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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: July 20, 2015 <br />Resolution - Council <br />Agenda Section:File Number:15-437 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Lianne Marshall <br />Assistant City Manager <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Resolution to Appropriate $67,954 in Additional Funds to Cover Increased <br />Printing and Staffing Costs for the 2014 General Municipal Election from the <br />General Fund Economic Uncertainty Reserve Fund Balance <br />WHEREAS, during the 2014 General Municipal Election the Registrar of Voters added <br />four new languages (Hindi, Korean, Japanese and Khmer) to the original five (English, <br />Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and Tagalog); and <br />WHEREAS, due to the additional languages both staffing and printing costs increased <br />for the 2014 election; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro placed two measures on the ballot for the <br />November 2014 Election, Measure II and Measure HH; and <br />WHEREAS, Measure HH was more complex in nature and required seven pages in the <br />ballot book, which necessarily increased translation and printing costs; and <br />WHEREAS, the increased printing and translation staff costs were unforeseen and <br />caused San Leandro’s budget for the 2014 election to increase beyond the budged amount, <br />prompting the City Manager to request additional funds to cover the increased costs. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council for the City of San Leandro hereby RESOLVES <br />as follows: <br />That the City Council approve appropriation of additional funding from the General <br />Fund Economic Uncertainty Reserve Fund Balance, to Elections Account # 010-11-031-5890 <br />in the amount of $67,954 to cover the increased election costs for the 2014 General Municipal <br />Election. <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/14/2015