The City of Fresno would be billed for the costs of adding these measures to the consolidated ballot and the County Voter Information Guide, James Kus, Fresno County Clerk\/Registrar of Voters, told The Bee.<\/p>\n
The estimate includes the administrative costs of the measure, the cost of printing the measure question on the ballot, and the cost of printing the measure materials in the County Voter Information Guide.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear how the city proposes to pay for the ballot measures, if approved. The council will likely discuss payment at the meeting on Thursday, according to the city clerk.<\/p>\n
Two measures within a single jurisdiction is not uncommon in Fresno County, but Kus can\u2019t personally remember a time when there were four.<\/p>\n
\u201cFour measures are not unheard of across the state, though probably still relatively rare,\u201d Kus said. \u201cWe do regularly have a large number of state propositions, like the 14 we have this election.\u201d<\/p>\n
Any charter change or tax item must go before voters, like the proposed half-cent general tax and term limit expansion. Kus said others are placed on the ballot to allow voters to decide a controversial issue.<\/p>\n
The proposed measures were unveiled Monday. A government ethics watchdog says a 72-hour notice is not enough time for Fresno residents to review, debate and discuss the four measures, The Bee recently reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Councilmember Nick Richardson told The Bee that as a \u201csmall government guy,\u201d his struggle is deciphering whether the measure is potentially misleading or if it\u2019s something worth sending to voters, he said.<\/p>\n \u201cBoth of those things are worded so craftily in the way they are set to appear on the ballot,\u201d Richardson said, .referring to the SEDA financing proposal and a proposed term limit change. \u201cIs it going to confuse voters to a level that they may pass something that ultimately they don\u2019t agree with because it was worded creatively?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIn which case, is it then my job to assume that I have the answers and to try to kill it before it makes it to a popular vote?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The Fresno City Council will vote to place each of the four measures on the November ballot this Thursday.<\/p>\n Fresno Bee Reporter Melissa Montalvo contributed to this report.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fresno Bee<\/p>\n
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