Consideration and Approval of Agreement:  Intergovernmental Agreement between City of Flagstaff and Coconino County for election services for the General Election of November 8, 2016.

With the exception of Phoenix and Tucson, who perform their own elections, municipalities across the state contract for the operation of their elections, primarily with their respective county. While the City is responsible for many of the election activities such as preparation of the resolution, ballot language, public notices, and Information Pamphlet, the County prepares the ballot (with approval by the City), mails and receives the ballots, and counts the ballots on election day. The attached Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) outlines the roles of the City and County in this year's City election which will be held in conjunction with the statewide election.

This election has been budgeted in the FY2016 Budget. The services provided by the County are charged at $2.00 per registered voter. With approximately 30,000 registered voters, the County charges should be around $60,000. Additional expenses will be incurred with Election Operation Services for compilation, translation, and mailing of the associated Information Pamphlet as well as the notification postcards.

The Council has not discussed this specific IGA, but has held several meetings in which they discussed an election for November 8, 2016.

Approve the IGA as presented.

Inform