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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 24,2015 Page 5 RCA and Attachment A entitled, "2015 Capital Improvement Plan Summary," updated July 31, 2015. Roll Call Ayes: Laliberte, McGehee, Willmus, Etten and Roe. Nays: None. 9. Consider Items Removed from Consent d. Adopt a Resolution Approving the Use of New Voting System At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Patrick Trudgeon briefly reviewed this request as detailed in the RCA and related attachments, dated August 24, 2015. Since the City had chosen to contract election oversight to Ramsey County, Councilmember McGehee asked if projected cost savings were still holding given the cost of these new machines; and also asked if the new machines would be re- quired if the City was not part of Ramsey County's operations. Councilmember McGehee noted that there still seemed to be considerable staff time involved with elections. City Manager Trudgeon responded that with new federal and state laws, require- ments to update the current machines would be inevitable, especially given the age of the existing machines. Mr. Trudgeon clarified that the cost of elections was determined by the number of voters and annually reviewed,but given the his- torically large voter turnout in Roseville, he saw no indication that costs would be lessening. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, City Manager Trudgeon advised that the upcoming school board election would involve a number of Roseville pre- cincts and the new voting machine system should be up and operating by then. McGehee moved, Etten seconded, adoption of Resolution No. 11245 (Attach- ment) entitled, "A Resolution Adopting the Use of New Voting System." Councilmember Laliberte asked staff to review municipal costs as they related specifically to school board elections, with that request duly noted by City Man- ager Trudgeon for future reporting to the City Council. Councilmember Laliberte noted that there had been some talk in the past about moving school board elections to even years to correspond with municipal, state and federal elections, thus her question regarding actual costs to the city for school board elections.