At the first regular meeting of the assembly after the election, the assembly shall meet and approve the municipal clerk and canvass board’s certification of returns. The approval of certification may be postponed for cause as determined by the assembly from day to day, but not exceeding three postponements. The approval of certification shall be by motion duly made, seconded and passed and the results shall be set forth in the minutes of the meeting. In the case of a recount, the approval of certification of the recount may be postponed until the next regular assembly meeting following the recount. Upon approval of certification, the municipal clerk may issue a written certificate of election to the winning candidates.
The initial election returns shall be announced in public on election night. The certification of all election returns shall be made by examining the judges’ certificates of returns and compiling these along with the count of valid advanced or absentee and challenged ballots by the municipal clerk and canvass board. At the discretion of the assembly, an actual recount may be undertaken after due notice to candidates.
(S.G.C. 2.40.440; Ord. 83-557 § 4, 1983; Ord. 14-34 § 4, 2014)
A. 
The results of all elections shall be noted in the minutes of the assembly. The record shall contain a statement of:
1. 
The total number of votes cast at each election and in each precinct;
2. 
The votes cast for each person and for and against each proposition;
3. 
The name of each person elected to office and the office to which elected;
4. 
A reference to each measure enacted or rejected.
B. 
The election certificate shall contain such information as:
1. 
Total number of votes cast at each election;
2. 
Total number of votes cast in each precinct;
3. 
Total number of absentee ballots;
4. 
Total number of questioned ballots;
5. 
Total number of questioned ballots allowed to be voted;
6. 
Total number of rejected ballots;
7. 
Names of those elected to office and the office to which elected;
8. 
Issues on the ballot, whether enacted or rejected and how many votes for and against.
(S.G.C. 2.40.450; Ord. 83-557 § 4, 1983)
Immediately after the assembly’s approval of the municipal clerk’s certification is completed, the municipal clerk shall make and sign a general certificate of election to be filed as a permanent city record along with a sample ballot and a certificate of election of each person elected and deliver the certificate to them. A certificate so made shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the statements contained in it. The municipal clerk shall also certify the results on all questions submitted. No person may take office before taking the Oath of Office and delivering an executed copy thereof to the municipal clerk.
(S.G.C. 2.40.460; Ord. 83-557 § 4, 1983; Ord. 14-34 § 4, 2014)