HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 1455 ERORDINANCE NO. 1455
AN ORDINANCE OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
REPEALING AND REENACTING LODI MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.04.070
SPECIFYING PROCEDURES FOR ELECTION OF THE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEMPORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Lodi Municipal Code Section 2.04.070 specifying
procedures for election of the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore is hereby
repeal ed.
SECTION 2. Lodi Municipal Code Section 2.04.070 specifying
procedures for election of the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore is hereby
reenacted as foll ows :
Section 2.04.070 Presiding officer - Mayor - Mayor Pro Tempore.
The presiding officer of the Council shall be the mayor who shall
be elected by the Council annually at the first regular meeting
after the canvass of votes done in conjunction with the statewide
general election in even numbered years. In years where there is
no general statewide election, the mayor shall be elected at the
first regular meeting in November. At the time of the election
of the mayor, one of the members of the Council shall be chosen
as mayor pro tempore. If the mayor is absent or unable to act,
the mayor pro tempore shall serve until the mayor returns or is
able to act. The mayor shall preserve strict order and decorum
at all regular and special meetings of the Council. He shall
state every question coming before the Council, call for the
vote, announce the decision of the Council on all subjects and
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decide all questions of order, subject, however, to an appeal to
the Council, in which event a majority vote of the Council shall
govern, and conclusively determine such question of order. He
shall sign all ordinances adopted by the Council during his
presence. In the event of the absence of the mayor, the mayor
pro tempore shall sign ordinances as then adopted.
SECTION 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are repealed insofar as such conflict may exist.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be published one time in the "Lodi
News Sentinel", a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and
published in the City of Lodi and shall be in force and take effect
thirty days from and after its passage'and approval.
Approved this 17th day of May, 1989
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DOHN R. SNIDER
Mayor
Attest :
State of California
County of $an Joaquin, ss.
I, Alice M. Reimche, City Clerk of the City of Lodi, do hereby certify
that Ordinance No. 1455 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Lodi held May 3, 1989 and was thereafter passed,
adopted and ordered to print at a regular meeting of said Council held
May 17, 1989 by the following vote:
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Ayes : Council Members - Hinchman, Olson, Pinkerton, Reid
and Snider (Mayor)
Noes: Council Members - None
Absent: Council Members - None
Abstain : Council Members - None
I further certify that Ordinance No. 1455 was approved and signed by
the Mayor on the date of its passage and the same has been published
pursuant to law. I I
Approved as to Form
BOBBY W. McNATT
City Attorney
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