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JOHN PATRICK LANE STEVEN KUENY
Mayor ° <, City Manager
ELOISE BROWN o° ��q CHERYL J. KANE
Mayor Pro Tern r / City Attorney
metreJOHN GALLOWAY a PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C.P.
Councilmember ,watAdr, W. Director of
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Councilmember
CLINT HARPER, Ph.D. -/ R. DENNIS DELZEIT
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BERNARDO M. PEREZ "'Fo 40` City Engineer
Councilmember JOHN V. GILLESPIE
MAUREEN W. WALL Chief of Police
City Clerk THOMAS P. GENOVESE
City Treasurer
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Maureen W. Wall , City Clerk
DATE: June 24, 1988
SUBJECT: Resolutions needed to call and give notice of the holding of
a General Municipal Election and possible Special Election to
be held in the City on November 8, 1988
This November three councilmanic seats are up for election with this being
the City' s third General Municipal Election held since our incorporation.
As with all elections, the Council needs to take certain actions to call and
give notice of the election, to ask the Board of Supervisors to consolidate
our election with the Presidential General Election, and to ask the County
Clerk to perform election-related services for the City. The resolutions
necessary to take these actions are contained in your council packet as
Items 11.0. , 11.5. , and must be approved and presented to the County by July
7, 1988.
On June 15, 1988, your Council asked that additional resolutions be prepared
which would allow you to also place a Council-initiated measure on the
November ballot. This would require that your Council additionally call for
a Special Election to be held on November 8, 1988. The resolutions
necessary to take these actions are contained in your council packet as
Items 11. P. , 11.Q. , and 11. R. , and must be approved and presented to the
County by July 7, 1988 if the Council desires to place a measure on the
November 1988 ballot.
General Municipal Election - November 8, 1988:
You will recall that candidate' s statements for the February 1988 election
were estimated to be quite costly ($400), and then subsequently reduced to
$156. During a joint meeting with the County Clerk' s office and City Clerks
who are holding elections this November, it was determined that candidate' s
statements for our City will cost each candidate approximately $170. Staff
is pleased to see these estimates more closely match actual costs of
candidate' s statements in the past. The candidate' s statements are printed
799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529-6864
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by the County, but are paid for by the candidates. Pursuant to Resolution
No. 84-107, these statements may not be more than 200 words in length.
The Request for Election Services spells out each item of service the City
is requesting. In essence, the County will be providing master sets of
election forms; verifying signatures on the candidate' s nomination
petitions; printing the candidates' statements and all necessary election
forms; and providing all equipment, equipment set-up, and precinct workers
necessary to carry out the election.
Staff is recommending one deviation in the election services contract from
what has been done in the past; that is the use of a computer terminal (CRT)
in our multi-purpose room to allow access to vote tabulation as ballots are
being tallied. Most cities in our county use CRT' s during their general
elections. Absentee ballots will be tabulated at the close of the polls
(8:00 p.m. ), with ballots from our precincts estimated to be received at
10:30 p.m. and tabulation of those ballots to begin shortly thereafter.
Attached for your information are floor plans of the County Elections
Department which indicate how ballots are processed, as well as the routes
ballot boxes take prior to their arrival at the Government Center (Exhibits
A,B,C & D).
Estimated costs for the General Municipal Election were not available at the
time of this report, but will be briefly outlined for you during the June
29, 1988 meeting.
Special Election - November 8, 1988:
The initiative process relating to municipalities, or the ability to enact
ordinances by and for any incorporated city, is set forth in the Elections
Code beginning with Section 4000. Election Code Section 4017 allows the
City Council to submit to the voters the enactment of an ordinance to be
voted upon at any special city election. If the Council wants to place an
initiative on the November 1988 ballot, you would need to take several
actions to begin the election process.
The City Council must adopt a resolution calling and giving notice that a
Special Municipal Election is to be held in the City on November 8, 1988 and
additionally asking that our election be consolidated with the statewide
presidential general election which is also being held on that date (Item
11.P. ).
