To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Steve Potter, City Manager
Prepared By: Liz Habkirk, Assistant City Manager
TITLE:
Title
Resolution Extending the Deadline to Submit Arguments and Rebuttal Arguments For and Against Measure G
LABEL
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution extending the deadline to submit arguments for and against Measure G to August 16, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. and the deadline to submit any rebuttal arguments for Measure G to August 23, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. to be consistent with the deadlines established by the Napa County Registrar of Voters.
Body
DISCUSSION:
On June 4, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No. R2024-058, attached as Exhibit A to the proposed resolution, calling and giving notice of a general municipal election and submitting one ballot measure, "Measure G," to the voters to establish a one-percent transaction and use (sales) tax. Within R2024-058 a deadline of August 9, 2024 was established for the submittal of arguments for and against the measure. Additionally, a deadline of August 19, 2024 was established for the submittal of rebuttal arguments.
Elections Code section 10418 provides that in the event of a consolidated election, the election is held in accordance with the laws applicable to County elections, which means that the deadlines established by Napa County Registrar of Voters for submittal of arguments applies in a consolidated election. Therefore, staff is recommending the Council take action to extend the City's previously established deadlines for submitting arguments and rebuttals to make them consistent with the deadlines established by the County Registrar. These deadlines have been posted by the County Registrar as August 16, 2024 for the submittal of arguments for and against the measure and August 23, 2024 for the submittal of rebuttal arguments.
The proposed resolution (Attachment 1) amends Sections 6 and 7 of Resolution R2024-058 to make the deadlines consisten...
Click here for full text