HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-124Resolution No.
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF
BUTTE AMENDING RESOLUTION No. 06-115 PERTAINING TO THE
CONSOLIDATION OF AN ELECTION FOR SPECIAL TAX MEASURES TO BE
HELD IN THE CITIES OF BIGGS AND GRIDLEY WITH THE GENERAL
STATEWIDE ELECTION TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 7, 2006
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 06-115 on 3uly
25, 2006 ordering the consolidation of elections far special tax measures to be held in the
cities of Biggs and Gridley with the statewide election to be held on November 7, 2006;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Biggs has called an election to fund stand-by costs of
providing emergency roam services at the Biggs-Gridley Hospital but has not called an
election far a special property tax for police protection; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 06-115 needs to be amended to accurately reflect
the nature of the actions taken by the two cities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Butte, State of California, that Resolution No. 06-115 shall be amended as
follows:
1. All references to a special election called by the City of Biggs shall be
amended to reflect that there is a single special property tax measure to be submitted to
the voters pertaining to funding stand-by costs of providing emergency roam services at
the Biggs-Gridley Hospital. All references to a second measure pertaining to City police
services shall be deemed deleted.
2. Section 1 of Resolution No. 06-115 pertaining to the call of an election
within the cities of Biggs and Gridley is deleted as superfluous as the call of the election
is contained within the resolutions enacting the respective special property taxes as
adopted by the two cities.
3. Section 5 of Resolution No. 06-115 is hereby amended to read:
"Section 5. Questions Submitted to the Voters.
The Butte County C1erklRecorder is hereby directed to include the following
ballot measures on the ballot, and the relevant voter pamphlet information, as set
Earth hereinafter, and that the following ballot questions, to be numbered and
designated by the County of Butte as City Council proposed ballot measures, are
to appear as follows:
A. City of Biggs:
Shall a special property tax to fund stand-by costs of providing emergency
room services at the Biggs-Gridley Hospital, in the amount of $70 per
residential equivalent unit per year for ten years (vacant parcels and
parcels without residential units shall not be subject to the tax), as enacted
by the City of Biggs Resolution No. 2006-14, and a corresponding
increase in the City's spending limit, be approved?
YES
NO
B. City of Gridley:
Shall a special property tax to fund stand-by costs of providing emergency
room services at the Biggs-Gridley Hospital, in the amount of $70 per
residential equivalent unit per year for ten years (vacant parcels and
parcels without residential units shall not be subject to the tax), as enacted
by City Resolution 2006-R-035, and a corresponding increase in the City's
spending limit, be approved?
YES
NO
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of
the County of Butte, State of California, on the 8tY- day of August , 2006, by the
following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Gonnel.ly, Dolan, Houx, Yamaguchi and Ctiair Josiassen
NOES: None
ASSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
T OSIASSEN, Chair of the
utte unty Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
PAUL MCINTOSH, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By.
eputy
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