Ramsey City Charter Updated April 2023

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Ramsey, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances PART I CHARTER PART I CHARTER1 CHAPTER 1. NAME, BOUNDARIES, POWERS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 1.1. Name and boundaries. The City of Ramsey, Anoka County, Minnesota, shall continue to be a municipal corporation under that name and with the same boundaries as now are or hereafter may be established. The city clerk shall keep in his/her office at least two copies of this Charter with amendments, and shall maintain in each copy an accurate and up-to- date description of the boundaries. The copies of the Charter, amendments and boundary descriptions shall be available for public inspection anytime during regular office hours. (Ord. of 1-24-2001) Sec. 1.2. Powers of the city. The city shall have all powers which it may now or hereafter be possible for a municipal corporation in this state to exercise in harmony with this Charter and with the constitutions of this state and of the United States and with the statutes of this state. It is the intention of this Charter to confer upon the city every power which it would have if it were specifically mentioned, unless otherwise provided in this Charter. The Charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the city, and the specific mention of particular municipal powers in other sections of this Charter does not limit the powers of the city to those thus mentioned. Unless granted to some other officer or body, all powers are vested in the council. Sec. 1.3. Charter a public act. This Charter shall be a public act and need not be pleaded or proved in any case. CHAPTER 2. FORM OF GOVERNMENT 'Editor's note(s)—Printed in this part is the city Charter, which Charter was originally adopted on May 22, 1984. Amendments are indicated by parenthetical history notes following amended provisions. The absence of a history note indicates that the provision remains unchanged from the original. Obvious misspellings have been corrected without notation. For stylistic purposes, headings and catchlines have been made uniform and the same scheme for expression of numbers in text as appears in the Code has been used. A consistent scheme of capitalization has also been used. Additions for clarity are indicated by brackets. State law reference(s)—City Charters generally, Minn. Stats. ch. 410. Ramsey, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances (Supp. No. 12, Update 1) Created: 2023-04-26 15:53:32 [EST] Page 1 of 25