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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1300ORDINANCE NO. 1300 BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, SECTION 7 AND CHAPTER 4, SECTIONS 28 AND 28a OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PERTAINING TO EVEN YEAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS The City of Columbia Heights does ordain: Section 1: Chapter 2, Section 7, of the Charter of the City of Columbia Heights which currently reads as follows to wit: Section 7. ELECTIVE OFFICES. The Council shall be composed of a mayor and four council members who shall be qualified electors, and who shall be elected at large in the manner hereinafter provided. The four council members shall serve for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified, except that at the first election held after the adoption of this charter, the two candidates having the highest number of votes shall serve for four years, and the two candidates having the next highest number of votes shall serve for two years. The mayor shall serve for a term of two years and until a successor is elected and qualified. The council shall be judge of the election of the mayor and council members. Is herewith amended to read as follows: Section 7. ELECTIVE OFFICES. The council shall be composed of a mayor and four council members who shall be qualified electors, and who shall be elected at large in the manner hereinafter provided. The four council members shall serve for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified, except that for council members elected in 1995, one council position term shall expire on the first Monday in January of 1999. The other council position term shall expire on the first Monday in January 2001. The temxs of any council members elected at a general election in 1998 will expire on the first Monday in January of 2003. For council members elected in 1997, one council position term shall expire on the first Monday in January 2001. The other council position term shall expire on the first Monday in January 2003. The mayor shall serve for a term of two years and until a successor is elected and qualified, except that the term of the mayor elected in 1995 shall expire on the first Monday in January 1999. Thereafter, the Mayor shall serve for a term of two years and until a successor is elected and qualified. The council shall be judge of the election of the mayor and council members. Section 2: Chapter 3, Section 16 of the Charter of the City of Columbia Heights which currently reads as follows, to wit: Section 16. COUNCIL MEETINGS. At the time of the first regularly scheduled council meeting in January following a regular municipal election, the council shall meet at the usual place and time for the holding of council meetings. At this time the newly elected members of the council shall assume the duties of such membership. Thereafter the council shall meet at such times as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution, except that they shall meet not less than once each month. The mayor, or any two members of the council, or the city manager, may call special meetings of the council upon at least (12) twelve hours notice to each member of the council. Such notice shall be delivered personally to each member or shall be left with some responsible person at the member's usual place of residence. All meetings of the council shall be public, and any citizen shall have access to the minutes and records thereof at all reasonable times. Is herewith amended to read as follows: Section 16. COUNCIL MEETINGS. At the time of the first regularly scheduled council meeting in January following a regular municipal election, the council shall meet at the usual place and time for the holding of council meetings. At this time the newly elected members of the council shall assume the duties of such membership, except that for council members elected in 1998, 2000, and 2002, the newly elected members shall assume the duties of such membership on the first Monday in January following that regular municipal election. Thereafter the council shall meet at such times as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution, except that they shall meet not less than once each month. The mayor, or any two members of the council, or the city manager, may call special meetings of the council upon at least (12) twelve hours' notice to each member of the council. Such notice shall be delivered personally to each member or shall be left with some responsible person at the member's usual place of residence. All meetings of the council shall be public, and any citizen shall have access to the minutes and records thereof at all reasonable times. Section 3: Chapter 4, Sections 28 and 28a, of the Charter of the City of Columbia Heights which currently reads as follows, to wit: Section 28. 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 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 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. 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 herein; 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 election for said office. Signed Subscribed and swom to before me this ( ) day of (), 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 fifteen 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 iii the official newspaper, or both, as the City Council may ordain, but failure to give such notice shall not invalidate such election. Are herewith amended to read as follows: Section 28. Section 28a THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION. A regular municipal election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-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. THE PRIMARY ELECTION. A primary municipal election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September of any year in which a municipal general election is to be held for the purpose of electing officers, 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 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. 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 fifty-six days prior to but not more than seventy days prior to said primary municipal election an affidavit of such candidacy as set forth in Minnesota Statutes 204B.06 subd. 1, 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 fifteen 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 4: 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: March 27, 1995 April 10, 1995 April 10, 1995 Offered by: Peterson Seconded by: Jolly Roll Call: All Ayes .~olepX 8t,u~dev&n~, l(ayor