1 STAFF REPORT
DATE: December 10, 2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Kimberley Clark, City Clerk
BY: Linda Thai, Assistant City Clerk
SUBJECT: Adoption of a Resolution Declaring and Certifying the Results of the City of Burbank Consolidated General Municipal Election Held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK RECITING THE
FACT OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION CONSOLIDATED WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 202 4,
DECLARING THE RESULTS THEREOF AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS PROVIDED BY LAW.
BACKGROUND
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, § 800 of the City of Burbank Charter (Charter), Burbank Municipal Code (BMC) Title 2 Chapter 3 Elections, and Elections Code §§ 10263 and 10264, the purpose of this report is to present the results of the Consolidated General Municipal Election held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, and to certify said results by the adoption of a resolution.
On June 4, 2024, a General Municipal Election was ordered by Resolution Nos. 24-29,525 and 24-29,526 and was conducted in the City of Burbank on November 5, 2024, for the purpose of electing candidates to the following offices for a four-year term ending December 18, 2028: two offices for Member of the City Council.
CITY CLERK’S
OFFICE
2 The following is the list of candidates who qualified for the ballot, in ballot order:
For Member of the City Council
Hovanes Tonoyan
Konstantine Anthony
Chris Rizzotti
Emma Pineiro
John Parr
Eddy Polon
Mike Van Gorder
Patricia “Trish” Suarez Nacion
Judie Wilke
DISCUSSION
Pursuant to the provisions of Charter § 800 and BMC § 2-3-113: Candidates to be elected to the office of Council Member shall be elected at a General Municipal Election. The candidate who receives the highest number of votes for that office is elected.
Per the Los Angeles County Registrar -Recorder/County Clerk, the City of Burbank has 70,474 registered voters. The City of Burbank had 52,834 ballots cast for the November 5, 2024, General Election representing a 74.97% return rate for all elected offices. The certified report of the results of the votes cast in each precinct, the number of votes cast for each candidate, and the number of ballots received per precinct are attached to the Resolution (Attachment 1, Exhibit A). Broad results are included in the table below.
Results for City Council Member Seats (2):
CANDIDATES VOTES RECEIVED PERCENTAGE
Hovanes Tonoyan 5,670 7.11%
Konstantine Anthony 18,694 23.44%
Chris Rizzotti 15,973 20.03%
Emma Pineiro 2,531 3.17%
John Parr 2,802 3.51%
Eddy Polon 8,485 10.64%
Mike Van Gorder 8,843 11.09%
Patricia “Trish” Suarez Nacion 1,492 1.87%
Judie Wilke 15,253 19.13%
Konstantine Anthony and Chris Rizzotti received the highest number of votes cast for City Council Member and are therefore declared to be duly and regularly elected to said office for a full term of four years, ending December 18, 2028. 3 Based on the official canvass of the County of Los Angeles Registrar of Voters, it is appropriate to adopt a resolution reciting the election results and recording such results into the official record. The official results are included in the attached Resolution (Attachment 1, Exhibit A). For the November 5, 2024, General Municipal Election, the County of Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk established 23 precincts. The Elections Precinct Map is attached to the Resolution (Attachment 1, Exhibit B).
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This activity has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and, as such, is not a “project” subject to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 14 Cal. Code Regs § 15378.
FISCAL IMPACT
The cost for this election is not yet available as final billing has not been received from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. Utilizing the County’s elections cost calculator and based on election costs in prior years, the City Clerk’s Office estimates a total cost of $350,000 for election preparation and operations, mandated legal notices, translation costs, voter outreach material, and other costs associated with the election.
The final invoice is expected to be received by Spring of 2025.
CONCLUSION
In compliance with the Charter, BMC, and California Elections Code, staff recommends that Council adopt a resolution reciting the fact of the Consolidated General Municipal Election of November 5, 2024, declaring the results thereof and such other matters as provided by law.
ATTACHMENT
Attachment 1 – Resolution