HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 6373 RESOLUTION NO. 6373
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY,
CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO CONSOLIDATE THE CITY OF DOWNEY
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 7, 2000, PURSUANT TO SECTION 10400 ET SEQ. OF
THE CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE
WHEREAS, City of Downey Charter Section 1300 directs that the General Municipal
Election of the City of Downey be held on the same day, and is in part of the same territory, as
the Statewide General Election; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that said General Municipal Election be consolidated with the
Statewide General Election to be held on November 7, 2000, and that within the City of Downey
the precincts, polling places and election officers of the two elections be the same, and that the
Registrar of Voters of the County of Los Angeles canvass the returns of the City of Downey
General Municipal Election and that said Statewide General Election and the City of Downey
General Municipal Election be held in all respects as if there were only one election, and only one
form of ballot shall be used.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY,
CALIFORNIA., DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to the provisions of Section 10400 et seq. of the California
Elections Code, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles be and hereby is
requested to consent and agree to the consolidation of the City of Downey General Municipal
Election with the Statewide General Election on Tuesday, the 7th day of November, 2000, for the
,• election of three members of the City Council of said City for the full term of four years. One
member will serve in District One, one member will serve in District Three and one member will
serve in District Five.
SECTION 2. Said Board of Supervisors is hereby requested to issue instructions to the
Registrar of Voters to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of said consolidated
election.
SECTION 3. The Registrar of Voters is hereby authorized to canvass the returns of said
election.
SECTION 4. The City of Downey recognizes that additional costs will be incurred by the
County by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the County for such costs.
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SECTION 5. That the City Clerk of the City of Downey is hereby directed to file a
certified copy of this Resolution with the Board of Supervisors and the Registrar of Voters of the
County of Los Angeles.
SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of June, 2000.
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KEITH MC CARTHY, Mayor
ATTEST:
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DITH E. MC DONNELL, City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council of
the City of Downey at a regular meeting held on the 13th day of June, 2000, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: 4 Council Members: Winningham, McCaughan, Perkins, McCarthy
NOES: 0 Council Members: None
ABSENT: 0 Council Members: None
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ITH E. MC DONNELL, City Clerk
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