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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 75-34788-922 CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES EQUAL OPPORTUN/TY EMPLOYER COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA 55421 RESOLUTION #75-34 REGARDING H.F. 1124 ESTABLISHING A UNIFORM ELECTION DAY BE It HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, that WHEREAS, a bill establishing a uniform election day known as H.F. 1124 has been introduced in the legislature, and WHEREAS, this bill w~uld establish a uniform election day for all towns, school districts, and cities which would be the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even numbered years, and WHEREAS, the bill assumes that school districts and municipalities utilize similar polling places and would have no conflicts on the use of election booths, ballot boxes, and associated materials, and WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights and School District #13 encompass differing boundaries but utilize common election materials with the school district using a polling place outside the City limits of Columbia Heights as one polling place, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS that our legislators be respectfully requested to oppose the sections of H.F. I124 which would create untenable conflicts with the school districts in holding elections in the even numbered years, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council would have no objections to the establishment of a uniform election day in the even numbered years provided the legal means are made available to our community to re-establish our election day in the even numbered years. Passed this 28th day of April, 1975 Offered by: Seconded by: Roll Call: Secretary ¢ Heintz Logacz Logacz, Heintz, Land, Naw rock i -Aye Norberg-Nay Bruce G Nawrockl, Mayor