Porterville Municipal Code § 2-1 Time and Place of Regular Meetings 1

Pursuant to section 10 of the City Charter, regular meetings of the Porterville City Council shall be held on the first and third Tuesday of each month in the City Hall, at 291 North Main Street in the City. The regular meetings will commence at five thirty o'clock (5:30) P.M., with closed session commencing at five thirty o'clock (5:30) P.M., and open session commencing at six thirty o'clock (6:30) P.M. (Ord. 1792, 10-16-2012)

The City Council of the City hereby declares the purpose of sections 2-1.2 through 2-1.5 of this article is to further the purposes of the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 1 , as amended. (Ord. 1845, 5-15-2018)

A. Members of the City Council shall be elected by-district in five (5) single-member districts. One member of the City Council shall be elected from each district by the voters of that district alone. Each member of the City Council shall serve a four-year term until his or her successor is qualified.

B. The City Council member elected to represent a district must reside in that district and be a registered voter in that district, and any candidate for City Council must reside in, and be a registered voter in, the district in which he or she seeks election at the time nomination papers are issued. (Ord. 1845, 5-15-2018)

A. The boundaries and identifying number of each of the five (5) City Council districts shall be as described on the City Council District Map which is on file in the City as exhibit A, and incorporated by this reference.

B. The City Council districts described in subsection A of this section shall continue in effect until they are amended or repealed in accordance with law. The boundaries of the City Council districts shall be reapportioned from time to time as required by applicable law. (Ord. 1845, 5-15-2018; Ord. 1889, 3-1-2022)

A. The by-district system of elections shall be implemented, beginning at the general Municipal election held in November 2018, as follows:

1. Members of the City Council shall be elected in Districts 1 and 2 beginning at the general Municipal election in November 2018, and every four (4) years thereafter; and

2. Members of the City Council shall be elected in Districts 3, 4, and 5 beginning at the general Municipal election November 2020, and every four (4) years thereafter.

B. No term of any member of the City Council that commenced prior to the effective date of this section shall be affected by the adoption of sections 2-1.1 through 2-1.5 of this article. (Ord. 1845, 5-15-2018)

If any section, subsection, sentence or clause of sections 2-1.1 through 2-1.5 of this article is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of sections 2-1.1 through 2-1.5 of this article. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed the ordinance codified herein, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional. (Ord. 1845, 5-15-2018)