2021 - 2026 RAMSEY COUNTY ELECTIONS

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Provide recruitment information about serving as an election judge within city and on the city's website. Provide the title and text of City questions to be placed on the ballot in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 205.16 subd.4 or sections 205A.05, subd.3 As needed, identify new locations the City would prefer to use as precinct polling places on Election Day. Annually approve polling places in accordance with Minnesota Statutes section 2048.16. Provide resolution of approved polling locations to the County by the December 31 deadline set forth in section 2048.16. Draft, schedule, and approve all resolutions required of the City in Minnesota Election Law to administer elections. j) Designate a person who will be the principalcontact for the county. 6. Offlce Space and Equipment Storage The County will provide suitable office and warehouse space to conduct all election-related activities and for storage of election equipment and supplies. 7. Coets and Payment Payments to cover the costs incurred by the County in the performance of the provisions of this Agreement for regularly scheduled elections will be made by the city in eight equal quarterly amounts for a two-year budget perlod, for a total ol24 quarterly payments during the Initial Term of the Atreement. Payrnents wlll be due on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 3l of each year. The cost of election services for Regular Elections for the zo?.l-zo}zcahndar years wlll be 562,529.60. The County will provide an initialcost estimate forthe 2023-2024 calendar yeani to the City no later than April 1, 2022, and an initial cost estimate for the 2025-2026 calendar years by April 2424. Such initial cost estimates will become flnal if the County does not provide an updated cost estimate by July 1 of the yearthe cost estimates are provided. costs will be adjusted as necessary by the County to account for the following factors: 1) estimated voter turnout; 2) labor contracts and agreements for non-represented employees approved by the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners; 3) changes in the Consumer Price lndex forthe Minneapolis-Saint paul metropolitan area, as determined by the U.S. Bureau of labor Statistics for the previous truo-year period; 4] changes in state, federal, County, or City legal requirements, as applicable; and 5) other factors having a significant impact on election costs. The County will notify the City of additional costs that it will incur as a result of changes to applicable election laws. The County willinclude and separately identify in any invoice for a regular election or a specialelection the cost that was incurred as a result of the enactment of new election laws. s) h)