HomeMy WebLinkAbout1855-91 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1991/05/20ORDINANCE NO. 1855-91
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE
ST. LOUIS PARK HOME RULE CHARTER AS LISTED BELOW
THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. On February 11, 1991, the St. Louis Park Charter Commission
unanimously recommended that the City Council enact the attached Charter
amendments by ordinance.
Section 2. The following sections of the St. Louis Park Home Rule
Charter are amended to read as attached:
2.05, Vacancies in the Council
2.06, The Mayor
4.06, Nomination by Petition
4.07, Nomination Petitions
5.01, The City Manager
5.02, Powers and Duties of the City Manager
5.04, Other Officers
6.05, Passage of the Budget
6.06, Enforcement of the Budget
6.07, Alterations in the Budget
6.15, Bonded Debt and Debt Limit
11.04, Damage Suits
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Other proposed changes correct certain irregularities in punctuation and
grammar.
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CONTENTS
Chapter Page
1. Name, Boundaries, Powers and Construction 1-3
2. Government 4-7
3. Procedure of Council 8-11
4. Nominations and Elections 12-15
5. Administration of City Affairs 16-18
6. Taxation and Finance 19-26
7. Public Improvements and Special Assessments 27-28
8. Eminent Domain 29
9. Franchises and Public Utilities 30-32
10. Public Ownership and Operations of Utilities 32
11. Miscellaneous Provisions 33-35
12. Code of Ethics 36-44
13. Index 45-57
14. Amendments 58
Adopted December 7, 1954
Effective January 7, 1955
Amended/Reprinted 1991
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 - Name, Boundaries, Powers and
Construction
Preamble
Name and Boundaries
Powers of the City
City to Succeed to Rights & Obligations of
Former Municipality
Application of General Laws
Charter a Public Act
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1.00
1.01
1.02
1.03
1.04
1.05
Chapter 2 - Government and Officers
Council - Manager plan 2.01
Boards 2.02
Elected Officers 2.03
Oath of Office 2.03(b)
Disqualification for Appointive Office 2.04
Vacancies in the Council 2.05
The Mayor 2.06
Compensation 2.07
Investigation of City Affairs 2.08
Interference with Administration 2.09
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Chapter 3 - Procedure of Council
Council Meetings
Secretary of Council
Rules of Procedure and Quorum
Ordinances, Resolutions and Motions
Procedure on Ordinances
Emergency Ordinances
Signing and Publication of Ordinances and
Publication of Minutes
When Ordinances and Resolutions Take Effect
Amendment and Repeal of Ordinances
Revision and Codification of Ordinances
3.01
3.02
3.03
3.04
3.05
3.06
3.07
3.08
3.09
3.10
Chapter 4 - Nominations and Elections
General Election Laws To Apply 4.01
Regular Municipal Elections 4.02
Primary Elections 4.03
Special Elections 4.04
Judges and Clerks of Election 4.05
Nominations by Petition 4.06
Nomination Petitions 4.07
Canvass of Elections and Taking of Office4.08
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Chapter 5 - Administration of City Affairs
The City Manager
Powers and Duties of the City Manager
Departments of Administration
Subordinate Officers
Oath of Office
Purchases and Contracts
Contracts - How Let
Further Purchase Regulations
Chapter 6 - Taxation and Finance
Section
5.01
5.02
5.03
5.04
5.04(b)
5.05
5.06
5.07
Council To Control Finances 6.01
Power of Taxation 6.02
Board of Equalization 6.03
Preparation of Annual Budget 6.04
Passage of the Budget 6.05
Enforcement of the Budget 6.06
Alterations in the Budget 6.07
Emergency Appropriation in Budget 6.08
Levy and Collection of Taxes 6.09
Tax Settlement with County 6.10
Disbursements - How Made 6.11
Funds to be Kept 6.12
Receipts To Go to City Treasurer 6.13
Accounts and Reports 6.14
Bonded Debt and Debt Limit 6.15
Form and Repayment of Bonds 6.16
Debt and Tax Anticipation Certificates 6.17
Bonds Outside the Debt Limit 6.18
Chapter 7 - Public Improvements and Special
Assessments
The City Plan 7.01
Enforcement of City Plan 7.02
Public Improvements and Special Assessments7.03
Local Improvements 7.04
Public Works - How Performed 7.05
Chapter 8 - Eminent Domain
Power to Acquire Property 8.01
Proceedings in Acquiring Property 8.02
Payment of Award 8.03
City May Abandon Proceedings 8.04
City May Acquire Entire Plant 8.05
