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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION <br />ITEM DESCRIPTION: Certification of 2017 Municipal Election Results <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD’S APPROVAL: <br />CITY MANAGER APPROVAL: <br />No comments to supplement this report _______ Comments attached ______ <br />Recommendation: <br />Certify 2017 Municipal Election Results <br />Legislative History: <br />MN State Statutes § 205.185, subd. 3 requires the City Council to meet as a Canvassing Board to <br />canvass the returns and declare results within three to ten days after a general municipal election. <br />Explanation: <br />The City Clerk has worked with Ramsey County Elections to prepare an Abstract of Election <br />Returns (attached) that details results from New Brighton’s 2017 municipal election. This <br />canvassing report includes City-wide results and statistics as well as results and statistics from <br />individual precincts. When satisfied that the abstract report is correct, the Canvassing Board signs <br />the abstract and it becomes the official election results. <br />Once the results are canvassed, the official seven-day contest period required by Minnesota State <br />Statutes § 209 begins. As the difference between the elected candidate with the fewest votes and <br />the candidate with the most votes from among candidates who were not elected is greater than <br />one-half of one percent, no candidate may request a recount at the expense of the City. Once the <br />contest period has ended and the City Clerk has verified that all required campaign financial <br />reports due from the winning candidates are on file in the City offices, the City Clerk will issue a <br />Certificate of Election to each winning candidate. <br />Winning candidates will take and subscribe an oath of office in the City Clerk’s office in mid- <br />December so they may assume their offices on the first Monday in January 2018. The ceremonial <br />oath of office will take place in public at the first City Council meeting in January 2018. <br />________________________________________ <br />Terri Spangrud <br />City Clerk <br />AGENDA SECTION: Canvassing Board <br />Meeting <br />REPORT DATE: November 13, 2017 <br />MEETING DATE: November 14, 2017