RESOLUTION NO. 2018- 033
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS RESCINDING
RESOLUTION NO. 98- 195 REGARDING THE
CONDUCT OF A SPECIAL RUNOFF ELECTION FOR
ELECTIVE OFFICES IN THE EVENT OF A TIE VOTE
AT ANY MUNICIPAL ELECTION
WHEREAS, on October 20, 1998, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 98- 195 adopting provisions to require the conduct of a Special Runoff Election to resolve a tie vote involving those candidates who received an equal number of votes and the highest number of votes for an elective office; WHEREAS, § 15651 of the Elections Code of the State of California states that in the event of a tie vote ( if any two or more persons receive an equal and the highest number of votes for an office) as certified by the County of Ventura Registrar of Voters, the City Council, in accordance with California Elections Code 15651 ( a) shall set a date, time, and place, and summon the candidates who have received the tie votes to appear and will determine the tie by lot or, in lieu of resolving a tie vote by lot and in accordance with California Elections Code § 15651 b), shall conduct a special runoff election to resolve the tie vote and such special runoff election is to be held on a Tuesday not less than 40 days nor more than 125 days after the administrative or judicial certification of the election which resulted in a tie vote; and
WHEREAS, since the City Council' s adoption of Resolution No. 98- 195, the cost of conducting elections has significantly increased during the past two decades. The current cost to conduct elections is estimated at $ 345, 000 for a consolidated municipal election and over $ 500, 000 for a stand- alone election.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Thousand Oaks resolves as follows:
Section 1. City Council Resolution No. 98- 195 is hereby rescinded and the procedure in which tie votes are resolved will be called out in future resolutions calling a municipal election.
Res. No. 2018- 033
ATTACHMENT #2
Section 2. City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 5
Andrew P. Fox, Mayor
City of Thousand Oaks, California
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO ADMINISTRATION:
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA ) SS.
CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS )
I, CYNTHIA M. RODRIGUEZ, City Clerk of the City of Thousand Oaks, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of Resolution No. 2018-033 which was duly and regularly passed and adopted by said City Council at a regular meeting held June 5, 2018 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Bill-de la Pena, Price, Adam, McCoy, and Mayor Fox NOES: None
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Thousand Oaks, California. yn ia M. Rodriguez, City Cler
City of Thousand Oaks, Califor
Date Attested
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