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Chapter 9 - Franchises
Definition of Franchises 9.01
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Franchise Ordinances - 9.02
Cost of Publication of Franchise 9.03
Power of Regulation Reserved 9.04
Rates and Charges 9.05
Provisions of Franchises 9.06
Further Provisions of Franchises 9.07
Renewals or Extensions of Franchises 9.08
Public Hearings 9.09
Chapter 10 - Public Ownership and Operation
of Utilities
Construction, Acquisition and Operation of
Utilities 10.01
Rates and Finances 10.02
Purchase in Bulk 10.03
City To Pay for Services 10.04
Lease of Plant 10.05
Public Utility - How Sold 10.06
Chapter 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Official Bonds 11.01
Sales of Real Property 11.02
Vacation of Streets 11.03
Damage Suits 11.04
Recovery of Judgement for Damages 11.05
Civil Service Commissions 11.06
City Officers Not To Accept Favors or Contracts 11.07
Chapter 12 - Code of Ethics
Declaration of Policy 12.01
Definitions 12.02
Organization of Personal Campaign Committees12.03
Contributions 12.04
Use of Contributions 12.05
Campaign Reports 12.06
Records 12.07
Notice of Failure to File 12.08
Termination Report 12.09
Distribution 12.10
Penalty 12.11
Filing of Information 12.12
Family Interests 12.13
Exclusions 12.14
Time of Required Filing 12.15
Records 12.16
41 Penalty 12.17
Personal Financial Conflicts of Public
Officials 12.18
Financial Conflicts of Associates of Public
Officials; Contracts and Transactions
Voidable 12.19
Gifts and Favors 12.20
Use of City Equipment and Facilities 12.21
Distribution 12.22
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CHAPTER 1
Name, Boundaries, Powers and Construction
Section 1.00 Preamble Human freedom and human rights are
indivisible and the recognition of equality of all people is
indispensable in the administration of a just government.
Written documents which govern our nation and state clearly
proclaim the rights and responsibilities of the people in making
these freedoms possible. It is proper that cities do also, for
human rights denied to one are denied to all. We, the people
of St. Louis Park, therefore, do hereby declare that equality
of rights under the law shall not be abridged or denied by the
City of St. Louis Park on the basis of race, color, creed,
religion, national origin, gender, marital status, familial
status, age, or status with regard to public assistance or
disability. The following Charter is a declaration of the policy
of the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota.
Section 1.01. Name and Boundaries. upon the taking effect of
this Charter, the Village of St. Louis Park in the County of
Hennepin and State of Minnesota shall become a city under the
name of the City of St. Louis Park, and shall continue to be a
municipal corporation with boundaries the same as they now are
established or as they may hereafter be established.
Section 1.02. Powers of the City. The City of St. Louis Park:
shall have perpetual existence;
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sue and be sued;
use and alter its seal at pleasure;
enter into binding contracts;
may take byepurchase, condemnation, gift, devise, or otherwise,
and hold, lease, sell, and convey all such real and personal
property as its purposes may require, or the transaction of its
business may render convenient, within or without the limits of
the City;
may acquire, construct, own, lease, and operate public utilities
and render public service of every kind;
may grant franchises or licenses for the construction, operation
and maintenance of public utilities in, over, upon, and under the
streets and public places in the City, and shall have power to
fix and regulate the fares, tolls, or charges which may be
collected, the extensions which shall be made, and the services
which shall be rendered by any owner or operator of a public
utility franchise or license;
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may assess, levy, and collect taxes, for general or special
purposes, on all subjects or objects which the City may lawfully
tax;
may borrow money on the faith and credit of the City and issue
bonds or certificates of indebtedness. The indebtedness may be
secured by granting a security interest in public utilities or
other property owned by the City or any income generated
therefrom.
