CONSENT AGENDA - Cathy Sorensen, City Clerk
Title
ELECTION JUDGE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION PRIMARY ELECTION
Background
Pursuant to Minnesota election law and City Charter, Council must appoint election judges and set salaries for the Presidential Nomination Primary election on March 3, 2020. To date staff has recruited 136 individuals to serve. As State Statute and City Charter require that election judges be appointed by the Council at least 25 days prior to the election, staff is requesting that Council authorize the City Clerk to make appointments and substitutions as necessary should the need arise in the 25 days prior to the election. Election law allows for emergency appointments on Election Day. Proposed election judge salaries for all 2020 elections have been budgeted for and are outlined below:
• Head/Assistant/Technology Judges - $12/hr
• Precinct/Student Judges - $11/hr
Recommendation
a. Adopt the proposed resolution approving the appointment of election judges and authorizing the City Clerk to appoint and assign election judges during the 25 days preceding the election if additions/substitutions are necessary;
b. Approve the hourly salary for election judges at $12 per hour for Head, Assistant, and Technology Judges and $11 per hour for Precinct and Student Election Judges.
Body
WHEREAS, the City Council is required by Minnesota Statutes Section
204B.21, Sec. 2, and Chapter 4, Nominations and Elections, Section 4.05 of the City Charter, to officially approve the appointment of election judges; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby adopts the judges listed on the Judge Board Report, hereto attached, as the official election judges for the 2020 Presidential Nomination Primary; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk is hereby authorized to appoint and assign election judges during the 25 days preceding the election if additions or substitutions are necessary in order to fill vacancies and meet party balances.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Blaine that the names listed on the Judge Board Report, hereto attached, are the official Election Judges for the City of Blaine, 2020 Presidential Nomination Primary Election.