENT: None
STAFF: IT Director Espinosa, City Attorney Cochran, City Clerk Rathbun GUESTS: Andrew Sandoval, John Martinez
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
All recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
AGENDA REVIEW
No changes were made.
PUBLIC HEARING – INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GREENFIELD ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING BYDISTRICT ELECTIONS, DEFINING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND SCHEDULING THE ORDER OF
ELECTION FOR EACH
Staff report was given by City Attorney Cochran.
Power point presentation was given by Dr. Daniel Phillips.
Mayor Walker opened the public hearing at 6:30 p.m.
John Martinez stated that Greenfield’s democracy was not broken and that LULAC was trying to break it and things should be left alone. He stated that the City of Soledad was not going to go with district elections and would be challenging it. He stated that districts would only disturb everything in the City and the City should challenge it.
Andrew Sandoval, LULAC, stated that the map were cut very clear and recommended Plan 405. He stated that District 12, LULAC, had sent several letters to cities and school districts requesting that they go to by-district elections and was glad that Greenfield was going through with the by-district elections.
There was discussion among the Council regarding district elections.
It was the consensus of the Council that Map 405 was the best map. 21 City Council Minutes
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Mayor Walker closed the public hearing at 6:43 p.m.
A MOTION by Councilmember Martinez, seconded by Councilmember White to Introduce and Waive the First Reading of the Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Greenfield Establishing By-District Elections, Defining District Boundaries and Scheduling the Order of Election for Each. ROLL CALL VOTE: Councilmember White – AYE; Councilmember Tipton – NO; Councilmember Martinez – AYE; Mayor Pro-tem Untalon – AYE; and Mayor Walker – NO. Motion died.
A MOTION by Councilmember Martinez, seconded by Councilmember White to Introduce Ordinance #556, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Greenfield Amending Chapter 2.10 of Title II of the City of Greenfield Municipal Code Establishing By-District Elections for Council Members, Defining District Boundaries, and Scheduling the Order of Election for Each District, utilizing draft ordinance Exhibit “D”, which references Map 405. ROLL CALL VOTE: Councilmember White – AYE; Councilmember Tipton – NO; Councilmember Martinez – AYE; Mayor Pro-tem Untalon – AYE; and Mayor Walker – NO. Motion carried.
City Attorney Cochran read proposed Ordinance #556 in its entirety.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
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Mayor of the City of Greenfield
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City Clerk of the City of Greenfield
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