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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 3 GEN'L ELECTION 11-01-93ENDA___ CONSENT CALENDAR NO. 3 11-1-93 In t e r-C o m DATE: NOVEMBER 1, 1993 TO: FROM: SUBJECT: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION - APRIL 12, 1994 RECOMMENDATION: For the April 12, 1994 General Municipal Election to proceed as currently scheduled, it is recommended that the following Resolutions be adopted: 1. Resolution No. 93-114, calling and giving notice of the April 12, 1994 General Municipal Election 2. Resol'ution No. 93.-115, adopting candidate statement regulations. 3. Resolution No. 93-116, requesting the County render specified election services 4. Resolution No. 93-117, ordering canvass of the election 5. Resolution No. 93-118, establishing an initiative filing fee FISCAL IMPACT: The 1993-94 budget reflects an estimated cost of $25,000 to conduct the April 12, 1994 General Municipal Election. The breakdown of the major costs is: (1) election consultant, approximately $14,400 (provides official ballots, ballot counter, sample ballot printing/mailing, absentee voter supplies, precinct supplies, etc.); (2) polling site and precinct worker fees, approximately $3,535; and (3) postage for mailing sample ballots, approximately $2,880. BACKGROUND The City's General Municipal Election is scheduled for April 12, 1994, to elect two Members of the City Council for full terms of four years. Election Resolutions Page 2, 11-1-93 Adoption of the first three resolutions recommended above are required for the election to proceed as scheduled. Adoption of the fourth resolution is a "housekeeping" item that states the canvass will occur and the Office of the City Clerk will certify the results to the City Council on the first Tuesday following the election. Adoption of the fifth resolution establishes an initiative filing fee of $200.00 should the City receive a request requiring the City Attorney to prepare a ballot title and summary for a ballot initiative. It should be noted that wit~ the newly enacted minority language provisions of the Voting Rights Act, candidate statements are now required to be translated in both Spanish and Vietnamese languages. To cover the added translation costs, candidates who submit a candidate's statement will be required to pay a deposit of $550.00 (this is an increase of $200.00 from the 1992 election). The period for.filing candidate nomination papers will begin on December 20, 1993 through January 14, '1994. ~f an incumbent does not file nomination papers for re-election, the filing deadline will be extended to January 19th. Valerie Whiteman Chief Deputy City Clerk E:M3RESO 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 93-114 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, CALLING AND GIVING NOTICE OF THE HOLDING OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12, ]994, FOR THE ELECTION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RELATING TO GENERAL LAW CITIES WHEREAS, under the provisions of the laws relating to General Law Cities in the State of California, a General Municipal Election shall be held on April 12, 1994, for the election of Municipal Officers, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the State of California relating to General Law Cities, there is called and ordered to be held in the City of Tustin, California, on Tuesday, April 12, 1994, a General Municipal Election for the purpose of electing two Members of the City Council for the full term of four years. SECTION 2. That the ballots to. be used at the election shall be in form and content as required by law. SECTION 3. That the Office of the City Clerk is authorized, instructed and directed to procure and furnish any and all official ballots, notices, printed matter and all supplies, equipment and paraphernalia that may be necessary in order to properly and lawfully conduct the election. SECTION 4. That the polls for the election shall be open at seven o'clock a.m. of the day of the election and shall remain open continuously from that time until eight o'clock p.m. of the same day when the polls shall be closed, except as provided in Section 14301 of the Elections Code of the State of California. SECTION 5. That 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. That notice of the time and place of holding the election is given and the Office of 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. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2:2 23 24 25 26 27 28 Resolution No. 93-. Page 2 SECTION 7. That the Office of the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1st day of November, 1993. JIM POTTS, MAYOR MARY E. WYNN, CITY CLERK STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF TUSTIN ) Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of the City of ~Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 93-114 was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1st day of November, 1993, by the following vote: Councilmember Ayes: Councilmember Noes: Counci lmember Abstained: Counci lmember Absent: Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk E:RELNOT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 93-115 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1994 WHEREAS, Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides that the governing body of any local agency a~opt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the candidates' statements, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS' SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for electi, ve office to be voted for at an election to be held in the City of Tustin on April 12, 1994, may prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided by the Office of the City Clerk. The statement may include the name, age and occupation of the candidate and a brief description of no more than 200 words of the candidate's education and qualifications expressed by the candidate himself or herself. The statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations. The statement shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk at the time t'he candidate's nomination papers are filed. The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5'00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period. SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY. (a) Pursuant to State law, the candidate's statement must be translated and printed in Spanish at the candidate's request, (b) Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act, the City is required to translate candidates' statements into the following languages in addition to English: Spanish and Vietnamese, (c) The Office of the City Clerk shall have all candidates' statements translated into the languages specified in (b) above and shall print all translations of candidates' statements in the voters pamphlet. SECTION 3. PAYMENT. