AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: April 2, 2024
Item Number:
To: Honorable Mayor & City Council
From: Huma Ahmed
City Clerk
Subject: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
RECITING THE FACT OF THE CONSOLIDATED GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS ON MARCH 5, 2024, DECLARING THE RESULTS AND SUCH OTHER
MATTERS AS PROVIDED BY LAW.
Attachments: 1. Final Resolution of the City of Beverly Hills Certifying the Election of the March 5, 2024 General Municipal Election; Certificate of the Canvass and Statement of Votes Cast from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
INTRODUCTION
This report provides supplemental information to the City Council with the final certification of election results from the March 5, 2024 General Municipal Election as provided by the office of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.
DISCUSSION
This report provides additional materials to the staff report which was submitted on Friday, March 29, 2024. Included within this report are: the Final Election Resolution, Certificate of the Canvass of the Election Returns and the Statement of Votes Cast for the March 5, 2024 Beverly Hills General Municipal Election.
Per the election results included in this report, it is requested that the two candidates, Craig Corman and Mary Wells be sworn in as Councilmembers for a four (4) year term to the City Council of the City of Beverly Hills.
FISCAL IMPACT
A final report on costs associated with the election are pending receipt and will be provided as the information becomes available.
Huma Ahmed
Approved By
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Attachment 1
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RESOLUTION NO. 24-R-______________
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
RECITING THE FACT OF THE CONSOLIDATED GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS ON MARCH 5, 2024, DECLARING THE RESULTS AND SUCH OTHER
MATTERS AS PROVIDED BY LAW.
WHEREAS, a Consolidated General Municipal Election was held and conducted in the City of Beverly Hills, California, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, as required by law; and WHEREAS, notice of the election was given in time, form and manner as provided by law; that candidates were nominated to fill the vacancy or vacancies as provided by law; that vote centers were established; that election officers were appointed and that in all respects the election was held and conducted and the votes were cast, received and canvassed and the returns made and declared in time, form and manner as required by the provisions of the laws of the State of California for the holding of elections in general law cities; and WHEREAS, the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk canvassed the returns of the election and has certified the results to the City Council, the results are received, attached and made a part hereof as Exhibit A;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The whole number of Precinct ballots cast at the Vote Centers except Vote by Mail (VBM) ballots and provisional were 2,082 ballots.
The whole number of Vote by Mail (VBM) and provisional ballots cast in the City were 7,383 making a total of 9,465 ballots cast in the City.
Section 2. The names of the persons voted for at the election for Member of the City Council are as follows (listed per ballot order):
• Craig Corman
• Mary Wells
• Russell Stuart
• Hamid Omrani
• Tiffany Davis
• Myra Demeter
• Sharon Persovski
• Robin Rowe
• Alissa Roston
• Nooshin Meshkaty
Section 3. The number of votes cast at vote centers and the number of votes given in the City to each of the persons above named for the respective offices for which the persons were candidates were as listed in Exhibit A attached.
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Section 4. The City Council does declare and determine that: Craig Corman was elected as Member of the City Council for the full term of four-years, and that Mary Wells was elected as a member of the City Council for the full term of four-years.
Section 5. The City Clerk shall enter into the records of the City this resolution with a statement of the results of the election, showing: (1) the whole number of ballots cast in the City; (2) the names of the persons voted for; (3) for what office each person was voted; (4) the number of votes given at each Vote Center to each person; and (5) the total number of votes given to each person as listed in Exhibit A, attached.
Section 6. The City Clerk shall apprise the persons elected of their election to the offices of City Council, the City Clerk or a duly authorized person shall administer to each person elected the Oath of Office prescribed in the Constitution of the State of California and shall have them subscribe to it and file it in the Office of the City Clerk. Each and all of the persons so elected shall then be inducted into the respective office to which they have been elected.
Section 7. The City Clerk of this City shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the Book of Resolutions of this City, which entry shall constitute the City Clerk’s statement of the results of the election.
Adopted:
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JULIAN A. GOLD, M.D.
Mayor of the City of Beverly Hills, California
ATTEST:
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HUMA AHMED
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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LAURENCE S. WIENER NANCY HUNT-COFFEY
City Attorney City Manager
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HUMA AHMED
City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
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CERTIFICATE OF THE CANVASS
l, DEAN C. LOGAN, Registra r- Reco rderlcou nty Clerk of the County of Los Angeles, of the State of California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that pursuant to the provisions of Section 15300 et seq. of the California Elections Code, I canvassed the returns of the votes cast for each elective office and/or measure(s) for at the Presidential Primary Election, held on the 5th day of March, 2024.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Statement of Votes Cast, to which this certificate is attached, shows the total number of ballots cast in said jurisdiction, and that the whole number of votes cast for each candidate and/or measure(s) in said iurisdiction in each of the respective precincts therein, and the totals of the respective columns and the totals as shown for each candidate and/or measure(s) are full, true and correct. lN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official sea I this 29th day of March 2024.
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