Council to align Minnetrista code with state statute on absentee ballot board

City Attorney (staff presenter) brought forward a draft ordinance to update Minnetrista’s city code language on the absentee ballot board during the May 20 work session.

The presenter said a resident flagged the discrepancy between the city code and state statute and that the attorney drafted an amendment to reference the state statute so future legislative changes are covered. “This will not impact how we administer absentee voting, just clarifying the code language,” the presenter said.

Council members treated the change as procedural and noncontroversial; staff noted the item would appear on the business agenda for a future meeting. No formal vote was taken at the work session.

Staff indicated two consent items will be on the business agenda and that the ordinance discussion at the work session was for clarification and to solicit any council questions before the business meeting.