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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 26, 2005 Action Agenda Item No. 1 SUBJECT: Board of Elections Space Needs DEPARTMENT: Elections/Purchasing PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Elections Director Memo Excerpt from March 2005 Space Needs Report Update INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Thomas, 245-2351 Pam Jones, 245-2652 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough Chapel Hill Durham Mebane 732-8181 968-4501 688-7331 336-227-2031 PURPO5E: To discuss a request from the Orange County Board of Elections regarding office and storage space. BACKGROUND: In April 2005, the Board of Elections requested an opportunity to meet with the Board of Commissioners regarding significant space constraints that Elections staff and Board have been experiencing. The State Board of Elections has announced plans to do site visits to all 100 counties during the next year to examine the suitability of records, equipment, and storage. The March 2005 update to the Space Needs Report clearly recognized the need for additional space far Elections, and laid out several mid-to-long-term options to satisfy this need. However, there is no clearly existing solution in the short-term to address the space constraints, although staff are certainly willing to explore reasonable opportunities that may arise or be identified. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact directly associated with this work session discussion, although the allocation of additional space to Elections in future years will have both operating and capital impacts yet to be determined. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board discuss the space needs request identified by the Board of Elections and provide appropriate direction to the Manager and staff.