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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 3, 2006 <br />TITLE: <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ABSENCE <br />WITH PAY FOR APPROVED CITY <br />EMPLOYEES WHO STAFF POLLING <br />LOCATIONS ON ELECTION DAY <br />f1 <br />~"~~' <br />i=a,..:.~~~„~ ~~~: <br />~~~; <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />-~~~ <br />~5~~ ~ a ~ <br />c. <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1s' Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2otl Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <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 />DISCUSSION <br />On January S, 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 />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 />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 />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 />55A-1 <br />