City of Fairfield Measure Q: Appointive City Clerk
What does this measure do?
Measure Q would make Fairfield's City Clerk a hired job instead of an elected office, starting when the current clerk's term ends in 2028. Voters would no longer elect the clerk, and the City Council or City Manager would pick one; taxes do not change.
Read the official ballot measure
Proposed by: Fairfield City Council (Resolutions 2026-158 and 2026-176)
The city's elected council. It asked voters whether the city clerk should be hired by the city manager instead of elected by voters.
Source: fairfield.ca.gov
A YES vote means
The City Clerk becomes an appointed job after the current term ends in 2028. The City Council, or the City Manager if the Council hands off the choice, picks the clerk, who need not live in Fairfield.
A NO vote means
Fairfield voters keep electing the City Clerk to four-year terms.
Source: fairfield.ca.gov
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