Arcadia Municipal Code Ch. 1a Council Continuity

Pursuant to § 403(d) of the Arcadia City Charter, the following provisions shall govern in the event that five vacancies simultaneously exist on the City Council.

Upon notification that five vacancies exist on the City Council, each of the members of the Board of Education, during an open meeting of the Board, shall appoint one person to fill one vacancy on the Council. The Board shall transmit to the City Clerk an official record of its action. Upon receipt of said record, the City Clerk shall sign and deliver to each appointee a certificate of appointment and administer to each appointee the oath of office prescribed in the State Constitution. Upon taking the oath, each appointee shall be deemed installed as a temporary councilman. The councilmen so appointed shall serve until newly elected councilmen are installed after a special election to be conducted as hereinafter set forth. Each appointee shall be a legally registered voter of the City and after accepting the appointment he shall not be eligible for election at the special election.

Upon notification that five vacancies exist on the City Council, the City Clerk immediately shall call a special election, which call shall have the same operative effect as a resolution or ordinance calling an election pursuant to the Elections Code. The special election shall be for the purpose of electing five councilmen for the unexpired terms. The Clerk shall set the election at the earliest possible date which is compatible with the procedures of the Elections Code and the election shall be conducted in accordance with the Elections Code.

In lieu of the City Council, the City Clerk shall canvass the returns, declare elected the persons having the requisite number of votes for each office, and install the newly elected officers. The City Clerk shall issue certificate of election and issue the oath in accordance with the Elections Code.

(Chapter 1a added by Ord. 1417 adopted 8-18-70)