HomeMy WebLinkAbout22574 - RESOLUTIONS - 7/22/2009 RESOLUTION NO. 22574
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FILING
WRITTEN ARGUMENTS AND PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF
REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS REGARDING A CITY MEASURE AT
THE NOVEMBER 3, 2009, GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION,
AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN
IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS.
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Palm
Springs, California on November 3, 2009, at which there will be submitted to the voters
the following question:
Shall an ordinance be adopted to: reduce the City's
telephone users' tax from 5% to 4.5%; revise the YES
method for calculating and collecting the telephone
users' tax to reflect technological advances and
changes in state and federal law; eliminate the
emergency response fee and adopt an access line tax
in an amount equal to the current emergency N�
response fee; and ratify and approve past collection
of the telephone users' tax and emergency response
fee?
WHEREAS Article 4, Chapter 3, Division 9 of the California Elections Code
provides for the filing of written arguments and rebuttal arguments for City measures
submitted at municipal elections_
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1_ The City Council authorizes any and all members of the City
Council to file a written argument in Favor OR Against the City Measure, accompanied
by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the person(s) submitting it, or if submitted on
behalf of an organization, the name of the organization, and the printed name and
signature of at least one of its principal officers, in accordance with Article 4, Chapter 3,
Division 9 of the Elections Code of the State of California, and to change the argument
until and including the date fixed by the City Clerk, after which no arguments for or
against the City measure may be submitted to the City Clerk. No argument shall
exceed 300 words in length.
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SECTION 2. Pursuant to Section 0285 of the Elections Code of the State of
California, when the City Clerk has selected the arguments for and against the measure
which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the City Clerk shall send copies of the
argument in favor of the measure to the authors of the argument against, and copies of
the argument against to the authors in favor. The authors may prepare and submit
rebuttal arguments not exceeding 250 words. The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with
the City Clerk, accompanied by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the person(s)
submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization,
and the printed name and signature of at least one of its principal officers, not more than
10-days after the final date for filing direct arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall
immediately follow the direct argument which it seeks to rebut.
SECTION 3. Any written argument or rebuttal argument filed with the City Clerk
shall be accompanied by the Statement of the Author Farm required by Section 9600 of
the California Election Code. The City Clerk shall provide such form upon request.
SECTION 4_ The City Council directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the
measure to the City Attorney. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of
the measure, not to exceed 500 words, showing the effect of the measure on the
existing law and the operation of the measure. The impartial analysis shall be filed by
the date set by the City Clerk for the filing of primary arguments.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall print, or cause to be printed, in the Official
Sample Ballot, the entire text of the arguments for or against the measure, and the
rebuttal arguments, in uniform type, style and spacing.
ADOPTED THIS 22No DAY OF JULY, 2009.
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David H. Readt5aTR9Vranager
ATTEST:
ames Thompson, City Clerk
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 22574 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on July 22, 2009, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Hutcheson, Councilmember
Weigel, Mayor Pro Tern Mills, and Mayor Pougnet.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ames Thompson, City Clerk �7/13fZoo
City of palm Springs, California