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November 10, 2015 Page l of 2 <br />C11 <br />I I rWPRK A A " <br />COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS <br />We city that works for you THE CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON <br />Pursuant to notice thereof, a Canvassing Board Meeting of the New Brighton City Council was held <br />Tuesday November 10, 2015 at 6:30 pm in the New Brighton Council Chambers. <br />Present: Mayor Jacobsen, Councilmembers Bauman, Burg, Jacobsen and Strub <br />Absent: <br />Also Present: Dean Lotter -City Manager and Terri Haarstad-City Clerk <br />Call to Order <br />Mayor Jacobsen called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. <br />Certification of 2015 Municipal Election Results <br />City Manager Lotter reported City Clerk Haarstad would be presenting this item to the City <br />Council. <br />City Clerk Haarstad explained she has worked with Ramsey County Elections to prepare an <br />Abstract of Election Returns that details results from New Brighton's 2015 municipal election. <br />This canvassing report includes City-wide results and statistics as well as results and statistics <br />from individual precincts. When satisfied that the abstract report is correct, the Canvassing <br />Board signs the abstract and it becomes the official election results. Once the results are <br />canvassed, the official seven-day contest period required by Minnesota State Statutes § 209 <br />begins. As the difference between the elected candidate with the fewest votes and the candidate <br />with the most votes from among candidates who were not elected is greater than one-half of <br />one percent, no candidate may request a recount at the expense of the City. Once the contest <br />period has ended and the City Clerk has verified that all required campaign financial reports <br />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. Winning candidates will take and subscribe <br />an oath of office in the City Clerk's office mid-December so they may assume their offices on <br />the first Monday in January 2016. The ceremonial oath of office will take place in public at the <br />first City Council meeting in January 2016. She reviewed the total number of voters that <br />participated in the 2015 election (2,936 or 22%) and explained Val Johnson received the most <br />votes for the position of Mayor. In addition, Councilmembers Paul Jacobsen and Mary Burg <br />received the most votes for Council Member At Large. Staff requested the Council Certify the <br />2015 Municipal Election Results. <br />Motion by Councilmember Jacobsen, seconded by Councilmember Burg to Certify the <br />2015 Municipal Election Results. <br />5 Ayes, 0 Nays -Motion Carried <br />Call C'anvassivg <br />t;oni-d Meeting to <br />Order <br />Certification of 2015 <br />Municipal Election <br />Results <br />