TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
George Gabriel, Assistant to the City Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of Resolutions:
a) Placing a Ballot Measure on the November 5, 2024, General Municipal Election to be Conducted by the Los Angeles County Registrar - Recorder/County Clerk that Would Establish a One-Half Cent Sales Tax;
b) Providing for the Filing of Rebuttal Arguments for the City Measure; and
c) Selection of a Ballot Letter Designation for the City's Ballot Measure Establishing a One-Half Cent Sales Tax (City Manager Moe).
(Estimated Time: 1 Hr.)
A) CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION NO. 24-0089
B) CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION NO. 24-0090
C) SELECT BALLOT LETTER DESIGNATION
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council consider the following actions:
1. Adopt Resolution No. 24-0089 approving an Ordinance and ordering that a Measure be submitted to the voters of the City at the General Municipal Election to be held on November 5, 2024, to consider a local one-half cent (0.5%) Transactions And Use Tax (i.e. sales tax) to be administered by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration;
2. Adopt Resolution No. 24-0090 providing for the filing of rebuttal arguments for a City Measure submitted at the November 5, 2024, General Municipal Election; and
3. Direct the City Clerk to inform the County its preferences for a ballot letter designation for the City's ballot measure.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Sufficient funds are currently budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 City Clerk budget to conduct the election and include a ballot measure. Based on approximate costs provided by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, including the ballot measure adds approximately $14,000 to our total election cost.
Additionally, should the voters approve the measure at the November 5, 2024, General Municipal Election, the ...
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