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117. Regular Meeting November 22, 2004 Page 5 campaigning with Standard Time and during the holiday season. He stated Ihe feels the election date change should occur by Charter Amendment, which allows the citizens to vote on the issue. Mr. Mihalkanin stated if you have an election where the highest number of votes wins, it actually changes the outcome, and the ease of having multiple candidates run creates two chances. He stated he feels by changing an election to November could have decisive effects. He also stated he is concerned that this election date change was provided by Legislature and not by the citizens of San Marcos. He stated he does not feel the election date change gives the City a real cost savings. He stated he feels the election date change would have an effect on the Budget process and the Board and Commission appointment process. He stated he also feels moving the elections to November would cause an increased cost to the candidates, longer ballots and an increase in partisanship. Mayor Narvaiz stated the State provides four uniform dates for elections. She also stated there may be an interest at the State level to minimize the four dates to two dates. Mr. Mark Taylor stated currently there are two of the four dates available for the City to hold its General Election, and for Special Elections, there are four dates. He stated the City can only choose from the November or May dates for the General Election. Mayor Narvaiz stated there is a Legislative bill that is asking for all Municipal Elections to be held in May. She provided the Council with the 2004 results and a Ispreadsheet of the precincts that were entirely in the City of San Marcos. She stated there was a 49.9% turnout in San Marcos for this past November election, and the last City election in May had a ten percent turnout. She stated if municipalities combine their elections with the counties and share joint ballots on the new voter election equipment, the new equipment will alert you if you under vote. She also stated you can choose to have two ballots, one for the national election and one for the local election. She stated she feels by changing the election date to November more students will participate, the South side might have greater influence and voter turnout will increase. On roll call the following vote was recorded: AYE: Diaz, Narvaiz, Guerrero and Taylor. NAY: Mihalkanin, Thomaides and Bose. ABSTAIN: None. Mayor Narvaiz introduced for consideration approval of an Ordinance on first reading, the caption which was read as follows: I AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE ORDINANCE THAT REVISED THE APPOINTMENT SCHEDULE FOR CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO MODIFY THE TRANSITION PROVISIONS FOR