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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />W1. ., <br />'~i ri, <br />~1a~ <br />\5~~." <br />-/ ,- <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />APRIL 3, 2006 <br /> <br />TITLE <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Ordinance on 1st Reading <br />o Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />o Implementing Resolution <br />o Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ABSENCE <br />WITH PAY FOR APPROVED CITY <br />EMPLOYEES WHO STAFF POLLING <br />LOCATIONS ON ELECTION DAY <br /> <br />(2 ~1 <br />~r2. <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />~',';) <br />r\'~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to approve absence with <br />pay for approved City employees who volunteer to staff a polling location <br />on election day. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />On January 8, 2002, the Orange County Board of Supervisors initiated a <br />program in which County employees volunteer to serve as poll workers on <br />election days. The intent of the program is to provide a stable pool of <br />trained poll workers during elections to ensure that each polling place <br />operates efficiently and effectively. <br /> <br />On September 1, 2004, the County of Orange Registrar of Voters asked <br />Santa Ana and other cities to assist in this effort by releasing <br />employees on November 2, 2004 to supplement the number of County <br />employees and other poll workers operating polling locations on this <br />general election day. The City complied with this request, and <br />approximately two dozen employees who volunteered for this assignment <br />were released from their normal jobs to perform election-related duties <br />at polling locations throughout Orange County. <br /> <br />The Registrar of Voters is again requesting assistance from the City of <br />Santa Ana, and has asked that employees who wish to volunteer their <br />services be released from work on June 6, 2006 to assist with the State <br />Primary. <br /> <br />City employees who volunteer and are approved by their supervisors for <br />this duty will be released from work for training and election day <br />duties. These volunteers will work from approximately 6:00 a.m. to <br />9:30p.m. on election day and will receive their normal workday salary. A <br />three-hour training on election day duties will be provided by the County <br />and will include preparing and closing the polling place, issuing <br /> <br />55A-1 <br />