Special City Council Meeting - Canvass of Elections Results
Special MeetingColumbia Heights, MN · November 12, 2024
Minutes
Mayor
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING - Amáda Márquez Simula
Councilmembers
CANVASS OF ELECTIONS RESULTS Connie Buesgens
City Hall—Council Chambers, 3989 Central Ave NE Kt Jacobs
Rachel James
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Justice Spriggs
5:30 PM City Manager
Aaron Chirpich
MINUTES
The following are the minutes for the Special Meeting of the City Council held at 5:30 pm on Tuesday,
November 12, 2024, in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 3989 Central Avenue NE, Columbia
Heights, Minnesota.
WELCOME/CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Mayor Márquez Simula called the meeting to order at 5:32 pm.
Present: Mayor Márquez Simula; Councilmember Jacobs; Councilmember Spriggs; Councilmember
James
Absent: Councilmember Buesgens
Also Present: Aaron Chirpich, City Manager; Sara Ion, City Clerk; Andrew Boucher, City Planner.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
Ordinances and Resolutions
1. Adopt Resolution 2024-079, Canvassing General Election Returns of November 5, 2024.
City Manager Aaron Chirpich stated that this resolution was a routine item for the Council
to review and approve.
Motion by Councilmember James, seconded by Councilmember Spriggs to waive the reading
of Resolution No. 2024-079, there being ample copies available to the public. All Ayes,
Motion Carried 4-0.
Motion by Councilmember James, seconded by Councilmember Spriggs to adopt Resolution
2024-079, being a Resolution Canvassing Municipal General Election Returns and approving
the signing of the Abstract. All Ayes, Motion Carried 4-0.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 5:36pm.
City of Columbia Heights MINUTES November 12, 2024
Special City Council Meeting - Canvass of Elections Results
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Respectfully Submitted,
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Sara Ion, City Clerk/Council Secretary
Agenda
Mayor
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING - Amáda Márquez Simula
Councilmembers
CANVASS OF ELECTIONS RESULTS Connie Buesgens
City Hall—Council Chambers, 3989 Central Ave NE Kt Jacobs
Rachel James
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Justice Spriggs
5:30 PM City Manager
Aaron Chirpich
AGENDA
ATTENDANCE INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC
Members of the public who wish to attend may do so in-person, or by using Microsoft Teams
Meeting at columbiaheightsmn.gov/joinameeting: ID 286-466-516-904, Passcode cjnZos. Additionally,
members of the public may view the meeting live at columbiaheightsmn.gov/watch. For questions,
please call the Administration Department at 763-706-3610.
Auxiliary aids or other accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request when
the request is made at least 72 hours in advance. Please contact Administration at 763-706-3610 to
make arrangements.
WELCOME/CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,
and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for
all."
ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
Ordinances and Resolutions
1. Adopt Resolution 2024-079, Canvassing General Election Returns of November 5, 2024.
MOTION: Move to waive the reading of Resolution No. 2024-079, there being ample copies
available to the public.
MOTION: Move to adopt Resolution 2024-079, being a Resolution Canvassing Municipal
General Election Returns and approving the signing of the Abstract.
ADJOURNMENT
Auxiliary aids or other accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request when the request is
made at least 72 hours in advance. Please contact Administration at 763-706-3610 to make arrangements.
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