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Meeting to Review and Certify 2005 Election

  Minutes for the October 13, 2005 Meeting to Review and Certify the 2005 General Municipal Election

6:30 PM

 

Mayor Sandi Marchbanks called the meeting to order at 6:32 PM.

 

  1. Counting of Absentee by mail Ballots/Addition of Votes from Absentee by Mail Ballots to totals from October 4, 2005 count.

 

  1. Materials were removed from the safe by the clerk and displayed to the council.
  2. Outer Envelopes of Mail out Absentee Ballots were opened in the presence of the Council by the Mayor and the clerk.
  3. Oath of affidavits were removed from inner envelopes by the clerk in the presence of the council and verified.
  4. Inner envelopes, then blank, were shuffled on the table by the clerk.
  5. Ballots were removed from envelopes and the ballot number stubs were removed by the clerk.
  6. Votes were counted for Advisory School Board and City Council Seats and D.  2 city council members counted votes while one person read the votes from ballots.  When counts were in agreement, they were added to the Election Report and added to the vote totals from October 4, 2005. 

 

  1. The new numbers for each candidate were then read.

 

  1. Certification of the results by motion by the City Council.

            Tim made a motion to accept the results and the motion passed 6/0

 

  1. Signing of the Certificates of election by the clerk and the mayor.

            Sandi and the clerk signed the copies of the election report and the election certificates for the elected officials to the office of City Council Ken Klawunder and Mike Atkins.

 

  1. Swearing in of new Council Members/Oath of Office

Mayor Marchbanks swore in the new council members Mike Atkins and Ken Klawunder

 

  1. The Gustavus City Council nominated and voted for a new vice mayor and mayor for the year.  Becky made a motion to nominate Wayne Howe for vice Mayor.  The motion passed 5/0.  Martha made a motion to nominate Sandi for Mayor.  The motion passed 5/0.        

Adjournment 6:55 PM

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