CITY OF COMMERCEAGENDA REPORTCITY OF COMMERCEAGENDA REPORT
CITY OF COMMERCE
AGENDA REPORT
CITY OF COMMERCE
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: City Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution Reciting the Facts and Ratifying the Results of the Special Municipal Election Held on November 8, 2022 Meeting Date: December 13, 2022
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve a Resolution ratifying the results of the Special Municipal Election held on November 8, 2022.
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The City Council adopted Resolution 2022-86 - Calling for a Special Municipal Election scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, 2022. The purpose of the election was to submit Measure SL: Commerce City Council Term Limits Shall the City of Commerce modify existing term limits on the office of City Councilperson so that term limits allow for the extension of Council terms due to the change of election dates mandated by state law? Yes / No /
The City Council also approved Resolution 2022-87 - Requesting specified services from the County of Los Angeles as it relates to the Special Municipal Election. The Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk completed and certified results on December 5, 2022. Attached is the County’s Certificate of the Election Results and a Resolution reciting the results of the election for ratification by the Commerce City Council.
Pursuant to Elections Code, one (1) measure, Measure SL received 1,046 yes votes (against 1,014 no votes), which is a majority of the ballots cast in this contest; accordingly, the underlying ordinance, Ordinance No. 800 has passed.
Elections Code Section 9217 states, “If a majority of the voters voting on a proposed ordinance vote in its favor, the ordinance shall become a valid and binding ordinance of the city. The ordinance shall be considered as adopted upon the date that the vote is declared by the legislative body and shall go into effect ten days after that date.” City Council’s approval of the attached Resolution certifying and ratifying the election results will, by operation of law, make Ordinance No. 800 valid and binding, and will go into effect ten (10) days after today’s date.
FISCAL IMPACT
The cost for the November 8, 2022, Special Election will be determined by the County of Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder office and was estimated at $30,000.
Respectfully submitted by: Edgar P. Cisneros, City Manager Recommended by: Lena Shumway, Director of Administrative Services and City Clerk Reviewed by: Noel Tapia, City Attorney
Attachment:
Resolution
Certificate of Election
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