HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-12-08 - RESOLUTIONS - DECLARING GENERAL MUNI ELECTION (2)' RESOLUTION NO.20-83
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, RECITING THE FACT OF THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2020, DECLARING
THE RESULTS AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS PROVIDED BY LAW
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election was held and conducted on Tuesday
November 3, 2020, for the purpose of electing two Councilmembers to the Santa Clarita City
Council, 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 for holding elections in General Law
Cities; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Election Department canvassed the returns of
the election and the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk certified the results as attached and made a
part hereof as "Exhibit A."
' NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, does
hereby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That the whole number of ballots cast in precincts except vote by mail
ballots was 27,957. That the whole number of vote by mail voter ballots cast was 93,501,
making a total of 121,458 ballots cast.
SECTION 2. That the names of the persons voted for at the election for the Member
of the City Council are as follows in ballot order: TimBen Boydston, Aakash Ahuja, Selina
Thomas, Jason Gibbs, Cameron M. Smyth, Kenneth Dean, Kelvin Driscoll, Douglas Fraser, and
Chris Werthe.
SECTION 3. That the number of votes given at each precinct and the number of vote
by mail votes given to each of the persons above named for the respective offices for which the
persons were candidates were as listed in "Exhibit A" attached.
SECTION 4. The City Council does declare and determine that Cameron M. Smyth
was elected as Member of the City Council for the full term of four years; and Jason Gibbs was
elected as Member of the City Council for the full term of four years.
' SECTION 5. The 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 votes cast; (2)
the names of the persons voted for; (3) for what office each person was voted for; (4) the number
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of votes given at each precinct to each person; and (5), the total number of votes given to each
person.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall immediately make and deliver to each of the
persons so elected a Certificate of Election signed by the City Clerk and authenticated; that the
City Clerk shall also administer to each person elected the Oath of Office prescribed in the
Constitution of the State of California and shall have them subscribe to it and file it in the Office
of the City Clerk. Each and all of the persons so elected shall then be inducted into the respective
office to which they have been elected.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 8 h day of December 2020.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 20-83 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa
Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 8 h day of December 2020, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: McLean, Kellar, Weste, Miranda, Smyth
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
FIVIN, UM I
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