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CITY OF MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA
C.4,LLI1LTG.4. GEVERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
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FIE AS, Measure "J-14" was passed by the citizens of Morro Bay at the
election held in November 2014 and codified as Resolution No. 7844, amending Morro
Bay Municipal Code Section 2.09.010 to have the General Municipal Election held at the
time of the Statewide General Election; and
E AS, the City Council of the City of Morro Bay called a General Municipal
Election to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 for the purpose of the election of two (2)
members of the City Council of said City for the full term of four (4) years, and for the
election of one (1) Mayor of the City Council of said City for the full term of two (2) years;
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
the precincts, polling places and election officers of the two elections be the same, and
that the County Election Department of the County of San Luis Obispo canvass the
returns of the General Municipal Election and that the election be held in all respects as if
there were only one election.
N®dV, TIIEREF®RE, the City Council of the City of Morro Bay, California,
does resolve, declare, determine and order as follows:
SECTI®N 1. That pursuant to the requirements of .Section 10403 of the
Elections Code, the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo is hereby
requested to consent and agree to the consolidation of a General Municipal Election with
the Statewide General Election on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, for the purpose of the
election of one (1) Mayor, and two (2) Members of the City Council.
SECTION 2. That the County Election Depart
ment 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 one form of ballot shall be used.
Resolution No. 43-16
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SECTION 3. That the Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to
the County Election Department to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of the
consolidated election.
SECTION 4. That the City of Morro Bay recognizes that additional costs will be
incurred by the County by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the
County for any costs.
SECTION 5. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this
Resolution with the Board of Supervisors and the County Election Department of the
County of San Luis Obispo.
SECTION 6. 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
Morro Bay at a regular meeting thereof held on the 14th day of June, 2016 following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT
ATTEST:
Irons, Headding, Johnson, Makowetski, Smukler
None
None
bi NA SWANSON, City Clerk