HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-68 - Requesting to Consolidate a General Municipal Election with Statewide General Election Pursuant Section 10403 of Elections CodeRESOLUTION NO. 2012 -68
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 6,
2012, WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
THE SAME DATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 10403 OF THE
ELECTIONS CODE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, called a
General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, for the purpose of
the election of members of the City Council to represent the Second, Fifth, and Seventh
Districts for a term of four years; 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 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to the requirements of Section 10403 of the Elections
Code, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange is hereby requested to consent
and agree to the consolidation of a General Municipal Election with the Statewide General
election on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, for the purpose of the election of members of the
City Council to represent the Second, Fifth, and Seventh Districts for a term of four years.
SECTION 2. That 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. That 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. That 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 costs.
SECTIONS. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this
resolution with the Board of Supervisors and the County Election Department of the
County of Orange.
SECTION 6. That 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 this 24th day of July, 2012.
ATTEST:
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
mayor
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; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2012 -68 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 24`" day of July, 2012, and that the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Hill, Rosansky, Curry, Selich, Henn, Daigle, Mayor Gardner
Noes: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 25° day of July, 2012.
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City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
(Seal)