CC - City Hall Hours During Election Filing Period - Internal File 050r
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TO: HONORABLE MAYOR
AND MEMBERS
ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL
FRANK G. TRIPEPI CITY
FROM: JANICE WARNER, CITY CLEF
DATE: OCTOBER 5, 1993
RE: CITY HALL HOURS DURING ELECTION FILING PERIOD
As the City Council is aware, the Governor recently signed into law
a piece of legislation, AB 1282, which substantially changes the
State Elections Code. Among the changes resulting from that bill,
the ballot must now be printed in multiple languages, as dictated by
the ethnic makeup of the community, and the filing period for
candidates has been moved forward substantially to accommodate the
additional burden of printing a multi-lingual ballot. The filing
period for this election will be December 20, 1993, through January
14, 1994.
We have provided this information to alert the Council to a
potential dilemma. The final filing date, January 14th, falls on a
Friday. At this time, City Hall is not scheduled to be open on that
date since normal business hours for City Hall are Monday through
Thursday. The Elections Code does not specify that City Hall shall
remain open beyond normal business hours, as posted. However, we
believe the issue of the final filing date to be significant enough
to request a clarification of policy. Does the Council wish to open
City Hall on Friday, January 14th or does it wish to have City Hall
remain closed on that day? Should the Council take action to open
City Hall on that day, the City Manager will,adjust staff hours as
necessary, to accommodate that action.
Staff is flexible and can accommodate whatever decision the Council
renders.
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COUNCIL AGENDA
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