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1 The City Clerk advised that she wanted two election judges, one from each political party to attend at the recounting of the ballots. She said that two election judges 3 are not required by law. 4 Motion by Faust, second by Marks to appoint Connie Kroeplin, City Clerk for the 5 City of St. Anthony as the Recount Official for the elections that were held on 6 November 4, 1997. 7 Motion carried unanimously. 8 IV. DISCUSS CANVASSING BOARD. 9 The Council discussed the composition of the Canvassing Board. Councilmember 10 Wagner asked that Dale Gunderson, 3525 Chelmsford Road NE, be appointed to 1.1 replace him-on the Canvassing Board. He stated that because he had requested the 12 recount of the cast ballots, he felt he should not personally serve on the Canvassing 13 Board for the recount. Councilmember Enrooth indicated that he did not ask 14 anyone to represent him on the Canvassing Board. Mayor Ranallo reported that 15 the City Attorney is available Monday, November 10, 1997 at 2:00 p.m. for the 16 recounting procedure. 17 Brian Thuesen, candidate for City Council, requested a clarification of the duties of 18 the Canvassing Board. Mayor Ranallo responded that the Canvassing Board for the 69 recounting of the cast ballots will observe the recounting and convene after the �j recount is completed to vote to accept or not accept the results of the recounted 21 ballots. The impartiality of the Councilmembers sitting as the Canvassing Board 22 was questioned. Mayor Ranallo stated that Councilmembers Faust, Marks and he 23 would they realize a benefit from the results of the recount, simply because they 24 had not been candidates in this City election. 25 Brian Rice, Best & Flanagan Law Firm, stated to the Council that he will be 26 representing Mr. Thuesen in the recount. He agreed that City Councils are the 27 Canvassing Boards for elections. He questioned the issue of Councilmembers 28 appointing someone to sit on the Canvassing Board. Mr. Rice suggested that the 29 City may want to verify this with the City Attorney. He said he knew of no other 30 issue where a councilmember can appoint a replacement. 31 The City Clerk indicated that she had already talked with the Hennepin County 32 Director of Elections and it was her suggestion that this could be done. Mr. Rice 33 indicated that he knew Ms. Christianson and acknowledged that she is very 34 knowledgeable about elections but felt that the City should seek the City 35 Attorney's counsel on this issue. 36 Mayor Ranallo advised the Councilmembers that if they planned to appoint a 37 representative for the recount, they should do so by Monday and advise the City 48 Clerk.