City Council

14.a PALM DESERT REDISTRICTING 2023: ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE 127\nESTABLISHING CITY COUNCIL ELECTION DISTRICT BOUNDARIES\nAND SCHEDULING ELECTIONS WITHIN THE DISTRICTS AND\nINTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE ELIMINATING USE OF RANKED\nCHOICE VOTING\nRECOMMENDATION:\n1. Adopt Ordinance No. 1406 entitled, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE\nCITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA,\nAMENDING SECTION 2.38.040 OF THE PALM DESERT\nMUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO BY-DISTRICT ELECTIONS,\nDEFINING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, AND SCHEDULING\nELECTIONS WITHIN THE DISTRICTS.”\n2. Introduce an Ordinance entitled, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY\nCOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA,\nREPEALING SECTION 2.38.050 OF CHAPTER 2.38 (“GENERAL\nMUNICIPAL ELECTIONS”) OF TITLE 2 (“ADMINISTRATION AND\nPERSONNEL”) OF THE PALM DESERT MUNICIPAL CODE TO\nIN ORDER TO ELIMINATE RANKED CHOICE VOTING FOR THE\nELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.”