Adoption of Election Resolution

RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT
SCHOOL BOARD GENERAL ELECTIONS HELD AFTER 2017
SHALL BE HELD IN THE EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS;
ESTABLISHING A TRANSITION PLAN
 
WHEREAS, the school board has previously determined that the school district should hold its general election in November of the odd-numbered year in 1999 and thereafter; and
 
WHEREAS, the school board now believes that voter participation would be greater and election administration easier if school district general elections were held in conjunction with state general elections in November of the even-numbered year; and
 
WHEREAS, Laws 1994, Chapter 646, Section 26, Subdivision 1, provides that a political subdivision that initially chooses odd-numbered year elections and later determines to change to even-numbered year elections may do so by the adoption of a new resolution that contains an orderly plan for the transition;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED by the school board of Independent School District No. 77, State of Minnesota, as follows:
 
1.  School board general elections held after 2017 in Independent School District No. 77 shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of the even-numbered year.
 
2.   The terms of office of school board members that would otherwise expire on the first Monday of January, 2020 if elections were held in the odd-numbered year (2019) shall be extended to expire on the first Monday in January, 2021.  The terms of office of school board members that would otherwise expire on the first Monday of January, 2022 if elections were held in the odd-numbered year (2021) shall be extended to expire on the first Monday in January, 2023.
 
3.  The school board shall notify the county auditor of each county in which the school district is located in whole or in part of its determination to hold its general election in November of the even-numbered year in 2020 and thereafter.

Recommend Board approval of the resolution as presented.