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<br />A. John Szerlag <br />Hans Ottinot <br />June 16,2008 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Additional points addressed include the following: <br /> <br />. Miami-Dade is the only county in the State that does not have consolidated municipal <br />elections; <br /> <br />. Broward County's municipal elections are held on the same day in either February or <br />March in odd years and March in even years; <br /> <br />. Palm Beach County's municipal elections are held on the same day m March in odd <br />years, with no municipal elections held in even years; <br /> <br />. Miami-Dade conducts an average of 30 elections per year; <br /> <br />. Early voting sites will have approximately five (5) machines and Elections will be <br />pushing early voting; <br /> <br />. V oting ballots will be generated according to the address of the voter, to eliminate voters <br />receiving the wrong ballot; <br /> <br />. County elections are scheduled for August and November and municipalities can use <br />these for their municipal and subsequent run-off elections; <br /> <br />. Cities that piggyback County elections only pay for programming costs; <br /> <br />. Municipalities are requested to consider making this change in 2009, if a charter <br />amendment is necessary; and <br /> <br />. Elections will give media support to receptive municipalities who are questioned why <br />they are making the change. <br /> <br />In sum, Elections advised that there IS a significant cost-savings to municipalities who <br />consolidate their elections or piggyback a countywide election. The cost-savings for <br />consolidated elections, however, is dependent upon the number of participating municipalities. <br />Lastly, Elections stressed that "consolidation" is a request and not a requirement, but cautioned <br />that municipalities will bear increased costs for stand-alone elections. <br /> <br />A copy of the County Manager's report is attached hereto as Attachment "B" for your reference. <br /> <br />/pw <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />cc: Jorge L. Vera, Assistant City Manager/Services <br />Ooug Haag, Assistant City Manager/Finance <br />Mauricio Betancur, Administrative Coordinator II <br /> <br />Consolidated Elections Mtg Recap Memo <br />