HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1114ORDINANCE NO. 1114
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, SECTION 28; CHAPTER 5,
SECTION 45; AND G4AP~ER 7, SECTIONS 72, 72a, 72b, AND 73
The City of Columbia Heights does ordain:
Section
Chapter 4, Section 28 of the Charter of the City of Columbia Heights ~hich
reads as follows:
THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION. A regular ntmicipal election shall be held
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd mmmbered
year at such place or places as the city oouncil may designate. At least
fifteen days previous notice shall be given by the city clerk of the time and
place of holding such election, and of the officers to be elected, by posting a
notice thereof in at least the city's polling places, or by publishing a notice
thereof at least once in the official newspaper, or both, as the council may
ordain, but failure to give such notice shall not invalidate such election. At
the r~gular election there shall be elected, in addition to the ntalicipal
officers, two justices of the peace until such time as a municipal o~urt shall
be established in the city.
Shall be amended to read as follows:
THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION. A regular municipal election shall be held
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd numbered
year at such place or places as the city council may designate. At least
fifteen days previous notice shall be given by the city clerk of the time and
place of holding such election, and of the officers to be elected, by posting a
notice thereof in at least the city's polling places, or by publishing a notice
thereof at least once in the official newspaper, or both, as the council may
ordain, but failure to give such notice shall not invalidate such election.
Section 2.-
Chapter 5, Section 45 of the Charter of the City of Columbia Heights ~hich
reads as follows:
RfFERENDUM PETITIONS. The requirements laid down in sections 38 and 39
above as to the formation of committees for the initiation of measures and as to
the form of petitions and signature papers shall apply to the referendum as far
as possible, but with such verbal changes as may be necessary. A referendum
petition shall begin as follows:
Pd~ERFAII3M PETITION
Proposing the repeal of an ordinance [os resolution, as the case may be]
to... [stating the purpose of the measure], a copy of which ordinance [or
resolution] is hereto attached. This measure is sponsored by, etc.
Shall be a~ended to read as follows:
RfF~ PETITIONS. The requirements laid down in sections 38 and 39
above as to the formation of c~,,~ittees for the initiation of measures and as to
the form of petitions and signature papers shall apply to the referee]urn as far
as possible. A referend~n petition shall begin as follows:
REFERf~ PETITION
Proposing the repeal of an ordinance [or resolution, as the case may be]
to... [stating the purpose of the measure], a copy of which ordinance [or
resolution] is hereto attached. This measure is sponsored by, etc.
Section 3:
Chapter 7, Section 72 of the Charter of the City of Columbia Heights which
reads as follows:
BONEED EEBT AND DEBT LIMIT. Bonds may be issued by four-fifths vote of the
council without the previous approval of the voters of the said city, but
subject to the referendun powers of the people, for the purchase of real estate;
for new construction for new equipment; for all improvements of a lastin~
character; for the purchase or construction of public water~Drks or fDr the
enlargement of the same and for the protection and distribution of the %~ater
supply; for the establishment of public lighting, heating, or power plants, and
for their acquisition and equipment by purchase or otherwise; for the acquistion
or construction of street railways, telegraph or telephone lines, or any other
public convenience frc~ which a revenue is or may be derived; for the creation
or maintenance of a permanent improv~nent fund; for the purchase or erection of
needful public buildings; for establishing and maintaining Garbage cre~atories,
or other means of garbage disposal; for the establishment and maintenance of
hospitals, schools, libraries, museums, art galleries and oemetaries; for the
construction of sewers, subways, streets, sidewalks, pave~nents, culverts, and
parks and parkways and play grounds; for changing, controlling or bridging
streams and other waterways within the corporate limits and constructin~3 and
repairing roads and bridges within two miles of the corporate limits thereof;
for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds; for the purpose of funding
floating indebtedness; and for all purposes which may be authorized by the laws
of the State of Minnesota right of the city to issue bonds ~der the authority
or any law heretofore and this section of the city's charter shall not be
construed to limit the passed and adopted by the State of Minnesota, but no
bonds shall ever be issued to pay current expenses or to refund energency debt
certificates. The total bonded indebtedness of the city shall never exceed ten
per cent of the last assessed valuation of the taxable property therein,
including monies and credits, but in ccmputing the total bonded indebtedness,
emergency debt certificates and certificates of indebtedness or bo~ds issued
before or after the adoption of this charter shall not be included in or counted
as part of such bonded indebtedness, if [1] held in a sinking fund
maintained by the city, [2] issued for the acquisition, equipment, purchase,
construction, maintenance, extension, enlargement or improvement of street
railways, telegraph or telephone lines, water, lighting, heating and power
plants, or either of them, or any other public convenience, from which a revenue
is or may be derived, owned and operated by the city, or the acquisition or
property needed in connection therewith; or for the construction of sewers,
public drainage ditches, or the acquisition of lands, or for improvement of
streets, parks, or other public improvements, to the extent that they are
payable frcm the proceeds of assessments levied upon property specially
benefited by such ditches or improvements, or [3] for the purpose of
anticipating the collection of general taxes for the year in which issued. In
no case shall bonds be issued to run for more than thirty years. ~he purpose
for which bonds are issued shall be set forth in the ordinance authorizing them
and the proceeds frcm such bonds shall not be diverted to any other purpose.
