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<br />Charter Commission <br /> <br />Chair <br />Brian Amundsen <br />763-786-5699 <br /> <br />Vice Chair <br />Brandon Clawson <br />651-235-6052 <br /> <br />2nd Vice Chair <br />Gregory Oberg <br />763-607-0141 <br /> <br />Secretary <br />Jonathan J Thomas <br />763-784-5205 <br /> <br />Bill Doty <br />763-786-3421 <br /> <br />Dennis Erickson <br />612-270-5293 <br /> <br />Jerry Peterson <br />612-607-3953 <br /> <br />Marisa Reyes-Johnson <br />763-464-8682 <br /> <br />Russell Warren <br />763-786-3591 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />DRAFT - Resolution 2018-02 <br />CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING <br />18 September 2018 <br />RE: Chapter Municipal Election Compliance with State Statutes. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in 2016 the Council verbally requested the Charter Commission <br />review the Charter's Chapter 4.05 Vacancy of Municipal Elected Office. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in 2017 the Minnesota Legislature made significant changes to <br />Statutes Chapter 200 regarding uniform election dates, notifications, and other <br />state wide requirements for how and in what manner certain specific steps are <br />handled. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, at the September 18, 2018 meeting the Charter Commission <br />moved, seconded, and passed this motion to amended the Mounds View Charter <br />Chapter 4 to comply in general with Minnesota Statutes Chapter 200, in regards <br />to time and place for municipal general and special elections, and the specific <br />manner of MN Statutes 205.10 for dates and 205.13 for notification and time <br />requirements. <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED, the Mounds View Charter Commission, acting under <br />Minnesota Statue 410.12 Subdivision 7, recommends the following Charter <br />amendments, by the deletions of the bold strike-through language and the <br />addition of the bold underline language. The Charter Commission requests the <br />City Council adopt by ordinance by the required unanimous vote. The Charter <br />Commission also requests a response within 60 days with recommendations for <br />any modifications to any item that the City Council deems not acceptable as <br />presented. <br /> <br />Summary of the changes: <br /> <br />1. Maintain Charter original intent to specify the manner and procedure to <br />elect City officers and acquire citizen consent for certain ballot issues, <br />while complying with new MN Statutes Chapter 200 for charter cities. <br />2. Maintain Charter original intent to specify the manner and procedures to <br />follow if a vacancy occurs in an elected City office. <br />3. Maintain Charter original intent to hold an election in 90 days to fill a <br />vacant elected Office and the time frame allowed under new statutes. <br />4. Maintain Charter original intent of elected service for a vacant office to <br />serve for as short as 9 months. <br />5. Maintain Charter original intent of same process for council member <br />vacancy and clarify mayoral vacancy. <br />6. Update Charter language throughout to comply with MN Legislatures <br />2017 uniform election dates and processes. <br />7. Update the time required for each step in the manner of how elections in <br />Mounds View are to be conducted. <br /> <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br /> <br />____________________ ____________________ <br />Brian Amundsen, Chair Jonathan J Thomas, Secretary