HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Chico - Resos Gen Municipal ElectionOFFICE OF THE
C'[TY CLERK
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CITYovCHICO P.O. Box 3420 Fax (530) 895-4825
fNC.167T Chico, CA 95927 httpalwww.ci.chico.ca.us
June 2I; 2012
Honorable Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte
Clerk of the Board
25 County Center Drive
Oroville, CA 959b5
Re: Resolutions callirrg a General Municipal Election on ll/06/I2 and i'~equesting
corasolidatiorz of that electiorz with the Statewide General Election to be held on
11/06//2
Dear Chair Lambert and Members of the Board:
Enclosed are certified copies of four resolutions calling a general municipal election on
11/06/12 for the puzposes as set forth and requesting consolidation of that election with
the Statewide General Election to be held on I 1/06/12.
The resolutions are as follows:
• Resolution No. 29-12 - A Resolution calling a Ger:era/ Municipal Election orr
Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to Consider an Ordinance to Modernize the City's
Telephone Users' Tax
• Resolution No. 32-12 - A Resolution calling a General Municipal Election on
11/06//2 far the purpose of electing four members to the Cliica City Council,
and requesting consolidation of that electiorz witlt the Statewide General
Election to be held on 11/06/12
• Resolution No. 33-12 - A Resolution calling a General Municipal Election on
Tuesday, November 6, 20.1.2, to consider a Resolution supporting a
Constitutional Arraertdment stating that Corporations are not entitled to a
Constitutional Right to Political Free Speecli
• Resolution No. 39-12 - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Chico
proposing an amendment to the City Charter and calling a General Municipal
Electior: on Tuesday, November 6, .2012, to subrnittliatamertdment to the voters
A copy of this letter and certified copies of the resolutions will also be forwarded to
Candace Grubbs, Butte County Elections Departnnent.
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Resolutions for the 2012 Election
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Thank you for your consideration of the request for consolidation of the City of Chico's
election in with the Statewide General Election to be held on 11 /06112. if you have any
questions regarding this matter, you may reach me at $96-7251.
Sincerely,
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Deborah R. Presson, MMC
City Clerk
Enclosures
cc: Candace Grubbs, Butte County Elections - w/certified copy of resolutions
City Manager
City Attorney Barker
File: 2012 General Municipal Election
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RESOLUTION NO. 29-12
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICO CALLING A GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012, TO CONSIDER AN
ORDINANCE TO MODERNIZE THE CITY'S TELEPHONE USERS' TAX
WHEREAS, residents of the City of Chico currently pay a telephone users' tax (UUT}; and
WHEREAS, the City uses the revenue from this tax to provide important and essential public
services; and
WHEREAS, communications technology has advanced significantly over the years since the
UUT was unposed, and the City must update its WT ordinance to match current technology,
including definitions for new commmunications technologies, to ensure all taxpayers are treated alike
regardless of the type of telecommunications technology that they choose to use; and
WHEREAS, the amendments would provide for a reduction in the tax rate from 5% to 4.5%,
provide teclu~ical changes that reflect the changes in tech~~ology and billing practices that have
occurred in the provision of telephone and telecommunications services:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
k CHICO AS FOLLOWS:
1. Pursuant to Section 500 of the City Charter and Elections Code ~ 9222 a general municipal
election is hereby called to beheld on November 6, 201'2, to submit to the voters a proposed
amendment to the Chico Municipal Code as set forth below:
Measure A Shall an ordinance be adopted to amend the City's Yes
Telephone User's Tax in order to: 1) reduce the tax rate ^
from 5% to 4.5%; 2} modernize the definition of telephone
communication services subject to the tax to include new
technologies such as wireless and voice over Internet No
services; 3) apply the tax to all telephone communications
services regardless of the type of technology used; and 4}
reflect changes to federal and state law?
2. The text of the proposed amendment is set forth in the Ordinance attached hereto as Exhibit
«A „
3. Pursuant to Elections Code § 10403, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte is
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requested to order consolidation of this general municipal election with the statewide election called
for November 6, 2012, in ail precincts within the City of Chico.
4. Pursuant to Elections Code § 10002, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte is
requested to authorize the County Clerk to cause all necessary ballots to be printed, prepare and
distribute all sample ballot pamphlets and all absentee ballots, appoint all necessary election
officials, make arrangements for precinct polls, procure and furnish to election officials all necessary
supplies and equipment, and perform all other acts required to conduct this election on behalf of the
City of Chico.
5. Pursuant to Elections Code § 10411, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte is
further requested and authorized to canvass the returns of the election.
