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JAN 23 '97 21 27 KENNEDY & GRAVEN 1 6'. p,2 • • - • - 70 Ply Ceueer• .Kennedy . zoo South Jxchs . • .. • Minneapolis MN 3i472 . ( ' (612)337.9300 telephone • ' • V& ra V en l (612)337.9310.fa: • alma:atrelon acdy-Frercn.00m • iROBERT C.LONG Mtumcv at Law Dina Dial(6121337.9202 • January•23, 1997 1 • • • • Chuck Whiting , • City Administrator • • City,of Mounds View 2401 Highway 10 . . Mounds,View, MN 55112-1499 • • • RE: legal Opinion on Section 4,04 of the City Charter,Regarding Advisory Elections • Dear Chncle: • • ' . • . • You have asked for a legal opinion'outlining the required procedures•and possible options for holding a special ar advisory election pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Mounds View City Charter • ("Chattel. and specifically whether a mail ballot procedure may be used for such an election. • °pinion` .. ' . Section of the Charter states as follow: •' • . • The Council.shall by resolution order a special or advisory election and provide all means • for holding it. At least fifteen days prior notice shall be given by the Clerk-Administrator • by posting a notice thereof in at least one public place in each election precinct,and by publishing a notice thereof at least once in the official newspaper of the City stating the • • time and places for holding such election. Failure to•give such notice shall not invalidate ;such election. . Three procedural requixarnents of such a special or advisory election are made clear by the " • specific language of the above-referenced Charter section. 1. The Council must act by resolution to order such an election.and the resolution shall provide "all means for hoklibig it"; 2. There must be at least 15 days prior notice given: and 3. The notice must be posted in at.least one public place in each election precinct and at least once in the official newspaper of the city stating the time and places of the election. ; • • • R+•G116792 NUL.1S-i1 • •