Minutes - Council Work Session - 03/15/2022 - Special

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affect people. He asked because they are talking about 1,586 people having a change of where they are voting and if there isn’t a simpler way to make up the 80 feet. Administrative Services Director Lasher replied the County told her and Deputy City Clerk Schmidt that they are not going to give direction on what to do and the City Attorney stated this is an opportunity to correct it but he also gave the impression that if it hadn’t come up, it wouldn’t have come up. Councilmember Musgrove stated it could be left as option one and correct it in ten years. Councilmember Howell commented she liked Council Member Specht’s point and asked why a line couldn’t be changed on a map rather than confuse a bunch of voters even if that means having an extra meeting to approve it. Councilmember Woestehoff commented that in looking at the map, he would agree if it was a zero population change, but the least impacting block would be 38 voters and it would just be like a th weird subsegment of a neighborhood off 149. He stated he understood the idea of it but on the same token, thought that it’s not that far for Ward Three, Precinct Two, to go. He also thought that it was an opportunity to correct something that will need to be changed anyway regardless of the 80 feet. Councilmember Specht replied one of the things that was brought up as a concern for confusion was having two voting at City Hall. He asked about having a church or another location as an option. Administrative Services Director Lasher replied having polling locations at City Hall is actually extremely favorable in Staff’s opinion because they have already invested in some equipment and people are used to coming there when they vote early and for the license center. She stated they have talked to building maintenance who has experience with election set up and have a good plan for flow in and out of the building. She thought the parking would be more than adequate given Sunwood and the side of the lot as well as the parking ramp. She stated in terms of having two polling locations at City Hall, Staff sees it as a huge plus. She stated having polling locations at City-owned locations is really beneficial versus having it at a privately-owned location because there isn’t a lot of Staff that go out to move equipment so it cuts down on stress. Councilmember Woestehoff asked if there was a way to have three precincts at City Hall or if that is too much. Administrative Services Director Lasher replied having three precincts voting there may start to have parking issues, but the requirement that rooms used for voting could be met. Councilmember Woestehoff replied the reason he was thinking of it was if they could remove the Fire Station from being a voting spot, then people wouldn’t mistakenly go there because voting wouldn’t be taking place there. He suggested that a sign could be put at the Fire Station directing people to vote at City Hall instead. City Council Special Work Session / March 15, 2022 Page 12 of 19