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fifteen (15) days of its occurrence and such vacancy shall be filled according to the provisions of Section 4.5. B. Subsection 4.5.5 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Ramsey is hereby amended to provide as written below: 4.5.5 Office Vacancy when less than eight weeks prior to primary election. 4.5.5.1 Special Election. When a vacancy in an elected office of the city occurs when there is less than eight weeks prior to a primary election there shall be no primary election, except as provided in Section 4.5.5.3 below. The special election to fill the vacancy shall coincide with the Regular Municipal Election and the notice of such vacancy shall be published as soon as is practicable. 4.5.5.2 Vacancy in offices to be voted on in the Regular Municipal Election. If a vacancy occurs less than eight weeks prior to the primary election, in the office of the mayor or the councilmembers whose seats are to be voted on in the Regular Municipal Election, said vacancy shall be considered not to exist for the purpose of the Regular Municipal Election. The person elected to fill the vacancy in the Regular Municipal Election, if approved by unanimous vote of the sitting Council, may assume the duties of the office to which elected on" the first business day following the City Clerk's issuance of a certificate of election to said person. 4.5.5.3 Vacancy in an office not to be voted on in the Regular Municipal Election. If a vacancy occurs in the office of the mayor or a councilmember not standing for election in the Regular Municipal Election, a special primary election and a special election shall be held in January of the subsequent year following the vacancy to fill said vacancy. The election procedures for the special primary election and the special election shall be those election procedures for municipal office candidates as prescribed in Minnesota Statutes and this Charter. Notwithstanding Section 2.3.1 of this Charter, which provides for a four-year term for the mayor and councilmembers, the term of the mayor and/or a councilmember elected pursuant to this subsection will be for the remainder of the vacant term. SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective 90 days after its passage and publication subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes ~410.12, Subd. 7. All interested persons are invited to attend the hearing and comment on the proposed Charter amendment. The City of Ramsey complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and, upon advance request, information will be provided in an alternative form" and interpreters will be available. Any person with such a request should contact City Clerk Jo Thieling at 763-433-9840 by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. There is a TDD machine at Ramsey Municipal Center; the number is 763-427-8591.