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CITY OF I1 °VIEW° Phone: (612) 784-3055 Fax: (612) 784-3462 June 22, 1992 • Ms. Janet Folsum Mounds View Public Schools 2959 North Hemline Avenue St. Paul, MN 55113 - Subject: Combining School Board Elections with City Elections Dear Ms. Folsum: In response to your letter dated June 2, 1992, I have some concerns with respect to combining school board elections and city elections at this time. The City of Mounds View will be conducting its first election in September as one precinct rather than four. This will be a new "twist" for the voters of the City. I feel combining the school board election with the City elections at this time would be confusing, however, in the future may be a very positive move as a convenience feature for the citizens. Secondly, Mounds View owns its own optical scan equipment. The school board would have to compensate the City for a portion of the original cost of the machines, pay a portion of the maintenance agreement, which is a two year agreement on the machines, a part of the training costs and salaries of the election judges as they would be utilized in combination elections. There are also many other costs, which at this time I have not had a chance to review, such as printing of the ballots, programming for the machines and the utilization of City staff time. , Because of the timing involved with the upcoming elections, I would not be in favor of combining these elections at this time, however, I would remain open-minded and would be glad to discuss this issue if the other cities in this area support the proposed combining of elections. Please feel free to contact me at 784-3055. Sincerely, t, CITY.OF MOUND V W Michele J. erson Deputy C s e92-01 • PRINTED WITH 0 SOYINK 2401 Highway 10 • Mounds View, MN 55112-1499 . 1. 16) recycled paper