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k*.6HYH+E Request for Council Action D December Item m b ' B Department Approval Manager Approval Agenda Section - - - �/J ? , /� /I ., ,- 7f - - organizational Business Item Description: Update on Special Election Dates lust Monday, just before your council meeting, the Mayor called asking if staff had a draft timeline for the special election process relating to Councilmember Ill ausing's seat. we placed draft schedule on the dais that contains a proposed timeline for both the temporary appointment of a councilmember and for a special election for that seat. The City Attorney has not reviewed this timeline. It is just a draft. Now, at the Mayors request the council may consider- a council policy for filling council vacancies. Staff will take this opportunity to provide an update on the special election dates. As required by the new ordinance you enacted, the special election shall be held as soon after the vacancy is declared as is practical under state law. Because of publishing requirements, filing schedules, printing ballots and allowing time for absentee voting, an early April election is the earliest practical. April 6 is the beginm' ng of Passover, April 11 is Easter Sunday, and Apr' 1 13 is the last day of Passover, making Tuesday, April 6 and 13 unpractical as election dates, in our opinion. (Six of the ten Roseville polling sites are churches.) City staff contacted the ten Roseville polling places about their availability as election sites on April 20 and 27. precinct 1 is not available on April 7, and they are checking to see if April 20 is available. All other precincts are available on April 20. Financial Implicationsm. We are waiting to hear whether Centennial United Methodist Church in precinct '1 is available on April 20. That Church has been the polling place in precinct 1 for a considerable time. The have another event scheduled. on April 20, but they are meeting on December 16 to decide whether they can accommodate two events. If the Church is not available the City must either select an alternative date or alternative location. If the City changes the polling location in Precinct 1 for the Special Election from the Church used this past November for the General Election, we understand we are required by state law to send a first class notification to all registered voters of the new voting location, precinct 1 has 3,397 registered voters. Postage g would cost $ 1,256.89 plus the cost of developing and printing letters. If the City then returned to use the Church, we would again bare to notify registered voters of the change back. We will provide more information to the Council as it becomes available to us.