RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASADENA,
CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR THE FILING OF WRITTEN
ARGUMENTS RELATED TO CHARTER AMENDMENT MEASURES, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL
ANALYSIS OF EACH MEASURE
WHEREAS, a Primary Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Pasadena, to be consolidated with the Statewide Primary Election to be held on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at which there will be submitted to the voters of said City three local ballot measures in substantially the following form:
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Pasadena does resolve, declare, determine, and order as follows:
Shall amendments to the Pasadena City Charter to: 1) make clerical corrections relating to outdated language and citations contained in various sections of the City Charter; and 2) update the accounting method used to calculate the existing voter- approved transfer from the Power Fund to the General Fund, in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), for general government use such as 911 response, fire paramedic, public health, street repairs, senior, and homeless services, be adopted?
YES
NO
Shall amendments to Article X of the Pasadena City Charter to require the City Council to set limits by ordinance for contract, settlement, and claim approvals, be adopted?
YES
NO
Shall an amendment to Article X of the Pasadena City Charter include additional contract selection methods, requiring City Council approval, to deliver significant public capital improvement and infrastructure projects efficiently, timely, and within budget for essential municipal services such as police, fire, public works and parks, resulting in less cost to taxpayers, be adopted?
YES
NO
1 SECTION 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the following member(s) of its body to file written arguments related to each measure:
Against
Against
In Favor or
In Favor or
In Favor or
In Favor or
In Favor or
Against
Against
Against
not exceeding 300 words in accordance with the Elections Code of the State of California, Article 4, Chapter 3, Division 9, Sections 9280 et seq., and may be changed until and including the date fixed by the City Clerk, December 14, 2023, after which no arguments for or against the measure may be submitted to the City Clerk.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of each measure to the City Attorney. The City Attorney shall cause to be prepared an impartial analysis of each measure showing the effect of each measure on the existing law and the operation of the City. The impartial analyses shall be filed by the date set by the City Clerk for the filing of primary arguments, December 14, 2023.
Adopted at the regular meeting of the City Council on the _ day of December 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
L^Ut/i^iS^A.
Michele Beal Bagnprrg/
City Attorney/City Prosecutor
Mark Jomsky, City Clerk
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