HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-06-17; City Council; Resolution 2008-1721 RESOLUTION NO. 2008-172
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF
3 SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO TO
4 CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO
BE HELD IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD ON TUESDAY,
5 NOVEMBER 4, 2008, WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THAT DATE PURSUANT TO
6 SECTION 10400 OF THE ELCTIONS CODE
7 WHEREAS, under the provisions of the laws relating to general law cities in the State of
8 California, a General Municipal Election shall be held on November 4, 2008, for the purpose of
9 electing Municipal Officers; and
10 WHEREAS, Section 439.1 of the Administrative Code of the County of San Diego
11 authorizes the Registrar of Voters of the County of San Diego to render specified services
12 relating to the conduct of an election to any city which has by resolution requested the Board of
13 Supervisors to permit the Registrar to render services, subject to requirements set forth in that
14 section; and
15 WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad has called an election to be held on the same day in
16 the same territory or in territory that is in part the same; and
17 WHEREAS, pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400), Division 10 of the
1 80 Elections Code, the Board of Supervisors has authority to consolidate public district, city,
19 county or other political subdivision elections with each other and with a statewide election to
20 be held on the same day;
21 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to the above-recited provisions,
22 the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego is hereby requested to permit the
23 Registrar of Voters to perform and render all services and proceedings incidental to, and
24 connected with, the conduct of the subject election of the City of Carlsbad, with cooperation
25 and assistance of the City Clerk of the City of Carlsbad, such services to include, but not be
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limited to the following activities as are appropriate to the subject election:
27 1. Furnish a tabulation of the number of registered voters in each precinct.
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1 2. Establish voting precincts, secure locations for polling places, secure the services of
2 election officers for each precinct as required by law, and furnish a list of precincts, polling
3 places and election officers for filing in the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Carlsbad.
4 3. Prepare and furnish to the election officers, necessary election supplies for the
5 conduct of the election.
6 4. Cause to be printed the requisite number of sample ballots, official ballots, polling
7 place slips, rosters, tally sheets and other necessary forms.
8 5. Furnish and address the envelopes necessary to mail sample ballots to the
9 registered voters of the City of Carlsbad.
10 6. Insert the sample ballots and other printed matter into envelopes for mailing and
11 cause the same to be mailed, as required by law.
12 7. Assemble the election material and supplies into ballot bags and make necessary
arrangements for their delivery to the various precincts.
8. Distribute absent voter ballots as required by law.
9. Receive the returns of the elections and supplies.
16 10. Sort and assemble the election material and supplies in preparation for canvassing
1' of the returns of the election.
1 Q 11. Canvass the returns of the elections, including the absent voters ballots.
1 Q 12. Furnish a tabulation of the number of votes given in each precinct.
20 13. Make all arrangements and take the necessary steps to pay the members of the
21 precinct boards, the polling place rentals, the persons returning the ballot bags, and to pay all
22 other costs of the election incurred as the result of services performed for the City of Carlsbad
23 for the election officials the amounts prescribed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of
24 0 ^.San Diego.
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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the State
2 of California relating to General Law Cities within the State, the election of the qualified electors
3 of the City of Carlsbad was called for the purpose of the election of two Council Members.
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego
5 is hereby requested to consolidate this election with the other elections to be held on the same
6 day, in the same territory, or in territory that is in part the same.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if this consolidation is ordered, then pursuant to
8 Section 10411 of the Elections Code (a), the election shall be held in all respects as if they
9 were only one election; (b) only one form of ballot shall be used; and (c) the Registrar of Voters
10 of the County of San Diego shall canvass the returns of the subject election as part of the
11 canvass of the returns of the election or elections consolidated hereby.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if this consolidation is ordered, then pursuant to
13 Section 10410 of the Elections Code, within the territories affected by this order of
14 consolidation, the election precincts, polling places, voting booths and polling hours shall, in
15 every case be the same, and there shall be only one set of election officers in each of the
16 precincts.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County of San Diego shall be reimbursed in full
1 O for the services performed by the Registrar of Voters for the City of Carlsbad upon presentation
19 of a bill for them.
20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AND ORDERED that the City Clerk of the City of
21 Carlsbad is hereby directed to deliver this Resolution to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
22 of the County of San Diego and to the Registrar of Voters of the County of San Diego.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council
of the City of Carlsbad on the 17th day of June, 2008, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Hall, Packard and Nygaard.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ATTEST:
(SEAL)
. WOOD, City Clerk