HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 995ORDINANCE NO.995
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4.05, SUBDIVISION 1, OF
THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER PERTAINING TO VACANCIES
IN MUNICIPAL ELECTED OFFICE
THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS:
Section 1. Background; findings, authority.
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 November 14, 2022, 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. Section 4.05, subdivision 1, of the Mounds View City Charter is hereby amended by adding the
double -underlined language and deleting the stake language as follows:
Subdivision 1. 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 within ninety days
after the vacancy occurs to elect a successor to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term of the
office vacated. The determination of vacancy is found in Chanter 2, Section 2.05 Vacancies.)
2.02. This ordinance is effective ninety (90) days after its publication, except that if within sixty (60)
days after publication a petition requesting a referendum on this ordinance, signed by the number of
registered voters of the City required by the Act is filed with the City Clerk, this ordinance will not be
effective until approved by 51 % of the voters voting on the question of its adoption at an election called
by the Council for that purpose.
2.03. On the effective date of the Amendment, the City Clerk is authorized and directed to file copies
of the Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota, the Ramsey County Recorder,
and the City Clerk's office together with the certificate required by section 410.11 of the Act.
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First Reading and Adoption:
Date of Publication:
Date Ordinance Takes Effect:
Attest:
SEAL)
December 12, 2022
December 20, 2022
March 20, 2023
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Carol A. Mueller, Mayor
Nyle i d, ity Administrator
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