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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />April 13, 2021 <br />Page 6 <br /> <br />St. Anthony-New Brighton School District and the City of St. Anthony for Elections Services in 1 <br />2021 – 2026. Staff is recommending approval. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Ramsey County would now handle all in person absentee voting. Ramsey County will provide in 4 <br />person absentee voting locations for St. Anthony voters. The significant change for residents 5 <br />will be in-person absentee voting will no longer occur at City Hall. Voters will still have the 6 <br />same options for voting, including voting absentee by mail, voting in person absentee at a 7 <br />Ramsey County early voting center, and voting on election day at their St. Anthony voting 8 <br />precinct. The cost for 2021 through 2022 would be $57,960 for the City share and $3,845.33 for 9 <br />the School District share. Ramsey County is standardizing the contract for all Cities. Absentee 10 <br />voting would be held at the New Brighton Community Center. The City always has the option 11 <br />of exiting the contract. 12 <br /> 13 <br />Councilmember Jenson stated he was surprised about the division of the cost and asked why the 14 <br />School District would have a share. Mr. Yunker stated the City assists with School Board 15 <br />elections. 16 <br /> 17 <br />Mayor Stille stated he believes the division of cost is not appropriate and asked Staff to look at 18 <br />that to see if it is equitable. 19 <br /> 20 <br />Motion by Councilmember Walker, seconded by Councilmember Webster, to adopt Resolution 21 <br />21-041; a Resolution approving the agreement with Ramsey County for election services 2021-22 <br />2026. 23 <br /> 24 <br />Motion carried 4-0. 25 <br /> 26 <br />D. 1st Quarter Goals Update. 27 <br /> 28 <br />City Manager Charlie Yunker provided an update on the St. Anthony Goals Chart 2021 Strategic 29 <br />Initiatives in detail along with a written update. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Councilmember Webster thanked Mr. Yunker for his overview. She asked if a report to the 32 <br />Council on the GARE initiatives could be made. 33 <br /> 34 <br />VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 35 <br /> 36 <br />City Manager Yunker stated May 1, 2021 will be clean-up day within the City from 9:00 a.m. – 37 <br />12:00 p.m. The Council had approved a Joint Powers Agreement with Metro High Net and Mr. 38 <br />Yunker is part of the executive board for that entity. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Councilmember Webster had no report. 41 <br /> 42 <br />Councilmember Walker stated he was asked to speak at Faith United Methodist Church on 43 <br />March 28, 2021. The topic was Racial Justice in St. Anthony. 44 <br /> 45 <br />16