In favor. I. Aye. Okay. Minutes are approved and moving on to the November 4th municipal election preparations. Good morning. Uh. Good morning. Most of these statistics I've sent you that I'm going to repeat from last meeting Um So, September 4th was the last day. I I think I told you that vacancy is going to occur but new offices on the ballot. Today is the deadline for the parties to add those candidates. Now, there is a three-day period which somebody can withdraw. So, that takes us to Thursday of this
week. We mailed sample ballots to all the candidates last week, giving them until Friday to respond if something is not correct. So, with that and there's one court case pending in Commonwealth Court. It's for the Magisterial District 317. It's out in North Fayette Oakdale area where we have a we have a a challenge but besides that, this should enable us to start testing next week. So, we we would be on schedule to hopefully start mailing ballots in the first of October. That's about all I have. If you guys have any questions, I'm more than
willing to answer. Do members have questions? Member Kirk. Hi. Hey. Excuse me. Um Dave, have you seen an uptick since these numbers were made? Were these from that last meeting? Are they more recent than that? They're more recent. Oh, these are, these are as of last week. Got it. Thank you. Member Hallam. Thank you. Um do you have any any sense of when a ruling will come down on that Commonwealth Court case? Uh so, it Good morning. So, the case was
submitted on briefs on the tenth. Okay. We are there is no rocket docket for the election cycle. The Supreme Court did not order one yet but I'm sure that the Commonwealth Court of High Confidence would rule on that quickly. Um the only hiccup would be if either the party is having an adverse ruling which seek allowance to the Supreme Court but again, the Supreme Court also is very mindful of the fact that ballots need to be finalized. Um logic and accuracy needs to be completed. They're they're familiar with the cycle and we're hopeful that they'll they'll
roll very quickly. Okay, great. Thank you. Great. Thank you members for your questions and moving on to new business. Um and before we dive into that resolution, I just want to take a point of personal privilege to comment on the public comments. Um I think if anyone's been to a naturalization ceremony, they do experience that that joy and that hope as new citizens take the oath to become Americans in
addition, it's also incredibly patriotic and it really reminds you why you're proud to be an American citizen and you know, one of the greatest rights that we have in America is the right to vote and to exercise our voice in the electoral process and so, you know, know that our administration is is deeply committed to figuring out a solution to ensure that we can continue to, you know, welcome our new neighbors, our new citizens with open arms, and ensure that they can, you know,
exercise the privileges of being an American. Um so, moving on want to go over resolution four that is in front of us today. Do you want to talk? Excuse me. Yeah. So, first off, I would like to apologize. Guys, the last BOE meeting, any confusion, the presentation of what that resolution interpreted but you know, we our intention is to submit to you folks a resolution for each and every election with our you know, providing our layout and our plan,
giving you all an opportunity to you know, pass that but we wanted to establish some type of expectations for our support and our process, you know, in lining that with the election that's at hand. So, if it's a federal election, we could probably anticipate for budget purposes and staffing purposes. So, we're going to be out for additional longer hours, maybe frequency of days but for something, you know, municipal election, our experience has been, you know, not seeing people come through the doors until, you know, 10 AM, leaving, you know,
later. We've had to send staff home. So, we want to just kind of align our staffing requirements with the election and the and the frequency in the of the events. So, that's what this one does. Um I can go over with you in detail. I don't know if you had all had a chance to to read it and go through it but we're keeping, we'd like to keep our locations the same, just some reduced some hours on em. Great question for members. Member Kirk? Um couple quick questions. Um
one, I first want to thank my colleagues on the board for and mister Boyd for adjusting the schedule a bit. I know you guys are all very busy and I appreciate you accommodating so I could participate. Um couple, the other concerns. Just want to verify last in the primary, there were concerns about the signage as far as where the handicap. So, apparently, people were complaining who had disabilities and they didn't know. They they didn't somehow see
something that there was handicap parking available and if we were able to look at that and adjust it for this election to make sure there's. You're referring to the South Park ice rink? Yes. Yeah, the bridge there. It is a little confusing. We just last week ordered. For big. Oh, good. Sandwich board signs with an arrow. That should do it. Fusion going over there. Yeah. I I get people think, oh I I'm not allowed to cross that bridge with the vehicle and it's confusing so. Yeah and Northside similar to. Yeah, we're going to get that. No, great. I I really
appreciate that because I did hear a couple comments so that should resolve that and the only thing I want to say is I applaud this resolution and the balance of keeping voter availability the and at the same time, reducing time when you can to appreciate the taxpayer dollars being spent. So, I just want to thank you because I know it's always more work when you work to do it efficiency, efficiently. So, thank you. Thank you, Member Kirk and
Member Hallam. Yeah, obviously very excited to support this resolution. I would just ask that before we vote, if you could just read into the record the days and locations just for people who are watching who don't have a copy of this. Absolutely. Yeah. Thank you. So, for the satellite offices to occur the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, October 25th and twenty-sixth from the hours of 10 AM to 2 PM. We will be at the Community College of Allegheny County, 701 North Homewood Avenue. We'll be at North Park Ice Rink, 1, 200 Pierce
Mill Road in Wexford. The South Park ice rink at 30 Corrigan Drive in Bethel Park and also the county office building here at 542 Forbes Avenue in Pittsburgh. And then for the ballot return sites, those will be starting on Friday, October 31st and that will run consecutively through Monday. Uh let me see where Monday, Friday and Monday, Friday and Monday's hours are 11 AM to 7 PM and the weekend,
Saturday, the first and Sunday the second, those hours are nine to 5 PM and we'll be at nine locations, 911 Center in Hookstown Gray Road, Moon Township, Boyce Park Four Seasons Lodge at 901 Centerview Drive in Plum, the Carnegie Library at five eighty-one, 5801 Forbes Avenue in Pittsburgh at Squirrel Hill. The North Park Ice Rink, 1, 200 Pierce Mill Road, the South Park Ice Rink, 30 Corrigan Drive in Bethel Park, the Dormont Pool, 1801 Dormont Avenue in
Pittsburgh, CCAC Homewood, 701 North Homewood Avenue, the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank, and one North Linden Street in Duquesne, and the Avalon Public Library, 317 South Home Avenue, Pittsburgh one five two oh two. Um, and also at the county office building as well, for those hours. And all these places, all these places have been confirmed. You're welcome. Do I have, oh, why we're curthing? You might want to also mention that for the as soon as
the ballots are available, people can come in to the office. That is correct. Cuz that that would help a lot of people who unexpectedly or out of time. She's correct. Once we have ballots in hand, we will open the lobby, the county office building. It will be open Monday through Friday, 830 to 430. Of course, somebody can come in, complete an application, we'll process it, and hand them a ballot. They could vote it and return it or they could take it with them and vote it and mail it in. But as soon as we start mailing out ballots, that service will be available as well. And I I neglected to say this but I I should point out
that some of us here do have a meeting set up this morning with the USCIS. Uh we have an introduction and probably a logistics meeting that we're going to set something up with. This is something we feel needs to be done as well. Thank you. Hey, do I have a motion to approve resolution form? So moved. Second. Second. Uh motion is second. All in favor. Aye. Aye. Aye. Wonderful. The resolution passes. Thank you. Thank you. And with that, do I have any final
comments? Okay, motion to adjourn. Second. Perfect. Oh. Okay. Alright. We are adjourned. Thank you all.