Agenda - Charter Commission - 12/18/2024

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Sec. 12.3. City officers not to be interested in contracts. Except as otherwise permitted by state statutes, no officer of the city, who is authorized to take part in any manner in any contract with the city, shall voluntarily have a personal financial interest in such contract or personally benefit financially therefrom. Sec. 12.4. Official bonds. The city administrator and other such officers or employees of the city as may be provided for by ordinance shall each, before entering upon the duties of his/her respective office or employment, give a corporate surety bond to the city in such form and such amount as may be fixed by the council as security for the faithful performance of his/her official duties. This corporate surety bond may be in the form of either individual or blanket bonds at the discretion of the council. They shall be approved by the council, and approved as to form by the city attorney, and filed with the city administrator. The premiums on the bonds shall be paid by the city. (Ord. of 1-24-2001) Sec. 12.5. Sales of real property. No real property of the city, with the exception of cemetery plots, shall be disposed of except by ordinance. The proceeds of any sale of such property shall be used as far as possible to retire any outstanding indebtedness incurred by the city in the purchase, construction, or improvement of this or other property used for the same public purpose. If there is no such outstanding indebtedness, the council may by resolution designate some other public use for the proceeds. Sec. 12.6. Vacation of streets. The council may by ordinance vacate any street or alley or other public grounds or part thereof within the city. Such vacation may be made only after published notice in the official newspaper and an opportunity for affected property owner and public to be heard, and upon such further terms and by such procedure as the council by ordinance may prescribe. A notice of completion of such procedure shall be filed in accordance with state statutes. Sec. 12.7. Statutes not affected by Charter. All general laws and statutes of the state applicable to all cities operating under home rule charters, or applicable to cities of the same class as the City of Ramsey operating under home rule charters, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter, or the ordinances of this city, shall apply to the City of Ramsey, and shall be construed as supplementary to the provision of this Charter. Sec. 12.8. City to succeed to rights and obligations of former city. The city shall succeed to all property, rights, and privileges, and shall be subject to all legal obligations of the former city. (Supp. No. 13, Update 3) Page 21 of 25 Created: 2024-10-04 12:02:16 [EST]