The City Council met as the Board of Canvassers on Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 3:35 p.m. in Room 326, Committee Room, City County Building, 451 South State.
The following Board Members were present:
Charlie Luke Andrew Johnston Stan Penfold
Lisa Adams Derek Kitchen
The following Board Members were absent:
Erin Mendenhall James Rogers Jacqueline Biskupski
Staff in Attendance: Jennifer Bruno, Council Executive Deputy Director; Margaret Plane, City Attorney; Ben Luedtke, Council Public Policy Analyst; Nicole Smedley, Assistant City Recorder; and Cindi Mansell, City Recorder.
Boardmember Penfold presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 3:35 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1. 3:33:47 PM The City Council will meet as the Board of Canvass to consider the recount, canvass the election returns, and declare the 2017 Primary Election results for Council District Five. The Board of Canvassers, which includes the Mayor and City Council, will canvass and declare the recount results of the Municipal Primary Election for Council District Five. The Board had previously canvassed and declared the results for Council Districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 on August 29, 2017. A recount was requested and conducted on September 6, 2017. Consideration will be given to the results for District Five. View Attachments
Ms. Mansell explained the recount process and said the result was one additional vote for candidate Erin Mendenhall. She explained the extra vote was the result of a signature verification ballot that had not been previously counted. She said there were no other changes to the original canvass totals as adopted on August 29, 2017 by Resolution 20 of 2017.
Boardmember Luke moved and Boardmember Johnston seconded to adopt Resolution 24 of 2017, declaring the results of the September 6, 2017 Municipal Primary Election recount for Council District Five, which motion carried, all members presented voted aye.
The meeting adjourned at 3:38 p.m.
This document is not intended to serve as a full transcript as additional discussion may have been held; please refer to the audio or video for entire content.
This document along with the digital recording constitute the official minutes of the Salt Lake City Board of Canvass meeting held September 7, 2017.
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