HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem No. 10 - Adopt Resolution Reciting the Fact of the Primary Municipal Election Held on March 3, 2020
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Consent Calendar
City of San Bernardino
Request for Council Action
Date: April 15, 2020
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
From: Teri Ledoux, City Manager
By:Georgeann Hanna, MMC, City Clerk
Subject: Adopt Resolution Reciting the Fact of the Primary Municipal
Election Held on March 3, 2020
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution No. 2020-62 of the Mayor and City Council of the City of San
Bernardino, California, reciting the fact of the Primary Municipal Election consolidated
with the Presidential Primary Election held on March 3, 2020 declaring the result and
such other matters as provided by law.
Background
Pursuant to Chapter 2.56.030 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code, the Acting City
Clerk shall serve as the City's Elections Official and shall carry out or cause to be
carried out all the duties imposed on the Elections Official by the California Elections
Code, except as those duties may be carried out by the San Bernardino County
Elections Official for consolidated elections.
On September 18, 2019, the Mayor and City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019 -299,
calling and giving notice of a Primary Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, March
3, 2020, requesting the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Bernardino to
consolidate said Election with the March 3, 2020, Presidential Primary Election and
permit the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters to render election services to the
City of San Bernardino for said election, and authorizing the City Manager to pay the
invoice for the costs of the election.
Discussion
The San Bernardino Primary Municipal Election was conducted March 3, 2020, by the
San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters and the results were certified by the
Registrar of Voters on April 1, 2020.
According to the Statement of Votes cast report provided by the Registrar of Voters,
San Bernardino had 55,708 registered voters. Of that number, 16,206 or 29.09% voted
in the Primary Municipal Election.
Attached is a resolution accepting the Acting City Clerk’s certification of the election and
an attachment with the Statement of Votes cast for each of these races, and Statement
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of Certification of Election Results for the 2020 Presidential Primary Election.
The statement of votes declares the following: Jua n Figueroa was elected as Member of
the City Council, Ward 3 for the full term of four years. Kimberly Calvin was elected as
Member of the City Council, Ward 6, for the full term of four years. Pursuant to San
Bernardino Municipal Code Section 2.56.040, both successful candidates shall be
seated and shall begin their term of service following certification of the general election
results. The candidates to represent Ward 5, Henry Nickel and Ben Reynoso, and the
candidates to represent Ward 7, James L. “Jim Mulvihill and Damon Alexander, were
the two candidates from each Ward receiving the highest number of votes for the office
of City Council and, therefore, shall automatically be entered into and appear on the
ballot as the City Council candidates from each Ward at the General Municipal Election
to be held on November 3, 2020.
2020-2025 Strategic Targets and Goals
Certifying the results of the election aligns with Key Target No. 2: Focused, Aligned
Leadership and Unified Community.
Fiscal Impact
There is no fiscal impact as a result of adopting this Resolution.
Conclusion
It is recommended that the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino,
California, adopt Resolution No. 2020-62 of the Mayor and City Council of the City of
San Bernardino, California, reciting the fact of the Primary Municipal Election
consolidated with the Presidential Primary Election held on March 3, 2020, declaring the
result and such other matters as provided by law.
Attachments
Attachment 1 Resolution; Exhibit A-Statement of Votes Cast Report
Attachment 2 Statement of Certification of Election Results 2020 Presidential
Primary Election from the Registrar of Voters
Ward: All
Synopsis of Previous Council Actions:
September 19, 2019 Mayor and City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-299,
calling and giving notice of a Primary Municipal Election to
be held on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, requesting the Board of
Supervisors of the County of San Bernardino to consolidate
said Election with the March 3, 2020 Statewide Presidenti al
Primary Election and permit the San Bernardino County
Registrar of Voters to render election services to the City of
San Bernardino for said election, and authorizing the City
Manager to pay the invoice for the costs of the election.
