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A meetlng of the Burllngane Clty Councll was held on the above glvendate. Mayon Rooth cal1ed the rneetlng to onder at 8:00 p.m. and
announced that the meetlng was scheduled 1n conformanee wlth thoState Electlon Larrr fon the purpose of canvasslng electlon r.etur.nsof the Municlpal Electlon held and conducted ln the Clty of BunlLngame,
Apr.l1 8, 19!8. The Chalr. also announced that accordlng to tbeElectlon Coder the Councll may re-organlze by electlng a r{ayon anda Vl ce-i'Iayor and, fal1lng to r:each an agreement, the matter may be
c ont inued .
CALL TO ORDER
ROIL CALL
Present - Councilmen:
Absent - Council-men:
oANVASS 0F VoItsS
BurlLngame, CallfonnlaAprl1 151 1958
Byrd- Johns on-l.tor gan-Rooth- lhayen
None
onsolldated electlon pneclncts rrArr through and
ainlng electlon ta1Iy sheets and the envelopes
entee ballots necelved, w ere opened and declaned
The envelopes
lncrudlng ''Rtt
contalnlng the
as follows:
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cont
abs
FOR COUNCTL}(EN:
MUNICIPAL
ELECTTON PRECINCT
Chanles W. Melvyn J.ROOTH COBEN
Andnew C.
BYRD
WRTTE-
INS
A
B
C
D
E
F
(,
H
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J
K
L
M
N
o
P
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128
OR
186
79
BO
1l+l+
72
96
88
91
to5
tzl
101
111+
725
112
r68
209
17
116
78
18U
79
87
L62
58
9l+
81
83
89
168
110
105
120
111
L62
2l+7
t7
2t5r
93
90
98
105
70
77
31
62
77
69
63
91
7l+
68
A<
76
93
53
2
123
91
131
t23
100
t29
58
83
78
70
78
a57
78
100
91
L27
L73
9?
\
1B87
Bn own 1
Absentee ball ots
2L3l+7357
l,lount L
Ralph D.
MARTIN
245
Pr"oposltlon No. I (Stonm Dralnage fmprovements )
MUNICIPAL
ELECTION PRECTNCT YES
a\2
130
228
1l+1
121
169
79
a26
1l.t0
119
113
2L5
t2,
th6
t53
tL2
201
205
L2
NO
98
94
67
6'+
52
98
3l+
5z
30
l+l+
63
67
63
58
56
b7
109
99
11
1165
A
B
D
E
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L'
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L
M
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P
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Absentee ballots
ProposltLoh No. 2
2677
(Acqulsltlon Recreatlon Slte )
74
85
L67
loL
72
L26
58
77
79
79
B5
138
A
B
D
D
E
P
H
I
J
K
L
156
103
r55
100
101
116
LO2
B6
Bl+
91
1l+1
246
M
N
o
P
q
R
Absentee Ballots
B6
89
92
101+
lhz
Ulr
t2
1818
105
109
111
tL7
15h
t66
11
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Andnew C. Byrd and Charles W. iooth were eLected Councllmen ofClty of Burllngame fo:" the f uII term of four yeer.s.
ProposltLon I'Io. 1, pnovldlng for" a bonded lndebtedness ln thepnlncipal amount of S725r000, fon Storm Drainage fmprovements,
successfully passed a maJonlty ttyes" vote.
the
Pnoposltlon No. 2, provldlng for a bonded lndebtedness in theprinclpal amount of +7OrO00 for the acqubition and lmprovementsfor a mrnlclpal recneatlon slte, fa11ed to pass and was declaned
defeated.
EEsoLUrroN N0. 19-58 rfDeclarlng Result of 1958 Munlclpal ElectLon'r
was lntroducGd Ey feuncilmsn Byrdl who moved lts passage, secondedby Councllman Jotrns on and unanlmously adopted upon ro11 cal1.
OATH OF OFFiCE ADMINT.STERED
Ctty Clerk Herbert K. Whtte admlnlstened the Oath of Off1ce to
newly elected Councllrnan Bynd arrd Councllman Rooth.
ELECTION OF CHATRMAN.MAYOR
Councllman Thayer: placed the name of Andnew C. Byrd ln nomlnatlonfor the posltlon of Chalrrren of the Counctl.
Mayor Rooth requested the pnlvllege of c onunent lng on his stand ln
the matter, s tatlng that he was not a candldate for the positlon andin vlew of past clrcumstances whereln he was ob]lged to cast the
decldlng vote, he rrould prefer that asplrants to offlce resolvethe lssue among themselves.
Councllman Mor.gan stated that the women members of the
be penmltted the prlvllege of senvlng as Chalr.man andtheln vi.ews be expres s ed .
Councll should
sugges ted tha t
Councllman thayer:, ln conmentlng on he:: appolntment as the first
woman to serve the City of Bu:rlingarae as a Councll memben, expnessed
hen lnterest in becomlng the finst noman to ser:ve as its Chainman.
Councllman Johnson expr.essed her objectLon to partlclpatlng ln an
Lsstr6 nhich, ln--hen oplnion, would nesult, fnom all lndlcatlons,
ln a trdeadl6ck.It
Follorrlng a br.ief discusslon, the Chalr r:e-oponed the nomlnatlon
for the posltlon of Chalnman by placlng the name of Charlotte f.
Johns on 1n nomlnation.
