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COLUMBIA HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING - PRIMARY ELECTION CANVASS
SEPTEMBER 13, 2000
Call the meeting to order
Council President Jolly called the meeting to order at 5:10 p.m.
Roll Call
Present: Councilmember Jolly, Councilmember Wyckoff, Councilmember Hunter
Mayor Peterson (arrived at 5:15 p.m.)
Absent: Councilmember Szurek
Canvass Election
Bill Elrite, City Clerk/Finance Director, reported the election went very well with the new
voting equipment, and transmitting the results to Anoka County by computer modem.
Local results were posted on the Internet and local cable channel by 8:15 p.m. Aleksandr
Chernin set up and monitored these systems and was complimented for a job well done.
Elrite stated the process was also speeded up by processing Absentee Ballots during the
day.
Elrite stated voter turnouts averaged 31 percent. There were no over votes on the City
election. 352 blank ballots (or 171 actual voters, as they could vote for two people) with
no City office vote were recorded. There were 698 under votes (which means that voters
only voted for one City office.
MOTION by Hunter, second by Wyckoff, to waive the reading of Resolution No. 2000-
66, there being ample copies available to the public.
MOTION by Hunter, second by Wyckoff, to adopt resolution 2000-66 canvassing
municipal primary election returns.
RESOLUTION NO. 2000-66
CANVASSING MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTION RETURNS
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights, did on the 12th day of September, 2000, conduct and
hold a Primary Municipal Election for the purpose of nominating candidates for two offices of
Council Member to be voted on at a General Municipal Election on November 7, 2000; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights at a meeting of said Council held on
the 13th day of September 2000, did canvass the returns and results of said Primary Municipal
Election; and
WHEREAS, the following results were determined by said canvass of said Primary Municipal
Election, to wit:
City Council Primary Election Canvass
September 13, 2000
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TOTAL BALLOTS CAST IN ELECTION: 3,478
Valid Votes Cast for Two 4-Year Council Seats
Jerry Foss 338
Doug Hill 338
John Hunter 820
Bruce Nawrocki 1,561
Brec Noland 81
Tom Ramsdell
Theresia Synowczynski 1,125
Bobby Williams 1,035
Overvotes 0
Times Blank Voted 352
Undervotes 698
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia
Heights, that Bruce Nawrocki, Theresia Synowczynski, Bobby Williams, and John Hunter are hereby
declared to be the candidates for the two four-year Council Seats at the General Municipal Election
to be held on November 7, 2000.
Passed this 13th day of September, 2000
Offered by: Hunter
Seconded by: Wyckoff
Roll Call: All ayes
Patricia Muscovitz, Deputy City Clerk
Mayor Gary L. Peterson
Adjournment
Mayor Peterson adjourned the meeting at 5:22 p.m.
Patricia Muscovitz, Deputy City Clerk