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<br />Item No: 7D <br />Meeting Date: May 10, 2010 <br />Type of Business: CB <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: James Ericson, Clerk - Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 844, an Ordinance <br />Amending the Mounds View City Code By Changing All <br />Occurrences in the City Code of “Clerk-Administrator” to “City <br />Administrator” <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />In 2009, the Charter Commission was asked to consider amending the Charter to update the <br />title of the Clerk-Administrator position to a more commonly used title, such as City <br />Administrator. On March 8, 2010, the City Council adopted Ordinance 841 which revised the <br />City Charter by replacing all instances of “Clerk-Administrator” with “City Administrator.” At that <br />meeting, staff communicated to the City Council that a second ordinance would be needed to <br />effectuate the same change throughout the municipal code. Ordinance 844 accomplishes this <br />comprehensive amendment. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The Charter Commission discussed the potential title change at many meetings, reviewing MN <br />Statutes, LMC documentation and reports, the Mounds View City Code and other references in <br />their analysis. After much deliberation, the Commission adopted Resolution 2009-03e which <br />replaced all occurrences of “Clerk-Administrator” with “City Administrator.” In addition, Sections <br />6.03 and 6.04 were amended to clarify duties and responsibilities of the administrator and <br />treasurer. The City Attorney has prepared the attached Ordinance 844 and recommends its <br />adoption to bring make the City Code consistent with the City Charter. <br /> <br />Previously: <br /> <br />The City Council approved the first reading and introduction of this ordinance on April 26, 2010. <br />No changes have been made to the ordinance since the first reading. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Consistent with Ordinance 841 and consistent with City Attorney direction, staff recommends <br />approval of the second reading and adoption of Ordinance 844, an ordinance changing the title <br />of the Clerk-Administrator to City Administrator throughout the City Code. Staff further <br />recommends Council authorization to publish an ordinance summary in the official city <br />newspaper in accordance with the City Charter. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />James Ericson <br />Clerk - Administrator