TO: Mayor and Council Members
Marlene Best, City Manager
Shawn Hagerty, City Attorney
FROM: Annette Ortiz, City Clerk
DATE: June 6, 2022
SUBJ: UPDATED COUNCIL MEETING MATERIALS – JUNE 8, 2022
CONSENT CALENDAR:
(3) Adoption of Four Resolutions Calling for a November 8, 2022 General Municipal Election. (City Clerk – Ortiz)
The attached Resolution, Consolidating the Election with the Statewide General Election, for Item 3 reflects updated language received from the Registrar of Voters after agenda issuance.
Changes were made to the third “Whereas” and Section 4 language was added.
RESOLUTION NO.
1 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTEE,
CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY
OF SAN DIEGO CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF SANTEE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2022, WITH THE
STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE SAME DAY
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santee has called a General Municipal Election to be held in this City on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, for the purpose of the election of two (2) Members of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the General Municipal Election be consolidated with the Statewide General Election to be held on the same date and that within the City precincts, vote centers and election officers of the two elections be the same, and that the Registrar of Voters of the County of San Diego canvass the returns of the General Municipal Election and that the election be held in all respects as if there were only one election; and
WHEREAS, Section 439.1 of the Administrative Code of the County of San Diego authorizes the Registrar of Voters of the County of San Diego to render specified services relating to the conduct of an election to any city or district which has by resolution requested the Board of Supervisors to permit the Registrar to render the services, subject to requirements set forth in that section, including that the City agrees that it will be bound by such terms and conditions as the Registrar of Voters may prescribe, agrees that it will reimburse the County in full for its costs and expenses in rendering such services, and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the County, its officers, agents and employees from expense of liability, including reasonable attorney’s fees, as the result of an election contest arising after conduct of an election; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santee, California, as follows:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to the requirements of Section 10403 of the Elections Code, the City Council of the City of Santee does hereby request the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego to consent and agree to the consolidation of the General Municipal Election for the election of two (2) Members of the City Council with the Statewide General Election to be held Tuesday, November 8, 2022, in the City of Santee, and thereby authorize the Registrar of Voters to perform and render all services and proceedings necessary to conduct said election in the manner provided by Section 10418 of the Elections Code.
SECTION 2. That the Registrar of Voters is authorized to canvass the returns of the General Municipal Election. The election shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election, and only form of one ballot shall be used.
RESOLUTION NO.
2 SECTION 3. That the County of San Diego shall be reimbursed in full by the City of Santee for the services performed by the Registrar of Voters for the said election upon presentation of a bill.
SECTION 4. That the City agrees to be bound by such terms and conditions as the Registrar of Voters may prescribe, and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the County, its officers, agents and employees from expense of liability, including reasonable attorney’s fees, as the result of an election contest arising after conduct of an election.
SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
SECTION 6. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this Resolution with both the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and the Registrar of Voters of County of San Diego.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santee, California, at a Regular Meeting thereof held this 8th day of June, 2022, by the following roll call vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
APPROVED:
JOHN W. MINTO, MAYOR
ATTEST:
ANNETTE ORTIZ, CITY CLERK