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PROViDINgS OF CITY GOU~L <br /> P~3LIC B~IN~ <br /> CITY OF RAP~ <br /> ANOKA CDUNTY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />The Ramsey City Oouncil oonducted a public hearing on Tuesday, June 25, 1985 at <br />the Ramsey Municip~l C~nber, 15153 N0wthen Blvd. N.W., Ramsey, Minnesota <br />regardin9 City Charter ~nemdment. <br /> <br />M~bers Present: <br /> <br />Mayor Gary Heitman <br />Oouncilmember A1 Sorteberg <br />Gouncilm~r Gary Reimann <br />Oouncilm~nber Arnie GDX <br />Oouncilmenber Jean $chlueter <br /> <br />City Administrator Llc~yd Schnelle <br />City Attorney William Goodrich <br />City Engineer Peter Raatikka <br />Director Of Technical Servioes Clayton Berg <br />Chief Acoountant Jeanne ~aapala <br />City Planner Anne Norris <br />Reporter Angela Flint <br /> <br />Mayor t{eit~an called the public hearing to order at 9:15 p.m. <br /> <br />CITIZEN /NPUT <br /> <br />City Attorr~y Goodrich stated that pursuant to State 1~, the proposed <br />ordinance to amend the City Charter was published in the Anoka Union on June 14 <br />and June 21 and this public hearing is bei~ oor~ucted. City Attorney Goodrich <br />stated that if the City Gouncil adopts the ordinanoe, it will be published <br />again and does mot heo0me effective for 90 days. Ge amemdment will rem~e the <br />Charter requirement that resolutions and ordinances be read prior to adoption <br />unless there is a ~%animous (x)nsent of (b~%cil ~ot to do so; ordinanoes and <br />resolutions will still have to be presented in writing prior to adoption. <br /> <br />Mayor Heitm~n explained that during charter formation, ~o~cil adopted an <br />ordinance that was presented at the last minute; as a result, the Charter <br />__~k~m_ ission ~ written the reading requirenent into the Charter to prevent a <br />similar situation from ha~ again. T~e requirenent ~as proved to be <br />an um~orkable situation as ons councilor oontends that requiring a reading, <br />unless (b~cil goes through the motions of dispensing with each reading, is a <br />reverse prooedure. Mayor Be~t~3n stated that the change to the (2tarter is very <br />minor; if the G~uncil majority wants a resolu~cion or ordinance read, it will be <br />read. <br /> <br />O~un~r Scklueter noted that ordinanoes still cannot be adopted the same <br /> June 25, 1985 <br /> <br />l~ge 1 crE 2 <br /> <br /> <br />