Lemoore Municipal Code Ch. 5 Mayor and City Council

The time for regular meetings of the City Council shall be the first and third Tuesdays of each month at the hour of five thirty o'clock (5:30) P.M. All meetings of the City Council shall be held in the City Council chambers, 429 C Street, Lemoore, California. (Ord. 2017-13, 10-17-2017)

Each Council person shall receive the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per month as salary. The Mayor shall receive an additional one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month.

The salaries provided in this section are exclusive of any amounts payable to members of the City Council as reimbursement of the actual and necessary expenses of office and are also exclusive of benefits including, but not limited to, retirement, health and welfare, Federal Social Security payments and such other benefits as the City may pay on their behalf, so long as said benefits are also available for other City employees.

The salaries authorized pursuant to this section shall be paid commencing January 1, 2007, and shall be paid only during a fiscal year in which funds are budgeted and appropriated for this purpose. (Ord. 2006-07, 9-19-2006)

A. Appeals To Council: Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Code, any person excepting to the denial, suspension or revocation of a permit applied for or held by him pursuant to any provisions of this Code, or to any administrative decision made by any official of the City pursuant to any of the provisions of this Code, may appeal in writing to the Council by filing with the City Clerk a written notice of such appeal, setting forth the specific grounds thereof. (1975 Code §0-4.01)

B. Time For Filing Appeal: The written notice of appeal shall be filed with the City Clerk within fourteen (14) days after receipt of written notice of such action appealed from, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after the date of such action. (1975 Code §0-4.02)

C. Hearing; Notice: The City Clerk shall forthwith set such matter for hearing before the Council at a subsequent regular meeting and shall cause notice thereof to be given to the applicant not less than five (5) days prior to such hearing, unless such notice is waived in writing by the applicant. At such hearing, the appellant shall show cause on the grounds specified in the notice of appeal why the action excepted to should not be approved. The Council may continue the hearing from time to time, and its findings on the appeal shall be final and conclusive in the matter. (1975 Code §0-4.03)

ARTICLE A. ELECTIONS OF CITY COUNCILMEMBERS

SECTION:

The purpose of this article is to further the purposes of the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 1 . (Ord. 2018-01, 3-20-2018)

A. Five (5) City Council districts are hereby established in the City. The boundaries and identifying number for each of the five (5) City Council districts and the sequence of elections referenced in section 1-5A-4 of this article shall be as described on the official "City Council District Map" on file as exhibit A in the Office of the City Clerk, a true and correct copy of which is incorporated by reference.

B. The City Council districts referenced in subsection A of this section shall continue in effect until amended or repealed in accordance with law. The boundaries of the City Council districts may be reapportioned from time to time as required by applicable law. (Ord. 2018-01, 3-20-2018)

A. Commencing with the November 2018 general Municipal election, all members of the City Council shall be elected "by district", meaning election of one member of the City Council solely by one of the five (5) City Council districts referenced in section 1-5A-2 of this article, pursuant to Government Code section 34871(a), as may be amended from time to time.

B. The City Councilmember elected to represent a district must reside in that district and be a registered voter in that district pursuant to Government Code section 34882, as may be amended from time to time.

C. Any candidate for City Council must reside in and be a registered voter in the district in which the candidate seeks election at the time nomination papers are issued, pursuant to Elections Code section 10227, as may be amended from time to time. (Ord. 2018-01, 3-20-2018)

A. Commencing with the November 2018 general Municipal election, a by-district system of elections shall be implemented pursuant to Government Code section 34871(a) as follows:

1. Members of the City Council in Districts A and C shall be elected beginning in the November 2018 general Municipal election, and every four (4) years thereafter.

2. Members of the City Council in Districts B, D, and E shall be elected beginning in the November 2020 general Municipal election, and every four (4) years thereafter.

B. The terms of any City Councilmember which commenced prior to the November 2018 general Municipal election shall in no way be affected by the addition of this article to this Code. (Ord. 2018-01, 3-20-2018)