City Council Meeting Date: February 6, 2024
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Lynette Peterson, City Clerk
Title
Consider Resolution Appointing Election Judges for the 2024 Presidential Nomination Primary and Setting Election Judge Pay for All 2024 elections.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council hereby:
1. Approves appointment of election judges as shown on Exhibit A for the 2024 Presidential Nomination Primary Election; and
2. Sets the hourly rate of $14.76/hour for regular judges and $16.96/hour for lead judges for all 2024 elections; and
3. Authorizes the City Clerk to appoint additional election judges as needed.
Summary Report:
The City Council is being asked to appoint election judges for the upcoming Presidential Nomination Primary election and authorize the City Clerk to appoint additional judges as needed and set the hourly rate of $14.76/hour for regular judges and $16.96/hour for lead judges for all 2024 elections. This rate of pay has been included in the 2024 approved budget. The Presidential Nomination Primary is March 5, 2024. There are two elections later in 2024 (Primary Election, August 13, 2024 and General Election, November 5, 2024) and those judges will be appointed at a later date with the same rate of pay.
Staff will continue to recruit judges during the weeks leading up to the Presidential Nomination Primary Election as needed. City staff members have also been named as election judges in order to assist with various election activities.
Absentee voting is available at Northfield City Hall for the Presidential Nomination Primary, Primary Election and General Election. In addition to all City of Northfield ballots, we have ballots for all precincts in Rice County. Rice County will continue to process all voted Rice County absentee ballots using their absentee ballot board. Dakota County will process all voted Dakota County absentee ballots using their absentee ballot board.
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