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CONSENT AGENDA REQUEST
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Sponsor:
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Board of Supervisors Meeting Date:
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Finance
Committee
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September
15, 2003
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Staff
Lead:
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Department:
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Bryan
Tippie, Director
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Budget
Office
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Topic:
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A
Resolution to Appropriate $39,950 to Upgrade County Voting
Machines
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Topic Description:
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This
action is a request to increase FY 2004 funding support for the
Registrar's Office to upgrade the County's voting machines prior
to the upcoming election. These
upgrades on the 19 machines include changing the optical
recognition device on each machine with "light readers".
This upgrade will enable the machines to read and recognize marks
made by any marking device thereby reducing the number of
uncounted ballots. In
addition, the computer memory storage cards would be replaced,
which are essential for improved operational efficiency.
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Requested
Action of the Board of Supervisors:
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Consider
adoption of the attached resolution
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Financial
Impacts Analysis:
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As indicated.
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Identify
any other Departments, Organizations or Individuals that would be
affected by this request:
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Registrar
’s
Office
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RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION TO
APPROPRIATE $39,950 TO UPGRADE COUNTY VOTING MACHINES
WHEREAS,
the
Board of Supervisors is charged by the Code of Virginia with the
preparation of an annual budget for Fauquier County
; and
WHEREAS,
on
March 25, 2003
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the
Fauquier County Board of Supervisors adopted the Fauquier County FY 2004
Budget
; and
WHEREAS,
during
the course of a fiscal year certain events occur which necessitate
changing the budget plan by increasing or decreasing the total budget
; and
WHEREAS,
the
Registrar
’s Office has
requested $39,950 to support upgrading the County’s voting machines with
“light readers” to read and recognize ballot marks made by any marking
device and also replace the machines’ computer memory storage cards to
enhance the machines efficiency; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED
by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors this 15th
day of September 2003, That $39,950 from the Contingency Reserve
(4-100-091400-9618) element of the FY 2004 Adopted Budget be, and is
hereby, approved to upgrade the County’s voting machines
(4-100-013200-6050).
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