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from office, non-residence in the city, convic- tion of a felony of any such person after his/her election, or by reason of the failure of any councilmember without good cause to attend council meetings for a period of three .... -~ consecutive months. In each such case, the council shall, by resolution, declare the vacan- cy to exist and such vacancy shall be filled according to the provisions of section 4.,5. COUNCIL PROCEDURES Section 3.6. Emergency Ordinances. An emergency ordinance is an ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, morals, safety or wel- fare, and in~ such-ordinance the emergency is d~fined and declared in a preamble thereto. An emergency ordinance must be approved by a maiority of available members of the.city council. An emergency ordinance must be in writing but may be enacted without previous filing or voting, and. may be adopted finally at the meeting at which it is first introduced and voted upon by the council. An emergency ordinance· shall remain in effect for the dura- tion of the emergency. No prosecution shall be ba~ed upon the pro¥isions of an emerg.ency ordinance until twenty-fou~ hours after the ordinance has been adopted, filed w/th the ~ (c erk.;d..m .~ :t=:t:r), and either has been posted in three conspicuous places in the city or published as provided for in this charter, or the person charged with violation thereof had actual notice of the ordinance prior to the act or omission resulting in the prosecution. Section 3.7, Signing and Publication of Ordinances. The final version of every ordinance shall be read in ful prior to passage by council unless such reading is waived by a majority vote of the council, provided that a copy of the ordinance is posted or otherwise made avail- able to the public at least three ~orking days prior to the meeting at which it is to be adopt- ed. The ordinance shall then be sig ned by the mayor, attested to by the ~ (clerk ad.m!:.!= t==t:=), and filed and preserved by the clerk ~!m.. Each ordinance, or summary of such ordinance, 'shall be published at least ~.??;·,'!~"~'= ~- '-.' '. ' ' ' once rn the official newspaper. This summary ~'~?~¥~'~ - ~:ORDINANCE #2000 - ' of each ordinance shall include, in layman's -~:~:~ ~ , . _ ~ *--'.' · '. ' terms, the intent of the ordinance. To the t~u>:; -- :-: CITY:(~F RAMSAY "'t~ ' ' ' extent and in the manner provided Dy state '~'~/~.:: ~ = ;ANOKA/COUNTY?''~ '-~ -':'" statutes, an, ordinance may incorporate by ref- ~:'~:Y?~-STATE.OF MINNESOTA· - .'.~- .-' erence, ~ state statute, a state administrative :~M~NDMENTS TO VARIOUS 'CHAPTERS· rule or a state regulation, a code, or an ordi- ~:~d~lD' JECTION$ OF THE HOME RULE CHAR- nance or part thereof, without publishing the E'R;-OF THi: ~:ITY OF RAMSEY: SAID material referred to in full. ,~ENDMENTS RELATE GENERALLY TO THE Section 3.8 Procedure on Resolutions :~;REATION: OF-A CITY' CLERK-POSITION IN Every resolution shall be presented in writ- THE~,~DMINISTRATION OF CITY' AFFAIRS lng and shall oe filed and preservea by the '..AND::~F~RIFICATION OF DUTIES BETWEEN ~ (clerk '.THE~ITY ADMINISTRATOR AND-THE CI1'~ Section 3,11, Review and RevJsio. of · ~I~HE~CiTYOF RAMSEYORDAINS. '; · The city shall review, revise and rearrange i:Slt~ON 1-.~AUTHoRITY: , ' ' -*'~: -': .... " its ordinance code and its resolution index ~;?~Thi~.~-OYdina'n,ce'is en~,cted pursuant to wth s~Jch addtons and deletions as may be .~'l~ot~' Sta;tutes:§410;12; SubdT-71: '" deemed necessary by the council at least once ~$ECI'ION2; REPEALAND AMENDMENT. every two years. The ordinance code and 'the ?~,~'~/t~4.~.~-,Sul~'ei:ti0nt~[;$.~;.:~e~'ti0ns.$:2:, pamphlet or loose-leaf form and copies shall G~arte~'~6f:the~ City"o~ Ra~mse~-a~'e' herel~y'- charge: Incorporation in such a code shall be a an~e~i~d!-b~;the'pro~;isibn~'~vFi~ten-beli~v~~'*' '~ ' sufficient publication of any ordinance provi- ,'t: ~/~.,;r :=-~CHAPTER..i~ - · ~'. ~ - .- ~... p aced n the off c a newspaper for at least "~ N~ME~-BOUNDARIES, POWERS, ,~-- ·.. two successive weeks that copies of the codifi- ';- -~N:~*GENERA£PROVISIONS: '.~'-- ~-' cation are available at the office of the Se ct I o'~ 1',;i~;' · Na me~and-BOundaries' t (clerk .................. · ., ~Ee~?'.C. ity of;..R:amsey/:' Anoka ;~0unty~ -'Mlti'n~eJ6~a~ sh~ I' ~:6ntinue to be a m~Jnicipal-'.. c6~p'E~ti~:'~nder tha~ name and with' the--:" ' sa~;~o~d~'~s,-a~.fl6~ are or hereafter-may - of-~fii~a~f~W~tff~ ame~dmen~, 'and sh~l[ maintain*'~n eacE?o~. ~.a~cu~at~:'and:up-to- ~ d~te=descriptioh' of~e bo~da~'ie~.