HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Reso No 2014-040 Holding of election on 11/4/2014 for two council membersRESOLUTION NO. 2014 -040
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, CALLING AND GIVING
NOTICE OF THE HOLDING OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY ON TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 4, 2014, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING
TWO (2) COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND REQUESTING THE
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS TO
CONDUCT SAID GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
WHEREAS, under Section 2.08.025 of the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code and
applicable provisions of law relating to General Law cities in the State of California, a
General Municipal Election shall be held on November 4, 2014, for the election of
Municipal Officers.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to the requirements of Section 2.08.025 of the Lake Elsinore
Municipal Code and applicable laws of the State of California relating to General Law cities,
there is called and ordered to be held in the City of Lake Elsinore, California, a General
Municipal Election on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, of the qualified electors of the City for
the purposes of electing two (2) members of the City Council for full terms of four years
each. The two (2) incumbent members of the City Council are Daryl Hickman and Brian
Tisdale.
Section 2. That pursuant to the provision of Section 10002 of the Elections Code of
the State of California the City Council requests the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Riverside to permit the County Registrar of Voters to take any and all steps necessary for
the holding of the General Municipal Election and that the County Registrar of Voters is
authorized to canvass the returns of the General Municipal Election.
Section 3. That the ballots to be used at the General Municipal Election shall be, in
form and content, such as may be required by law to be used in the General Municipal
Election.
Section 4. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized, instructed and directed to
procure and furnish any and all official ballots, notices, printed materials and all supplies,
equipment and paraphernalia that may be necessary in order to properly and lawfully
conduct the General Municipal Election.
City Council Resolution No. 2014 -040
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Section 5. That the polling places for the General Municipal Election shall be open
at seven o'clock a.m. on the day of the General Municipal Election and shall remain open
continuously from that time until eight o'clock p.m. of the same day when the polling places
shall be closed, except as provided in Section 14401 of the Elections Code of the State of
California.
Section 6. That in all particulars not recited in this Resolution, the General Municipal
Election shall be held and conducted as provided by law for holding general municipal
elections in the City.
Section 7. That notice of the time and place of holding the General Municipal
Election is given and the City Clerk is authorized, instructed and directed to give such
further or additional notice of the General Municipal Election, in time, form and manner as
required by law.
Section 8. That the City Council desires the canvass of said General Municipal
Election to be conducted by the Riverside County Registrar of Voters.
Section 9. That the Riverside County Registrar of Voters shall, on the 6'h day of
November 2014, commence the canvass of the General Municipal Election to be held in
said City on the 4th day of November, 2014, and shall certify the results to the City Clerk
who shall bring it forward to the City Council for official adoption.
Section 10. That in the event two or more candidates receive an equal number of
votes, the resolution of a tie vote will be by lot.
Section 11. That the City of Lake Elsinore shall reimburse the County of Riverside
Registrar of Voters for the cost of services performed relative to the conduct of the General
Municipal Election after completion of all work and upon presentation to the City Clerk of a
properly detailed bill.
City Council Resolution No. 2014 -040
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Section 12. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to forward a certified copy of this
Resolution to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters.
Section 13. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions of the City of Lake Elsinore.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, at a regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Lake Elsinore, California, on this 24 day of June 2014.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE )
I, Virginia Bloom, City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore, California, do hereby certify
that Resolution No. 2014 -040 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Lake
Elsinore, California, at a regular meeting held on the 24th day of June 2014, and that
the same was adopted by the following vote:
AYES
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Council Member Tisdale, Mayor Pro Tern Manos, Council Member Magee,
Council Member Hickman, and Mayor Johnson
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