HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 996ORDINANCE NO. 996
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4.05, SUBDIVISIONS 1 AND 2 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, subdivisions 1-2 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 to elect a successor to
serve for the remainder of the unexpired term of the vacated office The special election shall be held
withinninety days at the next uniform election date specified in Minnesota Statute 205.10. subd 3a
as it maybe amended from time to time, for which all legal requirements for special elections can be
met by the Citv. successor- t o
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term of the offiee vaeated-.
Subdivision 2. The City Administrator shall give at least sixty days published prior notice of
sue-h-the date of the special election and such notice shall comply with all notice requirements under
Minnesota Statues, section 205.16, except as set forth under Subdivision 5 of this section.
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
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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.
First Reading and Adoption:
Date of Publication:
Date Ordinance Takes Effect:
Attest:
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December 12, 2022
December 20, 2022
March 20, 2023
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