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RESOLUTION NO. CC-2412-118
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. CC-2412-113, ORDERING THE
SUBMISSION TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF CERTAIN
MEASURES RELATING TO AMENDING CHARTER ARTICLE XI ELECTIVE OFFICERS, POWERS AND DUTIES SECTION 11.1 CITY TREASURER, AND SETTING PROCEDURAL DETAILS; FOR THE ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY MARCH 4, 2025, AS CALLED BY RESOLUTION NO. CC-2410-090.
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election on Tuesday March 4, 2025 has been called by Resolution No. CC-2410-090, adopted on October 15, 2024; and WHEREAS, the City Council at its Regular Meeting on December 3, 2024, adopted Resolution No. CC- 2412-113, ordering the Submissions of certain measure relating to the City Treasurer’s Duties and Qualifications, as well as, setting procedural details, and providing staff direction which includes returning to the City Council such amended resolution; and WHEREAS, the City Council is authorized and directed by statute to submit the proposed charter amendments to the voter;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to the California Constitution, Article XI and the Government Code, Title 4, Division 2, Chapter 2 (commencing at section 34450) and the Election Code Division 9, Chapter 3, Article 3 (commencing at section 9255) of the State of California, there is called and ordered to be held in the City of Redondo Beach, California, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, for the purpose of submitting the following proposed charter amendments:
MEASURE CTD
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT. Shall Section 11.1
regarding the City Treasurer’s duties be amended to delete the duty to receive and be custodian of all public funds and instead add the duty maintain an autonomous role of oversight for monitoring, auditing, and serving as the Tax Administrator?
YES
NO
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MEASURE CTQ
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT. Shall Section 11.1.01 be
added to establish further qualifications for eligibility for the office of City Treasurer to include a Bachelor’s or Associate’s Degree and two or more years of work experience in financial markets, financial analysis, portfolio management, investments, or governmental accounting; or a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in specific degrees; or four or more years of work experience in financial markets, financial analysis, portfolio management, investments, or governmental accounting?
YES
NO
SECTION 2. That the text of the proposed charter amendment to be submitted to the voters are attached as Exhibit A and B.
SECTION 3. That the vote requirement for the measure to pass is a majority (50%+1) of the votes cast.
SECTION 4. That the ballots to be used at the election shall be in form and content as required by law.
SECTION 5. That in all particulars not recited in this resolution, the election shall be held and conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections.
SECTION 6. That notice of the time and place of holding the election is given and the City Clerk is authorized, instructed, and directed to give further or additional notice of the election, in time, form and manner as required by law.
ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST
SECTION 7. Pursuant to Section 9282(b) of the California Elections Code, the City Council, or any member or members of a legislative body authorized by the City Council, or any individual voter who is eligible to vote on the measure, or bona fide association of citizens, or any combination of voters and associations may file a written argument for or against a city measure.
SECTION 8. That pursuant to the above the City Council does authorize the following member(s) of its body: _____________________ for, to file written arguments In Favor of City measures as specified above not exceeding 300 words, accompanied by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9282 (c). The arguments may be changed or withdrawn until Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 5:30 p.m., after which no arguments for or against the City measure may be submitted to the City Clerk.
SECTION 9. That the City Clerk/Elections Official is directed to follow the format for ballot arguments provided in subsections (d), (e) and (f) of Section 9282 of the California Elections Code.
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SECTION 10. No more than five signatures shall appear with any argument submitted. In case any argument is signed by more than five authors, the signatures of the first five shall be printed. The arguments shall be accompanied by the Form of Statement To Be Filed By Author(s) of Argument.
SECTION 11. The arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk/Elections Official, signed, with the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization, and the printed name and signature of at least one of its principal officers who is the author of the argument. The arguments shall be accompanied by the Form of Statement To Be Filed By Author(s) of Argument.
SECTION 12. That based on the time reasonably necessary to prepare and print the arguments and sample ballots and to permit the ten-calendar-day public examination period, Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 5:30 p.m., as the date after which no arguments for or against a City measure may be submitted to the City Clerk/Elections Official for printing and distribution to the voters.
SETTING PRIORITIES FOR ARGUMENTS
SECTION 13. That if more than one argument for or against the measures is submitted to the City Clerk/Elections Official within the time prescribed, pursuant to Section 9287 of the California Elections Code, City Clerk/Elections Official shall select, pursuant to Section 6, one of the arguments in favor and one of the arguments against the Measure for printing and distribution to the voters.
SECTION 14. That the City Clerk/Elections Official shall give preference and priority, in the order named, to the arguments of the following:
(a) The City Council, or member(s) or members of the body authorized by the City Council.
(b) The individual voter, or bona fide association of citizens, or combination of voters and associations, who are the bona fide sponsors or proponents of the measure.
(c) Bona fide associations of citizens.
(d) Individual voters who are eligible to vote on the measure.
REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST
SECTION 15. That pursuant to Section 9285(a)(1) of the California Elections Code, after the City Clerk/Elections Official has selected the arguments for and against each measure which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the Election Official shall send a copy of the argument in favor of each measure to the authors of the argument against each measure, and a copy of the argument against each measure to the authors of the argument in favor of each measure.
