HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-10717 - Requesting County Board of Supervisors to Consolidate the General Municipal Election on Tuesday 11-8-2016 w Statewide General ElectionRESOLUTION NO. 10717 (2016 SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE SAN LUIS OBISPO
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO CONSOLIDATE THE GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2016, WITH THE
STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THAT DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo has called a General
Municipal Election to be held on November 8, 2016, for the purpose of the election of a Mayor and
two Members of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, Section 302 of the City Charter establishes November of even -numbered
years as the date for conducting the City's General Municipal Election; and
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 the precincts,
polling places and election officers of the two elections be the same, and that the San Luis Obispo
County Clerk/Elections Department 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, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of San Luis
Obispo does declare, determine and order as follows:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to the requirements of the Section 10403 of the Elections Code, the
Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo is hereby requested to consent and agree
to the consolidation of the General Municipal Election with the Statewide General Election to be
held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 for the purpose of the election of a Mayor and two Members
of the City Council.
SECTION 2. The San Luis Obispo County Clerk/Elections Department is authorized to
canvass the returns of the General Municipal Election and declare the results thereof. The election
shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election, and only one form of ballot shall be
used.
SECTION 3. The Board of Supervisors is hereby requested to issue instructions to the
County Clerk/Elections Department to take any and, all steps necessary for the holding of said
General Municipal Election. The City recognizes that additional costs will be incurred by the
County by reasons of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the County for any costs.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this resolution
with the County Clerk -Recorder.
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SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution.
Upon motion of Council Member Ashbaugh, seconded by Council Member Rivoire, and on the
following roll call vote:
AYES: Council Members Ashbaugh, Christianson and Rivoire,
Vice Mayor Carpenter and Mayor Marx
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
The foregoing resolution was adopted this 17`h day of May, 2016.
Mayor arx
ATTEST:
Lee Price, MMC
Interim City Clerk
APPROVED AS T- FORM:
1. Christine Dietri
City Attorney
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City
of San Luis Obispo, California, this'r'`day of Ca
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Lee ce, MMC
Interim City Clerk
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