Title 2 — ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
American Canyon Municipal Code Ch. 2.56 Dates for General Municipal Elections
American Canyon Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · American Canyon
Cite as: American Canyon Municipal Code Chapter 2.56 · Text as of 2026-10-04
2.56.010 Election date established.¶
The general municipal election for positions on the council shall be
held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November in even numbered years, commencing November 1994.
Ord. 93-10 § 1, 1993
2.56.020 Consolidation of elections.¶
The city clerk shall petition the county of Napa to consolidate the city
general municipal election with the state-wide general election being held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each even numbered year, commencing November 1994, and to permit the county clerk to conduct the city general municipal election.
Ord. 93-10 § 2, 1993
2.56.030 Councilmember terms.¶
(A) Those councilmembers whose terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of this ordinance, expired on the Tuesday succeeding the second Tuesday in April of 1994, shall continue in office until no later than the fourth Tuesday after the general municipal election in November 1994, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(B) Those councilmembers whose terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of this chapter, expired on the Tuesday succeeding the second Tuesday in April of 1996, shall continue in office until no later than the fourth Tuesday after the general municipal election in November 1996, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(C) The terms of office for the councilmembers elected in November 1994, and in each subsequent general municipal election, shall be, in accordance with state law, for terms of four years and shall expire no later than the fourth Tuesday after the date of the general municipal election, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
Ord. 93-10 § 3, 1993
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