RESOLUTION NO. 2022-135
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FONTANA, CALIFORNIA, RECITING THE FACTS OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2022, AND DECLARING THE RESULTS THEREOF AS PROVIDED BY LAW.
WHEREAS, a regular General Municipal Election was held and conducted in the City of Fontana, California, on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, as required by law, for the purpose of electing the positions of Mayor, City Clerk, City Treasurer, and two Members of the City Council (District 1 and 4); and WHEREAS, notice of said election was duly and regularly given in time, form and manner as provided by law; that voting precincts were properly established; election officers were appointed and that in all respects said election was held and conducted and the votes cast there at, received and canvassed and the returns made and declared in time, form and manner as required by the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California for the holding of elections in general law cities; and WHEREAS, the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters canvassed the returns of the election and has certified the results to the City Council, which are attached as “Exhibit A.” NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FONTANA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That there were 24 voting precincts established for the purpose of holding the election consisting of the regular election precincts in said City as established for holding of State and County elections.
Section 2. That said regular General 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 (at-large), City Clerk (at-large), City Treasurer (at-large), and Two Members of the City Council (District 1 and 4) of said City for the full term of four years.
Section 3. That the whole number of votes cast in said City except vote by mail ballots and provisional ballots was 7,251, as set forth in the Registrar of Voters’ Certificate of Elections attached as Exhibit A.
The whole number of vote by mail voter ballots cast in the City was 49,077, the whole number of provisional ballots case in the City was 259, making a total of 56,587 votes/ballots cast in the City, as set forth in the Registrar of Voters’ Certificate of Elections, attached as Exhibit A.
Section 4. The City Council does declare and determine that:
Acquanetta Warren was elected as Mayor for the full term of four years.
Germaine Key was elected as City Clerk for the full term of four years.
Janet Koehler-Brooks was elected as City Treasurer for the full term of four years.
Phillip A. Cothran was elected as a member of the City Council, District 1, for the full term of four year.
John B. Roberts was elected as a member of the City Council, District 4, for the full term of four years.
Section 5. The City Council does declare and determine that the following results are true and correct, and that the preceding persons were elected to their respective offices.
Section 6. That the Deputy City Clerk shall enter on the records of the City Council of said City a statement of the result of said election, showing: (1) the whole number of voters/ballots cast in the City; (2) the names of the persons voted for; (3) for what office each person was voted for; (4) the number of votes given at each precinct to each person, and (5) the total number of votes given to each person.
Section 7. That the Deputy City Clerk shall immediately make and deliver to each of such persons so elected a Certificate of Election signed by the Deputy City Clerk and duly authenticated; that each person elected shall be administered the Oath of Office prescribed in the State Constitution of the State of California and shall have them subscribed thereto and file the same in the City Clerk’s Department. Whereupon each and all of said persons so elected shall be inducted into the respective office to which they have been elected.
Section 8. That the Deputy 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.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of December 2022.
READ AND APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
City Attorney
I, Germaine Key, City Clerk of the City of Fontana, California, and Ex-Officio Clerk of the City Council, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution is the actual Resolution duly and regularly adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 12th day of December 2022, by the following to-wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
City Clerk of the City of Fontana
Mayor of the City of Fontana
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Fontana