CITY COUNCIL
HOUSING AUTHORITY AND
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE EL CAJON
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Council Chamber
200 Civic Center Way
El Cajon, CA 92020
Joint Special Meeting
Agenda
DECEMBER 13, 2022 2:30 p.m.
Bill Wells, Mayor Graham Mitchell, City Manager
Michelle Metschel, Deputy Mayor Vince DiMaggio, Assistant City Manager Steve Goble, Councilmember Morgan Foley, City Attorney
Gary Kendrick, Councilmember Angela Cortez, City Clerk
Phil Ortiz, Councilmember
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells
ROLL CALL: City Clerk Angela Cortez
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND MOMENT OF SILENCE
REPORT:
1. Official Results of the 2022 General Municipal Election RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council adopts the next Resolution, in order, declaring the results of the November 8, 2022 General Municipal Election for Mayor and one Council Member for District One.
ADJOURNMENT: The Special Meeting of the El Cajon City Council/ El Cajon Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the El Cajon Redevelopment Agency held this 13th day of December 2022, is adjourned.
City Council
Agenda Report
Agenda Item 1.
DATE: 12/13/2022
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Angela Cortez, City Clerk
SUBJECT: Official Results of the 2022 General Municipal Election RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council adopts the next Resolution, in order, declaring the results of the November 8, 2022 General Municipal Election for Mayor and one Council Member for District One.
BACKGROUND:
On June 14, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolutions calling for the election of the office of Mayor and one member of the City Council to come from City Council District No. 1, both to serve a full four (4) year term, both to expire December 2026.
The Registrar of Voters has declared the results of that election as follows:
MAYOR
Bill Wells 14,649
Arnie M. Levine 6,058
CITY COUNCIL - DISTRICT No. 1
Gary Kendrick 5,864
Measure P
No 12,806
Yes 8,302
Complete election results are attached to the Resolution in this report.
FISCAL IMPACT:
A total budget of $80,000 was allocated in the City Clerk's annual budget (101120) for the November 2022 Election for the cost to elect a Mayor and one member of the City Council.
Final costs are expected to be determined by the Registrar of Voters in the first quarter of 2023.
Prepared By: Angela Cortez, City Clerk
Reviewed By: N/A
Approved By: Graham Mitchell, City Manager
Attachments
Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. ___-22
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA, RECITING THE FACT OF
THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD IN SAID CITY ON
NOVEMBER 8, 2022; DECLARING THE RESULT THEREOF,
AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS PROVIDED BY LAW
WHEREAS, a regular general municipal election was held and conducted in the City of El Cajon, California, on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, as required by law; and
WHEREAS, notice of said election was duly and regularly given in the time, form and manner provided by law; that voting precincts were properly established; that election officers were appointed, and that in all respects said election was held and conducted, and the votes cast thereat received and canvassed, and the returns made and declared in the time, form and manner as required by the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California for the holding of elections in cities; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 047-22, adopted on the 14th day of June, 2022, the County Registrar of Voters canvassed the returns of said election, and has certified the results to this City Council. Said results are attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit "A."
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL CAJON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That said regular municipal election was held for the purpose of electing the following officers of said City as required by laws relating to cities in the State of California, to wit:
Mayor and One (1) Member of the City Council to come from City Council District One for full terms of four (4) years, to expire in December 2026 ; and a citywide ballot measure, Measure P.
SECTION 2: That the whole number of v otes cast in said City was 21,108; the whole number of votes cast for the office of Mayor was 20,705; the whole number of votes cast in District One was 5,864; the whole number of votes c ast in the citywide measure was 21,108.
SECTION 3: That the names of persons voted for at said election for the Mayor and for a Member of the City Council to represent District One, and the total number of votes received by each are as follows:
Mayor
Councilmember – District One
Measure P
SECTION 4: That the number of votes given in the Cit y to each of such persons above-named for the office for which said persons were candidates , and in favor and against the citywide measure above -describe, were as listed in Exhibit "A," attached hereto.
SECTION 5: The City Council does declare and determine that:
Bill Wells was elected as a M ayor of the City of El Cajon for a full term of four (4) years.
Gary Kendrick was elected as a Member of the City Council to represent District One of the City of El Cajon for a full term of four (4) years.
Measure P did not receive the requisite number of affirmative votes to pass.
SECTION 6: The City Clerk shall enter on the records of the City Council of said City a statement to the result of said election showing:
(a) The whole number of votes cast in the City;
(b) The names of the persons voted for;
(c) For what office each person was voted for; and
(d) That the citywide measure failed to receive sufficient votes to pass.
SECTION 7: That the City Clerk shall immediately make and deliver to each of such persons so elected a Certificate of Election signed by the City Clerk and duly authenticated; that the City Clerk, or any person designated by the City Clerk , shall also administer to each person elected the Oath of Office prescribed in the Constitution of the State of California, and shall have them subscribe thereto and file the same in the office of the City Clerk. Whereupon, each and all of said persons so elected shall be inducted into the respective office to which they have been elected.
Bill Wells 14,649
Arnie M. Levine 6,058
Gary Kendrick 5,864
No 12,806
Yes 8,302
SECTION 8 : The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution; shall enter the same in the book of original Resolutions of said City; and shall make a minute of passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
12/13/22 CC Agenda
Reso - Election - Declaring Results Mayor and Councilmember for District One; Measure P 120820