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement in English; the candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate's statement into any foreign language as specified in (b) above pursuant to State and/or Federal law; and the candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement in a foreign language. The Office of the City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidates' statements filed pursuant to this section, including costs incurred as a result of complying with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (amended), and require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance to the local agency his or her estimated pro rata share as a condition of having his or her statement 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Resolution 93-115, je 2 included in the voters pamphlet. In the event the estimated payment is required, the estimate is just an approximation of the actual cost that varies from one election to another election and may be significantly more or less than the estimate, depending on the actual number of candidates filing statements. Accordingly, the Office of the City Clerk is not bound by the estimate and may, on a pro rata basis, bill the candidate for additional actual expense or refund any excess paid depending on the final actual cost. In the event of underpayment, the Office of the City Clerk may require the candidate to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, the Office of the City Clerk shall prorate the excess amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid within 30 days of the election. SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot package. SECTION 5. That the Office of the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate's representative a copy of this resolution at the time nominating petitions are issued. SECTION 6. That all previous resolutions establishing City Council policy on payment for candidates' statements are repealed. SECTION 7. That this resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on April 12, 1994, and shall then be repealed. SECTION 8. That the Office of the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1st day of November, 1993. JIM POTTS, MAYOR MARY E. WYNN, CITY CLERK STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF TUSTIN ) Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above a~d foregoing Resolution No. 93-115 was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1st day of November, 1993, by the following, vote: Councilmember Ayes: Councilmember Noes: Councilmember Abstained: Councilmember Absent: E:RCANDST Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 93-116 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE RENDER SPECIFIED SERVICES TO THE CITY RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1994 WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Tustin, California, on April 12, 1994; and WHEREAS, in the course of conduct of the election it is necessary for the City to request services of the County; and WHEREAS, all necessary expenses in performing these services shall be paid by the City of Tustin, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That pursuant to the provisions of Section 22003 of the Elections Code of the State of California, this City Council requests the Board of Supervisors of Orange County to permit the County Election Department to prepare and furnish to the City, for use in conducting the election, the computer record of the names and addresses of .all eligible registered voters in.the City in.order that the City may print labels to be attached to self-mailer sample ballot pamphlets; and will also furnish to the City printed indices of the voters to be used by the precinct board at the polling place; and will make available to the City additional election equipment and assistance according to State law. SECTION 2. That the City shall reimburse the County for services performed when the work is completed and upon presentation to the City of a properly approved bil 1. SECTION 3. That the Office of the City Clerk is directed to forward without delay to the Board of Supervisors and to the County Election Department, each a certified copy of this resolution. SECTION 4. That the Office of the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1st day of November, 1993. JIM POTTS, MAYOR MARY E. WYNN, CITY CLERK E: RCOSERV 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 93-117 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING THE CANVASS OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1994, BE MADE BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election will be held and conducted in the City of Tustin, California, on Tuesday, April 12, 1994, as required by law; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires the canvass of the election to be made by the Office of the City Clerk, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That.pursuant to Section 22932.5 of the Elections Code of the' State of California, the canvass of the General Municipal Election to be held is ordered to be made by the Office of the City Clerk. SECTION 2. That the Office of the City Clerk shall complete the canvass of the election prior to April 18, 1994, and shall certify the results to the City Council on April 19, 1994. SECTION 3. That the Office of the City. Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1st day of November, 1993. JIM POTTS, MAYOR MARY E. WYNN, CITY CLERK STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF TUSTIN ). Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolutio~ No. 93-117 was passed and adopted at a reg~la~ meeting of the City Council held on the 1st day of November 1993, ~y the following vote: .' Councilmember Ayes: Councilmember Noes: Councilmember Abstained: Counci lmember Absent: E:RORDCANV Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 93-~8 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A FEE FOR THE PROCESSING OF AN INITIATIVE PETITION FOR ANY MUN I C I PAL MEASURE WHEREAS, Section 4002(b) of the Elections Code of the State of California authorizes the City Council to establish a fee not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the purpose of processing an initiative petition, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That pursuant to Section 4002(b) of the Elections Code of the State of California, the City Council establishes a fee of $200.00 to be paid to the Office of the City Clerk by any person at the time of filing a notice of intent to circulate an initiative petition in the City. SECTION 2. The Office of the City Clerk is directed Jo deposit any fees collected pursuant to this resolution into the General Fund of the City. The fee will be refunded to the filer if, within one year of the date of filing a notice of intent, the Office of the City Clerk certifies to the sufficiency of the petition. SECTION 3. That the Office of the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1st day of November, 1993. JIM POTTS, MAYOR MARY E. WYNN, CITY CLERK STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF TUSTIN ) Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City [ouncil of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 93-118 was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1st day of hovember 1993, by the following vote: Councilmember Ayes: Councilmember Noes: Councilmember Abstained: Counci 1 member Absent: E:RINITFEE Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk