[0:07] >> This is a special City Council meeting.
[0:09] This meeting is called to order at 5:30 p.m.
[0:12] Will the clerk please call roll?
[0:19] [roll call]
[0:24] >> Council member Fuller is absent.
[0:27] >> Please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.
[0:30] >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States
[0:32] of America and to the Republic for which it stands,
[0:32] one nation under God, indivisible,
[0:34] with liberty and justice for all.
[0:50] >> Item 3, public comment.
[0:53] We will receive public comment for items
[0:55] not on tonight's agenda.
[0:57] I currently do not have the public comment cards.
[1:02] If you wish to speak come public comment card in the lobby.
[1:11] There's a reminder in front of my seat.
[1:13] It will be one minute turn yellow,
[1:15] and then please conclude when it turns red.
[1:19] Anybody wish to make public Comments tonight?
[1:27] Is there anybody online?
[1:29] >> See anyone online.
[1:30] >> That will close public comment.
[1:32] We'll move to item four comment regular agenda 4.1,
[1:35] adopt a resolution accepting the City Clerk's
[1:37] notice of and Available Options Pursuant to California Elections
[1:45] Code § 10229 and Either Appointing
[1:46] the Sole Nominees or Directing Elections for City Council
[1:46] Districts 2 and 4 at the November 3, 2026 General
[1:48] Municipal Election.
[1:59] And the staff report will come from our city clerk.
[2:01] >> Good evening mayor vice mayor and council members
[2:04] the nomination for the November 3rd general municipal election
[2:06] closed on Friday August 7th with only one candidate qualified
[2:10] for each of the open seats.
[2:13] District two Henderson and District four Councilmember
[2:17] Shannon Shaw.
[2:18] At the close of the nomination period,
[2:21] no individuals have expressed interest
[2:23] in running as a write in candidate for either district.
[2:27] Under California Elections Code section 10229, A1,
[2:36] one candidate qualifies for an office of the City Council
[2:39] can appoint the qualified nominees
[2:40] or proceed with holding an election.
[2:42] As required by law, the notice of facts and available options
[2:46] was published in the East County Times
[2:50] on Friday, August 14, 2026, following the fifth day
[2:55] publication, Council may take action.
[2:57] If Council elects to appoint the nominees,
[2:58] the appointment must occur no later than the 75th day prior
[3:00] to the election, which would be August 20th, 2026.
[3:09] If the City Council chooses to appoint the nominees,
[3:13] appointees qualify take office and serve
[3:13] as elected of the municipal election.
[3:15] The appointed person's name and candidate statement
[3:18] will not appear on the ballot and write in candidates will not
[3:21] be permitted.
[3:22] If council chooses to hold the election,
[3:25] the city will incur election related costs estimated to be
[3:28] between 31,000 to $50,000 for both districts based on county
[3:34] elections data as of April 3rd, 2026.
[3:37] If elections are held in districts two and four,
[3:40] each nominated candidates name and ballot designation
[3:44] will appear on the applicable district ballot
[3:46] and each candidate's statement will appear
[3:48] in the Voter Information Guide.
[3:50] Qualified write in candidates will also be permitted.
[3:53] Staff recommends City Council consider the available options
[3:56] and adopt the appropriate resolutions for each district
[3:59] to either appoint a qualified candidates
[4:01] or direct an election to be held.
[4:03] And that is my staff report.
[4:05] Thank you.
[4:08] >> Questions for staff?
[4:13] Councilmember Shaw?
[4:14] >> I have a question.
[4:14] The amount as estimated, but it is budgeted
[4:17] in our current budget, correct?
[4:21] >> Correct.
[4:27] >> And if the council's direction is to appoint,
[4:32] where would that money go?
[4:33] Would it just go back to general fund?
[4:33] >> It is part of the from general fund,
[4:33] so it is money that can be appropriated as desired.
[4:37] >> And if we say wanted it to go to a specific item like
[4:41] the library, would that be something that we could direct?
[4:44] >> You could.
[4:45] >> Thank you.
[4:46] >> Any other additional questions for staff?
[4:53] Is there any public comment for this?
[4:54] Seeing no public comments, anybody online?
[5:06] >> I see no hands raised online.
[5:09] >> I will bring it back to the Council for deliberation.
[5:18] >> We make one motion.
[5:21] >> Councilmember Shaw.
[5:22] >> In the interest of the fact that it has to do with one
[5:22] of these seats being myself, would there be a way that we
[5:22] could separate these into two separate items track although
[5:25] the FPPC Assembly do not have to recuse out of abundance
[5:35] of caution.
[5:36] If we could separate it, I think it would be best paramedic
[5:38] >> If that is the way the motion is made, it sounds good to me.
[5:53] >> I move to approve separating them out.
[5:56] I move to a point Councilmember show off for district 4.
[5:59] I guess I should have done district two first.
[6:10] >> Second.
[6:11] >> So we have a motion and a second for roll call vote.
[6:21] >> Councilmember Shaw.
[6:22] >> I will recuse myself from this vote.
[6:27] [members voting]
[6:28] >> Motion carries, 3 and 1 abstention.
[6:32] >> I would like to make a motion to appoint our current mayor
[6:34] Hugh Henderson to district two.
[6:44] >> Second.
[6:45] >> We have a first and a second.
[6:46] Roll call vote.
[6:49] [members voting]
[6:52] >> The motion carries, three and one abstention.
[6:54] >> And that is our only business actions for tonight.
[7:01] Councilmember Shaw?
[7:02] >> Can I motion to use the money that we were saving for not
[7:05] running these elections and have it go to the >> I don't think
[7:19] you can because it's not on the agenda or the --
[7:25] >> Yeah, I think I heard what you said and I understand
[7:27] the intent there.
[7:27] And I won't take that as direction given at this meeting.
[7:27] But we will be bringing it back in a future council meeting.
[7:30] I will keep that in mind.
[7:32] >> Thank you.
[7:42] >> With that, if there is no further action
[7:44] for tonight's meeting, we will --