File #: R-59-23    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Second Reader
File created: 11/30/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/8/2024 Final action:
Title: Delegation of Authority for Administrating Elections - For the purpose of authorizing the City of Annapolis to contract with the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections to administer the City of Annapolis Municipal Primary and General Elections in 2025.
Sponsors: Gavin Buckley
Attachments: 1. R-59-23 First Reader, 2. R-59-23 Fiscal Impact Note, 3. R-59-23 Staff Report, 4. R-59-23 Signed (color), 5. R-59-23 Signed (b&w)

Title

Delegation of Authority for Administrating Elections - For the purpose of authorizing the City of Annapolis to contract with the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections to administer the City of Annapolis Municipal Primary and General Elections in 2025.

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CITY COUNCIL OF THE

City of Annapolis

 

Resolution 59-23

 

Introduced by: Mayor Buckley

 

A RESOLUTION concerning

 

Delegation of Authority for Administrating Elections

 

FOR                     the purpose of authorizing the City of Annapolis to contract with the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections to administer the City of Annapolis Municipal Primary and General Elections in 2025.

 

WHEREAS,                     The City Council is authorized by § 4.08.030 to contract with the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections to administer any City election.

 

WHEREAS,                     Such delegation of administrative responsibility shall not derogate from any ultimate decision-making authority granted under Title 4 to the Board of Supervisors of Elections of the City.

 

NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that:

 

1.                      The City of Annapolis is authorized to:

a.                     Contract with the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections to administer the City of Annapolis Primary on September 16, 2025, and Municipal General Elections on November 4, 2025; and

b.                     Provide for mail-in ballots as mutually agreed to by the City of Annapolis Board of Supervisors of Elections and the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections.

2.                     The City shall execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Annapolis and the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections regarding the administration of the 2025 municipal elections.

 

AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that this resolution shall take effect upon passage.