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19 The motion carried unanimously by voice vote . Staff was asked to prepare an enforcement procedure to eliminate all day parking in the short time zones in the Downtown Project area. MOTION : Councilman Henderson moved, seconded by Council- man Williams, to remove $110,000 from the Capital Outlay Fund for the purpose of transferring it to the General Fund for reduction of the property tax rate. The motion carried unanimously by voice vote . (The Council recessed from 3 :55 to 4 :05 p .m. ) City Manager Fales recommended a transfer of about $35-40,000 from the Capital Outlay Fund to the Unbudgeted Reserve Fund in the event any special elections may be required. Discussion followed and it was pointed out that the $40,000 would be intended to cover any special recall election and any election required to elect successors, if necessary, and the recall proponents were urged to become candidates for the City Council, whether or not the recall is conducted, and to participate actively in the community. Thomas Simpson, a signed proponent of the proposed recall, stated that he could not meet a residency requirement to 111 be a candidate for the City Council, since he has lived in the City only three months. Mrs. Launderville (see above) questioned whether a three- month resident of the City could be a proponent of a recall movement and cause the taxpayers to have to pay for it. MOTION: Councilman Norris moved, seconded by Councilman Williams, to transfer $40,000 from the Capital Outlay Fund to the Unbudgeted Reserve of the General Fund. Thomas Simpson (see above) challenged the $40,000 amount of the transfer, stating that a recall election would not cost that much. Mayor Weymouth explained that the recall process involves two special elections--the special recall election and, if any Council member is recalled, then another special election to elect his or her successor. City Clerk Hildebrand advised that at least 5,000 signa- tures would have to be obtained on each petition for each of the four Council members who were served a Notice of Intention, with the cost for verification of the validity of the 20,000 signatures at 16¢ per name being at least $3,200. She further advised that if one or more of the petitions qualified, then a special recall election costing about $16,000 must be held; and if any Council member is recalled, then the special election for a successor would cost an additional $16,000; or a total for signature verification and the two elections of at least $35,200 for the recall process. -19- Budget Study 6/7/75