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From: Kurt Ulrich Sent:Tuesday, February 22, 2022 2:52 PM Subject: Council Information: Charter Commission Application Deadline Blind-copied to Mayor and Council Below is a response to questions regarding the Charter Commission application date. The attached Statute Sec. 410.05 MN Statutes provides that the judge is required to make appointments within 60 days of a term expiring or a vacancy occurring. For the most recent Charter recruitment,staff provided January 21 as the application deadline date to allow at least 3 weeks from the January/February Ramsey Resident distribution. Our interest was to encourage applications to allow enough time for the judge to consider filling the positions within the 60-day requirement. For future recruitments, it is not recommend posting a specific date again as the judge has the ultimate authority and "open until filled" is a better choice as there is no guarantee that the judge appoints any of the applicants, and we don't believe a date has been used in the past. The CityAttorney's opinion on the issue: This is really the only deadline of any sort provided in the statute. The obligation is really on the Chief Judge and not the City, although I expect they rely on information provided by the City. There is no penalty for non-compliance. It's worth noting that under the statute the terms of the Commission members expire when a new member is appointed in their place,so they technically remain in office until they are replaced or their term is renewed. My recommendation, of course, is that the new proposed members or the continuing members be brought to the Court's attention as soon as reasonably possible, but know that no damage is done in terms of vacancies if the Court doesn't act within 60 days of the expiration of the ordinary term of the appointment. Please let me know if you have any questions. Kurt 71 V& � 4 ? 3433-'S_5-girl L f ,612-597-683 8(Cell) Our Ws�siva: To work ftadwr to responsibly grow our commua4,