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Prior Lake, MN 55372
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 13, 2018
AGENDA #: 5A
PREPARED BY: JANET RINGBERG, ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST
PRESENTED BY: FRANK BOYLES, CITY MANAGER
AGENDA ITEM: CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION CANVASSING THE RETURNS
OF THE CITY OF PRIOR LAKE 2018 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
DISCUSSION: Introduction
The purpose of this agenda item is to consider approval of a resolution canvassing
the returns of the City of Prior Lake 2018 municipal election.
History
The City Council serves as the canvassing board for city elections. The Council
must meet to canvass the returns and declare the results on the second or third
day after a primary and within three to ten days after a general election. (M.S.
205.185, sudb. 3; 205.065, subd. 5)
Current Circumstances
The steps to canvass the results are:
1. The clerk prepares a canvass report (abstract) to accumulate results from
multiple precincts;
2. The canvass board takes the oath of office and publicly canvasses the
election returns by reviewing the abstract and write-in reports.
a. The board may ask to examine summary statements before it declares
the results;
b. When satisfied that the abstract reports are correct, the board signs the
abstracts and they become the official results;
c. In the case of a tie vote, the canvassing board determines the winner
by lot;
3. Errors by election judges in counting may be corrected by following specific
procedures as prescribed by law. (M.S. 204C.38; 204C.39; 205.185)
As part of the abstract, the County has provided the number of registered voters
and persons voting by precinct. This information is summarized in the table below:
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CITY OF PRIOR LAKE
CITY COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2018
NUMBER OF PERSONS
PRECINCT
1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 TOTAL
Registered as of 7 a.m. 1694 1597 2712 2725 2703 1666 1358 2177 16632
Registered on Election
Day 70 94 159 127 114 65 72 133 834
Total Registered 1764 1691 2871 2852 2817 1731 1430 2310 17466
Total Number of Persons
Voting 1266 1259 2037 2121 2177 1354 1070 1695 12979
% of Registered Persons
Voting 72% 74% 71% 74% 77% 78% 75% 73% 74%
ALTERNATIVES: 1. Motion and Second to approve as part of the consent agenda a resolution can-
vassing the returns of the City of Prior Lake 2018 municipal election.
2. Deny approval to this proposed resolution and provide staff with direction.
RECOMMENDED
MOTION:
Alternative #1.
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Prior Lake, MN 55372
RESOLUTION 18-___
RESOLUTION OF THE PRIOR LAKE CITY COUNCIL TO CANVASS
THE RETURNS OF THE CITY OF PRIOR LAKE 2018
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
MOTION BY: SECOND BY:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRIOR LAKE, SCOTT COUNTY
MINNESOTA, that it is hereby found, determined and declared that the election held in and for said City
on November 6, 2018 was in all respects duly and legally called and held and the returns thereof have
been duly canvassed, and the votes cast at said election for the following office were as follows:
CITY OF PRIOR LAKE
CITY COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2018
CITY COUNCIL
CANDIDATES
PRECINCT
1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 TOTAL
Warren Erickson 478 493 793 786 760 467 329 705 4811
Annette Thompson 741 681 1110 1137 1234 779 638 893 7213
David Tieman 622 472 673 763 786 464 413 556 4749
Write-Ins 10 17 21 12 10 14 11 13 108
Total Ballots Cast 1851 1663 2597 2698 2790 1724 1391 2167 16881
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 13th DAY OF NOVEMBER 2018.
VOTE
Briggs
McGuire
Thompson
Braid
Burkart
Aye ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
______________________________
Frank Boyles, City Manager