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CONSENT ITEM - 8E <br />M` <br />-ARPEN HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: November 25, 2024 <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br />Jessica Jagoe, Interim City Administrator <br />FROM: Julie Hanson, Assistant to the City Administrator/City Clerk <br />SUBJECT: Resolution Certifying the 2024 Municipal Election Canvass Recount Results <br />Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br />Council Should Consider <br />Motions to approve, table, or deny the following: <br />Approving Resolution 2024-054 certifying the 2024 municipal election canvass Recount <br />results. <br />Backiround/Discussion <br />Members of the City Council are required by State Statute to certify the results of the Municipal <br />Election to the Ramsey County Auditor within three (3) to ten (10) days after the General Election, <br />which the Council did on November 12, 2024 via Resolution 2024-051. This Resolution established <br />Brenda Holden and Kurt Weber as City Councilmembers with a four year term beginning in 2025. <br />Pursuant to Minnesota Statute 204C.36, Subd. l(b) a losing candidate for a municipal race may request <br />a recount if the difference between the votes cast for the requesting candidate and the votes cast for a <br />winning candidate is less than half of one percent. As a result of a 5 vote difference, Candidate David <br />Radziej subsequently requested a recount of votes cast for him and Candidate Kurt Weber. The <br />Recount was conducted on Tuesday, November 19 and Wednesday, November 20 by Ramsey County <br />Elections staff at the Elections office in St. Paul and the recount was open to the public. <br />Attached are the Recount Worksheet (Attachment A) and Resolution 2024-054 (Attachment B) <br />certifying the Recount results of the 2024 Municipal Election from the November 5, 2024, General <br />Election. <br />The following are results from the 2024 election: <br />Brenda Holden as Arden Hills City Councilmember for a four-year term beginning in January <br />2025; and <br />Kurt Weber as Arden Hills City Councilmember for a four-year term beginning in January <br />2025. <br />Attachments <br />Attachment A: Resolution 2024-054 <br />Attachment B: Recount Worksheet <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />