CITY OF SIGNAL HILL
STAFF REPORT
2175 Cherry Avenue • Signal
Hill, California 90755-3799
6/14/2022
AGENDA ITEM
TO:
HONORABLE MAYOR
AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM:
HANNAH SHIN-HEYDORN
CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT:
ORDINANCE AMENDING SIGNAL HILL MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 1.14 -
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
Summary:
City Council will consider amending Signal Hill Municipal Code Chapter 1.14 - Municipal Election to be consistent with the language in the City Charter, as modified as a result of the implementation of Measure N as approved by voters in 2019.
Recommendation:
Introduce an ordinance, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 1.14 OF THE SIGNAL HILL MUNICIPAL CODE - MUNICIPAL ELECTION Fiscal Impact:
There is no fiscal impact associated with the recommended action.
Strategic Plan Objective:
Goal No. 6: Promote a transparent and open government.
Background and Analysis:
To comply with State law, the City Council added two measures to the ballot for the March 5, 2019 Signal Hill General Municipal election amending the City Charter to consolidate future elections with either the Statewide Primary Election (Measure M) or the General Election (Measure N). Measure N received the highest affirmative votes changing the date of Signal Hill Municipal elections to be CITY OF SIGNAL HILL Page 1 of 3 Printed on 6/9/2022
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consolidated with the General Election date beginning November 3, 2020 and reducing one-time councilmember terms by four months.
The City Charter was then amended to reflect the change as indicated by the tracked changes below:
Signal Hill City Charter Section 301. Officers
The elective officers of the City shall consist of a city clerk, a city treasurer, and a city council of five members, one of whom shall be the mayor. Each elected officer shall be elected from the City at large and shall be all of the following: (i) a citizen of the United States; (ii) 18 years of age or older; and (iii) a registered voter and resident of the City for at least 29 days prior to the date of filing nomination papers. Each elected officer shall continue to reside in the City for the duration of his or her tenure. Subject to the term requirements for councilmembers provided in this Charter being applicable to all elected officers, all elected officers shall serve for a term of four years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.
The five members of the city council in office at the time this Charter takes effect shall continue in office until the termination of their current terms.
Those city councilmembers who are serving existing terms as of the effective date of this Charter and who were elected at the March 4, 1997 general municipal election shall serve terms until no later than the third Tuesday in March, 2001. Those city councilmembers who are serving existing terms as of the effective date of this Charter and who were elected at the March 2, 1999 general municipal election shall serve terms until no later than the third Tuesday in March, 2003. Those city councilmembers who were elected at the March 7, 2017 general municipal election shall serve terms until no later than the certification and installation of their successors elected at the general municipal election held on November 3, 2020. Those city councilmembers who were elected at the March 5, 2019 general municipal election shall serve terms until no later than the certification and installation of their successors elected at the general municipal election held on November 8, 2022. All city council offices filled by general municipal election occurring after the effective date of this Charter shall be for a term of four years (with the exception of terms for city councilmembers elected at the March 7, 2017 and March 5, 2019 general municipal elections as provided herein), and shall be elected at the general municipal election each fourth year thereafter.
The term of each member of the city council shall commence upon the installation of that member, which shall occur no more than twenty-one (21) days after the date of the council meeting when certification occurs of the related general municipal election on the third Tuesday of March in the year in which they are elected. Ties in voting among candidates for office shall be settled by drawing by lot or by special election as the City Council shall determine by ordinance or resolution to be conducted pursuant to procedures which may be established by ordinance. City council may, by ordinance or resolution passed no later than thirty (30) days prior to election, determine whether ties in voting among candidates shall be settled by drawing by lot, by special election, or by other means.
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Signal Hill City Charter Section 800. General Municipal Elections General municipal elections for the election of city councilmembers and for such other purposes as the city council may prescribe shall be held in the City on March 6, 2001, and on the first Tuesday in March in each odd numbered year thereafter. through March 5, 2019, and thereafter on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even numbered year, commencing on November 3, 2020 or such date as the state shall fix for said general election in the event the existing date shall be changed.
Upon introduction of the Ordinance, the City Clerk’s office will cause to be posted a summary of the Ordinance pursuant to Signal Hill Municipal Code Section 1.08.010 at City Hall, Discover Well Park, Reservoir Park, and the Signal Hill Library on or before June 17, 2022. A summary of the Ordinance will also be published in the Signal Tribune newspaper per Government Code §65091(a)(4) on June 17, 2022. Second reading of the Ordinance will be agendized for the June 28, 2022 City Council meeting.
Waive the Reading of All Ordinances
Wherein the titles appear on the public agenda, said titles shall be determined to have been read by title, and further reading is waived. The purpose of waiving the reading of ordinances in full and authorizing reading by title only is to help streamline the Council meeting process, to avoid unnecessary delay and to allow more time for substantive discussion of items on the agenda.
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