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RESOLUTION NO. 2007 - ~\.p
A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE CANVASS OF THE VOTE OF THE
ELECTION HELD IN AND FOR THE CITY OF ASHLAND, OREGON, ON
MAY 15, 2007.
RECITALS:
A. The City Council of the City of Ashland met on the 19th day of May, 2007, at
the City of Ashland's Civic Center and proceeded to canvass the vote cast at
the election held in and for the City of Ashland on the 15th day of May, 2007.
B. The Council has canvassed the vote and has determined the number of votes
for the positions and measures as follows:
Yes
No
MEASURE 15-76 CHANGE FORM OF GOVENMENT
Yes
No
MEASURE 15-77 REVISED ASHLAND CHARTER
2.885
4.667
1.745
5.685
THE CITY OF ASHLAND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Measure 15-76, which posed the following question is declared to have
failed: "Should the Ashland City Charter be Amended to Change Mayor/Council form of
government to Council/Manager Form of Government"?
SECTION 2. Measure 15-77, which posed the following question is declared to have
failed: "Shall Ashland adopt charter revising language and remove sections that have
been superseded by state law?
SECTION 3. This resolution takes effect upon signing by the Mayor.
arbara Christensen, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this ~ day of
,2007.
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PROCLAMATION
I, Russ Silbiger, Council Chair of the City of Ashland, Oregon,
do proclaim that at the Special Election held in the City of Ashland, Oregon,
on the 15th day of May 2007, there was submitted to the voters
two measures regarding the revision of the current Ashland Charter
and change of government which posed the questions:
"Should the Ashland Charter be amended to change from Mayor/Council form of Government
to Council/Manager form of government?" and "Shall Ashland replace its current charter with a
"model charter" modified to keep many but not all Ashland-specific provisions?"
The measure posing the question regarding form government failed with 4,667 negative votes
and 2,885 affirmative votes. The measure posing the question regarding revision of City Charter
failed with 5,686 negative votes and 1,745 affirmative votes. Voter turnout was 62.28%
Dated at Ashland, Oregon, this -d- day of June, 2007.
DISTRICT CANVASS
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I R V T P I 15-76 Form of Governmment Change I 15-77 Revised Ashland Charter I
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5 PRECINCTS I D S E I (NON) (NON) I (NON) (NON) I
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0002 2 Ashland I 3366 2292 68.09 I 902 1243 I 529 1589 I
0004 4 Ashland I 3210 2073 64.58 I 689 1249 I 402 1504 I
0007 7 Ashland I 2959 1757 59.38 I 603 1019 I 392 1202 I
0010 10 SOU I 302 50 16.56 I 12 27 I 10 30 I
0013 13 Ashland I 3190 1941 60.85 I 679 1129 I 412 1361 I
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GRAND TOTALS I 13027 8113 62.28 I 2885 4667 I 1745 5686 I
I certify the votes recorded on this abstract correctly summarize the tally of votes cast at
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