Resolution 1565
RESOLUTION NO. 1565
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY APPROVING AND ADOPTING
THE CITY CLERKIS CANVASS OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION AND DECLARING RESULT
OF SUCH ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF GILROY ON APRIL 13, 1971.
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Gilroy, California, that
WHEREAS, by order of this Council a general municipal election was
held and conducted in the City of Gilroy on Tuesday, the 13th day of April,
1971, as required by law and the Charter of said City;
WHEREAS, it appears that notice of said election was duly and legally
given; voting precincts were properly established; election officers were ap-
pointed and election suppl ies furnished; and in all respects the election was
held and conducted and the votes cast thereat received and canvassed, and the
returns thereof made, determined and declared in time, form and manner as re-
qui red by the Charter of said City and the general laws of the State providing
for and regulating municipal elections in said City;
WHEREAS, the City Clerk of said City on the 15th day of April, 1971,
in the Council Chambers in the Gi lroy City Hall, did conduct the canvass of
the returns of said municipal election and did count the absentee ballots cast
thereat, pursuant to direction and order of the City Council of said City; and
WHEREAS, said canvass was duly completed and the results thereof
were certified by the City Clerk of the City of Gilroy and submitted to this
Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED AND ORDERED, as follows:
1. Said municipal election was held and conducted in the City of
Gilroy, County of Santa Clara, State of Cal ifornia, on Tuesday, April 13, 1971,
in the time and in the form and manner as required by law.
2. That there were established six (6) voting precincts for the pur-
pose of holding said municipal election consisting of either regular election
precincts established for holding state or county elections, or a consolidation
of some or all of such precincts, as follows:
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CONSOLIDATED PRECINCT NO.1, comprising state and county
precincts designated Precinct Numbers 3953 and 3954 as established
by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.
CONSOLIDATED PRECINCT NO.2, comprising state and county
precincts designated Precinct Numbers 3960 and 3968 as established
by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.
CONSOLIDATED PRECINCT NO.3, comprising state and county
precincts designated Precinct Numbers 3956 and 3965 as established
by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.
CONSOLIDATED PRECINCT NO.4, comprising state and county
precincts designated Precinct Numbers 3961 and 3963 as established
by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.
CONSOLIDATED PRECINCT NO.5, comprising state and county
precincts designated Precinct Numbers 3951 and 3966 as established
by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.
CONSOLIDATED PRECINCT NO.6, comprising state and county
precinct designated Precinct Number 3969 as established by the
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.
3. The canvass of the returns of the votes cast and the county of
absentee ballots cast in said City for the office,0f Mayor and for the office
of City Councilman was duly held on Apri I 15, 1971, by the City Clerk of the
City of Gilroy in accordance with the order of the Council and in accordance
with law and said City Clerk has executed a certificate certifying to the
results of such canvass, which certificate is hereto attached, marked Exhibit
I~" and by this reference is made a part hereof. Said certificate has been
examined and is hereby approved and adopted by this Counci 1 as the official
canvass of said municipal election.
4. The whole number of votes cast in said City of Gilroy at said
municipal election was 1,955 (including 24 absentee votes).
5. The names of the persons voted for, the offices for which they
were voted, the number of votes received by each of said persons in each of
said precincts and by absentee vote, together with the whole number of votes
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which they received in the entire city, are shown on said Exhibit "A", hereto
attached.
6. At said general municipal election held in the City of Gilroy on
April 13, 1971, the following persons were elected to the following offices:
NORMAN B. GOODRICH was elected Mayor to hold office for a
term of four years, from and after Tuesday, April 20, 1971, and
continuing until his respective successor shall qualify.
ANTHONY C. SILVA was elected a member of the City Counci 1
to hold office for a term of four years, from and after Tuesday,
April 20, 1971, and continuing until his respective successor shall
qua 1 i fy.
JOHN HUGHAN was elected a member of the City Council to hold
office for a term of four years, from and after Tuesday, April 20,
1971, and continuing until his respective successor shall qualify.
DAVID V. STOUT was elected a member of the City Counci 1 to
hold office for a term of four years, from and after Tuesday, April
20, 1971, and continuing until his respective successor shall qualify.
7. The City Clerk is hereby directed to make out and deliver to each
of the persons elected a certificate of election signed by her and duly authenti-
cated. She shall also impose the constitutional oath of office and have them
subscribe thereto.
8. That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby, instructed to enter
this resolution in full in the minutes of this Council as a statement of the
result of said general municipal election.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of April, 1971, by the following vote:
NOES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Batrez, Duffin, Kennedy, Pate, Silva, Went-
worth, and Goodrich.
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
AYES:
ABS ENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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AP,VED:
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State of California)
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County of Santa Clara)
CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
Declaring Results of the Canvass of the
General Municipal Election
held in the City of Gilroy
on Apri 1 13, 1971
I, Susanne E. Steinmetz, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy do hereby
certify that, in accordance with the order of the City Council of the City of
Gilroy, made on the 20th day of March 1967, by Resolution No. 1096 of said
Council, which resolution refers to the General Municipal Election of April 11,
1967 and all subsequent municipal elections, pursuant to Section 22932.5 of the
Elections Code, I did on the 15th day of April, 1971 in the Council Chambers in
the City Hall, at No. 7390 Rosanna Street, Gi lroy, California, duly and officially
canvass the result of the General Municipal Election held in the City of Gilroy
on April 13, 1971 and I do hereby certify further as follows:
I, did canvass said returns, including absentee votes of said election,
and found and ascertained that the total number of votes, including absentee
votes, cast at said election was 1,955; that the number of votes cast in Precinct
No.1 was 467; that the number of votes cast in Precinct No.2 was 283; that the
number of votes cast in Precinct No.3 was 324; that the number of votes cast in
Precinct No.4 was 299; that the number of votes cast in Precinct No.5 was 352;
and that the number of votes cast in Precinct No.6 was 206; and
That I did then also canvass the absentee ballots cast in said election
and found and ascertained that the total number of absentee ballots issued for
said election was 24; that all of said absentee ballots have been returned or
received; and that the total number of absentee ballots cast at said election
was 24; and that the following named persons received the total number of votes
set opposite their respective names for the respective office for which they
were candidates, to wit:
Total Vote
excluding
Absentee Vote
Precincts:
11111 ~ ~ "411 ~ 116"
Absentee
Vote
Tota 1
Votes
Cast
FOR MAYOR
Norman B. Goodr i ch 1,442 346 219 230 218 268 161 20 1,462
FOR COUNCILMAN
Anthony C. Silva 1,395 352 188 251 205 265 134 16 1,411
Everett C. Wentworth 937 228 128 162 134 189 96 10 947
Tony G. Hernandez 749 122 168 93 166 109 91 10 759
John Hughan 1,045 289 127 178 107 206 138 15 1,060
Davi d V. S tou t 979 273 104 187 139 184 92 12 991
and,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
sea I of the City of Gilroy this 15th day of Apri 1, 1971.
Susanne E. Steinmetz
(Sea I) City Clerk of the City of G i 1 roy'
I, SUSANNE E. STEI~IETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do
hereby certify that the attached Resolution No.
1565 is an original
resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a
adjourned
regular/meeting of said Council held on the 20th day of April
, 19 ~ at which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS ~MEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of the City of Gilroy, this 26th day of April
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City Clerk of the City ~f Gilroy ~