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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09 Res 2020-80 Declare Results of 2020 General ElectionMEETING DATE PREPARED BY: REQUEST Recommendation CITY OF PALM DESERT CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT December 10, 2020 Grace L. Rocha, Acting City Clerk DECLARATION OF RESULTS OF THE 2020 PALM DESERT GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION CONDUCTED IN THE CITY ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, AND OTHER SUCH MATTERS AS PROVIDED BY LAW (Pending Certificate of Election from Registrar of Voters) Waive further reading and adopt: 1) fact of the General Municipal Elec 2020, declaring the result and such Strategic Plan Obiective Resolution No. 2020 - 80, reciting the tion held on Tuesday, November 3, other matters as provided by law. This request represents routine conduct of the City's municipal affairs, and such matters as provided by law in relation to the Election of November 3, 2020. Backaround At its meetings of June 25, 2020, City Council took action to call the 2020 General Municipal Election on November 3, consolidating it with Riverside County and the Statewide General Election to be held on the date, for one (1) Member of the City Council for District 1 and two (2) Members of the City Council for District 2. Results were certified by the Riverside County Registrar of Voters in accordance with California Elections Code. Per § 10262 et seq., once the County Elections Official has certified the results, the local governing body shall meet at its usual place of meeting no later than the next regularly scheduled City Council Meeting following presentation of the 28-day canvass of the returns, or at a special meeting called for this purpose, to declare the results and to install the newly elected officers. The actions requested at this meeting fall within the prescribed time frame. Therefore, your affirmative action to adopt the resolution declaring results of the 2020 General Municipal Election is respectfully requested. Staff Report - Declaration of Results - 2020 General Municipal Election December 10, 2020 Page 2 Fiscal Analvsis At the writing of this report, City Clerk's Department has not yet received an invoice for Riverside County's consolidation of the City of Palm Desert 2020 General Municipal Election with the Statewide General Election (per Resolution No. 2020-55 adopted June 25, 2020). The invoice for the 2018 election was $81,877.61. The cost estimate for the 2020 November election is anticipated to be between $85,000 - $90,000. Funds are available in Account No. 1104114-4309000, and no additional appropriation is requested at this time. _EGAL REVIEW N/A Hobert W. Hargreaves amity Attorney DEPT. REVIEW FINANCIAL REVIEW 4SSISTANT IN66 L. A66Aa 3race L. Roche Acting Citv Clerk "itv Manaaer Randv Bvnder. Xandt,i.13ruu&4 JM Janet M. Moore Director of Finance CITY MANAGER N/A 4ndy Firestine 4ssistant City Manager Attachments: Resolution No. 2020 - 80. General Municipal Election Results RESOLUTION NO. 2020 - 80 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, RECITING THE FACT OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020, DECLARING THE RESULT AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS PROVIDED BY LAW WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election was held and conducted in the City of Palm Desert, California, on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as required by law; and WHEREAS, notice of the Election was given in time, form, and manner as provided by law; that voting precincts were properly established; that Election Officers were appointed, and that in all respects, the Election was held and conducted, and the votes were cast, 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 this charter city; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 2020 - 55 adopted June 25, 2020, the County Election Department canvassed the returns of the Election and has certified the results to this City Council, and the results are received, attached, and made a part hereof as Exhibit "A." NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That the whole number of Ballots cast in the precincts except Vote -By -Mail Voter Ballots was PENDING. That the whole number of Vote -By -Mail Voter Ballots cast in the City was PENDING, making a total of PENDING ballots cast in the City. Section 2. That the names of persons voted for at the Election for Member of the City Council are as follows: District 1 Karina Yvonne Quintanilla Susan Marie Weber District 2 Kathleen Kelly Steven E. Moyer Gina May Nestande Evan Trubee RESOLUTION NO. 2020 - 80 Section 3. That the number of votes given at each precinct and the number of votes given in the City to each of the persons above named for the respective offices for which the persons were candidates. Section 4. The City Council does declare and determine that PENDING was elected as Member of the City Council for the full term of four years for District 1; PENDING was elected as Member of the City Council for the full term of four years for District 2; and PENDING was elected as Member of the City Council forthe full term of four years for District 2. Section 5. The City Clerk shall enter on the records of the City Council of the City a statement of the result of the Election, showing: (1) The whole number of ballots cast in the City; (2) the names of the persons voted for; (4) the office for which each person was voted for; (5) the number of votes given at each precinct to each person; (6) the number of votes given to each person. Section 6. That the City Clerk shall immediately make and deliver to each of the persons so elected a Certificate of Election signed by the City Clerk and authenticated; that the City Clerk shall also administer to each person elected the Oath of Office prescribed in the Constitution of the State of California and shall have them subscribe to it and file it in the office of the City Clerk. Each and all of the persons so elected shall then be inducted into the respective office to which they have been elected. Section 7. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, at its regular meeting held on the 10th day of December, 2020, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: GINA NESTANDE, MAYOR ATTEST: GRACE L. ROCHA, ACTING CITY CLERK CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 2020 - 80 EXHIBIT "A" CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRAR OF VOTERS TO THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF ELECTION RETURNS AS SOON AS THE CERTIFICATE IS RECEIVED FROM THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS, WHICH MAY BE IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO, IT WILL BE POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED ACCORDINGLY. 3