Agenda Item Wording:
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Adoption of resolutions relating to the regular municipal election to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Approval of Resolution 2022-31 requesting and consenting to consolidation of elections and specifications of the election order and approval of Resolution 2022-32 requesting the Tulare County Board of Supervisors authorize the County Registrar of Voters to render specific services to the City of Visalia. (Resolutions 2022-31 and 2022-32 required).
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Deadline for Action: 7/1/2022
Submitting Department: Administration
Contact Name and Phone Number: Michelle Nicholson, Chief Deputy City Clerk, michelle.nicholson@visalia.city , 713-4512; Leslie Caviglia, City Manager/City Clerk, leslie.caviglia@visalia.city, 713-4332.
Department Recommendation:
It is recommended that the Visalia City Council adopt Resolutions 2022-31 and 2022-32 authorizing the consolidation of the regular municipal election for Visalia City Council Districts 1, 3, 4, & 5 on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 with other elections to be held in and administered by the County of Tulare on that date, and request the Tulare County Board of Supervisors to authorize the County Registrar of Voters to conduct the election.
Background Discussion:
For many years, the City of Visalia has consolidated its municipal elections with other elections conducted by the County of Tulare and has asked the County Registrar of Voters to conduct the election on behalf of the City.
On May 18, 2015, the City Council adopted a plan that designates the elections for City Council Members representing Districts 1 and 2 to be held in 2016 and every four years thereafter.
Following that pattern, the 2022 election will automatically include District 3, 4 and 5.
District 1 is being included due to the untimely death in 2021 of the Council Member elected in 2020 to represent District ...
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