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Recommendation to adopt resolution pursuant to the provisions of Long Beach Municipal Code Section 1.21.070, providing for the appointment of Lena Gonzalez to the Office of Councilmember, First Council District, Charles Parkin to the Office of City Attorney, Laura L. Doud to the Office of City Auditor, and Douglas P. Haubert to the Office of City Prosecutor, for the term of four years commencing on the third Tuesday of July, 2018; and the cancellation of the Primary Nominating Election for Member of the City Council for the First Council District, City Attorney, City Auditor and City Prosecutor scheduled to be held on April 10, 2018. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On October 24, 2017, the City Council adopted a resolution calling and giving notice of a Primary Nominating Election for Mayor, City Auditor, City Attorney, City Prosecutor, City Council in Council Districts 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 scheduled to be held on April 10, 2018.
With the close of the candidate nomination period on January 12, 2018, the Office of the City Clerk received only one nomination for each of the following offices: Lena Gonzalez for the Office of Councilmember, First Council District; Charles Parkin for the Office of City Attorney; Laura L. Doud for the Office of City Auditor; and Douglas P. Haubert for the Office of City Prosecutor. The City Clerk Certification of Fact regarding the only person duly nominated is shown in Attachment A.
Under this circumstance, Long Beach Municipal Code Section 1.21.070 provides that if no one or only one candidate files nomination papers for any office, a write-in candidate shall be permitted to obtain and submit nomination papers for such office by 5:00 P.M. on January 16, 2018. As of the January 16, 2018 deadline, no eligible voter has filed nomination papers to run as a qualified write-in candidate.
The City Council has the option to either:
A. Appoint to the office the person who has been nominated; or
B. If, by the 75th day prior to the April 1...
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