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RESOLUTION Calling a Special Municipal Election for Submission of a Question to the Qualified Voters Relating to a Charter Amendment to Provide That the Vice Mayor Designation be Made at the First Regular Meeting in January of each year; Consolidating the Special Municipal Election with the General Municipal Election to be Held Tuesday, November 4, 2014; Approving the Form of the Ballot Question; Setting Forth Procedures for Ballot Argument and Directing the City Clerk to Submit the Measure to the City Attorney for Impartial Analysis (adds to the November 2014 ballot a Charter amendment to change the month in which the Vice Mayor selection is made; cost to add the measure is approximately $7,000)
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WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Charter, a General Municipal Election shall be held on November 4, 2014, for the election of Municipal Officers; and
WHEREAS, the City Council also desires to call a Special Election to submit to the voters at the election a question relating to an amendment to the Charter of San Leandro to provide that the City Council designate one of its members Vice Mayor at the first regular meeting in January of each year, in closer proximity to the installation of new City Councilmembers.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby calls a Special Municipal Election of the qualified voters of the City of San Leandro, to be held on November 4, 2014 to submit to the voters an amendment to the City Charter to provide for the City Council to designate one of its members Vice Mayor at the first regular meeting in January of each year (attached as Exhibit "A").
SECTION 2. The ballot measure shall appear and be printed upon the ballots to be used at the Election as follows:
Shall the City of San Leandro Charter be amended to provide that the City Council, at its first regular meeting in January of each year,...
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