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ORDINANCE #25-09 CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA The City of Ramsey ordains: Underlined text is inserted into the Charter. Strikethrough text is deleted from the Charter. SECTION 1. AUTHORITY This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authority of the City Charter of the City of Ramsey and such authority as it is given under Minnesota Statutes Section 410.12, subdivision 7. SECTION 2. Sec. 2.5. Vacancies of the City of Ramsey Charter is amended to read as follows: Sec. 2.5. Vacancies. A vacancy in the council, whether it be in the office of mayor or councilmember, shall be deemed to exist in the case of the failure of any person elected thereto to qualify, or by reason of the death, resignation in writing filed with the city clerk, removal from office, non-residence in the city or respective ward, conviction 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 publicly declare by resolution, the vacancy to exist within 15 days of its occurrence and such vacancy shall be filled according to the provisions of section 4.5. Temporary non-residence of a councilmember in their respective ward, may be permitted due to unforeseen emergency circumstances so long as the intent of the councilmember is to permanently re-establish ward residency within a six-month period. Council may deem it necessary to allow for additional time depending on the severity of the cause for temporary residency outside of the ward. SECTION 3. Sec. 3.1. Council meetings. of the City of Ramsey Charter is amended to read as follows: