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Resolution - Approval of Written Certification of the Election Results - D Ballard
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Submitted By: Lisa Scarborough on behalf of Don Ballard
Department: General Counsel
Financial Impact and Cost/Benefit Considerations: There is no financial impact to the Cooperative from the adoption of this resolution.
Discussion
Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS) recently administered the 2021 annual election of directors as the Cooperative's third-party election services provider. SBS has provided the certified election results. The Board may now accept the certified election results and enter them into the minutes as the official results of this year's election.
Sections 7.11, 8.7 and 8.8 of the Board’s Election Policy and Procedure provide that the independent election services provider shall provide a written certification of the Election Results.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COOPERATIVE that the election results, as certified by Survey & Ballot Systems and presented to the Board this day, are hereby accepted as the official results of the Cooperative's 2021 Election; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the General Counsel, or designee, is authorized to enter the official election results into the minutes of the Cooperative and to take any other actions to implement this resolution.