ORDINANCE 1617ORDINANCE NO. 1617
PROPOSITION AMENDING TITLE 1 (ADMINISTRATION AND
PERSONNEL) OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE TO CONVERT
THE ELECTIVE OFFICE OF CITY TREASURER TO AN APPOINTIVE
OFFICE.
A. Pursuant to Government Code Section 36508, at any municipal election, or special
election held for that purpose, the City Council may submit to the electors the
question whether the elective office of City Treasurer shall be appointed by the
City Council;
B. At its Regular Meeting of November 5, 2019, the City Council of the City of El
Segundo approved Resolution No. 5179 which called a General Municipal Election
to be held on March 3, 2020 for voters of the City of El Segundo to elect candidates
to fill three (3) City Council seats, to fill the elected City Clerk seat, and to fill the
elected City Treasurer seat;
C. On November 19, 2019 the City Council approved Resolution No. 5190 which
called for the submission of a ballot measure to El Segundo voters to convert the
elected office of City Treasurer into an appointed office pursuant to Government
Code Sections 36508 through 36510; and
D. The El Segundo voters at the City's General Municipal Election of March 3, 2020
approved the City ballot measure submitted pursuant to Government Code
Sections 36508 through 36510 to convert the elected office of City Treasurer into
an appointive office.
NOW, THEREFORE, the people of the city of El Segundo do ordain as follows:
SECTION1. Environmental Analysis. This Proposition is exempt from review under the
California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code §§ 2100, et seq.,
"CEQA") and CEQA regulations (14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq.)
because it establishes rules and procedures to implement government funding
mechanisms; does not involve any commitment to a specific project which could result in
a potentially significant physical impact on the environment; and constitutes an
organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical
changes in the environment. Accordingly, this Resolution does not constitute a "project"
that requires environmental review (see specifically 14 CCR § 15378(b)(4-5)).
SECTION 2. Title 1, Chapter 5 of the El Segundo Municipal Code is amended to read
as follows:
Chapter 5. City Officers and Employees
Article C. City Treasurer.
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Sec. 1-5C-1. Appointment of City Treasurer.
A. As authorized under Government Code Section 36510,
the power to appoint the City Treasurer shall be vested
in the City Manager and such appointee shall serve at
the pleasure of the City Manager. The foregoing
notwithstanding, the City Council, by subsequent
ordinance, reserves the right to vest all authority to
appoint the City Treasurer in itself to the fullest extent
authorized under Government Code Section 36510.
B. Pursuant to Government Code Sections 36508 through
36510, El Segundo voters at the City of El Segundo
General Municipal Election of March 3, 2020 approved
a City -initiated ballot measure which converted the
elected office of City Treasurer to an appointive office.
In so far as the voters of the City of El Segundo also
elected a City Treasurer at the City's General Municipal
Election of March 3, 2020, the first appointment to the
office of City Treasurer as authorized under subsection
(A), above, shall be made upon the earlier of the
following: (i) upon the expiration of the term of office of
the person elected to serve as City Treasurer at the
March 3, 2020 General Municipal Election; or (ii) a
vacancy of such office.
Sec. 1-5C-2. Appointee Qualifications.
A, Any person appointed to serve in the capacity of City
Treasurer must be an employee of the City who meets
such professional qualifications as may be established
and, from time -to -time, modified by the City Manager
acting in consultation with the City Council.
B. As provided under Government Code Section 36510,
the person appointed to serve as City Treasurer need
not be a resident of the City of El Segundo.
Section 1-5C-3. Duties of City Treasurer.
A. The City Treasurer shall perform all such duties as may
be imposed by State law or by this Code.
8, Pursuant to Government Code Section 36518, the City
Treasurer shall execute a bond in an amount to be
fixed by resolution of the City Council.
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SECTION 3. El Segundo Municipal Code section 14A-1 is amended as follows;
1-4A-1: GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS:
Beginning in March 2020, general Municipal elections for the election of
Council members, and the City Clerk � , and for such
purposes as the City Council may prescribe, will be held in the City on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in each even -numbered year.
SECTION 4. Subsection (E) of El Segundo Municipal Code section 1-5A-7 is amended
as follows:
"E. Appointment And Demotion Duty: It shall be the duty of the City Manager
to and he shall appoint, remove, promote and demote any and all officers
and employees of the City except the City Clerk; and the City Attorney
City Treasure 01
SECTION 5. Pursuant to Government Code Section 36510, the City Council by approval
of this Ordinance by both the El Segundo voters and the City Council exercises the City
Council's right to vest authority in the City Manager to appoint the City Treasurer. The
foregoing notwithstanding, voters of the City of El Segundo and the City Council approve
this ordinance subject to the right of the City Council to later vest the appointment
authority back to the City Council by subsequent ordinance of the City Council.
SECTION, 6. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the City Council
intends that such invalidity will not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions or
applications and, to this end, the provisions of this Ordinance are severable.
SECTION 7. The Mayor will sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk will attest and certify
to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance if a majority of the voters voting in the
City's general election on March 3, 2020 approve the proposition asking whether the City
Treasurer office shall be made appointed. The City Clerk shall timely cause the same to
be published once in the official newspaper.
SECTION 8. This Ordinance shall become effective upon the certification of an
affirmative majority vote of the City voters at the March 3, 2020 General Municipal
Election.
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ADOPTED BY THE ELECTORATE AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD
MARCH 3, 2020.
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance No. 1617 was duly and regularly passed, approved, and adopted
by the electors of the City of El Segundo, California, at the General Municipal Election
held in said City on Tuesday, the 3rd day of March, 2020, and that it was so passed and
adopted by the following vote at said election to wit:
Total Votes Cast
"YES," 3356
"NO," 1821
And that, therefore, more than a majority of the electors voting upon the adoption of said
ordinance having voted in favor thereof, the said ordinance shall accordingly become
effective according to its terms and a provided by law.
Tracy eaver, ity Clerk
APPROVED TO FORM:
M T. Whsle, City Attorney
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