HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2016-159 ERRESOLUTION NO. 2016-159
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LODI,
CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO THE
OFFICES OF THIS CITY THAT WERE TO BE ELECTED ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2016
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section10229 of the California Elections Code, as of the close of
the nomination period on August 12, 2016, there are not more candidates than offices to be elected
and that Section 10229 of the Elections Code allows one of the following courses of action to be
taken by the City Council:
1. Appoint to the office the person(s) who has/have been nominated;
2. Appoint to the office any eligible voter if no one has been nominated; or
3. Hold the election if either no one or only one person has been nominated.
WHEREAS, a notice was published on August 17, 2016, in the Lodi News Sentinel, a
newspaper of general circulation, pursuant to law.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LODI, CALIFORNIA, DOES
RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to Section 10229 of the California Elections Code, the
following action is being taken:
The following persons are being appointed to the offices to which they were
nominated and are considered to be the same as being elected, pursuant to
Elections Code Section 10229(a)(3):
Bob Johnson, Member of the Lodi City Council
JoAnne L. Mounce, Member of the Lodi City Council
SECTION 2. The election scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, for the
purposes of electing officers to the Lodi City Council is now canceled.
SECTION 3. The persons appointed, if any, shall qualify and take office and serve exactly
as if elected at a municipal election for the office.
SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution
and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
Date: August 23, 2016
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2016-.59 was passed and adopted by the Lodi City
Council in a special meeting held August 23, 2016, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Johnson, Kuehne, Mounce, Nakanishi, and
Mayor Chandler
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ad,
MARK CHANDLER
ATTEST:, Mayor
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INIFER ERRAIOLO
City Clerk
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