HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-040 Council ResolutionCouncil Member
Elliott
moved its adoption:
introduced the following resolution and
CITY OF LINO LAKES
RESOLUTION NO. 95 — 40
RESOLUTION DETERMINING THAT PETITION TITLED "IMPROVED CRITERIA ON
NOTIFICATION" I8 INSUFFICIENT AND DIRECTING THE CLERK—TREASURER TO
DELIVER A COPY OF THE PETITION, TOGETHER WITH A WRITTEN STATEMENT
OF ITS DEFECT(S) TO THE SPONSORING COMMITTEE
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
a petition titled "Improved Criteria on
Notification" was submitted to the Clerk -Treasurer
on February 22, 1995, 5:00 P.M. and
the petition is asking that an ordinance titled
"Improved Criteria on Notification" be placed on a
City ballot so that the citizens of Lino Lakes can
vote "Aye" or "Nay" on the proposed ordinance, and
the Lino Lakes Home Rule Charter states in Section
5.03 Determination of Sufficiency, that the required
number of signatures on the petition shall be
defined as five percent (5%) of the number of
registered voters at the time of the last regular
municipal election, and
the number of registered voters in the 1993
Municipal Election was 5,824 which would require
that at least 292 signatures of registered voters
would be required to make the petition sufficient,
and
WHEREAS, the number of eligible signatures on this petition
was 201,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the city of
Lino Lakes hereby determines that the petition is insufficient, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk -Treasurer is hereby
directed to deliver a copy of the petition, together with a written
statement of its defects, to the sponsoring committee.
Adopted by the Lino Lakes City Council this 27 day of March,
1995. -�-�
Vernon F. Reinert, Mayor
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Marilyn G» Anderson, Clerk -Treasurer
RESOLUTION NO. 95 - 40
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The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly
seconded by Council Member Kuether and upon vote being taken
thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Bergeson, Elliott,
Kuether, Neal, Reinert.
The following voted against same: None.
Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.