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<br />DES:djg-c 12/8/83 <br /> <br />SECTION 4. <br /> <br />(a) The Council of Redwood City hereby proposes, <br /> <br />on its own motion, to amend the Charter of the City of Redwood <br /> <br />City by amending Sections 9, 17, 18, 21-1/2 and 47a. thereof to <br /> <br />read as follows: <br /> <br />"SECTION 9. THE COUNCIL: <br /> <br />"The Council shall be comprised of seven ee~fteiiffleft council <br />members, including the Mayor, and shall be the legislative body of <br />the city, each of the members of which, including the Mayor, shall <br />have the right to vote upon all questions before it. <br /> <br />"€e~fteiiffleft Council members shall be elected at each general <br />municipal election and shall hold office for the term of four <br />years from and after the Monday next succeeding the day of such <br />election and until their successors are elected and qualified. <br />The ee~fteiiffleft council members in office at the time of this <br />charter taking effect shall continue in office until the end of <br />the terms for which they were respectively elected. <br /> <br />"Any vacancy occurring in the Council shall be filled by <br />appointment by the remaining ee~fteiiffleft council members; but in <br />the event that said remaining ee~fteiiffleft council members fail to <br />fill such vacancy by appointment within 60 days after such vacancy <br />occurs, they must immediately cause an election to be held to fill <br />such vacancy; provided, however, that any person appointed to fill <br />such vacancy shall hold office only until the next regular <br />election, at which date a person shall be elected to serve for the <br />remainder of such unexpired term. In case a member of the Council <br />is absent from the city for a period of 90 days, unless by <br />permission of the Council, or ceases to be a resident and elector <br />of the city, His such member's office shall be declared vacant and <br />the same filled as in the case of other vacancies. <br /> <br />"The Council may provide by resolution for compensation of <br />its members in an amount not to exceed that allowed for Council <br />members of general law cities of equivalent population. <br />Adjustments to the initial rate of compensation established after <br />the effective date of the amendment hereto providing for <br />compensation by reference to Council member compensation of <br />general law cities may be made in amounts not to exceed those <br />allowed for general law city council members. Provision for <br />payment in accordance with the foregoing may be made when the <br />amendment hereto providing for such compensation is filed with the <br />Secretary of State, but in no event before July 1, 1982. <br /> <br />4 <br />