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From: Kurt Ulrich <br />Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 2:52 PM <br />Subject: Council Information: Charter Commission Application Deadline <br />Blind -copied to Mayor and Council <br />Below is a response to questions regarding the Charter Commission application date. <br />The attached Statute Sec. 410.05 MN Statutes provides that the judge is required to make <br />appointments within 60 days of a term expiring or a vacancy occurring. For the most recent Charter <br />recruitment, staff provided January 21 as the application deadline date to allow at least 3 weeks from <br />the January/February Ramsey Resident distribution. Our interest was to encourage applications to <br />allow enough time for the judge to consider filling the positions within the 60-day requirement. For <br />future recruitments, it is not recommend posting a specific date again as the judge has the ultimate <br />authority and "open until filled" is a better choice as there is no guarantee that the judge appoints any <br />of the applicants, and we don't believe a date has been used in the past. <br />The City Attorney's opinion on the issue: <br />This is really the only deadline of any sort provided in the statute. The obligation <br />is really on the Chief Judge and not the City, although I expect they rely on information <br />provided by the City. <br />There is no penalty for non-compliance. <br />It's worth noting that under the statute the terms of the Commission members expire when <br />a new member is appointed in their place, so they technically remain in office until they <br />are replaced or their term is renewed. <br />My recommendation, of course, is that the new proposed members or the continuing members <br />be brought to the Court's attention as soon as reasonably possible, but know that no damage <br />is done in terms of vacancies if the Court doesn't act within 60 days of the expiration of the <br />ordinary term of the appointment. <br />Please let me know if you have any questions. <br />Kurt <br />Kwtis a Ulrich, DPA, <br />City Administrator I City of Rani <br />7550 Sunwood Drive NW <br />Ramsey, l,rfN 55303 <br />763-433-9845 (Direct) 1612-597-6838 (Cell) <br />kuhich@ci tyofram®s ey- coau <br />OurMission: To %AM.* together to responsibdv grow our coaexeun <br />and to provide quality, cost-effective and e,fficient govern nwnt services <br />