HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 836 Resolution No. 836
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Saratoga Requesting the County Superintendent of Schools
to Provide for the Consolidation of the 1978 General
Municipal Election with the West Valley Joint Community College
District Governing Board Election to be Held March 7, 1978
WHEREAS, the City Council (hereinafter sometimes called the
"Council") of the City of Saratoga (hereinafter called the "City") in
Santa Clara County (hereinafter ~alled the "County"), State of California,
intends to held a General Municipal Election for the selection of three
members of the Council on Tuesday, March 7, 1978, which is in conformance
with the established election date in 1978 for General Law cities; and
WHEREAS, a West Valley Joint Community College District
Governing Board election will be held on Tuesday, March 7, 1978, and it
is the desire of the Council that said General Municipal Election be
consolidated with said Governing Board Election;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Saratoga as follows:
SECTION 1: Said General Municipal Election is hereby called
to be held in said City and the same shall be consolidated with the West
Valley Joint Community College District Governing Board election to be
held on Tuesday, March 7, 1978, at which election shall be submitted to
the qualified electors of the City the choice of selecting three members
of the City Council; and the election precincts, polling places, and
officers ofelection within the City for said General Municipal Election
hereby called shall be the same as those selected and designated by the
County Superintendent of Schools for said Governing Board Election and
setforth or to be setforth in the Notice of Election Officers and Polling
Places for said Governing Board Election published or to be published
~ythe CityClerkofthe City of Saratoga, asrec3~redbylaw, to which notice
reference is hereby specifically made for a designation of the precincts,
polling places and election officers of the General Municipal Election
hereby called. Only qualified voters of the City shall be permitted to
vote at said General Municipal Election.
SECTION 2: The County Superintendent of Schools is hereby
requested to order the consolidation of said General Municipal Election
with said Governing Board Election to be held on Tuesday, March 7, 1978,
insofar as the City is concerned, and to futher provide that within the
territory affected by said order of consolidation, to wit, the City,
the election precincts, polling places and votingboothsshall in every
case be the same and there shall be only one set of election officers in
each of said precincts. The names of candidates for election to the
three City Council seats shall be setforth in each form of ballot to.be
used at said election insofar as the same is held within the City.
The officerconductinqthe election is further requested., (i) to setforth on all sample
ballots relating to said consolidated elections, to be mailed to the
qualified electors of the City, the list of candidates for 'the Council
seats along with the Statement of Qualifications submitted, (ii) to provide
absent voter ballots for said Governing Board Election and said General
Municipal Election consolidated therewith for use by qualified electors of
the City who are entitled. thereto, in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 3: The County Registrar of Voters is hereb~
further authorized. to canvass, or cause to be canvassed, as provided by
law, the returns of said General Municipal Election with respect to the
votes cast for said officers and to certify such canvass of the vote
to the Council. At the next regular meeting of Council eccurring after
the returns of said Special Municipal Election have been canvassed and the
certification of results thereof presented to the Council, or at a special
meeting called thereafter for such purpose, the Council of the City of
Saratoga shall cause to be spread upon its minutes a statement of the
results of said General Municipal Election as ascertained by said canvass.
SECTION 5: The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to
certify to the due adoption of this resolution and to transmit a copy
hereof so certified to County Superintendent of Schools and to file a
copy hereof so certified with the Registrar of Voters of the County.
The above and foregoing resolution was duly and regularly
passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Saratoga at a
regular meeting held on the 7 th of December, 1977, by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmen Kraus, Corr, Brigham, & Matteoni
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Bridges
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