Resolution 13067CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 13 0 6 7
DECLARING CANVASS OF RETURNS AND RESULTS OF CONSOLIDATED
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1998.
WHEREAS, a consolidated General Municipal Election, under and pursuant to the
provisions of Article XIX of the Charter of said City, was held for the purpose of electing
officers to the Office of Mayor, Councilmember and for the purpose of submitting to the
qualified electors of the City of Alameda certain proposals, as set forth hereafter:
One (1) Mayor of said City for a full term commencing at 8:00 o'clock p.m. on the
third Tuesday in December, 1998 and continuing for four (4) years thereafter and until a
successor is elected and qualified.
Two (2) Councilmembers on the Council of said City for two full terms, each term
commencing at 8:00 o'clock p.m. on the third Tuesday in December, 1998 and continuing .
for four (4) years thereafter and until a successor is elected and qualified.
MEASURE A
Shall Article XII of the City Charter be amended to make specific changes in the
manner in which the Public Utilities Board may manage and operate utilities under its
control and to require majority voter approval for the Public Utilities Board to engage in z
any business which does not involve providing electricity or communications utility
service?
MEASURE B
Shall the existing 2% portion of the utility users tax on telephone users, electricity
users, gas users, and cable television users, adopted via Ordinance No.2691 on May 2, 1995,
be continued?
WHEREAS, nominating petitions were duly and regularly presented to, and filed in
the office of the City Clerk of the City of Alameda, in the time, form and manner prescribed
by law, nominating for said offices:
FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR:
Ralph J. Appezzato
Anthony J. "Lil" Arnerich
Kurt R. Bohan
William Michael McDonald
FOR THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER:
Tony Daysog
Beverly J. Johnson
Greg Boller
Susan Maureen McCormack
Jim Sweeney
Horst Breuer
Richard Neveln
WHEREAS, said nominations were entered in a list, with the offices to be filled,
which list was certified to and filed in the time, form and manner prescribed by law,
whereupon a notice of nominees for public office containing a statement of the time of the
election, the offices to be filled, and the names of the candidates to be voted on, was duly and
regularly issued more than (10) days before said election and was published twice in the
official newspaper of said City, the last publication thereof being more than five (5) days
before the date of said election; and
WHEREAS, a notice of the measures, certified by the City Clerk, was duly issued
and published in the official newspaper of said City in the manner and time prescribed by
law; and
WHEREAS, there were 38 election precincts within the City of Alameda fixed and
designated; and
WHEREAS, all of the ballots used for said election were prepared, as to form and
content, as prescribed by law, and a sample ballot was mailed to each voter of the City
of Alameda within the time and in the manner provided by law and such mailing was
completed at least ten (10) days preceding the date of said election; and
WHEREAS, the officers of election for said election were duly appointed and
qualified, and all election supplies furnished and election booths provided for each precinct
as provided by law; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Alameda, twenty -eight (28) days following
said election has met and fully canvassed the returns of the votes cast at said Consolidated
General Municipal Election as required by law, and being fully advised in the premises,
and having the returns of said canvass before it;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED AND DECLARED BY
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA and said Council finds, as follows:
(1) That said Consolidated General Municipal Election was held and conducted,
and the votes cast thereat received and canvassed, and the returns thereof ascertained,
determined and declared in all respects and particulars in the time, form and manner provided
by law.
(2) That the whole number of ballots cast in the City of Alameda at said election
was 23,360.
(3) That the total number of votes cast in the City of Alameda at said election for
each of the aforementioned candidates for the Office of Mayor of said City was as follows:
Ralph J. Appezzato 13,871
Anthony J. "Lil" Arnerich 5,386
Kurt R. Bohan 1,355
William Michael McDonald 767
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, DETERMINED AND
DECLARED that the aforesaid Ralph J. Appezzato having received the highest number of
votes cast for the office of Mayor, was, and is, hereby declared to be, duly and regularly
elected to the office of Mayor of the City of Alameda, for a term beginning at 8:00
o'clock p.m., on the third Tuesday in December, 1998, and
(4) That the total number of votes cast in the City of Alameda at said election for
each of the aforementioned candidates for the office of Councilmember of said City was as
follows:
Tony Daysog 8,442
Beverly J. Johnson 6,874
Greg Boller 5,592
Susan Maureen McCormack 3,927
Jim Sweeney 3,555
Horst Breuer 3,398
Richard Neveln 1,285
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AND DECLARED that the aforesaid Tony Daysog
and Beverly J. Johnson, having received the two highest number of votes cast for the office
of Councilmember, were, and are hereby declared to be, duly and regularly elected to the
office of Councilmember of the City of Alameda, each for a term beginning at 8:00 o'clock
p.m., on the third Tuesday in December, 1998, and continuing for four (4) years thereafter
and until a successor is elected and qualified.
That the total number of votes cast in the City of Alameda at said election for the
aforesaid Measures was as follows:
Measure A Yes 10,547 No 9,915
Measure B Yes 10,002 No 9,924
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AND DECLARED that the aforementioned
Measures A and B, each having received a majority of the number of yes votes cast were, and
they are declared, passed.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on
the 1st day of December , 1998, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt, Kerr, Lucas
and President Appezzato - 5.
NOES: None,
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City
this 2nd day of December , 1998.
Diane Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda