HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-77 - Consolidating Election - 11-2-10RESOLUTION NO. 2010 -77
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
THE COUNTY OF ORANGE TO CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2010, WITH THE
STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE SAME DATE
PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE SECTION 10403
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority provided by Article XI of the California Constitution,
Title 4, Division 2, Chapter 2 of the California Government Code and Division 9, Chapter 3,
Article 3 (commencing at Section 9255) of the California Elections Code, the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach is authorized to submit proposed Charter amendments to the
voters; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, called a General
Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, for the purpose of submitting
Charter amendments and related ordinance repeal to the voters; and
WHEREAS, California Elections Code Sections 10400 et seq. authorize a municipality
to consolidate its election with a statewide election to be held on the same day; 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 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 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That a measure is to appear on the ballot as follows:
MEASURE
Shall the Charter be amended and ordinances repealed to: close Charter
loopholes that circumvent Proposition 13; restrict oil operations; amend
legal document publication requirements; simplify franchise processes;
increase formal bidding thresholds; adjust misdemeanor penalties; require
redistricting appointments every ten years; amend Civil Service System;
repeal Chamber of Commerce contribution limit; remove City contract term
limitations; require vote for the sale of City owned waterfront property; make
administrative changes to comply with state and federal law?
YES
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SECTION 2. 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.
SECTION 3. 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 4. The City of Newport Beach recognizes that additional costs will be
incurred by the County by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the County
for any cost attributable to the City's General Municipal Election.
SECTION 5. Pursuant to California Election Code Section 10403, the City Clerk is
hereby directed to file a certified copy of this Resolution with the Board of Supervisors and
the county's election official at least 88 days prior to the November 2, 2010 General Election.
SECTION 6. 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 on this 6th day of July, 2010.
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Keith D. Curry
Mayor
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
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I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution,
being Resolution No. 2010 -77 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City
Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 6th day of
July, 2010, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Selich, Rosansky, Henn, Webb, Gardner, Mayor Curry
Noes: None
Absent: Daigle
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 7th day of July, 2010.
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