Ordinance No. 10981 ORDINANCE NO. 1098
2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
3 VERNON ESTABLISHING A DATE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF
NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS AND DECLARING THAT SAID
4 ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY
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6 WHEREAS, Section 3.4 of the Charter of the City of Vernon
7 provides that the City Council shall canvass the returns of an election
8 on the first Tuesday following a City Council election or such other
9 date within fifteen days of the election as may be provided by
10 ordinance and that the term of the Councilmember shall begin at the
11 hour of the completion of the canvass of the election returns; and
12 WHEREAS, on January 3, 2001, the City Council of the City of
13 Vernon adopted Ordinance No. 1081 establishing the first and third
14 Wednesday of each month for regular meetings of the City Council of the
15 City of Vernon; and
16 WHEREAS, in order to allow the City Council to take action
17 related to the election on the Wednesday after the election date, at
18 its regularly scheduled meeting, instead of Tuesday as provided for in
19 the Charter, the City Council intends to adopt this ordinance; and
20 WHEREAS, Section 4.3 of the Charter of the City of Vernon
21 allows an ordinance to be introduced and adopted at one meeting if it
22 relates to an election.
23 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON HEREBY ORDAINS:
24 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
25 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true
26 and correct.
27 SECTION 2: With respect to the General Municipal Election
28 that was to be held on April 13, 2004, the City Council of the City of
1 Vernon shall meet at their usual place of meeting on the third
2 Wednesday of the month after the election instead of the first or
3 second Tuesday after the election for the purpose of installing the
4 councilmembers.
5 SECTION 3: Any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict
6 with this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
7 SECTION 4: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
8 phrase or word of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be void or
9 unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
10 remaining portions of this Ordinance; it being the intention of the
11 City Council of the City of Vernon to pass and adopt this Ordinance and
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12 each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof
13 irrespective of the fact that one or more of the sections, subsections,
14 clauses, sentences or phrases thereof may be declared to be invalid or
15 unconstitutional.
16 SECTION 5: There being no newspaper printed, published or
17 circulated in the City of Vernon, the City Clerk is hereby directed to
18 certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall post the same, or
19 cause the same to be posted, within fifteen (15) days after its passage
20 in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code, as well as
21 Vernon Code Sections 1.9 and 1.10, in three (3) of the most public
22 places in the City of Vernon, to wit: the northwest corner of 38th
23 Street and Santa Fe Avenue, the northeast corner of Leonis Boulevard
24 and Pacific Boulevard, and on the bulletin board in the lobby of the
25 City Hall of said City, located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in the
26 City of Vernon, County of Los Angeles, State of California.
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SECTION 6: This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 2'8TH day of January, 2004.
ATTEST:
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
LEONIS C. MALB G, Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, d<
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1098,
was duly and regularly introduced at an adjourned regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Vernon, held on Wednesday, January 28,
2004, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the City of
Vernon, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:Malburg, Ybarra, Davis, and McCormic
(SEAL)
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSTAINED: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: Gonzales
BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss
CITY OF VERNON )
I, Gloria J. Orosco, Chief Deputy City Clerk, of the City of Vernon do
hereby certify that I had, on the 29th of January 2004, posted one (1)
copy of:
Ordinance No. 1098 - An Ordinance of the City Council of the City
of Vernon Establishing a Date for the Installation of Newly
Elected Officers and Declaring that Said Ordinance Shall Take
Effect Immediately.
On each of the following place, to wit: on the bulletin board in.the
lobby of the City Hall of the City of Vernon located at 4305 Santa Fe
Avenue, all in said City, there being no newspaper of general
circulation printed and published in the City of Vernon.
Date : / Q
Glo is J. rrMo
Chief Deputy City Clerk
State of California )
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County of Los Angeles)
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On before me, 9&tue6 C
Notary Public
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personally appeared T
Personally known to me (or known to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence) to be the person( whose name(,e') is/,ai-e subscribed to the
'within instrument and acknowledged to me that hejshe/t-y executed the
same in b�/her/tli"r authorized capacity, and that by h-i-e/her/tom
signature �sj on the instrument the person(aT, or the entity upon
behalf of which the person(.o' acted, executed the instrument.
