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ELECTION SERVICES AGREEMENT The Council heard MARTIN & CHAPMAN Mr. Edward Char- VOTOMATIC SYSTEM bonneau of Computer Election Systems describe the election services that his company could pro- vide the City for the April 1975 election. Mr. Charbonneau informed the Council that his company was an outgrowth of the election systems being developed by IBM when IBM with- drew from this area of endeavor; that the personnel are former IBH employees primarily, who associated in 1965 to proceed to market election systems; that this system was used recently in the municipal election in San Clemente where the City Council voted unanimously to commend the company for its effort. Mr. Charbonneau described the ballot, the punching method, and invited the Council and guests to view the tabulating by the computer setup in the conference room. He summarized the benefits as: (1) No increase in cost and a possible savings if the ballot is lengthy, (2) Shorter hours counting ballots; and (3) Ac- curacy of the vote. Mr. Charbonneau emphasized the benefits of using the system in the County, which could then also be used by the City. The Clerk was asked by Councilman Bricken to comment on the system and on the cost involved in the use of it. Mrs. Malone stated that she had observed the system in several municipal elections in the County of Los Angeles and felt that it had been quite effective. She stated that tko punch ballots would require that more employees be used for tko election, but the time involved would be less. Compute~ Election Systems, if employed, would conduct t~a~n}ng seg~i~nm for precinct workers and tabulating personnel. Councilman Griset's motion, seconded by Councilman Y~am~t~, ts approve the agreement with Martin and Chapman C~pany, uming the Votomatic System; to authorize its execution by the Mayor and Clerk; and to accept the Votomatic System proposal dated December 24, 1974, from Computer Elections ~ystems at a cost of $500, carried (6-1) with Councilman Markel dissenting. Prior to the vote, Councilman Bricken stated that he would be in favor of more comprehensive cost information before dec~d- ing this sort of matter in the future. A~.75,5 CA 68 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Councilman Yard CAR POOLS asked that staff investigate the possibility ef using Hanpower Program personnel to develop a computer program to help provide car pool information; the motion was seconded by Councilman Garthe and unanimously approved (7-0). CA 145.5 ORAL COMMUNICATION Councilman Garthe SANITATION BOARD stated that there is a proposal before the Sanitation Board to permit all governmental agencies sanitary sewer connec- tions at no charge; and that in his opinion this would amount to subsidization by the City of Santa Ana. He asked for Council support of his recommendation to oppose the proposition. The consensus was to instruct Councilman Garthe to vote "No" on the proposition. CA 39 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 14 JANUARY 6, 1975