AGENDA
ITEM
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-69 ___
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GONZALES
DECLARING CANVASS OF RETURNS AND RESULTS OF THE
SPECIAL MAIL BALLOT ELECTION HELD ON
AUGUST 30, 2022
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Gonzales adopted Resolution No. 2022-31 on May 31, 2022, calling for a special mail ballot election, and consideration of a special tax increasing the City’s Transactions and Use Tax (Sales Tax) by one-half percent (0.5%) (“Measure D”), to be held in said City on August 30, 2022; and WHEREAS, as a “special tax, “Measure D” required a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote to be passed; and
WHEREAS, the Special Mail Ballot Election was held on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, in accordance with law, and the votes cast were received, canvassed, and the returns ascertained, determined, and declared in all respects as required by law; and WHEREAS, the “Statement of Votes Cast” in the August 30, 2022 election, prepared by the Monterey County Elections Department, was delivered to the City Clerk on September 9, 2022 and is attached as Attachment A.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Gonzales that:
1. The total number of ballots cast in the City of Gonzales at its Special Election was 504.
2. The ballot measure that appeared and was printed upon the ballots used at said election was as follows:
Measure D: “Gonzales Community Center Temporary Tax Measure. Shall the measure establishing a Special Temporary Gonzales Transactions and Use Tax at the rate of one-half percent (0.5%) for a term of 40 years through 2062, with all funds initially used exclusively for financing and funding the Gonzales Community Center Complex Project, and thereafter, upon full funding of the Complex, exclusively for street maintenance and repair, be adopted? The special tax would generate an estimated $750,000.00 annually.”
Votes cast: YES NO
257 245
As a result of this vote, Measure D did not pass.
3. The City Clerk is hereby instructed to enter this Resolution in the official records of the City as a statement of the results of said Special Election.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Gonzales duly held on the 19thday of September 2022, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Jose L. Rios, The Honorable Mayor
ATTEST:
I, the undersigned Deputy City Clerk, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the City Council of the City of Gonzales, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th day of September, by the above-stated vote of the members thereof, a majority being present.
Dated: September 19, 2022
Mary Villegas, Deputy City Clerk