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Mounds View Charter Commission - Minutes - (continued) Page (5) IX. STUDY AND REVISION OF VARIOUS PROPOSED CHAPTERS OF CITY CHARTER - CONT'D. D. Chapter 4 -"Nominations and Elections" - cont'd. Sec. 4.02. Special Elections. - - - amended to read as follows: "The council may by resolution order a special election and provide all means for holding it. The clerk shall give at least 15 days published prior notice of a special election. The procedure at such election shall conform as nearly as practicable to that prescribed for other municipal elections." Sec. 4.04. Judges and Clerks of Election. - - - amended to read as follows: "The council shall at least ten days before each municipal election appoint election judges and/or clerks of election in sufficient numbers to serve each precinct as determined by the council, each of whom shall be qualified electors." Sec. 4.06. Canvass of Elections. - - - the last sentence amended to read: "When two or more persons shall receive an equal number of votes for the same office, the election shall be determined by the flipping of a coin, • in the presence of the council, at such time and place and in such manner as it may direct." Sec. 4.07. Vacancies of Municipal Elected Offices. Subdivision 2. - - - amended to read as follows: "Notwithstanding the 37 day requirement in Subd. 1, should the vacancy in an elected municipal office occur within 90 days prior to a regular municipal election date, the special election to fill the vacancy shall coincide with the regular election." X. It being 1:35 in the morning, a motion was made by Jim Wills, seconded by Wally Skiba that the meeting be adjourned. Carried unanimously. Chairman Doty requested that the meeting reconvene at 7:30 P.M. that evening. XI. Meeting reconvened by Chairman Doty at 8:02 P.M. (6/28/79) ABSENT: Milan Illig Walter Skiba William Werner Curt Schmidt Dave Notaro Howard Neisen Richard Lykke