Your Council should additionally direct that the City Attorney' s office
prepare an impartial analysis of the measure showing the effect of the
measure on the existing law and the operation of the initiative. This
analysis, which cannot exceed 500 words, will be included in the voter
information pamphlet.
Under Elections Code Section 5013, the City Council can authorize any member
or members of the Council , or any individual voter who is eligible to vote
on the measure, or bona fide association of citizens, or any combination of
voters and associations, to file a written argument for or against any city
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measure. The argument cannot exceed 300 words in length. In the past the
City Council has authorized the full Council to submit the argument for the
initiative, and a resolution giving the full Council authorization to file
the written argument for the initiative has been prepared (Item 11.Q. ). The
deadline for filing arguments for or against the initiative is August 1,
1988 at 5:00 p.m. The written argument(s) as submitted may be amended by
the filer(s) until the deadline.
Section 5014.5 of the Elections Code, if adopted by the Council , allows
rebuttals if arguments for and against the initiative have been filed.
Staff is suggesting this section be adopted since this is a Council
initiated measure, and you may want to rebut if an argument is filed against
the initiative. The deadline for the filing of both rebuttals, one
supporting the argument for and one supporting the argument against, would
be August 11, 1988 at 5:00 p.m. This section would be applicable until it
is repealed by the City Council . In the past the Council has enacted this
section, but has included a "sunset clause" making the section applicable
only to the subject election. This allows a future Council the option of
applying the section as they deem appropriate. Such a resolution has been
prepared, and is attached (Item 11. R. ).
I have included an election calendar of events for the November 8, 1988
election if a measure is to be consolidated with the Presidential General
Election for your use (Exhibit D). Cost estimates for the holding of this
election were not available from the County at the time this report was
prepared. They will be outlined for you during the meeting of June 29,
1988.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
1. Adopt Resolution No. 88- 5/fo (Item 11.0. ) calling and giving
notice of a General Municipal Election to be held in the City on
Tuesday, November 8, 1988 for the election of certain officers of
the City and requesting said General Municipal Election be
consolidated with the Presidential General Flection on said date.
2. Adopt Resolution No. 88- 4/8/ (Item 11.5. ) requesting the Board of
Supervisors of Ventura County permit the County Clerk to render
services to the City of Moorpark for the election to be held in the
City on November 8, 1988.
3. Adopt Resolution No. 88- yR). (Item 11 . P. ) calling and giving
notice of a Special Municipal Election to be held in the City on
Tuesday, November 8, 1988 for the submission of the questions or
measure to the qualified electors of the City of a separately
elected Mayor for a two or four year term and requesting
consolidation of said election with the Presidential General
Election on said date, if Council desires to place this measure on
the November ballot.
4. Adopt Resolution No. 88- iif? (Item 11.Q. ) authorizing certain
members of the Council to file a written argument for or against the
questions or measure concerning a separately elected Mayor for a two
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or four year term to be submitted to the voters of the City at a
Special Municipal Election to be held November 8, 1988, if Council
desires to place this measure on the November ballot.
5. Adopt Resolution No. 88- 989 (Item 11. R. ) providing for the filing
of rebuttal arguments for City measures submitted at municipals
elections, if Council desires to place a measure on the November
ballot.
6. Direct the City Attorney to prepare an impartial analysis of the
measure concerning a separately elected Mayor which is to be placed
on the November ballot.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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NOVEMBER 8, 1988
EVENT DEADLINE
Exact wording of measure and request
for approval by the Board of Supervisors
for consolidation with the election.
Item needs to be on agenda by 7/14/88 at
noon to be heard on 7/19/88
Publication by County Clerk of date
for submission of direct arguments for
and against the measure 7/22/88
Written direct arguments for and
against the measure are to be submitted
within this time frame 7/22 - 8/01/88
Analysis prepared by Legal/County
Counsel 8/01/88
Written rebuttal arguments are to be
submitted within this time frame 8/02 - 8/11/88
Period of public examination of proposed
measure, analysis and argnmenrg( ; f any) 8/12 /8/22/88
Completion of submission of ballot/sample
ballot order to printer by County Clerk 9/02/88
Election Day 11/08/88