~e-.copies · of. the charter, amendments ~n~ boundary ,_ descriptions shall be availaEle fb'r public :.:'. · FORM:OF'GOVERNME~; * ? - - _ -' ~' ~ va~n~y .in -the council whether" t- bb n ;-t~e o~fice-of'mayor of cou~ilmembeE, shall be ~-' decaYS-:to' ~ist* in t~e case of :th~ ~ailure 0f ~- a~y person ~le~t~ ther~t0 to qb~li~,t~r by ; r~n:0f tee death,~e~ignati0n i~ wfiting-file~ d) · CHAPTER 4 NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS Section 4'.1. The Regular Municipal Election~ A regular municipal election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year, com- mencing in 1984, at such places as the city council shall designate. At least fifteen days prior notice shall be given to the ~ (clerk =d.m.i=:.:t:t::) by posting a notice thereof in at least.one public ~lace in each election precinct, and by publishing a notice thereof at least once in the official newspaper of the city stating'the time and the places of holding such election and of the officers to be elected. Failure to give such notice shall not invalidate such election. Elected and qualified officers provided__ for by this charter shall assume, the duties of office to which they were elected on the first business day in January follo~ving such election. Section 4.2. Filing for Office. No earlier than seventy days nor later than fifty-six days before any municipal election, any resident and registered ~)pter of- the city qualified under state statutes for' elective office may, by filing an ~ffidavit and b)~ip~aying a 'ill- .cLt~ (clerk ................. ~n an amou'nt as set by ordinance, have· his/her name placed on the mun c pa elect on ballot. ~ , Section 4.4,' Sp~ci~i' and Advisor~,' Elections Except for Elected Office. The council may by resolution 6rcJer any special or advisory election deemed'appropri- ate by the council, for any reason and provide all means for holding 'it. At least fifteen days prior notice shall be given .by the ~ (clerk ad~!r.!str~.~,::) by posting .a notice thereof in at least one public place in eaf:h election precinct, and. by pub!ishing a notice thereof at least once in the official newspaper of the ~.ity stating the time and the·places of holding such. election. Section 4.5. Vacancy of Munlcipal~Elected Office. 4.S.2. The c_~ (clerk ad:..!r.!:tr=t=r) shall give at least sixty days published prior notice of such special election, except as set forth under 4.5.5 of this section. ,' e) CHAPTER $ INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL- Section S.2, General Provisi'ons for Petitions.' A petition provided for under, this chapter shall be sponsored by a committee 6f five reg- istered voters of the city whose names and addresses shall appear on the petition; A peti- tion may consist of one or more papers, but each separately circulated paper shall contain at its head, or attached thereto, the informa-' tion specified in sections $.$., $.7. or 5.8. which apply, respectively, to initiative, referen- dum and recall. Each signer shall be a regis- tered voter of the city and shall sign his/her name and give his/her street address. Each separate page of the petition shall have appended to it a certifii:ate by the' circulator, verified by oath, that each signature appended thereto was made in his/her presence and that the circulator believes them to be the genuine signature of the person whose name it pur- ports to be. The person making the certificate shall be a resident of the city and registered to vote. Any person w'hose name appears on'a petition may withdraw his/her name by a- statement in writing filed with the ~ (clerk ~d.m!.~!:t::t;:; before the c_Lt~ (clerk t.'=to:) advises the council of the sufficiency of the petition. Section S.3, Determination of Sufficiency. The committee shall file the completed petition in the office of the ~ (clerk t.'=t~r). The required number of signatures.fo~' initiative and referendum shall De at least ten percent of the total ~umber of registered vot- ers at. the time of the last citywide election: The. required number of signatures for recall shall be at least twenty percent of the total number of registered voters at the time'of'the last citywide election. Immediatel.y upon receipt of the petition, the ~ (clerk t::t::; shall ex,mine the petition as to its suffi~ - ciency and report to the council within ten days. Upon receiving the report, the council' shall determine by resolution the sufficiency of' the petition. · * Section 5.4, Disposition of II~s,~fflcient or Irregular Petition. , . If the council determines that the petitioi~ is insufficient or ir?egular, as defined in sec- tions 5.3. and 5.2. respectively, ~ (clerk =d.m!.~!:t:=t,~r) shall deliver a copy of the peti- tion, together with a written statement of its. defects, to the sponsoring committee. Th~ committee shall have thirty days in which to~ file additional signature papers and/or .to cor- rect the petition in all other particulars, except -that, in the case,of a petition for reca , the committee may not change the statement of the grounds on which the recall is sought. Within five days of receipt of the corrected again report to the council, f the council finds that~ the petition is still insufficient or irregular, the ~L~ (clerk ~,d.m.L~:t:~t,~r) shall 'file the peri-' tion in his/her office and notify the committee. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same pur- pose, nor shall it prevent the council from referring the ·subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next regular or special elec- tion.