may appropriate the money of the City for all lawful purposes;
may provide for, construct, regulate, and maintain public works
and local improvements;
may levy and collect assessments against real property within the
City for local improvements and services;
may license and regulate persons, corporations, and associations
engaged in any occupation, trade or business;
may define, prohibit, abate, and suppress all things detrimental
to the health, morals, comfort, safety, convenience, and welfare
of the inhabitants of the City, and all nuisances and causes
thereof;
may regulate the construction, height, and materials used in all
buildings, and the maintenance and occupancy thereof;
may regulate and control the use of the streets and other public
places; may make and enforce local police, sanitary, and other
regulations;
may pass ordinances for maintaining and promoting the peace, good
government, and welfare of the City, and for the performance of
all the functions thereof;
shall have all the powers possessed by municipal corporations at
common law;
shall have, retain and may exercise all powers, functions,
rights, and privileges heretofore possessed by the Village of St.
Louis Park;
may exercise such powers beyond its corporate limits as may be
necessary for the effective exercise of any powers granted herein
as authorized by law;
and in addition thereto, the City of St. Louis Park shall have
and exercise all powers, functions, rights, and privileges
exercised by, or which are incidental to, or inherent in,
municipal corporations and are not denied to it by the
constitution or general laws of the State of Minnesota.
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The enumeration of powers herein shall not be construed to limit
or restrict the powers granted in general terms, no specific
power granted in this Charter be construed to limit or restrict
the powers granted in this section. In addition to the powers
herein and hereafter granted, the City of St. Louis Park shall
have power to deal with all matters of municipal concern and
have complete self-government in harmony with and subject to the
constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota.
Section 1.03. City to Succeed to Rights and Obligations of
Former Municipality. The City of St. Louis Park shall remain
vested with and continue to have, hold, and enjoy all property,
property rights, rights of action, and rights of every kind,
privileges, and immunities belonging to -or pertaining to the
Village of St. Louis Park, and shall be subject to all
liabilities which exist against said City on the effective date
of this Charter.
Section 1.04. Application of General Laws. All general
laws and statutes of the state applicable to all cities operating
under home rule charters, or applicable to cities of the same
class as the City of St. Louis Park and not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Charter, shall apply to the City of St.
Louis Park and shall be construed as supplementary to the
provisions of this Charter. The City shall have all powers and
authority granted by the laws of the state to municipalities to
acquire property or exercise authority or powers beyond its
corporate limits. All powers conferred by this section shall be
exercised in conformance with this Charter and such authority
and power shall not authorize the City to incur any bonded debt
in any other manner than authorized by this Charter.
Section 1.05. Charter a Public Act. This Charter shall be a
public act and need not be pleaded or proved in any case. It
shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after its adoption by
the voters (January 7, 1955).
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CHAPTER 2
Government and Officers
Section 2.01. Council -Manager Plan. The form of government
established by this Charter shall be known as the "Council -
Manager Plan." All discretionary powers of the City, both
legislative and executive, shall vest in and be exercised by the
City Council. It shall have complete control .over the City
administration, but shall exercise this control exclusively
through the City Manager and shall not itself attempt to perform
any administrative work.
'Section 2.02; Boards. The Council shall itself be, and
shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of all local
boards and commissions, except as herein otherwise provided. It
may, however, by ordinance create commissions with advisory
powers to investigate any subject of interest° to the
municipality.
Section 2.03 Elected Officers. The Council shall be
composed of a Mayor and six (6) Councilmembers who shall be
qualified voters. The Mayor shall be elected at -large for a
four-year (4) term. Two (2) Councilmembers shall be elected at
large for terms of four (4) years each. The At Large seats shall
be separate elective offices designated as At Large A and At
Large B.
A Councilmember shall be elected for a four-year (4)
term from each of the City's four (4) separate wards. The
Councilmember elected from a ward must be a resident of such
ward. Should that member cease to be a resident of such ward,
that member is disqualified from further service and there then
exists a vacancy in the office of Councilmember from said ward;
excepting that a change in ward boundaries during the term of
office shall not disqualify the member from serving out the term.
