Ordinance - #23-05 - 04/25/2023 - Laserfiche WebLink

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'1.5.5 Office vacancy when less than tight weeks prior to primary cicction. '1.5.5.1 Special cicction. When a vacancy in an elected office of the city occurs when there is less than eight weeks prior to a primary election there shall be no primary election, except as provided in section 4.5.5.3 below. The special election to fill the vacancy shall coincide with the regular Municipal Election and the notice of such vacancy shall be published as soon as is practicable. '1.5.5.2 Vacancy in offices to be voted on in the regular Municipal Election. If a vacancy occurs less than eight weeks prior to the primary election, in the office of the mayor or the council members whose seats are to be voted on in the regular Municipal Election, said vacancy shall be considered not to exist for the purpose of the regular Municipal Election. The person elected to fill the vacancy in the regular Municipal Election, if approved by unanimous vote of the sitting council, may assume the duties of the office to which elected on the first business day following the city clerk's issuance of a certificate of election to said person. /1.5.5.3 Vacancy in an office not to be voted on in the regular Municipal Election. If a vacancy occurs in the office of the mayor or a councilmember not standing for election in the regular Municipal Election, a special primary election and a special election vacancy. The election procedures for the special primary election and the special election shall be those election procedures for municipal office candidates as prescribed in Minnesota Statutes and this Charter. Notwithstanding section 2.3.1 of this Charter, which provides for a four year term for the mayor and council members, the term of the mayor and/or a councilmember elected pursuant to this subsection will be for the remainder of the vacant term. 4.5.6 If there are insufficient numbers of candidates in a regular or special election to fill expiring or vacated municipal offices, the city council shall fill said offices by appointment until the next regular municipal election. In the case of a tie vote of the council, the mayor shall make said appointment from the candidates under consideration." SECTION 3. SUMMARY The following official summary of Ordinance #23-05 has been approved by the City Council of the City of Ramsey as clearly informing the public of the intent and effect of the Ordinance Ordinance #23-05 amends Chapter 4 — Elections and Nominations of the Ramsey City Charter. SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance becomes effective 90 days after its passage and publication as provided by Minnesota Statutes Section 410.12, Subdivision 7, as may be modified by any action undertaken pursuant to City of Ramsey Charter Section 5. Ordinance #23-05 Page 3 of 4