DATE: January 29, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Brandi L. Orth, County Clerk/Registrar of Voters
SUBJECT: Resolution for Consolidation of the March 5, 2019 Clovis Municipal Election
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt a Resolution approving the consolidation of elections called by the Fresno County Board of Supervisors and the Coalinga Regional Medical Center District with the regularly scheduled March 5, 2019 Clovis Municipal Election.
REPORT
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The Fresno County Board of Supervisors and the Coalinga Regional Medical Center District have each called for a Special Election to be held on March 5, 2019, an established election date for the Clovis Municipal Election. Consolidation of elections for these entities will allow them to participate in the March 5, 2019 regularly scheduled Election. This item affects Districts 1, 2, and 5.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There are no viable alternative actions. If the recommended action is not approved the requesting entities will not be able to participate in and share the costs of the regularly scheduled March 5, 2019 Election. Conducting each of the above-mentioned elections as non-consolidated separate elections would result in a large cost increase for each entity for their called election.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Although consolidation will increase the overall cost of the election, the per entity cost of the election will be lower because the overall cost will be shared by all three entities. On December 4, 2018, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors approved Resolution No. 18-420 increasing the FY 2018-19 Appropriations for the County Clerk-Elections Org 2850 in the amount of $250,000 to fund the special election cost related to filling the vacated District 2 seat in the Fresno County Board of Supervisors. The total estimated consolidated cost of the March 5, 2019 Consolidated Municipal and Special Election is $630,000 with an...
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