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<br />ORDIN~CE #2006-12-_ <br /> <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 4 OF THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF <br />RAMSEY. TmS AMENDMENT RELATES TO FILLING OF VACANCIES OF A <br />MUNICIPAL ELECTED OFFICE. <br /> <br />THE CITY OF RAMSEY ORDAINS. . <br /> <br />SECTION 1. AUTHORITY: <br /> <br />This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to Minnesota Statutes ~410.12, Subd. 7. <br /> <br />SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. <br /> <br />Subsection 4.5 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Ramsey is hereby amended to provide as <br />written below . <br /> <br />CHAPTER 4 <br />NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS <br /> <br />4.5.1 Whea a vaaaney in an elected offiee of the eit)' aeaers ~.~.'ith 365 days ar <br />more remaining iB the term of the vacated omee, there shall be a special election <br />held witlliR RiRely days after the woaney occurs to eleet a suceessor to serve for <br />the remaiBder of tile lHieKpired term of tile omee vaeated. <br /> <br />4.5.1 The eity elerIc shall give at lea5t sixty days publiooed prior notice of Stieh <br />speeial eleetios, except as set furtA. l:lRder 4 .5.5 of this 8eetioB. <br /> <br />4.5.3 The proeedure at sueh eleetioR and assumption of duties of eleeted offieers . <br />fullo'Niag sueh eleetioR shall confarm. as nearly as praetieable. to that prescribed <br />fur other HllHlieipal eleetioBS Wlaer this eharter. <br /> <br />4.5.4 1ft the ease af a vaeaooy ~.Yhere there remaifts less than 365 days iB the <br />uMKpired term, the eOlHicil shall, by a majority vote, appoint a sucoessor to serve <br />fortbe remainder sf said term. III the ease of a tie ~/ote of the cOl:lBeil, the mayor, <br />or aoting mayor if the office af mayor be vaean!, shall m.ake the appointment from <br />the eaRdidates involved iB the tie vote. . . <br /> <br />4.5.5 When a vaeaney in 8ft elected amce of the city ooours ~.vi.tlHn 120 days prior <br />to a regelar fftl:micijlal eleetioR date, the speoial eleetion to fill the vacaacy shall <br />ooinoide '.vith the regular eleetion. If the vaeaney oceurs \,.,ithia sixty days prior to <br />the regular eleetiofl date, the Botiee ef saell vaeaaey slmll be pablished as SOO.fl as <br />is praetieable. If, within' ~he 120 day period before a regular municipal <br />election, the vacancy occurs in the office of the. mayor or in the office of any <br /> <br />/) <br />