WITLESS my hand and official seal
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CERTIFICATE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES)§
CITY OF VERNON )
I, Gloria J. Orosco, Chief Deputy City Clerk of the City of
Vernon, County of Los Angeles, State of California, do hereby
certify that the attached is a true and correct copy of
Ordinance 1098, entitled:
Ordinance No. 1098 - An Ordinance of the City Council of
the City of Vernon Establishing a Date for the Installation
of Newly Elected Officers and Declaring that Said Ordinance
Shall Take Effect Immediately.
The original of said record has been retained in the
offices of the City Clerk of the City of Vernon, said offices
being in the City of Vernon, County of Los Angeles, State of
California.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Official Seal of the City of Vernon, County of Los Angeles,
State of California, this 29th day of January, 2004.
SEAL:
G1 ria J. Or co
Chief Deputy City Clerk
CITY COUNCIL
LEONIS C. MALBURG
Mayor
THOMAS A. YBARRA
Mayor Pro-Tem
WM. 'BILL" DAVIS
Councilman
H. "LARRY" GONZALES
Councilman
W. MICHAEL MCCORMICK
Councilman
BRUCE V. MALKENHORST
City Administrator/City Clerk
FAX (323) 826-1438
CITY HALL
4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA 90058
TELEPHONE (323) 583-8811
ERIC T. FRESCH
Acting City Attorney
FAX: (323) 826-1433
KEVIN WILSON
Director of Community Services & Water
FAX: (323) 826-1435
KENNETH J. DeDARIO
Director of Light & Power
FAX: (323) 826-1425
STEVEN E. PARKER
Fire Chief
FAX: (323) 826-1407
BRUCE W. OLSON
Police Chief
FAX: (323) 826-1481
January 22, 2004
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City Council �2�g
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City of Vernon
Honorable Members:
I hereby certify that, pursuant to the Vernon City Code Section 2.90 and
Section 10229 of the Elections Code of the State of California relating to
the General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, April 13, 2004:
At the close of the nomination period on January 19,
2004, there are not more candidates than offices to
be elected.
The persons so nominated are:
Hilario Gonzales
William J. Davis
Vernon City Code Section 2.90 and Section 10229 of the Elections Code allows
one of the following courses of action to be taken by the City Council:
1. Appoint to the office the person who has been nominated.
2. Appoint to the office any eligible voter if no one has been
nominated.
3. Hold the election if either no one or only one person has been
nominated.
A notice of these facts will be published on January 28, 2004, in a newspaper
of general circulation nearest to the City pursuant to Section 6061 of the
Government Code. After the fifth day following the date of publication, the
City Council will meet again to either make the appointments or direct an
election to be held. The persons appointed, if any, shall qualify and take
office and serve exactly as if elected at a municipal election for the
office. According to the Vernon City Code Section 2.90, if, by the 50th day
before the municipal election, no person has been appointed to the offices
pursuant to (1) or (2) above, the election shall be held.
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There are not more candidates than offices to be elected.
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If the City Council makes'an appointment pursuant to Vernon City Code Section
2.90 and Section 10229 of the Election Code, the City Clerk shall not accept
for filing any statement of write-in candidacy, which is submitted after the
appointment is made.
Very truly yours,
Bruce V. Malkenhorst
City Clerk
BVM/ng
I, William Wilson, Code Enforcement Inspector, of the City of Vernon
do hereby certify that I did, on the 29th of January 2004, post two
( 2 ) copies of:
Ordinance No. 1098 - An Ordinance of the City Council of the City
of Vernon Establishing a Date for the Installation of Newly
Elected Officers and Declaring that Said Ordinance Shall Take
Effect Immediately.
On each of the following places, to wit: at the northwest corner of
38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue; the northeast corner of Leonis Blvd.,
and Pacific Blvd., all in said City, there being no newspaper of
general circulation printed and published in the City of Vernon.
Date: 2 Z Uj2 J_�
William Wilson
Code Enforcement Inspector
State of California )
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County of Los Angeles)
On before me,
N to y Public
personally appeared We U to/Sd0h.
Personally known to me (or known to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence) to be the person(gj whose name(,) is/ai-e subscribed to the
within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/sue/J- executed the
same in his/her/their authorized capacity, and that by his/.�a /. tr
signature O on the instrument the person(4r), or the entity upon
behalf of which the person Wj acted, executed the instrument.
WITNESS my hand and official seal
GLO A J. OROSCO>41
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41 NOTARY PUBLIC-CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles County
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