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REQUEST FOR
COUNCIL ACTION
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
APRIL 3, 2006
TITLE
APPROVED
o As Recommended
o As Amended
o Ordinance on 1st Reading
o Ordinance on 2nd Reading
o Implementing Resolution
o Set Public Hearing For
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ABSENCE
WITH PAY FOR APPROVED CITY
EMPLOYEES WHO STAFF POLLING
LOCATIONS ON ELECTION DAY
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CITY MANAGER
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to approve absence with
pay for approved City employees who volunteer to staff a polling location
on election day.
DISCUSSION
On January 8, 2002, the Orange County Board of Supervisors initiated a
program in which County employees volunteer to serve as poll workers on
election days. The intent of the program is to provide a stable pool of
trained poll workers during elections to ensure that each polling place
operates efficiently and effectively.
On September 1, 2004, the County of Orange Registrar of Voters asked
Santa Ana and other cities to assist in this effort by releasing
employees on November 2, 2004 to supplement the number of County
employees and other poll workers operating polling locations on this
general election day. The City complied with this request, and
approximately two dozen employees who volunteered for this assignment
were released from their normal jobs to perform election-related duties
at polling locations throughout Orange County.
The Registrar of Voters is again requesting assistance from the City of
Santa Ana, and has asked that employees who wish to volunteer their
services be released from work on June 6, 2006 to assist with the State
Primary.
City employees who volunteer and are approved by their supervisors for
this duty will be released from work for training and election day
duties. These volunteers will work from approximately 6:00 a.m. to
9:30p.m. on election day and will receive their normal workday salary. A
three-hour training on election day duties will be provided by the County
and will include preparing and closing the polling place, issuing
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Proposed Authorization of
Absence with Pay for City Employees
Who Staff Polling Stations
On Election Day
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ballots, explaining the electronic voting system, and answering voters'
procedural questions.
FISCAL IMPACT
As City employees will be released from budgeted positions, there will be
no additional costs associated with this action. However, there will be
a loss of productive work hours and a corresponding loss in service
provided, the impact of which will be determined by the number of
employees who volunteer for this assignment.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2006-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING ABSENCE WITH PAY FOR CITY
EMPLOYEES WHO VOLUNTEER TO STAFF POLLING
STATIONS FOR THE COUNTY ON ELECTION DAY
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines,
and declares as follows:
A. On January 8, 2002, the Orange County Board of Supervisors initiated a
program in which County employees volunteer to serve as poll workers on
Election Day. Its primary objective is to ensure that poll locations
throughout Orange County are staffed with a sufficient number of trained
poll workers.
B. On September 1, 2004, the County of Orange Registrar of Voters
requested that the City of Santa Ana release City employees on
November 2, 2004, in order to allow them to volunteer as poll workers on
Election Day at polling stations in Orange County. The City complied with
this request.
C. The County of Orange Registrar of Voters is again requesting that the City
of Santa Ana release City employees on June 6, 2006, to allow the
employees to volunteer as poll workers at polling stations for the State
Primary election.
Section 2: I n the interest of upholding its civic responsibilities and in reflection
of its position as the largest city in Orange County and the County seat for all
government operations, the City Council hereby authorizes the City manager to develop
policies and procedures that allow for the release of City employees on Election Day to
act as volunteer poll workers for the County at polling locations in Orange County. All
work releases shall be voluntary and employees will receive their normal salary for the
day released without regard to the actual hours the employee spends acting as a
volunteer. Employees shall also be released for any mandatory training required of
volunteer poll workers.
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Section 3: This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by
the City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting
this Resolution.
ADOPTED this _ day of April, 2006.
Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph W. Fletcher
City Attorney
By:
Joseph Straka
Assistant City Attorney
AYES:
Councilmembers
NOES:
Councilmembers
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers
NOT PRESENT:
Council members
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2006-_ to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on
Date:
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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