To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Consultation Services for a Bond Measure and Ballot Measure Deadlines
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive an oral report from the County Administrative Officer regarding consultation services for a bond measure and ballot measure deadlines; and
2. Provide further direction to staff regarding the proposed ballot measure.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
1100 General Fund
DISCUSSION:
On March 3, 2020 your Board directed staff to return to the Board on March 17 with a budget proposal to fund necessary consultation and polling services, and further review the time frame to meet the ballot deadlines.
Contract negotiations with the Lew Edwards Group (LEG) are incomplete at this point in time, and therefore staff is unable to bring a supplemental budget to your Board. As your Board may recall, Humboldt County has worked with LEG for ballot measures Z, S and O. Once the contract negotiations are complete staff will return to your Board with a contract and a supplemental budget request.
Process and timing for placing a measure on the ballot
Under Government Code Section 53724, the Board would have to vote by two-thirds (on a five-member Board, this would require a four-fifths vote) to place an item on the ballot. The last day for placing an item on the ballot for November 3 is Aug. 7. However, your Board has no Board meeting scheduled on Aug. 4 and would therefore need to approve the measure by July 28.
The Elections Office would need an order from your Board approving consolidation of this item with the Nov. 3 election, as well as the language of the measure itself. County Counsel would also need to prepare an impartial analysis of the measure for the voters' guide by Aug. 21. The measure would be in the form of an ordinance (although in this case the ordinance would ultimately be approved by the voters rathe...
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