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Home My WebLink About6.i. Resolution to Appoint Election JudgesCITY OF ROSEMOUNT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR ACTION City Council Meeting Date: AUGUST 2, 2004 AGENDA ITEM: APPOINT ELECTION JUDGES AGENDA SECTION: CONSENT PREPARED BY: LINDA JENTINK, CITY CLERK AGE fim #6 1 ATTACHMENTS: RESOLUTION APPROVED BY: fn� RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to approve A RESOLUTION APPOINTING ELECTTON JUDGES for the City of Rosemount in 2004 and to raise election judge hourly salary to $7.75 for election judges and $8.25 for head election judges. ACTION; ISSUE The Minnesota State Statutes (MN § 2046.21, subd. 2) requires that election judges be appointed 25 days prior to the State Primary, or by August 20, 2004. There may be some additional election judges added following the August 12 training session. BACKGROUND Election judge training has already begun. Sixty -five judges were at trainings held July 20 and 22. Another forty are expected for training on August 12. They are required to have two hours of the election process training. Election judges are one of the cornerstones of our democratic system. The success and vitality of a democracy is based on elections that accurately reflect the intent of the electorate, and the knowledge that every vote is counted. Election judges are gatekeepers of the voting process and uphold election laws with integrity, dignity and accuracy. They protect and promote public trust and confidence by conducting fair, accurate and open elections. Our election judges represent many years of experience and many elections done well. They deserve our thanks and recognition for the decades of public service they have preformed and for the work they will do at the coming elections. City Staff recommend to increase the salary of the election judges by 250 which would put election judges at $7.75 and head judges at $8.25. An informal survey showed metro election judge salaries from $7.00 to $10.25. SUMMARY The City of Rosemount asks that City Council approve the resolution appointing election judges for the fall elections and recognize the contribution they make to the community. CITY OF ROSEMOUNT DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION 2004 - A RESOLUTION APPOINTING ELECTION JUDGES WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota has called for a Primary Election on September 14, 2004, and the county, state, federal, and municipal governments have called a General Election on November 2, 2004; WHEREAS, the success and vitality of a democracy is based on elections that accurately reflect the intent of the electorate, and that every vote is counted; and WHEREAS, Election judges protect and promote public trust and confidence by conducting fair, accurate and open elections; and WHEREAS, Election judges serve as gatekeepers of demorcracy to the voting process by upholding election laws with integrity, dignity and accuracy; and WHEREAS, many election judges have generously served for decades of public service without formal recognition; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT ALSO RESOLVED, that the people listed below to serve as election judges reside in the State of Minnesota as required by Minnesota Election Laws and will be trained according to Minnesota State Statutes and are fully appreciated by the City Council and citizens of Rosemount: Genevieve Alexon Mary Bohlig Amy Dahlin Joan Anderson Cathy Busho Bruno DiNella Malcom Anderson Margaret Capra Jeanne Eibner Maribeth Anderson Arlene Casey Mike Faber Robert Anderson Ena Cisewski Patricia Fahey Mindy Andreasen Dixie Cliff Janet Feldsien Pat Anthony Dale Cody Allan Fiedler Muriel Barnes Phyllis Curry Christine Ford Margaret Boehlke Robert Custer Katie Fox RESOLUTION 2004- Laurie Friend Sherry Kromschroeder , Marcia Roush Dawn Groen Mary Kropelnicki Sigrid Ruhmann Gerrit Groen John Loebach Betty Ann Schneider Sondra Gustafson Victoria Lowe Eunice Schuldt Jennifer Gustason Janet Maj eras Lee Schuldt Roger Hanson James Mann Melinda Seeley Caroline Harris Sally Mann Jennifer Sinderman Jean Heinen Marlys Marschall Sharon Staats Mary Hoeppner Sue McKinley Dorothy Stauffer Dianne Howell Ryan McLaughlin Judith Swanson Mary Hughes Rosemary Mullikin Lavonne Swenson Larry Jacobson Marcia Nelson Mary Lou Talbert Sharon Johnson Wally Niklaus Dan Thoen Teresa Johnson Ted Northwick Martha Tierney Peter Jonas Carol Opatrny Carol Wachter Geneva Karsten Linda Paschka Gina Waldoch Deborah Kearney Shirley Pepin Beverly Warweg Carol Lee Kinkead John Peterson Jennifer West Doris Knights Sharon Peterson Jo White June Korthauer Verna Ratzlaff Elrene Wutschke Marcy Kratz Keith Reed Robert Yates Steven Kroll Betty Rezac Terrance Yourchuck Norbert Rezac 2 RESOLUTION 2004- BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that compensation for election judges will be as follows:. judges - $7.75 and head judges - $8.25. ADOPTED this 2nd day of August, 2004 by the City Council of the City of Rosemount. William H. Droste, Mayor ATTEST: Linda Jentink, City Clerk Motion by: Second by: Voted in favor: Voted against: Members absent: 3