RESOLUTION NO. ---
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EAST PALO ALTO CALLING AND ORDERING A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2022 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING TWO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN MATEO COUNTY RECORDER/ASSESSOR’S OFFICE TO CONDUCT THE CITY’S
ELECTION
WHEREAS, under the provisions of state law and East Palo Alto Municipal Code relating to elections, there is to be a General Municipal Election on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 for the purpose of electing two members to the City Council to each fill a four-year term; and WHEREAS, a service agreement will be prepared and forwarded to the City by San Mateo County for the purpose of conducting the General Municipal Election for the City of East Palo Alto; and
WHEREAS, the Office of the City Clerk will cause a legal public notice calling and ordering an election to be published no later than Monday, July 18, 2022 in an adjudicated newspaper; and WHEREAS, forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000) have been set aside in the City of East Palo Alto 2022-23 Fiscal Year Budget to cover the anticipated cost of San Mateo County’s services to the City for this election and the City will receive an invoice from San Mateo County in January 2023; and NOW, THEREFFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of East Palo Alto hereby orders as follows:
1. There is called and ordered to be held in the City of East Palo Alto, California, on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, a General Municipal Election for the purpose of electing two members to the City Council to each fill a four-year term expiring November 30, 2026.
2. The City Clerk is directed to publish a notice of the November 8, 2022 General Municipal Election within the prescribed time.
3. The City Clerk is directed to make available to the public in a timely manner, information pertaining to important filing dates for potential candidates and important deadlines regarding any candidate statements for the November 8, 2022 ballot.
4. Pursuant to California Elections Code section 13307, the City Clerk is directed to levy again each candidate availing himself or herself of the service of including a candidate’s statement not to exceed two hundred (200) words in length in the voter’s pamphlets, the actual prorated costs of printing, handling, and translating the candidates statement incurred by the City. The City Clerk shall provide written notice to such effect with each set of nomination papers issued and shall require payment of the estimated pro-rated share at the time the candidate statement is filed.
5. The City Clerk is directed to transmit all duly submitted candidate documents and ballot language to the San Mateo County Election office, as required by all official and established deadlines.
6. The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into a service agreement with the San Mateo County Elections Office for provision of elections services.
7. The polls shall be open from 7:00 a.m. on the day of the election and shall remain open continually from that time until 8:00 p.m. of the same day when the polls shall be closed.
8. That in all particulars not recorded in this resolution, the election shall be held and conducted as provided by law for the holding of consolidated general municipal elections.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of May 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT: SIGNED:
ABSTAIN:
Ruben Abrica, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
James Colin, Acting City Clerk Valerie J. Armento, Interim City Attorney