HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 6493 2014-07-28 RESOLUTION NUMBER 6493
A RESOLUTION OF THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL
REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF ORANGE CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 4, 2014 WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THAT DATE PURSUANT TO
§10403 OF THE ELECTIONS CODE
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election has been called by Ordinance
No. 1641, adopted on June 23, 2014;
WHEREAS, the City Council also desires to submit to the voters at the election
ballot measures whether to amend the Seal Beach City Charter to make the city
clerk an appointed position and whether to amend the Municipal Code to reduce
and modernize the City's utility user taxes;
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the General Municipal Election be consolidated
with the Statewide General Election to be held on the same date and that within
the City precincts, polling places, and election officers of the two elections be the
same, and that the county election department of the County of Orange canvass
the returns of the General Municipal Election and that the election be held in all
respects as if there were only one election.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Seal Beach City Council does resolve, declare,
determine, and order as follows:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to the requirements:.of California Elections Code
§10403, the City hereby requests that the Orarige'County Board of Supervisors
consent and agree to the consolidation of a General Municipal Election with the
Statewide General Election on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, for the purposes of
electing three Members of the City.Council (District 1 , District 3, and District 5) for
a full four-year term of office and presenting to the voters the measures identified
in Section 2.
SECTION 2. That the following measures are to appear on the ballot as follows:
(Ballot measure designations will be assigned by the County)
Seal Beach City Charter Amendment. Shall the office of city YES
clerk be appointive?
NO
Seal Beach UUT Modernization/Tax Reduction Measure. Shall YES_
the City of Seal Beach adopt an ordinance reducing the utility
users tax rate; modernizing its ordinance to require equal NO
treatment of taxpayers regardless of technology, to maintain 9-1-1
response, police officer patrols, firefighter/paramedic staffing,
senior/transit programs, sewers/storm drains to prevent toxic
pollution from contaminating beaches and coastal waters, and
other city services; and requiring low-income senior exemptions,
annual audits, local control of funds, and no rate increase without
voter approval?
SECTION 3. The county election department is authorized to canvass the
returns of the General Municipal Election. The election shall be held in all
respects as if there were only one election, and only one form of ballot shall be
used. The election will be held and conducted in accordance with the provisions
of law regulating the statewide election.
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Resolution Number 6493
SECTION 4. The Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to the
County election department to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of
the consolidated election.
SECTION 5. The City of Seal Beach recognizes that additional costs will be
incurred by the County by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse
the County for actual costs.
SECTION 6. The Council hereby directs the City Clerk to file a certified copy of
this Resolution with the Board of Supervisors and the county election department
. of the County of Orange.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the Seal Beach City Council at a
regular meeting held on the 28th day of July 2014 by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members: •1/j,,'Qu tea J i _ ',tii i' 1.�1
NOES: Council Members: !'
ABSENT: Council Members:
ABSTAIN: Council Members:
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I, Linda Devine, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number 6493 on file
in the office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the Seal Beach
City Council at a regular meeting held on the 28th day of July , 2014.
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City Clerk
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