HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 98-96 RESOLUTION NO. 98-96
CANVASSING MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION RETURNS
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights, did on the 3'~ day of November, 1998, conduct and hold a General Municipal
Election for the purpose of electing a Mayor and one Council Member; and to ascertain whether or not the City Charter
should be amended to change the mayor term from a two-year term to a four-year term, effective 1/1/2000; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights at a meeting of said Council held on the 4t~ day of November,
1998, did canvass the returns and results of said General Municipal Election; and
WHEREAS, the following results were determined by said canvass of said General Municipal Election, to wit:
TOTAL BALLOTS CAST IN ELECTION: 8,639
Valid Votes Cast for Mayor
Valid Votes c~$t for 4-Year Council Seat
Gary L. Peterson 4,256 Robert W. Ruettimann 2,747
Joseph S. Sturdevant 3,835 Julienne Wyckoff 4,910
Overvotes 0 Overvotes 0
Times Blank Voted 471 Times Blank Voted 908
Write-Ins 27 Write-Ins 32
Question One, Columbia Heights Mayoral Term of Office:
Shall the Columbia Heights City Charter be amended to change the mayoral term from a two-year term to a
four-year term, with the change being effective January 1, 2000?
Yes 3,765
No 4,446
Overvotes 0
Times Blank Voted '365
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, that Gary Peterson
is elected Mayor, and that Sulienne Wyekoffis hereby elected member of the City Council; assuming said office on January
4, 1999, and being officially seated at the first regular meeting of the City Council in 1999; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, that the Columbia Heights City Charter
shall not be amended to change the mayoral term from a two-year term to a four-year term.
Passed this 4'~ day of November, 1998
Offered by: Ruer t i ma nn
Seconded by: Szu tek
Roll Call: A11 ayes
~/Yo-Anne student, Council Secretary
Joseph Sturdevant, Mayor