Resolution No. 2020-62
Resolution No. 2020-62
April 15, 2020
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-62
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA,
RECITING THE FACT OF THE PRIMARY MUNICPAL
ELECTION HELD ON MARCH 3, 2020, DECLARING THE
RESULT AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS PROVIDED
BY LAW
WHEREAS, a Primary Municipal Election consolidated with the Presidential Primary
Election was held and conducted in the City of San Bernardino, California, on the Tuesday,
March 3, 2020, as required by law; and
WHEREAS, notice of the election was given in time, form, and manner as provided by
law; that voting precincts were properly established; that election officers were appointed and
that in all respects the election was held and conducted and the votes were cast, received, and
canvassed and the returns made and declared in time, form, and manner as required by the
provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California and the Charter of the City of San
Bernardino for the holding of elections; and
WHEREAS, the Registrar of Voters of the County of San Bernardino canvassed the
returns of the election and has certified the results to this City Council , the results are received,
attached, and made a part hereof as “Exhibit "A."
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the whole number of ballots cast in the City of San Bernardino was
16,206.
SECTION 2. That the names of persons and the offices for which they were voted are as
follows:
For the Office of Member of the City Council Votes
Ward 3
Juan Figueroa 2,098
Luis Ojeda 917
For the Office of Member of the City Council Votes
Ward 5
Mike Avellaneda 883
Ben Reynoso 1,295
Henry Nickel 1,802
Brian W. Davidson 802
Marlo Brooks 150
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April 15, 2020
Peter Torres 151
For the Office of Member of the City Council Votes
Ward 6
Bessine Littlefield Richard 1,428
Kimberly Calvin 1466
For the Office of Member of the City Council Votes
Ward 7
Damon L. Alexander 1,236
John Jesus Abad 404
Esmeralda Negrete 471
Dave Mlynarski 622
James L. “Jim” Mulvihill 1,066
SECTION 3. That the number of votes given at each precinct and the number of votes
given in the City to each of the persons above named for the respective offices for whi ch the
persons were candidates were as listed in Exhibit “A” attached.
SECTION 4. Pursuant to San Bernardino Municipal Code Section 2.56.040, the City
Council does declare and determine that Juan Figueroa was re-elected as a Member of the City
Council to represent Ward 3 for the full term of four years; that Kimberly Calvin was elected as a
Member of the City Council to represent Ward 6 for the full term of four years ; and that both
successful candidates shall be seated and shall begin their term of service following certification
of the general election results. In addition, pursuant to San Bernardino Municipal Code Section
2.56.040, the City Council does declare and determine that the candidates to represent Ward 5,
Henry Nickel and Ben Reynoso, and the candidates to represent Ward 7, James L. “Jim Mulvihill
and Damon Alexander, were the two candidates from each Ward receiving the highest number of
votes for the office of City Council and, therefore, shall automatically be entered into and appear
on the ballot as the City Council candidates from each Ward at the General Municipal Election to
be held on November 3, 2020.
SECTION 5. The Acting City Clerk shall enter on the records of the City Council of the
City, a statement of the results of the election showing: (1) The whole number of ballots cast in
the City; (2) The names of the persons voted for; (3) For what office each person was voted for;
(4) The number of votes given at each precinct to each person.
SECTION 6. That the Acting City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council and signed by the Mayor and attested
by the City Clerk this 15th day of April 2020.
John Valdivia, Mayor
Resolution No. 2020-62
Resolution No. 2020-62
April 15, 2020
City of San Bernardino
Attest:
__________________________________
Genoveva Rocha, CMC, Acting City Clerk
Approved as to form:
__________________________________
Sonia Carvalho, City Attorney
Resolution No. 2020-62
Resolution No. 2020-62
April 15, 2020
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO) ss
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO )
I, Genoveva Rocha, CMC, Acting City Clerk, hereby certify that the attached is a true
copy of Resolution No. 2020-62, adopted at a regular meeting held on the 15th day of April 2020
by the following vote:
Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
SANCHEZ
IBARRA
FIGUEROA
SHORETT
NICKEL
RICHARD
MULVIHILL
WITNESS my hand and official seal of the City of San Bernardino this 15th day of April 2020.
______________________________
Genoveva Rocha, CMC,
Acting City Clerk