>> This is a special City Council meeting.
This meeting is called to order at 5:30 p.m.
Will the clerk please call roll?
[roll call]
>> Council member Fuller is absent.
>> Please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States
of America and to the Republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
>> Item 3, public comment.
We will receive public comment for items
not on tonight's agenda.
I currently do not have the public comment cards.
If you wish to speak come public comment card in the lobby.
There's a reminder in front of my seat.
It will be one minute turn yellow,
and then please conclude when it turns red.
Anybody wish to make public Comments tonight?
Is there anybody online?
>> See anyone online.
>> That will close public comment.
We'll move to item four comment regular agenda 4.1,
adopt a resolution accepting the City Clerk's
notice of and Available Options Pursuant to California Elections
Code § 10229 and Either Appointing
the Sole Nominees or Directing Elections for City Council
Districts 2 and 4 at the November 3, 2026 General
Municipal Election.
And the staff report will come from our city clerk.
>> Good evening mayor vice mayor and council members
the nomination for the November 3rd general municipal election
closed on Friday August 7th with only one candidate qualified
for each of the open seats.
District two Henderson and District four Councilmember
Shannon Shaw.
At the close of the nomination period,
no individuals have expressed interest
in running as a write in candidate for either district.
Under California Elections Code section 10229, A1,
one candidate qualifies for an office of the City Council
can appoint the qualified nominees
or proceed with holding an election.
As required by law, the notice of facts and available options
was published in the East County Times
on Friday, August 14, 2026, following the fifth day
publication, Council may take action.
If Council elects to appoint the nominees,
the appointment must occur no later than the 75th day prior
to the election, which would be August 20th, 2026.
If the City Council chooses to appoint the nominees,
appointees qualify take office and serve
as elected of the municipal election.
The appointed person's name and candidate statement
will not appear on the ballot and write in candidates will not
be permitted.
If council chooses to hold the election,
the city will incur election related costs estimated to be
between 31,000 to $50,000 for both districts based on county
elections data as of April 3rd, 2026.
If elections are held in districts two and four,
each nominated candidates name and ballot designation
will appear on the applicable district ballot
and each candidate's statement will appear
in the Voter Information Guide.
Qualified write in candidates will also be permitted.
Staff recommends City Council consider the available options
and adopt the appropriate resolutions for each district
to either appoint a qualified candidates
or direct an election to be held.
And that is my staff report.
Thank you.
>> Questions for staff?
Councilmember Shaw?
>> I have a question.
The amount as estimated, but it is budgeted
in our current budget, correct?
>> Correct.
>> And if the council's direction is to appoint,
where would that money go?
Would it just go back to general fund?
>> It is part of the from general fund,
so it is money that can be appropriated as desired.
>> And if we say wanted it to go to a specific item like
the library, would that be something that we could direct?
>> You could.
>> Thank you.
>> Any other additional questions for staff?
Is there any public comment for this?
Seeing no public comments, anybody online?
>> I see no hands raised online.
>> I will bring it back to the Council for deliberation.
>> We make one motion.
>> Councilmember Shaw.
>> In the interest of the fact that it has to do with one
of these seats being myself, would there be a way that we
could separate these into two separate items track although
the FPPC Assembly do not have to recuse out of abundance
of caution.
If we could separate it, I think it would be best paramedic
>> If that is the way the motion is made, it sounds good to me.
>> I move to approve separating them out.
I move to a point Councilmember show off for district 4.
I guess I should have done district two first.
>> Second.
>> So we have a motion and a second for roll call vote.
>> Councilmember Shaw.
>> I will recuse myself from this vote.
[members voting]
>> Motion carries, 3 and 1 abstention.
>> I would like to make a motion to appoint our current mayor
Hugh Henderson to district two.
>> Second.
>> We have a first and a second.
Roll call vote.
[members voting]
>> The motion carries, three and one abstention.
>> And that is our only business actions for tonight.
Councilmember Shaw?
>> Can I motion to use the money that we were saving for not
running these elections and have it go to the >> I don't think
you can because it's not on the agenda or the --
>> Yeah, I think I heard what you said and I understand
the intent there.
And I won't take that as direction given at this meeting.
But we will be bringing it back in a future council meeting.
I will keep that in mind.
>> Thank you.
>> With that, if there is no further action
for tonight's meeting, we will --