§ 2-3.3. Date of general municipal elections.

(a)

Date of general municipal elections. Beginning with the November 2018 election, pursuant to Elections Code Sections 1000(d), 1301, and 10403.5, General Municipal Elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered years.

(b)

Applicability of California Elections Code. When a municipal election is held in the Town of Tiburon, and the election is consolidated with another election, the provisions contained in part 3 (commencing with section 10400), division 10 of the California Elections Code shall govern the consolidation, and, if the county clerk requested to conduct the general municipal election, section 10403 of the California Elections Code shall apply to that election.

(c)

Effect on town elected officers. Following the operative date of this Ordinance, terms of office shall be affected as follows:

(1)

Those town officers elected on November 5, 2013, whose four-year terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of this ordinance, expired in November 2017, shall instead remain in office until the certification of the November 2018 election results.

(2)

Those Town Officers elected on November 3, 2015, whose four-year terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of this ordinance, expired in November 2019, shall instead remain in office until the certification of the November 2020 election results.

(3)

Beginning in November 2018, town councilmembers will be elected for four-year terms. Three councilmembers elected in 2018 will serve for four years and two councilmembers elected in 2020 will serve for four years. This staggered election schedule will continue until modified by ordinance.

(Ord. No. 402, N.S., § 1)

(Ord. No. 569 N.S. , § 1, 4-19-2017)