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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1546 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1982/03/151 ORDINANCE NO. 1546 March 15, 1982 8a AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE RELATING TO POLITICAL ACTIVITY BY AMENDING SECTION 3-104. THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. The St. Louis Park Ordinance Code, Section 3-104 is hereby amended as follows: i Section 3-104. Political Activity (1) Purpose. It is the purpose of this provision to preserve and promote efficiency and political neutrality in municipal employment and the conduct of nunicipal business, while affording City employees the opportunity to participate in political activities not incon- sistent with this goal. (2) Permitted Activities. Employees may register and vote in any election; may make personal financial contributions to political organizations; and may attend political conventions, rallies, fund raising functions and similar political gatherings. Employees may hold membership in a political party and participate in its functions to the extent consistent with State and local law. As individuals, employees nay express opinions on political issues and candidates during off -work hours when not discharging City functions; they may otherwise participate in public affairs but only to the extent that such endeavors do not impair the neutral and efficient performance of official duties or create real or apparent conflicts of interest. (3) Prohibited Activities. Employees are prohibited from directly or indirectly, during their hours of employment, soliciting or receiving funds or at any time using their authority or official in- fluence to compel any officer or eriployee in the classified service to apply for membership in or become a nenher of any organization, or to pay or promise to pay any assessment, subscription, or con- tribution, or to take part in any political activity. Employees are prohibited from using their position of municipal employment to influence, interfere with, or affect an election campaign or the results of an election. (4) Prohibited Misuse of City Property or Services. Employees may not engage in political activity while on City time or while dis- charning City responsibilities; nor may they act in a manner which suggests that the City either supports a particular candidate or political issue or endorses the personal political opinions of the municipal employee. Any act which tends to identify the City with any candidate or political issue, or which otherwise tends to under- mine the public perception of the City as a politically neutral and impartial body, is prohibited. Use of City vehicles, facilities, equipment, or other resources while engaging in political activities is not permissable. This includes use of typewriters, duplicators and telephones. This restriction does not apply to municipal resources available to the public at large for use in connection with political activities, such as use of meeting rooms. (5) Candidacy for Office (a) Upon becoming a candidate for public office, an employee may request a leave of absence for the duration of such candidacy. 1 1 i 1 (b) If the candidacy of a City employee for public office involves time commitments that are inconsistent with the employee's regular municipal employment, so that the regularly assigned duties cannot be fulfilled, the em- ployee must request a leave of absence. (c) An employee shall be considered a candidate under this section upon filing for political office. (d) The City Manager riay grant such leave of absence if it is in the interests of the City and if the required duties of the employee can be satisfactorily reassigned. (6) Election or Appointment to Office (a) If an employee is elected or appointed to a position on the municipality's governing body, or any other office which is legally incompatible with municipal employment, the employee must resign municipal employment before assuming the responsibilities of the elective or appoint- ive office. (b) If an employee is elected to the Legislature or to another full-time public office, the employee shall be granted leave of absence, as provided by State law. (c) If an employee is elected or appointed to a part-time public office other than on the municipality's governing body, or any other office which is legally incompatible with municipal employment, and cannot simultaneously effectively discharge the responsibilities of full-time City employ- ment, the employee shall either (1) resign municipal em- ployment, or (2) request leave of absence to permit the employee to exercise the part-time public office. The City Manager may grant such leave of absence if it is in the interests of the City, and if the required duties of the employee can be satisfactorily reassigned. (7) Employees Covered by Hatch Act. Employees on programs receiving federal funding, who are covered by the Hatch Act, shall conform to requirements of federal law in addition to those specified in this section. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication. Attest: Attd40,40,1/ City Clerk Reviewed for administration: GY•0)1A.Akaler. ty Manager City A Adopted by City Council March 15, 1982. �G.4.Gc- r Mayor Approved as to form and legality: orney • • • • • SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST. LOUIS PARK SUN 924 Excelsior Avenue West Hopkins, Minnnesota State of Minnesota County of Hennepin D K MORTENSON, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and general manager of the newspaper know as 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 every 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 advertisement (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipalities 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 Hopkins 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 regula 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)I Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter and affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary 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 He further states on oath that the printed Ordinani'e No- 1546 hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed (Official Publication) ORDINANCE NO. 1848 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE; ST LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE RELATING TO POLITICAL ACTIVITY BY AMENDING SECTION 3-104 THE CiTY OF' ST LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN Section 1 TherSt Lours Park Ordinance Code Section 3-104 is hereby amended as follows Section 3-104 Political Activity (1) Purpose It is the purpose of this provision to preserve and promote efficiency and political neutrality in municipal employment and the conduct of municipal business while affording City employees the opportunity to participate in political activities not inconsistent with this goal (2) Permitted Activities Employees may register and vote in any election may make personal financial contributions to political organizations and may attend political conventions rallies fund raising functions and similar political gatherings Employees may hold membership in a political party and participate in its functions to the extent consistent with State and local haw As individuals employees may express opinions on political issues and candidates during off -work hours when not discharging City functions they may otherwise participate' in public affairs but only to the extent that such endeavors do not impair the neutral and efficient performance of official duties or create real pi—apparent conflicts of interest (3) Prohibited Activities Employees are piohibitcd from directly or indirectly during their hours of employment soliciting or receiving funds or at any time using their authority or official influence to compel any officer or employee in the classified service to apply for membership in or become a member or any organization or to pay or promise to pay any assessment subscription or contribution or to take part in any political activity Employees are prohibited from using their position of municipal employment (0 influence interfere with or affect an election campaign or the results of an election (4) Prohibited Misuse of City Property or Services Employees may not engage in politic al activity while on City time or while discharging City responsibilities nor may the% act in a manner which suggests that the City either supports a particular candidate or political issue or endorses the personal political opinions of the municipal employee Any act which tends to identify the City with any candidate or political issue or which otherwise tends to undermine the public perception of the City as a politically neutral and impartial body is prohibited Use of City %ehicles facilities equipment or other resources while engaging an political activities is not permissible This includes use of typewriters duplicators and telephones This restriction does not apply to municipal resources available to the public at large for use in connection with political activities such as use of meeting rooms (5) Candidacy for Office (a) Upon becoming a.candidate for public office, an employee may request .1 leave of ahsende for the duration of such candidacy (b) If the candidacy of the City employee for public office involves time commitments that are mconsisrent with the employee s regular munic- ipal employment so that the regularly assigned duties cannot be fulfilled the employee must request a leave of absence (c) An employee shall be considered a candidate under this section upon filing for political office (d) The City Manager` may grani such leave of absence if it is in the interests of the City and if the required duties of the employee can be satisfactorily reassigned (0) Election or Appointment to Office (a) If an employee's erected or appointed to a position on the municipal - it% s governmg`body or an/ other office which is legally incompatible with municipal' employment the employee must resign municipal employment before assuming the responsibilities of the elective or appointive office (h) If an employee is'elected to the Legislature or to another full-time public office the employee shall be granted leave of absence at pro%ided b% Stale law (c) If an emploveeis elected or appointed to a part time public office other than on the municipality s governing body or any other office which is Iegall% incompatible tvith municipal employment and cannot simulta neously effeclyvely discharge the responsibilities of full -lime City employment the employee shall either (1) resign municipal em- ployment or,(2) request leave of absence to permit the employee to exercise the (Hart -time public office The City Manager mac grant such Iea%e of .absence ail Is in the Interests of the City and if the required duties of the employee can be salisfactori(s reassigned (7) Employees Covered by Hatch Act Employees on programs receiving federal finding who are covered b% the Hutch Act shall conform to iequlreml nis of federal law in addition to those specified in this section Section 2 Thi' ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) da%s after publica- tion ^adopted by City Council March 15 1982 (s) PHYLLIS W MCQUAID Ma%or Attest (s' F%HI F' HANSON ( it% ( Ierk , 11`11`%l1(c % ' c d hir adnumsf ikon' tit 11t11FS 1 ! BIt111'�F.YF.-R and published therein in the English language, once each week, for ( it% 11an,igu y + - ' g�esuccesstve weeks, that it was first so published on Wed the 24 day of March 19 82 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 abcdefghij klmnopgrstuvwxyz • A 07401/6 • • Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24 MERIDEL M. HEDBLOM NOTARY PUBLIC -MINNESOTA HENNEPIN COUNTY My commission expires July 2, W86 day of March 19 82 4 Approved as to form and legalit% (s) WAYNE G POPHAM Citv Attorney (March 24 1982)-SI.P