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Item No: 9F Meeting Date: 03/22/04 Type of Business: CB City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Consideration of Charter Commission Recommendation to Amend Section 4.02 Filing for Office In a Charter Commission Resolution (No. 2004-01) dated February 12, 2004 (see attached), the Charter Commission is requesting that the City Council respond within 60 days with recommendations for modifications to any item that the City Council deems not acceptable as presented. I have reviewed the state statute referenced in the proposed amendment. One apparent conflict with the language as written is the reference to paying a filing fee “in an amount set by Ordinance . . . “ In fact, the section of the Statute referencing fees reads as follows: Subd. 3. Filing fees. Unless the charter of a city provides the amount of the fee for filing an application or affidavit of candidacy for city office, the filing fee for a municipal office is as follows: (a) In first class cities, $20; (b) In second and third class cities, $5; and (c) In fourth class cities and towns, $2. The City’s charter does not provide the amount the amount of the fee for filing an application or affidavit of candidacy for city office, nor does the City Code. The City’s fee schedule, adopted by resolution, establishes a Filing Fee for Public Office at $20. The Charter Commission’s recommended language, which references State Statute, appears preferable to the current language. The language “in an amount set by Ordinance . . . “ should be revised to read “in an amount set by Minnesota Statute . . . “, or deleted.