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MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL (SPECIAL) NOVEMBER 6, 1987
Special Meeting of the Meridian City Council called to order by Mayor
Grant Kingsford at 7:30 p.m. Meeting was noticed and published as
required by law, the purpose of this special meeting was to canvas the
votes of the Election held on November 3, 1987:
Members Present: Bill Brewer, Ron Tolsma, Bert Myers, Bob Giesler:
Others Present: Max Yerrington, Wayne Crookston:
Mayor Kingsford: We will begin with the First Precinct:
The Tally Books, Election & Poll Books and the last .Ballot used were
examined by the Mayor & Council along with the City Attorney for
Precinct #1: After the review it was discovered that there was an
error in the extensions in the Ta11y Books: Kingsford for Mayor
should have been 271 votes instead of 281: Brewer for Council should
have been 239 votes instead of 244: Yerrington for Council Seat #3
should have been 162 votes instead of 172: Myers for Council Seat #3
should have been 121 Votes instead of 131: There was also some write
in votes: No problems were found in the Election & Poll Books and the
last Ballot used checked with the records.
Mayor Kingsford: We will now review Precinct #2=
The Tally Books, Election & Poll Books and the last Ballot used in
in Precinct #2: The review showed that an error had been made in
the Tally Books and the count was off by ten votes on all the above
canidates: Kingsford had 190 Votes: Brewer had 176 Votes: Myers had
143 Votes: Yerrington had 54 Votes: There was also one less Ballot than
shown: There was also miscellaneous write-i:ns:
After the above corrections the vote tallies were:. Kingsford for Mayor,
461 total votes: Brewer for Councilman, 415 total votes: Myers for
Councilman, 264 total votes: Yerrington for Councilman, 216 total
votes:
The Motion was made by Myers and seconded by Tolsma to approve the
canvas of the votes after the above corrections:
Motion Carried: All Yea:
Mayor Kingsford: After the canvas of .the. votes I declare. that Grant
Kingsford was the winner of the Mayor Election with 461 votes: Bill
Brewer the winner of Council Seat #1 with 415 votes: J. E. "Bert" Myers
the winner of Council Seat #3 with 264 votes:
Being no other business to be brought before the Council the Motion was
made by Myers and seconded by Tolsma to adjourn at 7:50 p.m.:
Motion Carried: All Yea:
TEST
J k--Niema , City Clerk
c: Mayor & Council, Atty.
APPROVED:
GRANT KINGSFORD, MAYOR
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the City Council of the City of
Meridian will hold a special meeting at 7:30 o'clock p.m. on
Thursday, the 5th day of November, 1987, at the Meridian City
Hall, 33 East Idaho Street, Meridian, Idaho.
The purpose of said meeting shall be to canvass the vote
from the election.
The public is welcome but no comments will be taken "or
heard.
DATED This /x`"''"'"_ day of November, 1987.
NIEMAI~T'N, CITY CLERK
AMBROSE,
FITZ(iERALD
& CROOICBTON
Attomsya and
Counsslax
P.O. Box 127
aerldlan, Idaho
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