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ORDINANCE NO. 772
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY CHARTER BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7
OF THE CHARTER RELATING TO
TAXATION AND FINANCES
On May 22, 2006, the Mounds View City Council adopted an ordinance amending Chapter 7 of the
Charter relating to Taxation and Finances. The intent of this Ordinance is to clarify language in the
charter relating to the Taxation and Finances in Chapter 7 of the Mounds View City Charter. Consistent
with state law, the ordinance would go into effect 90 days after publication. The full and complete text of
this ordinance is on file at the office of the Clerk Administrator and is posted in its entirety on the City's
website, located at www.ci.mounds-view.mn.us/ords/772.pdf. ~
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ORDINANCE NO. 772
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY CHARTER BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7
OF THE CHARTER RELATING TO
TAXATION AND FINANCES
THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Mounds View, pursuant to the recommendation of the City of
Mounds View City Charter Commission, has hereby determined that Chapter 7 of the Charter of the City
of Mounds View relating to "Taxation and Finances" be amended by the addition of the bold and
underlined language and by the deletion of the as follows:
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TAXATION AND FINANCES
Section 7.01 Council to Control Finances. (no changes)
• Section 7.02 Fiscal Year. (no changes)
Section 7.03 System of Taxation. (no changes)
Section 7.04. Submission of Budget.
Subdivision 1. Annually, on or before the 15th calendar day of September of each year
or as specified by MN Statute 275.065, as amended, the Clerk-Administrator shall submit to the
Council the budget estimates for funds levying property taxes for the ensuing fiscal year and an
accompanying summary message in accordance with a budget calendar to be established by
resolution.
The total proposed operating budget to be provided from the property tax shall not exceed
the amounts authorized by state law and this Charter. Consistent with these provisions, the
budget shall contain such information and be in the form prescribed by the City Council. The
final budget shall provide a complete financial plan for all City funds and activities for the ensuing
fiscal year and except as required by state law or this Charter, shall be in such form as the
Council may require. It shall include a summary and show in detail all estimated income and all
proposed expenditures, including debt service and comparative figures for the current fiscal year,
actual and estimated, and the preceding year. In addition to showing proposed expenditures for
current operations, it shall show proposed capital expenditures to be made during the year and
the proposed method of financing each such capital expenditure.
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Subdivision 2. For each trtil+t~enterprise operated by the City, its proposed and final
budgets shall show income, expenditure, and anticipated net surplus or deficit a~-with the
proposed disposition method_ ;
Subdivision 3. The Clerk-Administrator's message shall explain the budget both in fiscal
terms and in terms of the work programs, linking programs to goals of the City and community
priorities. It shall outline the proposed financial policies and programs of the City for the
ensuing fiscal year and the impact of those policies and programs compared to the City's
current five-year plan, as adopted by the City Council. It shall describe the important features
of the budget, indicate any major changes in financial policies expenditures and revenues
together with the reasons for such changes. It shall summarize the City's debt position for
each fund, including factors affecting the ability to raise resources through debt issues and
include such other material as the Clerk-Administrator deems desirable or as requested by the
City Council
Subdivision 4. Budget Planning Guideline
The purpose of this section is to provide the public with a general time table for
the annual budget process. The dates are guidelines and subject to change by the City
Council and MN Statute 275.065. as amended.
Activity Estimated Time Period
• Five-Year Plan: Development Jan. 1 to May 1
Five-Year Plan: Public Review Mav 1 to Mav 20
Five-Year Plan: Council Approval Mav 20 to June 1
Annual Budget Calendar: Adopted by Council June 1
Five-Year Plan: Published to Public June 1 to Aug. 1
Annual Budget: Public Input to Department June 1 to Sept 1
Annual Budget: Clerk-Administrator Develops
Summary and Estimate Proposal for Council Aug. 1 to Sept. 15
Annual Budget: Estimates Submitted to Council Sept. 15
Annual Budget: Proposal and Tax Levy Estimates
Council Adoption Sept. 15
Annual Budget: Council Review and Amend Sept. 15 to Nov 23
Annual Budget and Tax Levy: Proposal
Published to Public Sept. 15 to Dec. 1
Annual Budget and Tax Levy: Public Review Sept. 15 to Dec. 20
Annual Budget: Public Hearing Advertised Nov.
Annual Budget and Tax Levy: Initial Public Hearing Nov. 29 to Dec. 20
Annual Budget and Tax Levy: Council Adoption Dec. 5 to Dec. 20
Annual Budget and Tax Levy: Final Council
Budget Summary Published to Public Dec. 20 to Feb. 1
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Section 7.05 ''~r~Five-Year Financial Plan.