6. The City Cleric is directed to set a date for the submission of arguments for and against the
measure, pursuant to the Elections Code, and to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the
Board of Supervisors and the County Clerk of the County of Butte.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED at a meeting of the City Council of the
City of Chico held on May 15 , 2012, by the following vote:
~ AYES: Gol.oft, HoJ.combe, Wa~.ker, Schwab
NOES: Evans, Sorenson
ABSENT: Gruendl
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
DEBORAH R. PRESSON
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City A orney
I, dEBORAH R. PRESSON, City Clerk of the
City of Chico, hereby certify that this is a true and
corre copy of the document an file in the City
Clerkl4 office. n
t]EBORAH R. PRESSON, MMC, City Clerk
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1 RESOLUTION NO. 32-~2
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RESOLUTION' OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICO CALLING A
3 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 6, 201.2, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ELECTING FOUR MEMEERS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND
4 REQUESTING CONSOLIDATION OF THAT ELECTION WITH THE STATEWIDE
GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2032
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b WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chico hereby calls a General Municipal
7 Election to be held on November 6, 2012, for the purpose of electing four members to the City
8 Council, each serving for afour-year term ending in 2016; and
9 WHEREAS, it is desirable that the General Municipal Election be consolidated with the
10 Statewide General election to beheld on the same date and that within the city the precincts,
11 polling places and election officers of the two elections be the same, and that the county election
12 department of the County of Butte canvass the returns of the General Municipal Election and that
13 the election be held in all respects as if there were only one election;
14 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICO DOES
15 RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
16 1. Pursuant to Elections Code §10403, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte is
17 requested to order consolidation of this General Municipal Election with the Statewide
18 General Election to beheld on November 6, 2012, in all precincts of the County of Butte
19 within the incorporated territory of the City of Chico, and to authorize the County Clerk
20 to cause all necessary ballots to be printed, appoint all necessary election officials, make
21 arrangements for precinct polls, procure and furnish to election officials all necessary
22 supplies and equipment, and perform all other acts required to conduct this election on
23 behalf of the City of Chico.
24 2. Pursuant to Elections Code § 10002, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte is
25 requested to authorize the County Clerk to cause all necessary ballots to be printed,
2b prepare and distribute all sample ballot pamphlets and all absentee ballots, appoint all
2'7 necessary election officials, make arrangements for precinct polls, procure and furnish to
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election officials all necessary supplies and equipment, and perform all other acts
required to conduct this election on behalf of the City of Chico.
3. Pursuant to Elections Code § 10411, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte is
further requested and authorized to canvass the returns of this general municipal election.
4. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the Board of
Supervisors and the County Clerk of the County of Butte.
The foregoing resolution was adopted by the City Council of the City of Chico at its meeting
held on the 5th day of June, 2012 , , ,._ by the following vote:
AYES: Evans, Gruendl, Holcombe, Sorensen, Walker, Schwab
NOES : Hone
ABSENT: Goloff
ABSTAIN: Hone
DISQUALIFIED: Hone
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Deborah R. Presson
City Clerk & Elections Officer
!, DEBORAH R. PRESSON, Ciry Clerk of the
City of Chico, hereby certify that this is a true and
correct copy of the d~oJc~um~ent an file in the City
Clerk' ofFice. C`f~`
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DE ORAH R. PRESSON, iNMG, Ci#y Clerk
Lori J. B cer, ttorney
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICO CALLING A GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012, TO CONSIDER A
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT STATING THAT
CORPORATIONS ARE NOT ENTITLED TO A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
TO POLITICAL FREE SPEECH
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted a resolution finding that the ability of corporations
to expe3~d money on political campaigns should be regulated and, to the extent that such regulation is
impermissible, that the United States Constitution should be aanended to allow such regulation and
to establish that corporations are not entitled to a constitutional right to political free speech and that
the expenditure of money by corporations to support or oppose political campaigns is not entitled to
the free speech protections of the First Amendment and should be regulated, limited and clearly
disclosed; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has directed that a measure 6e submitted at the November 6,
2012, election to provide the voters with the opportunity to vote on the adoption of a resolution to
the same effect:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHICO AS FOLLOWS
1. Pursuant to Section 500 of the City Charter and Elections Code § 9222 a general
municipal election is hereby called to beheld on November 6, 2012, to submit to the voters a
proposed resolution as set forth below:
Measure B Shall a resolution. be adopted which supports an amendment Yes
to the United States Constitution to establish that
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2. The text of the proposed resolution is attached hereto as Exhibit "A."
3. Pursuant to Elections Code ~ 10403, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte is
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RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CHICO
SUPPORTING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT STATING
THAT CORPORATIONS ARE NOT ENTITLED TO A
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO POLITICAL FREE SPEECH
WHEREAS, the ability of corporatians to expend unlimited amounts of money to influence
political campaigns allows corporations to unduly influence and impact those political campaigns
in a manner which is detrimental to the democratic process:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the People of the City of Chico as follows:
The ability of corporations to expend money on political campaigns should be regulated and,
to the extent that such regulation is currently impermissible, the United States Constitution
should be amended to allow such regulation and to establish that:
1. Corporations are not entitled to a constitutional right to political free speech; and
2. The expenditure of money by corporations to support or oppose political campaigns is not
entitled to the free speech protections of the First ,Amendment and should be regulated, limited
and clearly disclosed.
I HEREBY ATTEST THAT THIS RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED by the voters of the
City of Chico in an election held for that purpose on
ATTEST:
Deborah R. Presson, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
2012.
on . Ba ker ~ y Attorney
EXHIBIT A