HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 1480ORDINANCE NO. 1480
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, SECTION 15
OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
PERTAINING TO OFFICIAL BONDS
The City of Columbia Heights does ordain:
Section 1: Chapter 2, Section 15 of the Charter of the City of Columbia Heights which currently
reads as follows, to wit:
Section 15. OFFICIAL BONDS. The city manager, the city clerk, and such other officers of
the city as may be provided for by ordinance, shall each before entering upon the duties of their
respective offices, give bond to the city in such sum as may be fixed by the council as an additional
securit-y for the faithful performance of their respective official duties and the safekeeping of the
public funds. Such bonds shall be approved by the city council and shall be endorsed by at least
three members of the council as having been so approved. They shall be filed with the secm:ity of the
council. The provisions of the laws of the state relating to official bonds, not inconsistent with this
charter, shall be complied with. The first city manager under this charter shall give bond in the sum
of Five Thousand Dollars, but the council may increase this requirement at any time.
IS HEREWITH AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
Section 15. OFFICIAL BONDS. By resolution, the council shall establish bonding
and insurance requirements for all city employees as security for the faitlnfi~l performance
of their respective duties and the safekeeping of the public funds.
Section 2: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after ninety (90) days after its
passage.
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Date of Passage:
January 10, 2005
January 24, 2005
January 24, 2005
Offered by:
Seconded by:
Roll Call:
Nawrocki
Ericson
Ayes: Peterson, Nawa-ocki, Williams, Ericson, Kelzenbe~g--x
Mayor ~a.,3~ L. Peterson
Attest:
( Patricia Muscovitz, CMC l
Deputy City Clerk/Council Secretary