Commission Board Meeting on Mon, November 13, 2006 - 8:30 AM


Meeting Information

8:30 A.M.      
 -Convene
 -Pledge of Allegiance
 -Consider approval of Minutes for October 23 and October 25, 2006
 
CONSENT AGENDA
(1)      (a) Consider approval of Commission Orders
(b) Consider approval of Agreement for County Treatment of Noxious Weeds on KDOT Rights-of-Way (Keith Browning)

REGULAR AGENDA    
(2) General Election Canvass (Jamie Shew)

 (3) Other Business
   (a) Consider approval of Accounts Payable (if necessary)
  (b) Appointments
   (c) Miscellaneous
   (d) Public Comment

 (4)  Executive Session to discuss Personnel (Weinaug)

(5) Adjourn

 


Johnson called the meeting to order at 8:37 a.m. on Monday, November 13, 2006
with all members present.

Jones moved to approve the minutes of October 23, 2006 and October 25, 2006. The motion was seconded by McElhaney and carried unanimously.

CONSENT AGENDA 11-13-06
Jones moved approval of the following Consent Agenda:

► Approve Commissioners Order No. 06-176 (on file in the Office of the County Clerk); and
► Approve Agreement for County Treatment of Noxious Weeds on KDOT Right-of-Way.

The motion was seconded by Johnson and carried unanimously.

APPOINTMENT 11-13-06
Jones moved to appoint Jon King, Lawrence, KS, as a member of the Douglas County Investment Advisory Committee for a 3-year term to expire 12/31/09. The motion was seconded by McElhaney and carried 3-0.

MISCELLANEOUS 11-13-06
At 8:50 a.m., McElhaney moved for the Board go into Executive Session for 30 minutes with Craig Weinaug, County Administrator, to discuss Personnel. The motion was seconded by Jones and it carried unanimously. At 9:20 a.m., Johnson extended the Executive Session for an additional 15 minutes. The Board returned to regular session at 9:35 a.m.

Jones moved to give Keith Browning, Director of Public Works, the authority to hire for the Engineering Division Manager position within the position's pay range. The motion was seconded by McElhaney and carried unanimously.

CANVAS MEETING 11-13-06
McElhaney moved to convene in Special Session to canvas the results of the general election (held on November 7, 2006) at 10:00 a.m. The motion was seconded by Jones and carried unanimously.

McElhaney moved to accept the write-in votes as recommended by the County Clerk's office. The motion was seconded by Jones and carried unanimously.

McElhaney moved to accept the tabulation totals as recommended by the County Clerk's office. The motion was seconded by Jones and carried unanimously.

There were 1551 provisional ballots. Jamie Shew, County Clerk, broke the provisional votes into the follow categories:

Recommended to Count Elec Day Advance Totals
Change of address 599 92 691
Change of address partial count 54 0 54
Advance mailed, but not returned 282 13 295
Name change 13 3 16
Pollworker or Clerk's error 27 0 27
Wrong precinct - all races same 45 0 45
Wrong precinct - not all races same 75 0 75
ID provided before the Canvass 1 30 31
Scanner Error 2 0 2
Too late to reach poll location 0 6 6
Total 1098 144 1242

Recommended Not to Count
Not registered in Douglas County 168 24 162
No ID provided 10 6 16
Registered in other county 34 1 35
Removable (Felony) 2 0 2
Voted after 7:00 p.m. 1 0 1
No signature 0 64 64
Faxed ballot without proper documentation 0 1 1
Absentee duplicate 1 0 1
Total 186 96 282

Other
ID Issues 15 0 15
Other (Prov sent thru scanner) 12 0 12
Total 27 27

Johnson moved to count one thousand two hundred forty-two (1,242) provisional ballots as recommended by Shew, and fifteen (15) provisional ballots with ID issues for a total of one thousand two hundred fifty-seven (1,257) ballots. The motion was seconded by Jones and carried unanimously.

It should be noted that after the additional ballots were counted, the election outcome was not changed.

No errors were found.

Jones moved to adjourn the meeting; Johnson seconded and the motion carried.

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Bob Johnson, Chairman                Jere McElhaney, Member

ATTEST:

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Jamie Shew, County Clerk             Charles Jones, Member

Location

County Courthouse
1100 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS 66044, USA