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May 5, 2022
The Brookings City Council held a special meeting on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 12:00
Noon, at the Brookings City & County Government Center, Community Room, with the
following City Council members present: Mayor Oepke Niemeyer, Council Member
Nick Wendell, Holly Tilton Byrne, Wayne Avery, and Joey Collins. Absent: Council
Member Leah Brink and Patty Bacon. City Attorney Steve Britzman and City Clerk
Bonnie Foster were also present. City Manager Paul Briseno was absent.
Agenda. A motion was made by Council Member Wendell, seconded by Council
Member Collins, that the agenda be approved. The motion carried by the following
vote: Yes: 5 - Niemeyer, Avery, Wendell, Tilton Byrne, and Collins; Absent: 2 - Brink,
Bacon.
Election Canvass.
Bonnie Foster, City Clerk, provided Recount Board Election Canvass details for the 1 -
year City Council Seat on the April 12, 2022 Combined Municipal / School Board
Election for City Council and members of the public.
(Council Member Tilton Byrne arrived at 12:08 p.m.)
Resolution 22-036. A motion was made by Council Member Wendell, seconded by
Council Member Avery, that Resolution 22-036, a Resolution Canvassing the Recount
Boards decision on the April 12, 2022 Municipal Election, be approved. The motion
carried by the following vote: Yes: 5 - Niemeyer, Avery, Wendell, Tilton Byrne, and
Collins; Absent: 2 - Brink, Bacon.
Resolution 22-036 - Canvassing the April 12, 2022 Municipal Election Recount
Whereas, on the 12th day of April, 2022, there was held in the City of Brookings, South
Dakota, an election for the purpose of electing two (2) 3 -year term Council Members,
one (1) 2 -year term Council Member, and one (1) 1 -year Council Member; and
Whereas, the judges and clerks of said election have returned to the City Council of the
City of Brookings the official results for the purpose of the Official Canvass; and
Whereas, 1 -Fear City Council Candidate Andrew Rasmussen filed a letter requesting a
recount; and
Whereas, on Monday, May 2nd at 8:00 a.m. the Recount Board assembled consisting of
the following representatives: Tim Reed (representing Andrew Rasmussen), Robert
Burns (representing Brianna Doran), and former Supreme Court Justice David
Gilbertson (neutral representative appointed by the City Clerk); and
Whereas, the Recount Board canvassed the results for the purpose of determining the
official election outcome; and
Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by the City Council of the City of Brookings, South
Dakota that the official vote for the office of City Council at the City Election held April
121 2022 was as follows:
Andrew Rasmussen
Brianna Doran
Official Canvass
Recount
Official Canvass
Recount
Vote Center 1
254
254
290
290
Vote Center 2
1 502
501
323
320
Vote Center 3
134
134
116
116
Vote Center 4
3
3
5
5
Absentee
377
378
545
543
Provisional Ballot
0
0
0
0
TOTALS
1,270
1,270
1,279
1,274
Adiourn. A motion was made by Council Member Tilton Byrne, seconded by Council
Member Wendell, that this meeting be adjourned at 12:14 p.m. The motion carried by a
unanimous vote.
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