HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-081 Council ResolutionCITY OF LINO LAKES
RESOLUTION NO. 81 - 89
RESOLUTION URGING ANOKA COUNTY'S CONSIDERATION OF PROCEEDING
WITH OPTICAL SCAN VOTE COUNTING EQUIPMENT FOR THE 1990
ELECTIONS
WHEREAS: cities in Anoka County have for many years been
using the punch card system for voting which lacks
voter confidence and is not an acceptable system to
most legislators; and
WHEREAS: the system is prone to error, has a high percentage
of voter fall-off, final tallying of ballots is
time consuming, and punch card ballots are
sensitive to moisture, handling and storage; and
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the cities of St. Paul, Minneapolis, Rochester,
Duluth, Bloomington and cities of Hennepin and
Ramsey Counties have used the optical scan voting
equipment in past elections, and
Anoka County is the last major metropolitan county
not using the optical scan equipment; and
through purchasing the same optical scan equipment
cities can provide each other emergency backup
services and have a uniform voting system in the
County; and
the cities have advertised for and received sealed
bids in accordance with the law for joint
purchasing based on a common set of specifications;
and
the bid results have proven to be competitive bids
with options for programming hardware and software
costs for Anoka County at favorable costs; and
optical scan voting equipment has experienced a 30%
price increase since 1987, and it is anticipated
that these cost increases will be applicable at the
rate of 15% per year for 1990 and 1991 making it
prudent to consider purchase of optical scan voting
equipment for the 1990 elections; and
cities involved in the Joint Purchase Agreement
have concluded that without Anoka County's
participation in providing the programming and
ballot printing costs, purchasing the opticalscan
vote counting system may not be accomplished for
the 1990 elections.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the majority of cities
in Anoka County hereby encourage the Anoka County Board of
Commissioner to actively support the joint purchase of
optical scan equipment for use in the 1990 elections for all
cities in the County and to provide the programming and
ballot printing costs associated with such elections.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be
forwarded to the Anoka County Board of Commissioners.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes this
26th day of December, 1989.
ATTEST:
614 -
Mar lyn . Anderson, Clerk -Treasurer
Benjamin G. Benson, Mayor
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