Before any bonds are sold, at least one week's published notice shall be
given of a meeting of the city council to open and consider bids thereof. The
time and place of said meeting shall be fixed and the newspaper in which the
notice shall be published shall be designated by a resolution duly passed, which
may provide for additional notice. At the time and place so fixed, the bids
shall be opened and the offer cc~lying with the terms of such sale and deem~=d
most favorable shall be accepted: PROVIDED, that the council may reject any and
all such offers and award said bonds to a more favorable bidder or upon like
notice, it may invite other bids. Bids may be asked on the basis of a rate of
interest specified in the proposals and on the net interest basis on which the
bidder will pay par for the same.
Shall be amended to read as follows:
BONDED DEBT AND DEBT LIMIT. Bonds may be issued by four-fifths vote of the
council without the previous approval of the voters of the said city, but
subject to the referendum powers of the people, for the purchase of real estate;
for new construction for new equipment; for all improv~nents of a lastir~3
character; for the purchase or construction of public waterworks or for the
enlargement of the same and for the protection and distribution of the water
supply; for the establishment of public lighting, heating, or power plants, and
for their acquisition and equipment by purchase or otherwise; for the acquistion
or construction of street railways, telegraph or telephone lines, or any other
public convenience frcm which a revenue is or may be derived; for the creation
or maintenance of a permanent inprove~ent fund; for the purchase or erection of
needful public buildings; for establishing and maintaining Garbage cre~atories,
or other means of garbage disposal; for the establishment and maintenance of
hospitals, schools, libraries, muse~ns, art Galleries and cemetaries; for the
construction of sewers, subways, streets, sidewalks, pavements, culverts, and
parks and parkways and play Grounds; for changing, controlling or bridging
strem~s and other waterways within the corporate limits and constructing and
repairing roads and bridges within two miles of the corporate limits thereof;
for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds; for the purpose of fundirg
floating indebtedness; and for all purposes which may be authorized by the
State of Minnesota. This section shall not be construed to limit the right
of the city to issue bonds under the authority of any law hereafter passed and
adopted by the State of Minnesota, but no bonds shall ever be issued to pay
current expenses or to refund ~nergency debt certificates. The total bonded
indebtedness of the city shall never exceed ten per cent of the last assessed
valuation of the taxable property therein, including monies and credits, but in
ccmputing the total bonded indebtedness, emergency debt certificates and
certificates of indebtedness or bonds issued .before or after the adoption of
this charter shall not be included in or counted as part of such bonded
indebtedness, if [1] held in a debt service fund maintained by the city, [2]
issued for the acquisition, equipment, purchase, construction, maintenance,
extension, enlargement or improvement of street railways, telegraph or telephone
lines, water, lighting, heating and power plants, or either of them, or any
other public convenience, from which a revenue is or may be derived, owned and
operated by the city, or the acquisition or property needed in connection
therewith; or for the construction of sewers, public drainage ditches, or the
acquisition of lands, or for improv~ent of streets, parks, or other public
improvements, to the extent that they are payable from the proceeds of
assessments levied %~Don property specially benefited by such ditches or
improvements, or [3] for the purpose of anticipating the collection of General
taxes for the year in which issued. In no case shall bonds be issued to run for
more than thirty years. The purpose for which bonds are issued shall be set
forth in the ordinance authorizing them and the proceeds frcm such bonds shall
not be diverted to any other purpose.
Before any bonds are sold, at least one week's published notice shall be
given of a meeting of the city council to open and consider bids thereof. The
time and place of said meeting shall be fixed and the newspaper in which the
notice shall be published shall be designated by a resolution duly passed, which
may provide for additional notice. At the time and place so fixed, the bids
shall be opened and the offer complying with the terms of such sale and deemed
most favorable shall be accepted: PROVIDED, that the council may reject any and
all such offers and award said bonds to a more favorable bidder or upon like
notice, it may invite other bids. Bids may be asked on the basis of a rate of
interest specified in the proposals and on the net interest basis on which the
bidder will pay par for the same.
Section 4:
Chapter 7, Section 72a of the Charter of the City of Columbia Heights which
reads as follows:
In addition to all powers specifically granted in that re~ard by its
charter or a~endments thereto, the city shall have all the powers in reference
to the issuance of bonds or certificates of indebtedness provided for in respect
to Cities of the Fourth Class by Chapter 10, General Statutes of Minnesota,
1913, and the Acts of the Legislature a~endatory thereof and supplemental thereto.
Shall be amended to read as follows:
In a~dition to all powers specifically granted in that regard by its
charter or amendments thereto, the city shall have all the powers in reference
to the issuance of bonds or certificates of indebtedness provided by statute.
