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COUNTY OF ANOKA Office of Elections / Voter Registration COURTHOUSE · 325 EAST MAIN STREET ' ANOKA, MN 55303 GENERAL INFORMATION: (612) 323-5275 FACSIMILE MACHINE: (612) 422-7526 TDD/TTY MACHINE: (612) 323-5289 December 26, 1995 TOM DURAND Division Manager Direct #323-5700 MEMO TO: FROM: SUBJECT: Anoka County School District, Municipal, and Hospital District Election Liaisons Tom Durand, Division Manager, Governmental Services COST ALLOCATION PROCEDURES FOR ELECTION EXPENSES As you recall, earlier this year several school district and municipal election liaisons met with Anoka County election staff to determine if we could reach an administrative agreement among jurisdictions in Anoka County to allocate election costs in a manner that was different than that set forth in the Secretary of State's administrative rules. Several months ago we forwarded to you a draft of that proposed agreement for your review and comment. The basis for the proposed agreement was a general feeling that, under the Secretary of State's rules, a good deal of local government staff time would be wasted in trying to keep track of all of the costs that needed to be split up between the election jurisdictions. The approach taken in the proposed administrative agreement, which we are authorized by the Rules to establish, was to minimize the number of expenses that needed to be kept track of and split between the various parties and to simplify the process for allocating costs when they were shared. My belief is that, even though the county and municipalities will probably pay somewhat more in direct costs under this proposed agreement than they would under the rules, the savings from not having to track, document, and allocate their costs to the other jurisdictions will probably offset most of those costs. The bottom line, it seems to me, is that the taxpayers in Anoka County would save from not having to waste staff time trying to figure out which pocket to take the money out of. Your response to the proposed administrative agreement has been positive and we are now prepared to offer it to you for your formal acceptance. Enclosed are three copies for your signature. You should keep one copy and forward the other two to Gary Poser, Election Supervisor, Anoka County Courthouse, 325 E. Main Street, Anoka, MN 55303. We will return a signed copy to you when all jurisdictions have returned their copies. TD:pd Enclosure CC: Commissioner Paul McCarron Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer