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Date: To: From: Subject: December 4, 2012 AGENDA BILL Agenda Item No. 5(8) Results to be Delivered Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council Cheryl Morse, City Clerk Declaring and Confirming the Results of the November 6, 2012 General Municipal Election (I'o be delivered) ACTION REQUESTED Adopt a Resolution declaring and confirming the results of the November 6, 2012 General Municipal Election and declaring the election of Jan Bridges, Mark Friedman and Greg Lyman to the office of City Council. BACKGROUND At the close of the extended candidate nomination period, three candidates qualified for three open seats on the city council. The Contra Costa County Registrar of Voters will submit to the City Clerk, the official canvass for the City of El Cerrito General Municipal Election held on November 6, 2012 no later than 5:00p.m. on December 4, 2012. Elections Code 15372 requires the Registrar of Voters to certify the election results no later than twenty-eight days after the election. Official certified election results will be delivered to the City Council as soon as they are available and presented to the City Council for consideration Tuesday evening. The resolution confirms the results of the November 6, 2012 Election and declares candidates elected to office. Reviewed by: Attachments: 1. Resolution Exhibit A. Certificate of Election and Statement of Results 2. Semi-Official Election Results ---PAGE BREAK--- Agenda Item No. 5(B) Attachment 1 RESOLUTION 2012–XX RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL CERRITO RECITING THE FACT OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF EL CERRITO ON NOVEMBER 6, 2012, DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS PROVIDED BY LAW WHEREAS, the City of El Cerrito held a general municipal election consolidated with the statewide general election on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 as required by law; and WHEREAS, the qualified electors, including vote by mail voters, cast ballots at said election for the following officials: Three Councilmembers, for Terms Ending 2016 WHEREAS, notice of the election was given in the time, form and manner as provided by law: voting precincts were properly established; election officers were appointed and in all respects the election was held and conducted and the votes thereof were received and canvassed and the return thereof was ascertained, determined, and declared in all respects as required by the law, and the County Clerk of the County of Contra Costa has duly filed with the City Clerk a statement of votes of said election. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of El Cerrito that the following named were candidates for City Council for a term ending 2016, and that it is determined and declared that each received the total number of votes, including absent votes, as set forth after their names as follows: CITY COUNCIL (Official Results to be delivered December 4, 2012) JAN BRIDGES MARK FRIEDMAN GREG LYMAN BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following candidates were thereby elected Councilmembers and are hereby declared to be elected for terms ending 2016: JAN BRIDGES MARK FRIEDMAN GREG LYMAN ---PAGE BREAK--- Agenda Item No. 5(B) Attachment 1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, determined and declared by the City Council of the City of El Cerrito as follows: 1. That the certificate of the Contra Costa County Clerk of the result of the canvass of election returns, now on file with the City Clerk, be and the same is hereby approved and adopted and is hereby entered on the minutes of the City Council as a statement of the votes of said election. 2. That the whole number of votes cast in the City of El Cerrito at said general election was votes. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a Certification of the City Clerk including the Certificate of the Election by the Contra Costa County Clerk/Registrar of Voters and a complete Statement of the Results showing the number of votes cast at each precinct for each candidate. I CERTIFY that at a regular meeting on December 4, 2012, the El Cerrito City Council passed this resolution by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: IN WITNESS of this action, I sign this document and affix the corporate seal of the City of El Cerrito on December XX, 2012. Cheryl Morse, City Clerk APPROVED: William C. Jones III, Mayor ---PAGE BREAK--- Resolution 2012–XX Exhibit A CERTIFICATION OF CITY OF EL CERRITO NOVEMBER 6, 2012 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION (Official Results to be Delivered December 4, 2012) STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA ) I, Cheryl Morse, City Clerk, City of El Cerrito, County of Contra Costa, State of California, do hereby certify the following to be a true and correct Statement of Results of all votes cast at the City of El Cerrito General Municipal Election consolidated with the California Statewide General Election held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, for each of the candidates entitled to receive votes for the office of City Council as indicated below: CITY COUNCIL JAN BRIDGES MARK FRIEDMAN GREG LYMAN I further certify that the total number of ballots cast in the City of El Cerrito at said election was Attached hereto is a complete Statement of the Results showing the number of votes cast at each precinct and for and against each candidate running for the office of City Council. Dated: December 4, 2012 Cheryl Morse, City Clerk City of El Cerrito County of Contra Costa, State of California ---PAGE BREAK---