Point Arena Municipal Code Ch. 2.35 Municipal Elections

Pursuant to the authority of Section 36503.5(a) of the Government Code, the date for the general municipal election of the city of Point Arena shall be held on the same day as the statewide general election. Pursuant to Elections Code Section 2550, the statewide general election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each even-numbered year.

(Ord. 158 § 2, 1995.)

Those elected city officers whose terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter, expired on the first regular city council meeting occurring after the receipt of the certificate of county clerk as to the result of the canvass and statement of vote cast after an election in June of an evennumbered year shall, instead, continue in their office until no later than the first regular meeting of the city council to occur after receipt of the certificate of county clerk as to the result of the canvass and statement of the vote cast after the date of the general municipal election established by this chapter. The city council shall at this same meeting seat its new members and select the mayor and vice mayor.

(Ord. 158 § 3, 1995.)

Each future municipal election of the city shall be conducted on the same day as the statewide general election unless this chapter is subsequently repealed.

(Ord. 158 § 4, 1995.)