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SECTION 16. That pursuant to Section 9285(a)(2) of the California Elections Code that author or a majority of the authors of an argument relating to a city measure may prepare and submit a rebuttal argument or may authorize in writing any other person or persons to prepare, submit, or sign the rebuttal argument.
SECTION 17. That pursuant to Section 9285(a)(3) of the California Elections Code rebuttal arguments may not exceed 250 words.
SECTION 18. That pursuant to Section 9285(a)(4) of the California Elections Code rebuttal arguments relating to a city measure shall be filed with the Elections Official no later than 10 days after the final filing date for primary arguments, the Election Official has fixed Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. The rebuttal argument shall be accompanied by the Form of Statement To Be Filed By Author(s) of Argument.
SECTION 19. That rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk/Elections Official, signed, with the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization and the printed name and signature of at least one of its principal officers.
SECTION 20. That pursuant to Section 9285(a)(5) of the California Elections Code all rebuttals may not be signed by more than five persons and shall be printed in the same manner as a primary argument and shall immediately follow the primary argument which it seeks to rebut.
IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS
SECTION 21. The City Clerk/Elections Official shall transmit a copy of the measure to the City Attorney, unless the organization or salaries of the office of the City Attorney are affected.
a. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure not exceeding 500 words showing the effect of the measure on the existing law and the operation of the measure.
b. The analysis shall include a statement indicating whether the measure was placed on the ballot by a petition signed by the requisite number of voters or by the governing body of the city.
c. In the event the entire text of the measure is not printed on the ballot, nor in the voter information portion of the voter information guide, there shall be printed immediately below the impartial analysis, in no less than 10-point type, the following: “The above statement is an impartial analysis of Ordinance or Measure __. If you desire a copy of the ordinance or measure, please call the Elections Official’s office at (310) 318-0656 and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you.”
d. The impartial analysis shall be filed with the City Clerk/Elections Official by Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.
SECTION 22. That the City Council approves the letter designations of “CTD” RESOLUTION NO. CC-2412-118
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and “CTQ” for identification of the ballot measure.
SECTION 23. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the Book of Original Resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 10th day of December, 2024. ________________________________
James A. Light, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Michael W. Webb, City Attorney Eleanor Manzano, CMC, City Clerk RESOLUTION NO. CC-2412-118
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH )
I, Eleanor Manzano, City Clerk of the City of Redondo Beach, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. CC-2412-118 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 10th day of December, 2024, and thereafter signed and approved by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk, and that said resolution was adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Eleanor Manzano, CMC
City Clerk
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EXHIBIT “A”
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT MEASURE CTD
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH CALIFORNIA, HEREBY AMEND ARTICLE XI ELECTIVE OFFICERS, POWERS AND DUTIES SECTION 11.1 CITY TREASURER OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
(NOTE: New provisions or language added to the existing charter section are shown in BOLDFACE type; words and figures deleted from the existing charter section are shown in strikeout type.)
Sec. 11.1. City Treasurer.
The City Treasurer shall be the custodian of maintain an autonomous role of oversight for monitoring of all public funds belonging to or under the control of the City, or of any office, department, or agency thereof, and shall have the power and be required to; (a) Receive and have custody of all moneys collected by the city from any source; (a) Audit periodically, but no more than annually, administration of all monies collected from any source as reconciled by city departments;
(b) Deposit Monitor all moneys received from any source in such depositories as may be designated by resolution of the City Council;
(c) Disburse revenue moneys on demands having been properly audited and approved in the manner provided for in this Charter or by ordinance of the City of Redondo Beach; (d) Prepare and submit to the City Clerk Have access, for review, of monthly written reports of all receipts, revenue disbursements, bank accounts and funds balances, copies of which reports shall be are filed with the City Manager from City departments. (e) Prepare and submit to the City Manager Have Access to monthly reports as to the failure of any department heads, officers and/or employees within the City failing to promptly turn over moneys to the Treasurer as required by this Charter or by ordinances of said city and have the authority to periodically audit all moneys collected by the City. from any source in order to prepare these monthly reports;
(f) Audit periodically, but no more than annually, collection of City taxes and license fees; (g) Act as Tax Administrator in the manner provided for in this Charter or by Ordinance of the City of Redondo Beach.
(g) (h) Invest and reinvest funds according to State law; provided, however, that the City Council may adopt investment guidelines by resolution.
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The City Treasurer may appoint deputies for whose acts the City Treasurer’s bond agents are responsible. The deputies shall hold office at the pleasure of the City Treasurer.
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EXHIBIT “B”
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT MEASURE CTQ
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH CALIFORNIA, HEREBY ADD ARTICLE XI ELECTIVE OFFICERS, POWERS AND DUTIES SECTION 11.1.01 CITY TREASURER OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
(NOTE: New provisions or language added to the existing charter section are shown in BOLDFACE type; words and figures deleted from the existing charter section are shown in strikeout type.)
Sec. 11.1.01 Eligibility.
No person shall be eligible for the office of City Treasurer unless at the time of filing their nomination papers such person shall have:
(1) A Bachelor’s or Associate’s Degree from an accredited college or university, and two or more years of work experience in financial markets, financial analysis, portfolio management, investments, or governmental accounting; or (2) A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in accounting, finance, business, economics, business economics, business administration, or public administration; or
(3) Four or more years of work experience in financial markets, financial analysis, portfolio management, investments, or governmental accounting.