Report to Mayor and City Council
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDERATION OF CITY ACTION TO SUBMIT TO THE VOTERS A PROPOSED ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING TERM LIMITS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE CITY OF CARSON
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I. SUMMARY
This item is on the agenda at the direction of the Mayor and the City Council. At the City Council meeting on August 2, 2016, the City Council gave direction for City Staff to prepare an ordinance establishing term limits for elected officials in the City for consideration at a special meeting of the City Council. The City Council also gave direction for City Staff to prepare the necessary resolutions to the send the proposed ordinance to the voters at the November 8, 2016 election.
The elected offices in the City currently are the Mayor, members of the City Council, the City Clerk, and the City Treasurer. The proposed measure establishes a lifetime limit of three terms served in any combination of offices. Both options also include that the term limit will apply to any combination of offices held by a person.
This Staff Report also includes information regarding whether other cities in California have term limits for elected City Clerks and City Treasurers.
This Staff Report presents the proposed ordinance for City Council consideration, along with the necessary resolutions for sending the proposed ordinance to the voters. The deadline for taking action to submit the ballot measure to the voters at the November election is August 12, 2016.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
REVIEW the information in this staff report and TAKE one or more of the following actions:
1. CONSIDER whether to send Ordinance No. 16-1598 titled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, SETTING TERM LIMITS FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE CITY OF CARSON BY ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 12 'TERM LIMITS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS' TO ARTICLE II OF THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE" to the voters at the November 8, 2016 election.
2. IF DECISION is to sen...
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