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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />JUNE 18, 2012 <br />TITLE: <br />CONSOLIDATION WITH THE COUNTY OF <br />ORANGE ON THE NOVEMBER 6, 2012 <br />GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For_ <br />C? <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution ordering, calling, and giving notice of a General Municipal Election to be <br />held in City of Santa Ana on November 6, 2012 for the election of certain officers; and, <br />requesting the Board of Supervisors of Orange County to consolidate the General Municipal <br />Election with the 2012 County and Presidential Election. <br />2. Adopt a resolution establishing a charge for candidates' statements to be submitted to the <br />electorate in the November 2012 General Municipal Election. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In order to conduct an election, State law and the City Charter require the City Council to adopt a <br />resolution calling for a general municipal election. The subject resolution establishes November <br />6, 2012 as the date for the election of the Mayor and Members of Wards 1, 3, and 5 of the City <br />Council. <br />Additionally, pursuant to Section 10403 of the California Elections Code, the City Council is <br />required to formally request consolidation of the City's general election with the State's General <br />Election and 2012 Presidential and County General Election. The subject resolution fulfills this <br />requirement by requesting that the Board of Supervisors of Orange County consolidate the <br />general elections of November 6, 2012 and authorizes the Board of Supervisors to canvass the <br />election returns. <br />Finally, candidates for Mayor and the City Council may choose to have a candidate's statement <br />sent to each voter as part of the Voter Information Pamphlet. Candidate statements are <br />produced at the candidates' option, not mandated, and the election code allows the Council to <br />establish a charge to be levied against candidates in order to recover the cost of printing, <br />handling and mailing these statements. The Orange County Registrar of Voters has advised the <br />City that the estimated cost to the individual candidates for the November 2012 Election is <br />$1,699.00. The adoption of the recommended resolution will establish this charge for these <br />services. <br />55A-1