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MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER COMMISSION
Mounds View City Hall
2401 Highway No. 10
Mounds View, Minnesota 55112
December 31, 1985 4
Honorable David E. Marsden he,A Mno
Chief Judge n- ��`
Ramsey County District Court to V& ®54
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St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 , '
Dear Judge Marsden:
In compliance with Minnesota Statute 410.05, we are submitting to you our
Annual Report for 1985 as follows:
I. Member Changes
No new members
II. Meeting Dates
January 9, 1985
December 19, 1985
III. Business Synopsis
1. Public Hearing and Meeting January 9, 1985, to obtain input from the
public regarding two proposed amendments to the City Charter:
(a) Chapter 4, Nominations and Elections, Sec. 4.01 - The Regular
Municipal Election.
1. Amend date and/or year, as to whether or not even or odd
numbered.
(b) Chapter 4, Nominations and Elections, Sec. 4.05 - Vacancy of
Municipal Elected Office.
1. Add new Subdivision 7 to read:
"Should a councilmember or mayor seek another elected
office, and still have (1) or more years to serve on
their present term of office, that person must resign
from their present office in time to allow their council
seat to be added to the General or Special Election."
Honorable David E. Marsden -2- December 31, 1985
Chief Judge
III. Business Synopsis - (continued)
(c) By duly passed motion, both proposed amendments to the city
charter were dropped from further consideration at this time.
2. A motion was duly passed by the Mounds View Charter Commission on
December 19, 1985, which allows the City Council of Mounds View
to amend the City Charter by Ordinance with a unanimous vote of
the council, amending Chapter 4, Section 4.02, to read as follows:
"Sec 4.02. Filing for Office. No earlier than fifty-six
days nor later than forty-two 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 his/her name placed on the municipal
election ballot."
(a) The purpose of this amendment is to bring the Charter into
conformance with state law (Minnesota Statute 1984, Section
205.13, Sub 1) which changes the number of days to which a
candidate may file for a municipal office.
3. 1986 meeting dates scheduled for the second Wednesday of each quarter;
such meetings to be called at the discretion of the Chairman:
March 12, 1986
June 11, 1986
September 10, 1986
December 10, 1986
Respectfully submitted,
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Ruth ite, Secretary
Mounds View Charter Commission
/rjw
cc: Clerk-Administrator
City of Mounds View