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2010 General Municipal Election Page 2 Apri15, 2010 continue the matter to the April 5, 2010 meeting. At the April 5 meeting, six members of the Council were present, and the motion to approve the ordinance failed by a vote of 3-3 (Members Souza, Starosciak and Stephens opposed). On Apri16, 2010, Mayor Santos filed a Notice of Suspension with the City Clerk, by authority of Section 305(h) of the City Charter. The suspension constitutes a motion for reconsideration of the action, to be voted upon at this meeting. Article VI, Section 610 of the Charter of the City of San Leandro states that the City Council, by ordinance, may provide for the method of conducting municipal elections. The proposed ordinance provides for the use of RCV for the 2010 General Municipal Election. Section 9 of the MOU allows the City to withdraw its participation with 120 days notice, provided the City pays its proportionate share of the costs related to RCV that have been incurred by the County as of the date of withdrawal. These costs are roughly estimated at approximately $90,000, of which $42,000 is the City's share of the RCV system cost. If the Council adopts the proposed ordinance, the City's General Municipal Election will be held on November 2, 2010 using the RCV method, and no runoff election would be required. The cost of conducting the RCV election is estimated to be $187,000. If the Council does not adopt the ordinance, and chooses to withdraw the City's participation in the RCV MOU, the City will be required to pay the contractual costs (estimated at $90,000), the cost of conducting the November General Municipal Election (estimated at $50,000), and the cost of a possible runoff election (estimated at $200,000 for a standalone all-mail ballot election). The total cost under this scenario is estimated at $340,000. Current City Council Policy City Charter Section 225(b) requires a successful candidate to receive at least fifty percent (50%) plus one of the votes cast for an office. Previous City Council Action(s) January 19, 2010-The City Council adopted Resolution No. 2010-006, approving the Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Alameda and the Cities of Oakland, Berkeley and San Leandro, to reimburse the County for costs it will incur in the conduct of the RCV election. February 1, 2010-The City Council passed to print and adopted Ordinance No. 2010-002, amending Article 1, Chapter 1-11 of the San Leandro Municipal Code to change the date of the City's General Municipal Election from June to November of even-numbered years. This change allows the City to conduct the RCV election in November 2010, along with the Cities of Berkeley and Oakland. March 15, 2010-The City Council voted to continue consideration of the ordinance providing for the conduct of the November 2010 election by RCV to its April 5, 2010 meeting.