HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-01 CC OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 04-01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA AMENDING CHAPTER 2.08 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE REOUIRING THAT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTIONS OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA BE HELD ON THE
FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER IN
EACH EVEN-NUMBERED YEAR
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 - Findings: The City Council of the City of Temecula finds as follows:
A. Pursuant to the terms of Elections Code Section 10403.5, cities are authorized to
change the date of general municipal elections to coincide with the elections date of the statewide
direct primary, the statewide general election or the date of school district elections;
B. The City Council finds that its goals of encouraging maximum voter turn-out and
minimizing costs will be promoted by changing the general municipal election date of the City from
the first Tuesday, after the first Monday of November in each odd-numbered year to the first
Tuesday, after the first Monday of November in each even-numbered year.
C. If approved by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, this change will not have
the effect of extending any term of office by more than twelve months.
Section 2 - Change in General Municipal Election Date: Section 2.08.010 of the
Temecula Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"2.08.010 When held Commencing with the general municipal elections to occur
during 2006, general municipal elections of the City of Temecula shall be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday of November in each odd-numbered year."
Section 3 - Extension of Terms of Office:
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2.08.020 of the Temecula Municipal
"2.08.020 Extension of terms
A. Pursuant to Elections Code Section 10403.5, those councilmembers of the City of
Temecula whose terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of this Ordinance, expired
following the November, 2005, general election shall, instead, continue in office until no later than
the fourth Tuesday after the date of the November, 2006, general municipal election of the City of
Temecula."
B. Those councilmembers of the City of Temecula whose terms of office would have,
prior to the adoption of this Ordinance, expired following the November, 2007 general election shall,
instead, continue in office until no later than the fourth Tuesday after the date of the November,
2008, general municipal election of the City of Temecula.
Section 4- Effective Date: This Ordinance shall become operative 30 days from the date
of its adoption and upon approved by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside.
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Section 5 - The City Clerk is hereby directed to:
' A. Certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published as
required by law;
B. Transmit a copy of this Ordinance to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Riverside, together with the request that said Board approve this Ordinance and provide
the City with notice of such approval; and
C. Within thirty (30) days after approval of this Ordinance by the Board of Supervisors of
the County of Riverside, cause a notice to be mailed to all registered voters in the City of Temecula
informing them of the change in the general municipal election date and councilmembers terms
affected by this Ordinance, which notice shall be in accord with the requirements specified in
California Government Code Section 36503.5(e).
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED, this 27,h day of January, 2004.
ATTEST:
Susan . Jones, CMC
City,Clerl
Michael S. N ga Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
' COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Susan W. Jones, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, California, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 04-01 was duly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 13th day of January, 2004, and that thereafter, said Ordinance
was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Temecula on the
27th day of January, 2004 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 3 COUNCILMEMBERS: Comerchero, Roberts, Stone
NOES: 2 COUNCILMEMBERS: Washington, Naggar
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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