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Home My WebLink About1401 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1978/02/134 1. FEBRUARY 13, 1978 1 ORDINANCE NO. 1401 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ELECTIONS, OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Sec. 1. The St. Louis Park Ordinance Code is amended by adding Sections 4-205 through 4-208 to read: certify to the Council the names of persons signing or circulating such nominating petitions prior to action by the Council appointing said judges and clerks. Section 4-204. Prohibition. No person while receiving compensation from the United States, the state, or from any county, any city of the first, second or third classes, or any village having a population of more than 10,000 inhabitants, as an officer or employee thereof, shall be eligible to serve as a judge or clerk of any city election; and no person who is the husband, wife, parent, child, brother or sister of a candidate for an elective office shall be eligible to serve as judge or clerk in any election. Section 4-205. Vacancy Resulting from Election Contest. In any election contest where the court declares an office vacant for violation of Minnesota Statutes Chapter 210A, after the time for appeal has expired, or in the case of an appeal, after the final judicial determination of the contest, the Council shall, not later than the next regularly scheduled meeting following determination of an election contest by the court, call a primary and general election to fill the vacancy and fix their dates. Section 4-20.6. Election Contest Vacancy Filings. Nomination shall be by petition, as provided in Sections 4.06 and 4.07 of the City Charter, except that all nominating petitions shall be filed with the City Clerk no later than 14 days before the date specified in the resolution for the primary election. Section 4-207. Primary Election. A primary election shall be held on a date specified in the resolution but not later than the fourteenth day before the general election at which the vacancy is to be filled. In the event that not more than two persons have filed for nomination, no primary election shall be held. Section 4-208. Election Contest Vacancy Procedures. The procedure at the primary and general elections shall conform as nearly as possible to that provided for other municipal elections. (Sec. 4-205 through 4-208, added by Ordinance 1401, February 13, 1978) February 22, 1978 59 1 1 Sec. 2. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days or both. - Sec. 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect 15 days after its publication. Adopted by the City C cil February 13,1978. ration: App)'oved as to form and legality: Ci tAttorney • 114)ED SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST. LOUISPARK SUN 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 English 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 of said newspaper 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 and at which said newspaper is printed (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society (7) Said newspaper is made available at single or subscription prices to any person, corporation, partnership or other unincorporated association requesting the newspaper and making the applicable payment (8) Said newspaper has complied with all foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below (9) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretaiy of State and signed by the managing officer of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper Ordinance 1401 He further states on oath that the printed hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed 1 and published therein in the English language, once each week, for successive weeks. that It was first so published on Frithe 17 day of Feb' 19 78 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 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17 day of February , 1978 ROLYN WHITE NOTARY PUBLIC - MINNESOTA HENT EPIN COUNTY My Commission Expires Aug 18, 1984 1Ofhcial Publication) February 13, 1978 1 ORDINANCE NO 1401 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ELECTIONS, OF THE ST LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE THE CITY OF ST LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN Sec 1 Ole St fowl Paik Oidi n.mce Code is amended by adding Sections 4-205 through 4-208 to read Section 4 -205" -Vacancy Resulting from Election Contest In any election contest where the court declares an office vacant foi violation of Min nesota Statutes Chaplet 210A aftet the time for appeal has expired oc in the case of an appeal after the final judicial deter mination of the contest the Council shall not later than the next regula-ly scheduled meeting fol- lowing deter conation of an election contest by the court call a primary and general election to fill the vac ancy and fix their dates Section 4-206 Election Contest Va cancy Filings Nomination shall be by petition, as piovided in Sections 4 06 and 4 07 of the City Charter except that all nominating petitions shall be filed with the City Clerk no later than 14 days before the date specified in the resolution for the primacy elec tion Section 4 207 Primary Election A primary,election shall be held on a date specified in the resolution but not later than the fourteenth day before the general election at which the vac ancy is to be filled In the event that not more than two persons have filed for nomination no primary election shall be held Section 4-208 Election Contest Va cancy Procedure.. The procedure al the primary and general elections shall conform as nearly as possible to that provided for other municipal electrons Sec 4-205 through 4-208, added by Ordinance 1401, February 13, 1978) Sec 2 Penalty Any person vrolat ing the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 or by im prisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days or both Sec 3 Effective Date This ordi- nance shall take effect 15 days after its publication Adopted by the City Council Feb- ruary 13 1978 (s) IRVING M STERN Mayor Attest is) EARI E HANSON City Clerk Reviewed for administration (s) JOHN W ELWELL City Manager, Approved as to form and legality (s) WAYNE G POPHAM City Attorney Feb 17, 1978) -SLP v I File No Affidavit of Publication ST LOUISPARKSUN St. Louis Park, Minnesota In The Matter Of