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ORDINANCE NO. 1018 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4.05 OF THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER PERTAINING TO VACANCY OF MUNICIPAL ELECTED OFFICE THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS: Section 1. Background; findings; authoritX. 1.01. The city of Mounds View ("City") is governed by a home rule charter (the "City Charter"), adopted pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Minnesota and Minnesota Statutes, chapter 410 (the "Act"). 1.02. The Mounds View Charter Commission has proposed the adoption of an amendment to section 4.05 of the City Charter (the "Amendment") and recommended to the City Council that the Amendment be adopted by ordinance in the manner prescribed by section 410.12, subdivision 7 of the Act. 1.03. A public hearing on the Amendment was held on September 3, 2024 by the Mounds View City Council after published notice containing the text of the Amendment, as required by the Act, and all persons desiring to be heard with reference to the Amendment were heard at said public hearing. 1.04. The Mounds View City Council finds and determines that it is in the best interests of the City and its inhabitants that the Amendment be adopted. Section 2. Adoption; effective date; filing. 2.01 The Mounds View City Charter is hereby amended by adding the double-underlined language and deleting the str4Eken language as follows: Section 4.05. Vacancy of Municipal Elected Office. Subdivision 1 Vacancy when 365 days or more remain in term. a. When a vacancy in an elected office of the City occurs with 365 days or more remaining in the term of the vacated office, there shall be a special election held to elect a successor to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term of the vacated office. The special election shall be held at the next uniform election date specified in Minnesota Statute 205.10, subd 3a, as it may be amended from time to time, for which all legal requirements for special elections can be met by the City. (The determination of vacancy is found in Chapter 2, Section 2.05 Vacancies.) (Amended 2005 o 748; 2023 o 995; 2023 o 996.)