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Recommendation to adopt resolution ordering, proclaiming, calling and giving notice of a Primary Nominating Election in the City of Long Beach, California, on Tuesday, the 10th day of April, 2012, for the nomination and/or election of candidates for four (4) offices on the City Council, each for a full term of four (4) years, commencing with the third Tuesday of July, 2012, and adopting provisions relating to the translations of and the charges for costs of candidate statements; and
DISCUSSION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached Resolutions relating to the City of Long Beach Primary Nominating Election on April 10, 2012, titled as follows:
1. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Long Beach, California, ordering, proclaiming, calling and giving notice of a Primary Nominating Election in the City of Long Beach, California, on Tuesday, the 10th day of April, 2012, for the nomination and/or election of candidates for four (4) offices on the City Council, each for a full term of four (4) years, commencing with the third Tuesday of July, 2012, and adopting provisions relating to the translations of and the charges for costs of candidate statements;
2. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Long Beach, California, requesting the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles to render specified services to the City relating to the conduct of a Primary Nominating Election to be held on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, and a General Municipal Election to be held in the City on Tuesday, June 5, 2012.
Pursuant to the City Charter, on April 10, 2012, the City of Long Beach electorate will vote on the following City offices: Members of the City Council for Districts 2, 4, 6, and 8. The nomination period for these offices is December 19, 2011 through January 13, 2012.
FISCAL IMPACT
Monies have been budgeted for the conduct of the Primary Nominating Election and General Municipal Election in the 2011/12 City Clerk Budget
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