HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 650ORDINANCE NO 650
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOUNDS
VIEW CHARTER BY AMENDING SECTION 5.05 OF THE CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW AS TO THE INITIATIVE PROCESS AND
RESOLUTIONS PROPOSED IN THE CITY.
THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS:
SECTION 1.
The City Council of the City of Mounds View, pursuant to the recommendation of the City
of Mounds View Charter Commission, deems that Section 5.05 of the Charter of the City of
Mounds View is hereby amended by the deletion of the bold and stIic.kelllanguage as follows:
Section 5.05. Tniti~tive. Any ordinance 01 1 esolutioll may be proposed by a
petition which shall state at the head of each page or attached thereto the exact text of the
proposed ordinance 01 1 esolutioll. If the Council passes the proposed ordinance or
lesolution with amendments, and a majority of the sponsoring committee do not
disapprove the amended form by a statement filed with the Clerk-Administrator within ten
days of its passage by the Council, the ordinance OJ 1 esolution need not be submitted to the
voters. If the Council fails to enact the ordinance 01 1 esolution in a form acceptable to the
majority of the sponsoring committee within sixty days after the final determination of
sufficiency of the petition, the ordinance 01 1 esolutioll as originally proposed shall be
placed on the ballot at the next election occurring in the City. If no election is to occur
within 120 days after the filing ofthe petition, the Council shall call a special election on the
ordinance 01 1 esolution to be held within such period. If a majority of those voting on the
ordinance 01 1 esolution vote in its favor, it shall become effective thirty days after adoption
unless the ordinance 01 1 esolution specifies a later effective date.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance takes effect 90 days after its publication.
Read by the City Council of the City of Mounds View this 28th day of February, 2000.
Read and passed by the City Council of the City of Mounds View this 8th day of May,
2000.
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