12-09-2024 Council Meeting Agenda Packet

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CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING STAFF REPORT AGENDA ITEM 1D STAFF ORIGINATOR: Roberta Colotti, CIVIC, City Clerk MEETING DATE: December 9, 2024 TOPIC: Resolution 24-162 Establishing Polling and Absentee Voting Locations for the 2025 Election VOTE REQUIRED: Simple Majority INTRODUCTION Minnesota Statute 204 B.16, subd. 1 requires the governing body of each municipality to designate by ordinance or resolution polling places for each election precinct each year no later than December 315Y. Furthermore, the responsible authority and location for absentee voting is to be established by the city and the county. BACKGROUND The City of Lino Lakes Charter, Chapter 4 "Nominations and Elections", Section 4.01 "The Regular Municipal Election", calls for a regular municipal election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd numbered year commencing in 1983 at such places as the City Council shall designate. The 2025 Municipal Election will be held on Tuesday, November 4tn The City of Lino Lakes has seven precincts. The City Council can combine polling locations or authorize use of all seven sites. In the last municipal election 1,785 people voted. This is substantially less then the number of voters in the 2024 General Election, which was 14,135. Lino Lakes has three School Districts. Centennial Independent School District 12 and White Bear Lake School District 624 have shared that they do not plan to hold a bond referendum in 2025. Forest Lake School District 831 will be considering the renewal of an existing operating levy at their January 2025 Board Meeting. Speaking with the County historically there has been 10% to 20% voter turnout for a school board special election. School District 831 includes 2,600 of our registered voters. So, in the event they hold a bond referendum we could expect 260 to 520 voters, of which a percentage would be already accounted for in our estimate based on 2023 turnout for the municipal election.