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Home My WebLink About1279 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1975/02/03OrtIGINAL FEBRUARY 3, 1975 8D ORDINANCE NO. _1279 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 2.03, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09 AND 2.10 OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK HOME RULE CHARTER THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Section 2.03 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of St. Louis Park entitled "Elective Officers" is amended to read: Section 2.03. Elective Officers. The council shall be composed of a mayor and six councilmen who shall be qualified voters. The mayor shall be elected at large for a term of two years. Two councilmen shall be elected at large for terms of four years each, except that of the two such councilmen elected at large at the first election under this charter, the one receiving the lesser number of votes shall be elected for a term of two years. Four councilmen shall be elected for terms of four years each from four separate wards of the city, except that the councilman elected at the first election under this charter from ward number one, and the councilman elected at the first election under this charter from ward number three, shall be elected for terms of two years each. The councilman elected from a ward must be a resident of such ward and his ceasing to be a resident thereof shall cause a vacancy in the office of councilman from such ward; provided, that a change in ward boundaries during his term of office shall not disqualify him from serving out his term. The term of the mayor and of each councilman shall begin on the first Monday after the first Tuesday in the month of January next following his election, and shall end when his successor has been duly elected and has qualified. The council shall be the judge of the election of its members. The city shall be divided into four separate wards, the boundaries of which shall be established from time to time by ordinances duly adopted by the council, and based on findings of the council that the wards are so established are of as near equal size in both population and area as practicable. After each decennial census of the United States, the council shall redetermine ward boundaries, and if the council shall fail to do so within a period of two years after the official certification of the decennial census, no further remuneration shall be paid to the mayor or councilmen until the wards of the city are duly redetermined as required by this charter. • • Section 2. Section 2.06 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of St. Louis Park entitled "Justice of the Peace" is hereby repealed. Section 3. Section 2.07 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of St. Louis Park entitled "The Mayor" shall be renumbered as Section 2.06. Section 4. Section 2.08 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of St. Louis Park entitled "Compensation" shall be renumbered as Section 2.07. Section 5. Section 2.09 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of St. Louis Park entitled "Investigation of City Affairs" shall be renumbered as Section 2.08. Section 6. Section 2.10 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of St. Louis Park entitled "Interference with Administration" shall be amended to read: Section 2.09. Interference with Administration. Except for the purpose of inquiry the council and its members shall deal with and control the administrative services solely through the city manager, and neither the council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any of the subordinates of the city manager, either publicly or privately. Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect ninety days after its passage and publication. /1 Adopted by the City Council February 1975. Attest: i/ City Clerk .(251t r• inistration: Apprpved as to form and legality: City 4t torney • 540 3/4" SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST. LOUISPARKSUN 6601 W. 78th St. Bloomington, Minnesota State of Minnesota ss. County of Hennepin J R RITCHAY, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known at The St Louis Park Sun and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows (1) Said newspaper is printed in the Enghsh language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its local post -office (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of St Louis Park, Golden Valley School District No 275 and Robbinsdale School District No 281 in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of issue in the City of Bloomington in said county, established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and control during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours to the business of the news- paper and business related thereto (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said newspaper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1986 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the publisher of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper He further states on oath that the printed Ordinance No. 1279 hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English language, once each week, for On® successive weeks, that it was first so published on Thurs the 6 day of February , 19 7S and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including the day of , 19— and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to -wit abcdefg hi j klmnopgrstuvwx yz Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6 day of (Notari,i Seal) r Muriel L Quist, Notary Public, Hennepin County, Minn My Commission Expires July 28th, 1978 February 19 75 (Official Publication) FEBRUARY 3, 1975 ORDINANCE NO 1279 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 2 03, 2 06, 2 07, 2 0$, 2 09 AND 2 10 OF THE ST LOUIS PARK HOME RULE CHARTER THE CITY OF 4T LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN Section 1 Section 2 03 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of St Louis Park entitled Elective Officers is amended to read Section 2 03 -Elective Officers The council shall be composed of a mayor and six councilmen who ) shall be qualified voters The mayor shall be elected at large for a term of two years Two councilmen shall be, elected at large for terms of four years each except that of the (wo such councilmen elected at large at the first election under this char- ter the one receiving the lesger number of votes shall be elected for a‘ term of two years Four councilmen shall be elected for terms of four years each from four separate wards of the city except that the councilman elected at the first election under this charter frbm ward number one, and the councilman elected at the first election under this charter from ward number three shall be elected for terms of two years each The council- man elected from a ward must be a resident of such ward and his ceasing to be a resident thereof shall cause a vacancy in the of- fice of councilman from such ward, provided that change in ward boundaries during his term of office shall not disqualify him from serving out his term The term of the mayor and of each councilman Shall begin on' the first Monday after the first Tuesday in the month of January next following his election, and shall end when his successor has been duly elected and has qual- ified The council shall be the judge of the election of its mem- bers The city shall be divided into four separate wards the bound- aries of which shall be estab- lished from time to time by ordi- nances duly adopted by the coun- cil and based on findings of the council that the wards are so es- rtablished are of as near equal size in both population and area as practicable After each de- cennial census of the United States the council shall fail to do so within a period of two years after the official certification of the decennial census, no further remuneration shall be paid to the mayor or councilmen until the wards of the city are duly rede- termined as required by this charter Section 2 Section 2 06 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of St Louis Park entitled Justice of the Peace ' is hereby repealed Section 3 Section 2 07 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of St Louis Park entitled The Mayor shall be renumbered as Section 2 06 Section 4 Section 2 08 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of St Louis Park entitled Compensation shall I be renumbered as Section 2 07 Section 5 Section 2 09 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of St Louis Park entitled Investigation of City Affairs ' shall be renumbered as Sec- tion 208 Section 6 Section 2 10 of the Home Rule,Charter of the City of St Louis ' Park entitled Interference with Administration" shall be amended to read' with neuviiinlstration Except for the purpose of inquiry the council and its members shall deal with and control the administrative services solely through the city manager, and neither the council } nor any member thereof shall give orders to any of the subordi- nates of the city manager, either publicly or privately Section 7 This ordinance shall take effect ninety days•after its passage and publication' Adopted by the City Council Feb- ruary 3 1975 ' FRANK-FLEETHAM Mayor Attest EARL E HANSON City Clerk• tReviewed for administration CHRIS CHERCHES City Manager Approved as to form and legality WAYNE G POPHAM City Attorney (Feb 6 1975)—SLP & GV _ Nle No Affidavit of Publication • ST. 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