HomeMy WebLinkAbout1630ORDINANCE NO. 1630
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, SECTION 28a
OF THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE FILING FEES
The City of Columbia Heights does ordain:
SECTION 1:
Chapter 4, Section 28a of the Charter of the City of Columbia Heights is amended as follows:
Section 28a. THE PRIMARY ELECTION. A primary municipal election shall be held on the date
established by Minnesota State Law 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 20413.06, subd. 1, and shall pay to the City Clerk the sum of &Ve Fifteen
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. (Ordinance No. 1300,
passed April 10, 1995) (Ordinance No. 1596, passed on May 9, 2011)
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SECTION 2:
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after ninety (90) days after its passage.
First Reading: June 27, 2016
Second Reading: July 11, 2016
Date of Passage: July 11, 2016
Offered by: Williams
Seconded by: Schmitt
Roll Call: All Ayes
Attest:
Katie Bruno, City Clerk
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