Subdivision 1. The City Council shall have prepared a ~~~five- ear financial plan
commencing +~ewith the ensuing calendar year. The City Council shall hold a public
hearing on the ~-n~five-year financial plan and adopt it by ordinance1 with or without
amendment) by June 1st of each year. The financial plan shall consist of at least the following
fearthree elements as specified in subdivisions 2-54 which follow:
Subdivision ~2. The Capital Improvement tProgram. T";~ nrn^r^m shall esneie
contain a list of all capital improvements proposed to be
undertaken during the next five fiscal years, with appropriate supporting information as to the
necessity for such improvements; cost estimate, method of financing and recommended time
schedule for each such improvement; and the estimated annual cost of operating and maintaining
the facilities to be constructed or acquired. This information shall be revised and extended each
year for capital improvements still pending or in process.
Subdivision 43. A -' ^-~-TeT-nrFive-Year Revenue ~eg~a~and Expense Estimate ~h+s-
• {~egfa~ shall ee~sis~-efcontain a tentative revenue policy w~as#that describes I~~-t~five-
year plans for financing public services and capital improvements. It shall measure the
obiectives and needs for each City department, the standard of services desired, and the impact
of each such service on the annual operating budget.
Subdivision a4. The Capital Budget. T"~~ r,r^^r,m shall be a summary on the basis of a
five-year period of the capital or money requirements for the above described programs. It shall
list a priority for each anticipated investment in community facilities and balance this with a
consideration of the availability of necessary revenues.
Subdivision ~5. A summary of the -#er+~five year financial plan shall be published_
before August 1St each year in the .official City newspaper, the City
newsletter, and, if available, the City web site.
Section 7.06. -Council Action on Budget.
Subdivision 1. The Council shall annually adopt a budget calendar by June 1st. The
calendar will establish the time line for development and submission of the budget and allow
for public review and comment in accordance with this Charter, the City Council, and MN
Statute 275.065, as amended. The budget shall be considered at the first regular monthly
meeting of the Council in September and at subsequent meetings until a budget is adopted for
the ensuing year. The budget calendar will provide a 30-day period for public review and input
to the annual budget prior to final approval by the City Council. The meetings shall be so
conducted as to give interested citizens a reasonable opportunity to be heard. The Council may
revise the proposed budget but no amendment to the budget shall increase the authorized
expenditures to an amount greater than the sum of estimated income: and reserves. The Council
shall adopt the budget by a resolution that shall set forth the total for each budgeted fund and
each department_ The budget
shall indicate the sums to be raised and from what sources and the sums to be spent and for
what purpose as the Council deems necessary for-~ s~ establishing the budget send.
The Council shall also adopt a resolution levying the amount of taxes provided in the budget, and
the Clerk-Administrator shall certify the tax resolution to the County Auditor in accordance with
state law. Adoption of the budget resolution shall constitute appropriations at the beginning of the
fiscal year of the sums fixed in the resolution of the several purposes named.
Subdivision 2. n+ ~a~~++..,^,.,^oU~As specified by MN Statute 275.065, as amended,
before the budget is adopted for the ensuing fiscal year, ^ ~, ~mm^n, ~h^II ho .,.„o., a public
hearing notice and summary of the proposed budget will be published in the official City
newspaper, the City Newsletter, and, if available, the City web site'
Such summary s#a~la-be-s,~eff^ ^~~should be readily understee~andable by
the layperson, and sf~allshould provide appropriate supporting information as to the necessity for
any increase in the budget over the total for the current fiscal year-#Failure to provide the
specified summary will not invalidate the budget.
__ The final budget will be published in accordance with Minnesota Statutes on Truth in
Taxation or no later than 60 days after adoption by the Council in the official City newspaper,
the City newsletter and, if available, the City web site.
Subdivision 3. If the Council fails to adopt the budget by the beginning of the next fiscal
• year, the preceding months fiscal year budget shall go into effect for up to thirty-one (31) days
or until the Council adopts a budget.
Section 7.07. Enforcement of the Budget.
The Clerk-Administrator may designate department heads or other staff who may assist
with each fund or department in the annual budget. It shall be the duty of the Clerk-Administrator
to strictly enforce the detail provisions of the budget. The City Council shall strictly enforce
et~+s#fy the provisions of the budget. ftThe City Council shall not authorize any payment or the
incurring of any obligation by the City, unless an appropriation has been made in the budget
resolution, and there is a sufficient unexpended balance after deducting the total past
expenditures and encumbrances against the appropriation. No officer or employee of the City
shall place any order or make any purchase unless the amount is
authorized in the budget resolution..--and in compliance with; the purchasing policies of the Cites
as established by the City Council, the City Charter, the City Code, and Minnesota Statutes.
Any obligation incurred by any person in the employ of the City for any purpose not authorized in
the budget resolution, or for any amount in excess of the amount authorized, shall be a personal
obligation upon the person incurring the obligation. No check shall be issued or transfer made to
any account other than one owned by the City until the claim to which it relates has been
supported by an itemized bill, payroll, or time sheet or other document approved and signed by
the responsible City officer who vouches for its correctness and reasonableness.
Section 7.08. Alterations in the Budget.
