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Mounds View City Council October 28, 2002 Regular Meeting Page 21 • 9. REPORTS Assistant City Administrator Reed indicated Ramsey County would be providing information with regard to the senate race and absentee ballots. She then indicated that a supplemental ballot would be available at the earliest November 2, 2002 and residents could vote November 2, November 4, and November 5, election day. Council Member Thomas asked Ms. Reed to walk through the guidelines for absentee ballots for those that sent them in. Assistant City Administrator Reed indicated that residents could come and pick up a new supplemental ballot or come to the election on November 5, 2002. She then explained that the absentee ballots would be counted after the polls are closed and compared against the roster, if the person came in and voted then the absentee would be thrown out, if the ballot is not recast then the vote for Senator Wellstone would be discarded. Council Member Quick asked if the new candidate could be written in if the ballots had not already been turned in. Council Member Stigney asked if one of the election judges or someone from the City would be bringing over supplemental ballots to the assisted living facility. Assistant Cit Administrator Reed indicated she was not sure how that was handled in the past Y and said she would check with the election judges and Ramsey County. Assistant City Administrator Reed asked residents to contact her or Ramsey County with election questions and gave those telephone numbers. Assistant City Administrator Reed indicated there was a concern regarding the purchase of food for the election judges and asked for authorization to provide food for the election judges. Council agreed that it would be fine to purchase food for the election judges. Assistant City Administrator Reed indicated she had received Jim Atkinson's resignation effective November 8, 2002. Mayor Sonterre thanked Public Works Director Lee and his Staff for the use of a boom truck so that he could take video of the signal crossings at Silver Lake Road and County Highway 10 as well as at County Road H. He then said that the video would be sent to Ramsey County with a request for a modification to the traffic signals. Mayor Sonterre indicated he had received a memo from the League of Minnesota Cities indicating that it seems likely that there would be a decrease in local government aid as suspected by the City. He then explained that the state is able to defer local government aid payments to a time when the economic situation is better.