HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-33 - Calling For the Holding of a General Municipal Election to Be Held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, for the Election of Members of the City Council as Required by the Provisions of the City CharterRESOLUTION NO. 2024-33
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, CALLING FOR THE
HOLDING OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE
HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024, FOR THE
ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AS
REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 1000 of the City Charter of the City of Newport
Beach, a General Municipal Election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday of November in each even numbered year for the election of municipal officers
and for such other purposes as the City Council may prescribe; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Sections 400 et seq. and 1000 of the City
Charter of the City of Newport Beach, a General Municipal Election shall be held on
Tuesday, November 5, 2024, for the election of members of the City Council to represent
the Second, Fifth and Seventh Districts, for a term of four years.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 400 et seq. and 1000 of the
City Charter, there is called and ordered to be held in the City of Newport Beach,
California, on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, a General Municipal Election for the purpose
of electing members of the City Council to represent the Second, Fifth and Seventh
Districts for the full term of four years.
Section 2: The ballots to be used at the election shall be in form and content as
required by law.
Section 3: The City Clerk is authorized, instructed, and directed to coordinate
with the County of Orange Registrar of Voters to procure and furnish any and all official
ballots, notices, printed matter and all supplies, equipment and paraphernalia that may
be necessary to properly and lawfully conduct the election.
Section 4: In accordance with the provisions of law governing the Statewide
General Election, including Elections Code Section 10418, the precincts, ballot drop box
locations and hours of operations, vote center locations and hours of operations, vote -by -
mail procedures and timing, the election officers, and all other services, staff, and
procedures for the General Municipal Election, shall be the same as those utilized by the
County of Orange and in compliance with the Elections Code of the State of California.
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Section 5: In all particulars not recited in this resolution, the election shall be
held and conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections.
Section 6: Notice of the time and place of holding the election is given and the
City Clerk is authorized, instructed, and directed to give further or additional notice of the
election, in time, form, and manner as required by law.
Section 7: In the event of a tie vote (if any two or more persons receive an equal
and the highest number of votes) as certified by the County of Orange Registrar of Voters,
the tie vote shall be settled by the casting of lots pursuant to Section 400 of the City
Charter of the City of Newport Beach.
Section 8: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
Section 9: The City Council authorizes the City Clerk to administer said election
and all reasonable and actual election expenses shall be paid by the City of Newport
Beach upon presentation of a properly submitted bill.
Section 10: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 11: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 12: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to
the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the
activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3,
because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
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Section 13: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 11th day of June, 2024.
Will O'Neill
Mayor
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Aaron . Harp 07
City A rney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
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; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2024-33 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 111h day of June, 2024; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Will O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tern Joe Stapleton, Councilmember Brad Avery,
Councilmember Noah Blom, Councilmember Robyn Grant, Councilmember
Lauren Kleiman, Councilmember Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said
City this 12th day of June, 2024.
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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