After the budget resolution has been adopted, the Council may amend the bud eg t by
resolution, but shall not increase the amounts fixed in the resolution beyond the sum of estimated
receipts and reserves, except to the extent that actual receipts exceed the estimate or to
implement Section 7.12 herein. At anytime the Council may; by resolution awed-b~~a-
m~+ir~rifir of i+~ e+~omhor~~ reduce the sums appropriated for any purpose ,_
to increase reserves or authorize the transfer of sums from unencumbered balances ef-
in the budget,
Section 7.09. Funds. (no changes)
Section 7.10. City Indebtedness.
Subdivision 1. Except as provided in Sections 7.11 and 7.12, no obligation shall be
issued to pay current expenses, but the Council may issue and sell obligations for any other
municipal purpose in accordance with state law and within the limitations prescribed by law.
Except in the case of obligations for which an election is not required by this Chapter or by state
law, no such obligations shall be issued and sold without the approval of the majority of the voters
voting on the question at a general or special election.
Subdivision 2. A description of each such proposed issue shall be published in the official
City newspaper, the City Newsletter, and, if available, the City web site, but failure to give such
description, or any defect in the description, shall not invalidate the issue.
Section 7.11. 1. Anticipation Certificates.
At anytime after January 1, in accordance with MN Statute 412.261. as amended, with the
following restrictions; the Council may issue certificates of indebtedness in anticipation of state
and federal aids and the collection of taxes levied the previous year for any fund and not yet
collected. The total amount of certificates issued against any fund for any year together with
interest thereon until maturity shall not exceed 90% of the total state and federal aids and current
taxes due to the fund and uncollected at the time of issuance. Such certificates shall be issued
on such terms and conditions as the Council may determine, but they shall become due not later
than Ap~i~August 1St of the year following their issuance. The proceeds of the tax levied and
such state or federal aids as the governing body may have allocated for the fund against which
tax anticipation certificates are issued, and the full faith and credit of the City shall be irrevocably
pledged for the redemption of the certificates.
Section 7.12. Emergency Debt Certificates.
S If in any year the receipt from taxes, availability of reserves, or other
sources should for some unforeseen cause become insufficient for the ordinary expenses of the
City, or if any calamity or other public emergency necessitates the making of extraordinary
expenditures, the Council may by ordinance issue, on such terms and in such manner as the
Council determines, emergency debt certificates not to exceed 10% of the total City budget and
to run not to exceed three years. a~tTaxes sufficient to pay principal and interest on such
certificates with the margin required by law shall be levied as required by law. The ordinance
authorizing the issue of such emergency debt certificates shall state the nature of the emergency
and be approved by at least three members of the Council. It may be passed as an emergency
ordinance.
SECTION 2. This ordinance takes effect 90 days after its publication in the official City newspaper.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING by the City Council of the City of Mounds View this 24~' day of
April, 2006.
PUBLIC HEARING, SECOND READING AND ADOPTION by the City Council of the City of Mounds
View this 22nd day of May, 2006. ~,
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Rob arty, Mayor
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APPRO O FORM:
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Scott g~~ , it Attorney
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Ku Ulrich, City Administrator
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State of Minnesota ~ SS
County of Racrnsey
JESSICA ITALIANO ,being duly sworn, on oath, says that
helshe is the publisher or authorized agent and employee of the publisher of the newspaper known
as NEW RRTC'THTnN RITT.T.F.TTN ,and has full knowledge of the facts which are
stated below:
(A} The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements constituting qualification as a qualified
newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statute 331A.02, 331A.07, and other applicable Paws, as amended.
(B} The printed ORDINANCE
which is attached was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published once each
week, for 1 successive weeks; it was first published on ~D• ,the 31sT day of
MAY 20 06 ,and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including
,the day of , 20 ;and printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet
from A to Z, both inclusive, which is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the
composition and publication of the notice:
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this 3I day of , 20
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''Alphabet should be in the same size and kind of type as the notice.
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ORDINANCE SUMMARY
pRpINANCE NO. TM
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
~NT'(OF RAMSEY
gTpTE OF MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCfe.AMENDING.THE
pNp,UNDS VIEW CRY CHARTER BY
AMENDING ClIAPTER 7 OF THE
CHAfi1'EEt i4EtATING TO
TAXATION AND FINANCES
pn ~y ~, 2008, the Mound View City
Council adopted an ordinance amending
Chapter 7 of the Charter relating to
Taxation and Finances. The IMe~t'iSt this
Ordinance is to clarify language in the
charter relating to t~eof thet~Mounds
Finances in Chapter
View City Charter. Consistent wRtr state
law, the ordinance would go into effect 90
days. after pubNcation. The full and com-
pletetext of this ordinance is on file at the
office of the Cleric Administrator and is
posted in its entirety on the pity's
wetuite, located at:
www_ri moands-view.mn.usbrds/I72.odf
Kurt Ulrich, Cry Gerk-Administrator
(Bulletin: May 31, 2606)
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