HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 056-1999RESOLUTION NO. 56-1999
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
SUBMITTING A MEASURE TO THE VOTERS WHETHER THE OFFICE OF CITY
CLERK SHOULD BE APPOINTIVE
and
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame:
WHEREAS, the Office of City Clerk is a vital part of the functioning of City government;
WHEREAS, it is important for the City to seek the best qualified person to be the City
Clerk; and
WHEREAS, the current City Clerk, Judith Malfatti, is retiring after superb service to the
City, having served as Deputy City Clerk by appointment, and then being elected to the office;
and
WHEREAS, State law provides that only means by which there can be any qualification
other than age and residency for the position is for the position to be appointive rather than
elective; and
WHEREAS, in order to ensure that the office is filled by a qualified person who will
devote her or himself to the duties expected and required of the Burlingame City Clerk, the
position should be appointive,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED AND ORDERED:
1. Pursuant to Government Code Sections 36509 and 36509, the following question shall
be submitted to the voters at the general municipal election on November 2, 1999:
"Shall the office of Burlingame City Clerk be appointive?"
2. The City Clerk is requested to place this measure on the ballot for the general
municipal election on November 2, 1999, and the City Attorney is directed to draft the impartial
analysis of the measure pursuant to Elections Code Section 9280.
MAYOR
I, JUDITH A. MALFATTI, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 7th day of
June . 1999, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: JANNEY, KNIGHT, O'MAHONY, SPINELLI
NOES: COUNCII.MRMBERS: GALL I GAN
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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