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Item No. 2 Meeting Date: September 20, 2004 Type of Business: WK WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City Administrator Review _______ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Desaree M. Crane, Administrative Assistant Item Title/Subject: Candidate Filing Fees On May 10, 2004, Ordinance 736 (attached) was adopted to amend Section 4.02 of the City Charter relating to “Filing for Office.” This ordinance became effective 90 days after its publication in the official newspaper. The ordinance was published on Wednesday, May 19, 2004, which makes this City Charter amendment effective on August 19, 2004. Effective August 19, 2004, Section 4.02 of the City Charter reads as follows: Section 4.02. Filing for Office Subdivision 1. Pursuant to Minnesota Statue 205.13, as amended no earlier than seventy days nor later than fifty-six days before any municipal election, any resident of the City qualified under state law for elective office may, by filing an affidavit and by paying a filing fee to the Clerk-Administrator in an amount as set by ordinance, have their name placed on the municipal election ballot. Amendments to Minnesota Statute 205.13 shall take precedence over this subdivision. There has been an issued raised by a Councilmember on whether the fee for filing for candidacy is $5.00 or $20.00. Staff has been charging $5.00 for anyone filing for candidacy for the 2004 Election. Staff researched this issue and found that according to Minnesota State Statute it states: 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: In first class cities, $20; In second and third class cities, $5; and In fourth class cities and towns, $2.