Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 16-078, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, RECITING THE FACT OF THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON JUNE 7, 2016 AND DECLARING AS CONCLUSIVE THAT MEASURE C TO EXTEND THE CARSON UTILITY USERS TAX HAS CARRIED AND PASSED BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE VOTE (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
On January 19, 2016, the City Council ordered that Measure C (being a ballot measure to extend the Carson utility users tax of 2% on electric and gas utilities by seven years) be placed on the June 7, 2016 ballot at a Special Municipal Election. As of on or about June 14, 2016, the preliminary results of the canvass of the vote on Measure C are conclusive that more affirmative votes than negative votes were cast for Measure C, causing Measure C to carry and pass.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
WAIVE further reading and ADOPT Resolution No. 16-078, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, RECITING THE FACT OF THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON JUNE 7, 2016 AND DECLARING AS CONCLUSIVE THAT MEASURE C TO EXTEND THE CARSON UTILITY USERS TAX HAS CARRIED AND PASSED BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE VOTE.”
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE NO ACTION; RECEIVE and FILE.
IV. BACKGROUND
On January 19, 2016, the City Council ordered that Measure C (being a ballot measure to extend the Carson utility users tax of 2% on electric and gas utilities by seven years) be placed on the June 7, 2016 ballot at a Special Municipal Election.
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (“RR/CC”) has released and affirmed that, the preliminary results of the June 7, 2016 Special Municipal Election in the City of Carson, on or about June 14, 2016, in regards to Measure C to extend the Carson Utility Users Tax, are:
YES 69.54% 10,771
NO 30.46% 4,719
The RR/CC still has a remaining 3,906 ballots to count (being 1,326 vote-by-mail ballots and 2,580 provisional ballots remaining to canvass for Carson). The RR/CC anticipates certifying the final election results on July 1, 2016. However, even if all 3,906 remaining ballots to count were cast as “no votes” on Measure C the measure will still overwhelmingly pass, given the margin of “yes votes” on or about June 14, 2016, is 6,052 more than the “no votes.”
These preliminary results of the canvass of the vote on Measure C are conclusive that more affirmative votes than negative votes were cast for Measure C, causing Measure C to carry and pass.
Resolution No. 16-078 has been prepared to affirm the preliminary results of the City of Carson Municipal Election held on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 and declare and determine that Measure C has carried and passed, because a majority of the voters, at the June 7, 2016 election voting on Measure C, voted in favor of Measure C.
V. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
VI. EXHIBITS
1. Resolution 16-078. (pgs. 3-4)
Prepared by: Lisa Berglund, Principal Administrative Analyst; Chris F. Neumeyer, Assistant City Attorney