Councllman Morgan placed the name of Josephlne M. Thayer' ln nomlna-
tlon fon Chalrman of the CouncLf.
Ther.e belng no funthen nomlnations, a vote byrr:ltten ba11ot was
selected es the appropriete procedu:'e.
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The r.esult of the vote was r"econded as follows:
Councllman Andrew C. Byrd ....
Cotmcllman Chanlotte Johnson .
Abs tainlng votes
2
2
1
A second po11 by bal1ot was r"equested eld declaned as follows:
CouncLlman Byrd
Councllman Johns onAbstaining votes
Councllman Byrd was declaned duly elected Chalnman of the C6unc11
fon the ensulng yean.
Retfu:lng Mayon Rooth rellnqulshed the Chalr to the newly olected
Mayor.
ELECTION VICE-CHAIRMAN
NornLnatlons wene declaned ln order. for the posltlon of Yice Chalrman.
3
1
1
Councllraan Rooth placed the name of CounciLman Char.lotte
1n nomlnatLon fon the posltlon of Vlce-Chairman.
Johns on
Mayor. Bynd placed the
nomlnat ion .
narne of Councilman Josephlne Thayen ln
Thene belng no further nomLnations, ballots were dlstributed bythe Clty Cler"k a nd the vote recorded as follows:
Councllnan Johns on.
Councllman f haver:Abstalnlng votes
A second ballot was dlstr"lbuted and the vote announced as follows:
CouncLlman Johns on
2
1
Counci].man Thayer
Abstalning Votes
I
2
1
A b::ief dl-scussion a'"ose following the second pol1, whereln CouncLlman
Mor.gan stated that he had no pnefenence fon elther candldate and
thenefone pnefenned to a bstain from votlng.
Councllman R ooth advlsed that he had revensed hlsto abstaln fnon votlng and urged all members of thehis or. hen ba1Iot.
orlglnal lntentionCouncll to cast
A thbd ba11ot resulted in the follouing vote:
Cormcllnan Johns on
Councllman Thayen
Abstalning votes .
Fallure to r"each the nequfued maJor.lty vote on the third ballot, a
four.th bal1ot was taken and announced:
Councllman Johns on
Councllman Tha.ver.
Abstaining votes
A fifth poll- by ba11ot was announced:
Councl ]-man Johns on
Counctlman Ehaye::
Abstainlng votes
a
1
2
2
1
t
1
1
3
248
A s kth bal1ot r.ecorded the followlng vote:
Conncllman Johns on .... 2
CounclLman Thayen ..... 2
Abs talnlng votes ...... 1
A seventh baIlot was announced as follows:
Counc llman Johns on .... 2
Councllman Thayer ... .. 1Abstalnlng votes . ..... 2
FECESS
A recess uas declar:ed by the Chair" at g:!0 p.m.
CALL TO ORDEX
A rnotlon was intr.oduced by Councllman Thayer', seconded by Councllmen
Johnson, that further actlon be wlthheld and the lssue be made thefirst order of buslness at the next negular.ly scheduled meetlng ofthe Clty Councll. The motlon failed by a ttu.ee to one vote.
BALLOTING CCNTTNUED
The Ctty ilenk was requested to dlstnlbute ba11ot numbor eight andthe vote itas r.ecorded es follorls:
The meetlng ras called to onder by Mayon B;a'd at 10:00 p.rn.
In nesponse to the Chalnrs lnqulry, the Ctty Attorney advlsed thatthe issue nay be resolved either by (1) contlnulng the bgllottng until
a maJority vote l-s cast or. a nomlnee may rlthdnaw or by (2) contln-ulng the matter unt 1.1 the nert regular rneetlng of the Counc11.
MOTION
Conncllman Johns on .... 2
Cor.rncllman Thayer ..... 1Abstatning votes . ..... 2
CounclLman Rooth offened the suggestlon that those abstalning from
votlng rlthdrawn themselves from the meetlng ln order that the lssue
may be resolved mor:e expedltlously.
Councllman l,ler.gan requested and was granted permlssl-on by the Chatrto be €xcus ed.
Councllman l6ayen announced her uithdrawal as a candldate for theposltlon of Vlce Chalrman and requested penmisslon to be excused
fnom the meetlng. PenmLssion was granted by the Chain.
Mayon B5n:d requested a dlstrlbutlon of ballots for a nlnth polI end
the nesult ras ennounced as follows:
Councllman Johnson
Councllman ThayenAbstalnlng votes
2
1
1
1
1
Councllmen Rooth neminded the remalnlng Csuncll members that
Councllman Thayen had withdrawn her candldacy and the Ctty Attorney
rulod that a vote may be taken only on those nemes placed ln
nomlna t 1on.
A tenth ba11ot taken was annotrnced as follows:
Councll-man JohnsonAbstalning votes
Councllman Jobnson was thereupon declaned duly elected to theposltlon of Vlce ChaLnman.
ADJCURNI{ENT
The rneetlng was negulanly ad Journed at 10:10 p.m.
Respectfully s ubnl tted ,
K.rTEClty Cler:k
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the
APPROVED:
Andrew C.
Mayon
*+nCouncllman Byr:d placed the name of
Courrcllrnan M6ngan ln nomlnatlon for the
oositlon of Vice-Chalrmar, whc declined
irominatlon. (Cor. APn. 21 , 1958)
Byrd
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