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<br />CONSENT # t5l <br /> <br />SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CHARTER AMENDMENTS <br />By: Jo Thieling, City Clerk <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />By this agenda item, the City Council is hereby notified that the Charter Commission is <br />recommending a Charter amendment by Ordinance. By State law, the City must publish <br />notice of the public hearing. Therefore, notice has been published stating that Council <br />has scheduled a public hearing to be held by the City Council for Tuesday, November 24. <br />According to State Statutes, the City Council . must hold the public hearing on the <br />proposed Charter amendment at least two weeks but not more than one month after the <br />notice is published. Within one month of the public hearing, the City Council must vote <br />on the proposed Charter amendment ordinance. The ordinance is enacted if it receives an <br />affirmative vote of all members of the City Council and is approved by the mayor and <br />published as in the case of other ordinances. This ordinance amending City Charter shall <br />not become effective until 90 days after passage and publication or at such later date as is <br />fixed in the ordinance. <br /> <br />Attached is the public hearing notice along with the ordinance. This notice was <br />published in the Anoka County Union on Friday, November 6 and again on November 13, <br />according to State Statutes. <br /> <br />Council Action: <br /> <br />Motion to schedule public hearing to introduce an ordinance amending Chapters 2 an~ 4 <br />.ofthe Home Rule Charter of the City of Ramsey. This amendment relates generally to <br />the filling of vacancies on the City Council. . <br /> <br />Reviewed by: <br /> <br /> <br />gl~~E:trmor: )is ~ Q <br /> <br />CC: 11/10/09 <br />