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HomeMy WebLinkAbout30-City Attorney - - - CI"'-~ OF SAN BEANARDI"~fJ - REQUIi'""'T FOR COUNCIII'.cs '~N From: Ralph H. Prince Subject: Munic ipal primary Election, Nomination Papers Deadline Dept: City Attorney Date: November 24, 1986 Synopsis of Previous Council action: None Recommenlied motion: waive further first reading of ordinance and layover for final adoption. ~~~ Signature Contact person: Ralph H. Prince Phone: 5255 FUNDING REOUIREMENTS: Amount: None Source: N/A N/A Supporting data attached: Yes Ward: Finance: Council Notes: 75-0262 Agenda Item No. 30--:-- - CIT~ OF SAN BERNARDlt." - REQUEr"'" FOR COUNCIL ACTr",N STAFF REPORT San Bernardino Municipal Code Section 2.56.040 provides that nomination papers for the municipal primary election shall be issued not later than twelve noon on the sixty-eighth day before the election. The sixty-eighth day falls on December 25, 1986. Both December 25 and December 26, 1986 are holidays and City Hall will be closed. Therefore, the City Clerk recommends and the City Attorney concurs that for the purpose of the primary election the nomination period should close on December 24, 1986 at noon. The attached ordinance will accomplish that purpose. 75-0264 11-24-86 1 2 ORDINANCE NO. ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO CHANGING THE 3 DEADLINE FOR THE OBTAINING OF SIGNATURES TO NOMINATION PAPERS OF ANY CANDIDATE FOR THE MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTION OF MARCH 3, 4 1987 FROM TWELVE NOON ON THE SIXTY-EIGHTH DAY TO TWELVE NOON ON THE SIXTY-NINTH DAY BEFORE THE MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTION AND 5 DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF. 6 THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of San Bernardino Municipal Code Section 2.56.040 to the contrary, for the purposes of the municipal primary election of March 3, 1987, nomination papers shall be issued and verification deputies appointed to obtain signatures to the nomination papers of any candidate at any time not earlier than the eighty-ninth day nor later than twelve noon on the sixty-ninth day before the municipal primary election. SECTION 2. This ordinance is enacted pursuant to the authority of City of San Bernardino Charter Sections 10 and 14- A which permit the Mayor and Common Council by ordinance to provide for the holding of primary elections. The purpose of this ordinance is to change the deadline for the filing of nomination papers from twelve noon on the sixty-eighth day to twelve noon on the sixty-ninth day before the municipal primary election because the sixty-eighth day set by San Bernardino Municipal Code Section 2.56.040 falls on Christmas, a holiday. SECTION 3. This ordinance is an urgency and emergency measure relating to elections and shall take effect immediately upon its adoption and approval. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San -1- 11/24/86 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Bernardino at a the meeting thereof, held on , 1986, by the following vote, to day of wit: AYES: Council Members NAYS: ABSENT: City Clerk The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this day of , 1986. Mayor of the City of San Bernardino Approved as to form: ~>&~~~ City Attorney -2- 11/24/86