TO: Mayor Bien-Willner and Town Council Members
FROM: Jill Keimach, Town Manager
Duncan Miller, Town Clerk
DATE: June 25, 2020
DEPARTMENT: Town Manager
Staff Contact Jill Keimach, Town Manager
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AGENDA TITLE:
Title
Call a Special Meeting for August 20, 2020 to Canvass the Election
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Call a Special Meeting for August 20, 2020 to Canvass the Vote and Authorize that a quorum of the Town Council may attend and vote electronically.
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The Town of Paradise Valley will hold an election for Mayor and Town Council on August 4, 2020. A.R.S. §16-642 requires that the Council meet not less than six days nor more than twenty days following the election to review and certify the results.
Since the Council does not hold regular meetings during July and August, a special meeting must be called. Section II of the Council Rules of Procedure provides that either the Mayor or four Council Members may call a Special Meeting.
Resolution 2020-08 currently allows Council Members to attend meetings remotely in accordance with social distancing recommendations from state and federal health officials. If that order is lifted between now and the August 20th meeting date, it is necessary for the Council to vote to suspend Section VII of the Rules of Procedure requiring that a quorum of Council Members attend meetings in person.