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ORDINANCE #04-47
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<br /> CITY OF RAMSEY
<br /> ANOKA COUNTY
<br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA
<br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
<br />CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE RAMSEY
<br />CITY CHARTER.
<br />The City of Ramsey ordains:
<br />SECTION 1. AMENDMENT
<br />Subdivision 1. Section 3.1 of the
<br />City Charter is amended to provide as
<br />follows:
<br /> Section 3.1 Council Meetings. The
<br />council shall'meet regularly at least once
<br />each month at such times and places as
<br />the council may designate by ordinance.
<br />The mayor any three members of the
<br />council may call special meetings of
<br />the council upon at least twenty-four
<br />hours notice to each member, and such
<br />reasonable public notices as may be
<br />prescribed by council rule in compliance
<br />with state statutes. The twenty-four
<br />hours notice shall not be required in an
<br />emergency. A state of emergency shall
<br />be deemed to exist when the public
<br />peace, health, morals, safety or welfare
<br />are in immediate jebpardy. To the extent
<br />provided by state statutes, all meetings
<br />of the council and its committees shall be
<br />public, and any citizen shall have access
<br />to the minutes and records of the council
<br />at all reasonable times. During any of
<br />its public meetings, the council shall
<br />not prohibit, but may place reasonable
<br />restrictions upon citizens' comments
<br />and questions and citizen input shall be
<br />provided for at the beginning of each
<br />council meeting.
<br /> Subd. 2. Section 3.4 of tee City
<br /> Charter is amended to provide as
<br /> follows: '
<br /> Section 3.4 Ordinances, Resolutions
<br /> and Motions.
<br /> 3.4.1 Except as otherwise provided
<br /> in this charter of state statutes, an
<br /> affirmative vote of four or more members
<br /> of the council shall be required for the
<br /> adoption of all ordinances, resolutions and
<br /> motions. The votes of councilmembers
<br /> on any action taken shall be recorded in
<br /> accordance with state statutes.
<br /> Subd. 3 Section 4.5 ofthe City Charter
<br /> is amended to provide as follows:
<br /> Section 4.5 Vacancy of Municipal
<br /> Elected Office.
<br />4.5.5 When ~ vacancy in an elected
<br />office of the city occurs within 120 days
<br />prior to a regular municipal election date,
<br />the special election to fill the vacancy
<br />shall coincide with the regular election.
<br />If the vacancy occurs within sixty days
<br />prior to the regular election date, the
<br />notice of such vacancy shall be published
<br />as soon as is practicable. If, within
<br />the 120 day period before a regular
<br />municipal elections, the vacancy occurs
<br />in the office of the mayor or in the office
<br />· of any councilmember whose seat is to
<br />be decided in the election, said vacancy
<br />shall be c6nsidered not to exist for the
<br />purposes of the election. However,. if
<br />such vacancy occurs in the office of either
<br />of the other two councilmembers, the
<br />seat shaft be filled by the candidate for
<br />councilmember with the third highest
<br />vote total, or in the case of two vacancies,
<br />the third and forth highest vote totals
<br />at the upcoming election. Where two
<br />vacancies exists, the candidate with the
<br />third highest total shall fill the vacancy in
<br />the office having the longest unexpired
<br />term.
<br />Subd. 4. Section 5.2 of the City
<br />Charter is amended to provide as
<br />follows:
<br />Section $.2 General ProvisiOns for
<br />Petitions.
<br />$.2.1 Petition for Initiative and
<br />Referendum. A petition for initiative
<br />and referendum provided for under
<br />this chapter shall be sponsored by a
<br />committee of five registered voters of
<br />the city whose names and addresses
<br />shall appear on the petition. A petition
<br />may consist of one or more papers, but
<br />each separately circulated paper shall
<br />contain at its head, or attached thereto,
<br />the information specified in section
<br />5.5 or 5.7 which apply, respectively, to
<br />initiative, and referendum. Each signer
<br />shall be a registered voter of the city
<br />and shall sign his/her name and give
<br />his/her street address. Each separate
<br />page of the petition shaft have appended
<br />to it a certificate by the circulator, verified
<br />by oath, that each signature appended
<br />thereto was made in his/her presence
<br />that the circulator believes them to be
<br />the genuine signature of the 'person
<br />whose name it purports to be. The
<br />persofi making the certificate shall be
<br />a resident of the city and registered to
<br />vote. Any pei'son whose name appears
<br />on a petition may withdraw his/her name
<br />by a statement in writing filed with the
<br />city clerk before said city clerk advises the
<br />
<br /> Section 5.8 Recall. Consideration by .'S AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
<br />the electorate of the recall of any elected
<br />officer of the city may be initiated by
<br />petition. The petition shall state at the
<br />head of each page, or attached thereto, a
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<br />certificate stating the name of the officer
<br />whose removal, is sought, the grounds
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<br />for recall, which shall be malfeasance, )
<br />misfeasance or nonfeasance in office,
<br />is inot more than 250 words, and the
<br />intention of the sponsoring committee luly sworn, on oath says that he is the managing editor of the
<br />to bring about the officer's recall. Such ,ka County Union, and has full knowledge of the facts which
<br />petition shall be filed in the city clerk's
<br />office prior to circulation. If the petition
<br />or amended petition is found sufficient
<br />under the provisions of Section 5.3 of
<br />this chapter, the city clerk shall transmit omplied with all of the requirements constituting qualification
<br />it to the council without delay, and shall provided by Minnesota Statute 331A.02, 33 lA.07, and other
<br />also officially notify the p~rson sought
<br />to be recalled of the sufficiency of the
<br />petition and of the pending action. /he
<br />council shall, at its next mebting, by .NCE, (#04-47) which is atthched was cut from the columns of
<br />resolution, provide for the holding of a
<br />special recall election within ninety days :ed and published once each week for one successive week; it
<br />after such meeting, the council may, in the 3rd day of December, 2004 and was thereafter printed and
<br />its discretion provide for the holding of
<br />the recall vote at that time, If the special ' and including Friday, the day of .............. 2004, and
<br />recall election involves a councilmember e lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, which is
<br />elected from a separate Ward, the special ng the size and kind of type used in the composition and
<br />recall election shall be conducted only
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<br />within the Ward of such coundlmember.
<br />If the special recall election involves
<br />the mayor or a councilmember who
<br />is elected at large, the election shall
<br />be a city-wide election. The city clerk
<br />shall include with the published notice
<br />of the election the 'statement of the
<br />grounds for the recall and, also, in not
<br />more than 500 words, the answer of the
<br />officer concerned in justification of his/
<br />her course of office. If a vacancy occurs
<br />due to recag e~ection, Section 4.5 shall
<br />apply to fill such vacancy.
<br />· SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE
<br />The effective date of this ordinance
<br />is ninety (90) days after its passage
<br />and publication, subject to Minn. Stat,
<br />{}410.12, Subd. 7.
<br />Adopted by the Ramsey City Council
<br />the 23rd day of November, 2004..
<br />Thomas G. Gamec
<br />Mayor ~ me on
<br />Alq'EST:
<br />Jo Ann M. Thieling 4
<br />city Clerk
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<br />Published in Anoka County Union
<br /> Dec. 3, 2004
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<br />Notary Public
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<br />Managing Editor
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<br /> DIXIE L. MASON
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