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RESOLUTION NO. 9954 <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW, MINNESOTA <br />RESOLUTION ADOPTING TITLE AND BALLOT QUESTION LANGUAGE <br />PERTAINING TO ORGANIZED SOLID WASTE COLLECTION <br />AND ORDERING SPECIAL ELECTION <br />WHEREAS, on September 19, 2023, the City of Mounds View Charter <br />Commission ("Charter Commission") voted to transmit to the City Council a citizen petition <br />("Petition") submitted by a committee of petitioners ("Committee") proposing to amend the <br />Mounds View City Charter ("Charter Amendment") in accordance with Minnesota <br />Statutes, section 410.12, subdivision. 1; and <br />WHEREAS, the Charter Amendment proposed to change the Mounds View <br />Charter to read: <br />"Unless first approved by a majority of voters in a state general election, the City <br />shall not replace the competitive market in solid waste collection with a system in <br />which solid waste services are provided by government -chosen collectors or in <br />government -designed districts. The adoption of this Charter amendment shall <br />supersede any ordinances, ordinance amendments, or Charter amendments <br />related to solid waste adopted by the City Council after January 1, 2023." <br />; and <br />WHEREAS, the Petition was received by the City Clerk who reviewed the Petition <br />and provided notice to the Committee on September 29, 2023 that the Petition was <br />insufficient because it lacked the complete required affidavit under Minnesota Statutes, <br />section 410.12, subdivision 3 and because certain signatures of affiants were illegible; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, on October 9, 2023, the Committee submitted a supplementary <br />petition which the City Clerk reviewed and provided notice to the Committee on October <br />13, 2023 that the Petition was sufficient and because it included 253 signatures from <br />eligible voters, meeting the 253 signature threshold that constitutes five percent (5%) of <br />the total votes cast in the last general election in the City; and <br />WHEREAS, the Charter Commission transmitted a supplementary petition and the <br />City Clerk deemed that supplementary petition to be sufficient, all in accordance with <br />Minnesota Statutes, section 410.12; and <br />WHEREAS, the question of whether to adopt or reject the Charter Amendment <br />was submitted to the qualified voters of the City at a special election on Tuesday, April 9, <br />2024 and the Charter Amendment was subsequently adopted; and <br />