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Ms. Arocha said if they removed the weighting questions it would be at a considerably higher cost to the City for Polco to go back and essentially redo previous data. Councilmember Howell asked if there is a collaboration between ICMA and Polco to create the survey questions and if there is any collaboration on reviewing this aggregated data. Ms. Arocha explained that this is the only survey product that is endorsed by ICMA as it was developed in collaboration with them. She said ICMA does not have access to the survey data. Acting Mayor Riley asked if they were to remove these questions from the survey if they would lose the ability to compare their data to other cities as well as not being able to determine what changes in City trends are as they would be starting new trends. Ms. Arocha explained that if they remove the demographic questions and there is a trend shift then they will not be able to determine if this change in trend is due to changes in resident demographics or not. She noted that it would benefit the City to keep these questions in. Acting Mayor Riley asked if anything that was presented by Ms. Arocha changes Council's minds on wanting to remove the demographic questions from the survey. The consensus of the Council was to move forward with the removal of questions d 11, d 12, and d 14 from the community survey. 2.02: Anoka County Elections Integrity Team Presentation City Administrator Hagen reviewed the Staff report and introduced Mr. Derek Lind and other members from the Anoka County Elections Integrity Team (ACEIT). Mr. Lind and other members from the ACEIT reviewed their presentation on election integrity with the Council. Councilmember Olson asked about the post-election review and if it is done by the election judges at the precincts. One of the ACEIT members shared that the post-election reviews happen 11 to 18 days after an election and the County Canvas Board draws the precincts they will review. He explained that the precincts that are drawn have to supply their election judges and they do a public handcount of the votes from the drawn precincts. Councilmember Howell asked if Oak Grove is a part of the post-election review at the County, is that funded by the City. Mr. Lind said yes. Councilmember Musgrove thanked the members of the ACEIT for their presentation which contained a lot of new information that she did not know. She shared that she has been an election City Council Work Session/April 23, 2024 Page 3 of 7