HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1175ORDINANCE NO. 1175
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, SECTION 28A, OF THE CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PERTAINING TO ~RIMARY ELECTIONS
The City of Columbia Heights does ordain:
Section 1:
Chapter 4, Section 28a, of the Charter of the City of Columbia Heights
which reads as follows, to-wit:
Section 28a. THE PRIMARY ELECTION. A primary municipal election shall
be held twenty-one days before the regular municipal election in the year 1933
and biennually thereafter at the same place or places as general elections are
held and like officers shall preside at such elections. The purpose of such
primary election shall be to select candidates to be voted for at the general
municipal election and the candidates for nomination to each office who shall
receive the greatest number of votes in such primary election shall be placed
upon the ballot of the next general election in numbers not to exceed double the
number of vacancies to be filled, and no other name shall be placed upon the
ballot for such general election than the candidates selected at said primary
election. Any person desiring to become a candidate for an elective office in
the general muncipal election shall file with the city clerk at least twenty-one
days prior to said primary election a statement of such candidacy as follows:
I, [ ], being first duly sworn, say that I reside at [ ] Street in the
City of Columbia Heights, County of Anoka, State of Minnesota; That I am a
qualified voter therein; That I am a candidate for nomination to the office of
[ ] to be voted upon at the primary election on [ ] the [ ] day of [ ],
19 ; and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official primary
elation for said office.
Signed
Subscribed and sworn to before me this L J day of L J, 19
Signed
Official Title
and shall pay to the City Clerk the sum of Five Dollars for which the City Clerk
shall give a receipt expressing the purpose of the payment. Such City Clerk
shall forthwith pay all fees so received to the City Treasurer. Upon compliance
with the provisions of this section the City Clerk shall place such name upon
the primary election ballot as a candidate for the office named. At least fif-
teen days notice shall be given by the City Clerk of the time and place of
holding such primary election and of the officers to be nominated, by posting a
notice thereof in at least three of the most public places in each election
district in the city or by publication of a notice thereof at least one in the
official newspaper, or both, as the City Council may ordain, but failure to g(ve
such notice shall not invalidate such election.
Is herewith amended to read as follows, to-wit:
Section 28a. THE PRIMARY ELECTION. A primary municipal election shall be
held forty-two days before the regular municipal election in the year 1989 and
biennially thereafter at the same place or places as general elections are held
and like officers shall preside at such elections. The purpose of such primary
election shall be to select candidates to be voted for at the general municipal
election. The candidates for nomination to each office who shall receive the
greatest number of votes in such primary election sha~l be placed upon the
ballot of the next general election in numbers not to exceed double the number
of vacancies to be filled, and no other name shall be placed upon the ballot for
such general election than the candidates selected at said primary election.
When not more than twice the number of individuals to be elected to a municipal
office file for nomination for the office, their names shall not be placed upon
the primary ballot and shall be placed upon the municipal general election
ballot as the nominees for that office. When not more than twice the number of
individuals to be elected to a municipal office file for nomination to any
municipal office, no primary shall be held, and the names of those having filed
shall be placed on the municipal general election ballot as the nominee for that
office. Any person desiring to become a candidate for an elective office in the
general municipal election shall file with the city clerk at least forty-two
days prior to but not more than eighty-four days prior to said primary municipal
election a statement of such candidacy as follows:
I, [ ], being first duly sworn, say that I reside at [ ] Street in the
City of Columbia Heights, County of Anoka, State of Minnesota; That I am a
qualified voter therein; That I am a candidate for nomination to the office of
[ ] to be voted upon at the primary election on [ ] the [ ] day of [ ],
19 ; and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official primary
el~'6-tion for said office.
Signed
Subscribed and sworn to before me this L J day of L J, lg
Signed
Official Title
and shall pay to the City Clerk the sum of Five Dollars for which the City Clerk
shall give a receipt expressing the purpose of the payment. Such City Clerk
shall forthwith pay all fees so received to the City Treasurer. Upon compliance
with the provisions of this section the City Clerk shall place such name upon
the primary election ballot as a candidate for the office named. At least fif-
teen days notice shall be given by the City Clerk of the time and place of
holding such primary election and of the officers to be nominated, by posting a
notice thereof in at least three of the most public places in each election
district in the city or by publication of a notice thereof at least once in the
official newspaper, or both, as the City Council may ordain, but failure to give
such notice shall not invalidate such election.
Section 2: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
ninety (gO) days after its publication.
First reading:
Second reading:
Date of passage:
November 14, 1988
November 28, 1988
November 28, 1988
Offered by: Paulson
Seconded by: Petkoff
Roll call: All ayes
Dale V. Hadtrath, Mayor