REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Robin Estanislau, CMC, City Clerk
PREPARED BY: Robin Estanislau, CMC, City Clerk
Subject:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2024-59 Reciting the Facts of the General Municipal Election of November 5, 2024, and Declaring Results
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Statement of Issue:
Resolution No. 2024-59 will recite the facts of the General Municipal Election held in Huntington Beach on the 5th day of November 2024, declaring the results thereof and such other matters as provided by provisions of the City Charter and the Elections Code of the State of California.
Financial Impact:
Funds estimated at $300,000 for the costs of the election were budgeted in Fiscal Year 2024-25, Elections Account, Business Unit No. 10010201.69505 - Contract Services.
Recommended Action:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2024-59, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California, Reciting the Facts of the General Municipal Election held on November 5, 2024, Declaring the Results and Such Other Matters as Provided by Law,” including Exhibit “A,” Certificate of Registrar of Voters to Result of the Canvass of the General Election Returns.
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Alternative Action(s):
None.
Analysis:
The official ballot from the General Municipal Election held in the City of Huntington Beach on November 5, 2024, presented the opportunity to cast votes for three seats for City Council, one seat for City Clerk, and one seat for City Treasurer. All seats represented full, four-year terms. The following persons were nominated for the offices designated to be filled and appeared on the ballot in the random order shown below:
For Members of the City Council
Butch Twining
Amory Hanson
Natalie Moser
Marissa Jackson
Rhonda Bolton
Don Kennedy
Dan Kalmick
Chad Williams
For City Clerk
Regina Blankenhorn
Lisa Lane Barnes
For City Treasurer
Alisa Backstrom
The ballot also contained one Measure, and when qualified, was given the following letter:
Measure U - “Shall proposed Charter Amendment No. 1, which would amend the City Charter to state that City Planning and Zoning is a local, municipal affair, and require voter approval of City initiated general plan amendments or zoning changes when such items present significant and unavoidable negative impacts to the environment, be approved?”
On September 22, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 3184 <https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3184>, an urgency bill that prohibited the Orange County Registrar of Voters from certifying the 2024 Presidential General Election before Tuesday, December 3, 2024. On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, the City expects to receive from the County a “Certificate of Registrar of Voters to Result of the Canvass of the General Election Returns,” to be included as Exhibit “A” to Resolution No. 2024-59. While final vote counts in the November 5, 2024 General Municipal Election have not yet been published, the City of Huntington Beach hereby declares the following:
The following individuals were elected to serve the City of Huntington Beach:
Chad Williams, City Council, for a Four-Year Term
Butch Twining, City Council, for a Four-Year Term
Don Kennedy, City Council, for a Four-Year Term
Lisa Lane Barnes, City Clerk, for a Four-Year Term
Alisa Backstrom, City Treasurer, for a Four-Year Term
Following is the election outcome for City Measure U:
Measure U - PASSED, and will be effective upon certification of the revised City Charter by the California Secretary of State.
Environmental Status:
Not applicable.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Non Applicable - Administrative Item
Attachment(s):
1. Resolution No. 2024-59, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, Reciting the Facts of the General Municipal Election held on November 5, 2024, Declaring the Results and Such Other Matters as Provided by Law,” including Exhibit “A,” Certificate of Registrar of Voters to Result of the Canvass of the General Election Returns.