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RESOLUTION N0. 2840
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LYNWOOD URGING THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
PLACE THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS RECOM-
MENDED BY THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CHARTER STUDY
COMMITTEE,ON THE NOVEMBER 1958 BALLOT,
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Charter Study Committee,
comprised of distinguished citizens of outstanding professional
qualifications, has stud.ied the existing Los Angeles County Charter,
and
WHEREAS, members of said Charter Committee are_ unanimous in
their opinion that County government is good government, and that the
existing County Charter is basically a good document, and.
WHEREAS, the present Charter has been widely characterized
as simple and flexible and should remain so, and
WHEREAS, today�s conditions are different from those
existing on the date that the present Charter became effective, June 2,
1913, and
WHEREAS,, today��s population of nearly six million people is
almost ten times that of the 600,000 in this County in 1913, and
WHEREAS, the 1958-59 total County budget of 560 million �
dollars compares to one of four million dollars 45 years ago, and
WHEREAS, the members of County personnel have grown from
3,300 to 37,000, and
WHEREAS, the recommended Charter revisions are of paramount
importance which are motivated toward -two primary goals -- responsive-
ness and accountability to the public, and efficiency and professional-
ization of administration, and
WHERE3IS, the surrunary of the changes proposed are as follows:
l. More adequate representation of nearly six million
people in the County through an increase in the member-
ship of the Board of Supervisors from 5 to 11 so that
each of the supervisors will then represent approximately
515,000 constituents instead of the 1,100,000 he repre-
sents today.
2. Separation of policy-making and legislative powers from
those of administration, with the former vested in the
elected Board of Supervisors and- administration vested
in the County Manager the Board appoints and can remove
at will.
3. Professional administration through provisions for a
non-civil service County Manager appointed by the Board
on the basis of "his ability to perform the d.uties of
the office," and serving at its pleasure,
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4. Improved e£ficiency and economy through a provision for
the power of the County to contract with private agencies
for auxiliary services in those cases where it will be
in the public interest to do so.
. 5, Improvement of the personnel system by:
a. Strengthening the management and administration of
the personnel program through the County Manager�s
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appointment of the Personnel Director and through
expanding the Civil Service Commission to five
memb�rs, but restricing the Commission�s responsi- �
bilities to developing rules and regulations; to
� hearing appeals of aggrieved employees, and to
making investigations.
b. Furthering the County career system through providing
for promotional rights on a,reciprocal basis between
the County and the Special Districts gover`ned by the
Board of Supervisors.
c. Attracting the best qualified. personnel through pro-
. viding for the simultaneous certification of qualified
candidates from both open competitive and promotional
examinations,
d._ Providing discretionary authority through authorizing
the.Commission to determine the duration of probation-
ary periods and eligible lists in lieu of the present
fixed ceilings of six months' and two years respectively;
' and through authorizing the Board of Supervisors to
' determine vacation privileges for County employees,
e. .Transferring to,the unclassified service all super-
visorst deputies, one secretary and one chaufPeur in
each of the supervisor�s offices.
f, Precluding discrimination because of race, color or
national origin by giving permanent Charter sta.tus
,to present County policies assuring equal opportunity
and treatment to all County employees and all appli-
cants for County employment regardless of race, color,
or national origin,
6, ,Eliminating obsolete provisions, removing unnecessary
procedural details from the Charter, and general
modernization of terminology. ,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the.City Council of the
City of Lynwood that the City of Lynwood urges the Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors to place the aforesa3d proposed Chanter amendments
before the electorate for its decision on the November 1958 ballot.
_ APPROVED and ADOPTED this lgth day of Augus� 1958,
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CITY OF LYNWOOD
I, the und�reigned, City Clerk of the
City of Lynwood do hereby certiPy that the �bove
- and Poregoing resolution wae duZy adopted by the
Oity Council of eaid City at a ----� regular
meeting thereof held in the Citg Hall of eaid City, .
on the Zgth da,y of August y 19�, and passed
by the following vote; ,
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