Resolution No. 6359049
RESOLUTION NO. 6359
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA,
PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS FOR
CITY MEASURES SUBMITTED AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
WHEREAS, Elections Code §§ 9220 and 9285 authorizes the City Council, by
majority vote, to adopt provisions to provide for the filing of rebuttal arguments for city
measures submitted at municipal elections.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to Elections Code §§ 9220 and 9285, 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 of the argument in favor. The authors may prepare and submit rebuttal
arguments not exceeding 250 words. The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City
Clerk not more than 10 days after the final date for filing direct arguments. Rebuttal
arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the direct arguments. Each rebuttal
argument shall immediately follow the direct argument which it seeks to rebut.
SECTION 2. That all previous resolutions providing for the filing of rebuttal
arguments for city measures are repealed.
SECTION 3. That the provisions of Section 1 shall apply only to the election to
be held on June 25, 2013, and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of the
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of cypress at a regular
meeting held on the 25th day of March, 2013.
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, DENISE BASHAM, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City
Council held on the 25th day of March, 2013, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Yarc, Johnson, Bailey, Mills and Narain
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS