2022-067 - General Municipal Election

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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-067 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA GIVING NOTICE OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ON NOVEMBER 8, 2022 FOR THE SUBMISSION OF A BALLOT MEASURE TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS FOR CHARTER CLEAN-UP AMENDMENTS, ADOPTION OF A LIFETIME BAN FOR THE MAYOR AFTER 4 TERMS AND A LIFETIME BAN FOR CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AFTER 3 TERMS, REQUIRING APPROVAL OF 2/3 OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT A BUDGET, EXPANDING APPLICATION OF THE CODE OF ETHICS, AND PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF ARGUMENT AND REBUTTAL STATEMENTS BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. By Resolution No. 2022-044, the City Council has declared that a General Municipal Election shall be held on November 8, 2022 for the election of municipal officers and the City Council asked that the General Municipal Election be consolidated by the County of Orange with the Statewide Election on November 8, 2022. Section 2. The California Elections Code directs that the City Council approve the form of the ballot question to be submitted to the voters and the City of Santa Ana desires, on its own motion, to submit to the voters a question of whether clean-up amendments to modernize and streamline the City Charter, along with adoption of a lifetime ban for the Mayor after 4 terms and a lifetime ban for Councilmembers after 3 terms, requiring a 2/3 vote of the City Council for approval of the budget, and expanding the application of the Code of Ethics shall be submitted to the voters at the General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Section 3. In 2020, the Mayor created a Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee that considered numerous potential City Charter amendments. The Ad Hoc Committee ultimately recommend to the full City Council that 17 amendments to the City Charter be placed on the ballot for the November 2020 General Municipal Election. After consideration of the proposed Charter Amendments at a public meeting, the City Council declined, at that time, to place the recommended Charter amendments on the ballot. Section 4. In 2022, the Mayor created a Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee that considered both the 2020 Charter amendment recommendations and some additional changes to the City Charter relating to City Council term limits, the term of the Mayor, City Council compensation, and adoption of the City budget. The 2022 Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee ultimately recommended to the full City Council placing 16 of the 17 2020 recommendations on the ballot, as well as, two new Charter amendments adopting a Resolution No. 2022-067 Page 1 of 5