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Milan council weighs moving municipal elections to even years; survey flags housing, infrastructure and broadband
Summary
City Clerk Lavonna Wenzel presented cost figures and a legislative ruling allowing councils to move odd-year elections to even years. Councilmembers received survey results showing infrastructure (water/sewer, roads), broadband and housing among top community concerns; no vote was taken.
City Clerk Lavonna Wenzel told the Milan City Council on Sept. 2 that a legislative ruling allows municipal councils to adopt a resolution to move local elections from odd years to even years. Wenzel and Election Specialist Trudeau told the council that the recent city primary cost about $21,000 and that costs for the recent general election will likely exceed $50,000. They advised that shifting elections could reduce costs by…
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