Section 5:
Chapter 7, Section 72b of the Charter of the City of Columbia Heights which
reads as follows:
BONDED DEBT AND DEBT LIMIT. No bond shall ever be issued to pay current
expenses or to refund certificates of indebtedness issued to provide for
temporary deficiencies in the revenues to cover current expenses, but bonds may
be issued by a four-fifths vote of the council, subject to the referendum powers
of the people, for the purchase of real estate, for new equipment, and for all
improvements of a lasting character. The total bonded debt of the city shall
never exceed ten per cent of the assessed valuation of all the taxable property
in the city, but in computing the total bonded debt, emergency debt certificates,
and bonds issued prior to the adoption of this charter and either held in a
sinking fund or issued for the purchase, construction, maintenance, extension
enlargement, or improvements of water or lighting plants, or issued for the
acquisition, equipment, purchase, construction, maintenance, extension
enlargement, or improvement of water, heatirg plants or either, or any other
public convenience from which a revenue is or may be derived, owned and operated
by such city or village, or the acquisition of property r~ed in connection
therewith, or for the improvement of streets, parks or other public
improvements, to the extent that they are payable frc~ the proceeds of
assessments levied %pon property especially benefited thereby, and obligations
issued for the improv~nents which are payable, wholly or partly frcm the
collections of special assessments levied on property benefited thereby, or for
the creation or maintenance of a permanent improvement revolving fund shall not
count as part of such total bonded debt. In no case will bonds be issued to run
for more than thirty years. The purpose for which bonds are issued shall be set
forth in the ordinance authorizing them and the proceeds frc~ such bonds shall
not be diverted to any other purposes.
Shall be amended to read as follows:
BONDED DEBT AND DEBT LIMIT. No bond shall ever be issued to pay current
expenses or to refund certificates of indebtedness issued to provide for
temporary deficiencies in the revenues to oover current expenses, but bonds may
be issued by a four-fifths vote of the council, subject to the referendum powers
of the people, for the purchase of real estate, for new equipment, and for all
improvem~ents of a lasting character. The total bonded debt of the city shall
never exceed ten per cent of the assessed valuation of all the taxable property
in the city, but in cc~puting the total bonded debt, emergency debt certificates,
and bonds issued prior to the adoption of this charter and either held in a debt
service fund or issued for the purchase, construction, maintenance, extension
enlargement, or improvements of water or lighting plants, or issued for the
acquisition, equipment, purchase, construction, maintenance, extension
enlarg~nent, or improv~nent of water, heating plants or either, or any other
public convenience from which a revenue is or may be derived, owned and cperated
by such city or village, or the acquisition of property needed in connection
therewith, or for the improvement of streets, parks or other public
improvements, to the extent that they are payable from the proceeds of
assessments levied ti)on property especially benefited thereby, and obligations
issued for the improvements which are payable, wholly or partly fr~u the
collections of special assessments levied on property benefited thereby, or for
the. creation or maintenance of a permanent improvement revolving fund shall not
count as part of such total bonded debt. In no case will bonds be issued to run
for more than thirty years. The purpose for which bonds are issued shall be set
forth in the ordinance authorizing them and the proceeds fr~u such bonds shall
not be diverted to any other purposes.
Section 6:
Chapter 7, Section 73 of the Charter of the City of Columbia Heights which
reads as follows:
FORM AND REPAYMENT CF BONDS. Bonds issued by the city may take the fora
either of term bonds or of serial bonds. In case of the issuance of any term
bonds, it shall be the duty of the city manager to include in the budget
estimates each year a sufficient sum, with a safe margin to spare, to set aside
in a sinking fund for the repayment of the bonds at the end of the term, and
another sum to pay the interest on the bonds for that year. In case of the
issuance of serial bonds, it shall be the city manager's duty to include in the
budget estimates each year a sum amply sufficient to pay the principal and
interest on any bonds falling due that year, and another sum sufficient to pay
the interest for that year on the bonds still outstanding.
Shall be amended to read as follows:
FORM AND REPAY~IENT CF BONDS. Bonds issued by the city may take the form
either of term bonds or of serial bonds. In case of the issuance of any term
bonds, it shall be the duty of the city manager to include in the budget
estimates each year a sufficient sum, with a safe margin to spare, to set aside
in a debt service fund for the repayment of the bonds at the end of the term,
and another sum to pay the interest on the bonds for that year. In case of the
issuance of serial bonds, it shall be the city manager's duty to include in the
budget estimates each year a sum a~ply sufficient to pay the principal and
interest on any bonds falling due that year, and another sum sufficient to pay
the interest for that year on the bonds still outstanding.
Section 7:
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect frc~ and after ninety (90)
days after its passage.
First reading:
Second reading:
Date of passage:
December 23, ]985
February lO, 1986
February lO, 1986
Offered by: Petkoff
Seconded by: Paulson
Roi] call: All ayes
J~nne StUdent ,' Counc i l~-Secretary