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The term of Mayor and of each Councilmember shall begin on
the first (1st) regularly scheduled meeting of the new year
following a regularly scheduled municipal election, as
specified in Section 4.02 of this Charter, and shall end when a
successor has been duly elected and has qualified but not before
the last day of the calendar year in which a municipal election
has been held. The Council shall be the judge of the election of
its members.
The City shall be divided into four (4) separate wards; the
boundaries of which shall be established from time to time by
ordinance adopted by the Council, based on findings of the
Council that the wards 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. If the Council shall fail to do so within two (2)
years after the official certification of the decennial census,
no further remuneration shall be paid to the Mayor or
Councilmembers until the wards of the City are redetermined as
required by this Charter.
Oath of office. Every officer of the City shall, before
entering upon the duties of this office, take and subscribe 'an
oath of office in substantially the following form: "I do
solemnly swear (or affirm) to support the Constitution of the
United States and of the State of Minnesota, and to discharge'
faithfully the duties devolving upon me as (Mayor or
Councilmember) of this City to the best of my judgment and
ability." _
Section 2.04. Disqualification for Appointive Office. No
member of the Council shall be appointed City Manager or Acting
City Manager, nor shall any member hold any other paid municipal
office or be employed by the City during the term as a member of
the Council. No former Councilmember shall be employed by the
City, appointed to any paid position of the City, or establish
any independent contractual arrangement with the City, other than
Mayor or Councilmember, for a period of one (1) year after
leaving office.
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Section 2.05. Vacancies in the Council. A vacancy in the
Council shall be deemed to exist if any person elected thereto
fails to qualify on or before the date of the second (2nd)
regular meeting of the new Council. A vacancy shall also be
deemed to exist due to the death, resignation, removal from
office, removal from the City, removal of a Ward Councilmember
from his/her ward, continuous absence from the City for more than
three (3) months, or conviction of a felony of any such person
whether before or after his/her qualification, or the failure of
any Councilmember without good cause to attend any Council
meeting for a period of three (3) consecutive months. In each
such case, the Council shall promptly by resolution declare a
vacancy of the remainder of the term and appoint an eligible
person to fill the vacancy unless the vacancy occurs within
ninety (90) days of the next regularly scheduled City or State
election. In the latter case, the Council shall appoint an
eligible person who shall serve until the following year's
regularly scheduled election. The term of the appointed person
shall extend to the first (1st) regularly scheduled Council
meeting of a new year following a regularly scheduled City or
State election. The Council shall call a special election
concurrently with the next regularly scheduled City or State
election for the purpose of electing an eligible person to fill
the remainder, if any, of the unexpired term created by a
vacancy.
Section 2.06. The Mayor. The Mayor shall be the presiding
officer of the Council, except that a Mayor Pro Tem shall be
chosen to hold office at the pleasure of the Council, who shall
act as Mayor in case of the Mayor's disability or absence from
the City. The Mayor shall vote as a member of the Council. The
Mayor shall exercise all powers and perform all duties conferred
or imposed upon the Mayor by this Charter, the ordinances of the
City and laws of the State. The Mayor shall be recognized as the
official head of the City for all ceremonial purposes, by the
courts for the purpose of serving civil process, and by the
governor for the purposes of martial law.
Section 2.07. Compensation. (a) The Council shall set and
may increase or decrease the salaries of the Mayor and
Councilmembers in a reasonable manner by ordinance; provided,
however, that no such ordinance shall be adopted increasing or
decreasing any such salary until a public hearing has been held
thereon after publication of a notice setting forth a summary of
the proposed ordinance and the time and place of the hearing in
the official newspaper at least one (1) week in advance of such
hearing. No such ordinance increasing or decreasing any such
salary shall become effective before the first (1st) day in
December following the next municipal election, or such later
date as is fixed in the ordinance. If within thirty (30) days
after approval of such ordinance increasing or decreasing any
such salary, a petition asking for a referendum on such ordinance
is signed by registered voters equal in number to fifteen percent
(15%) of those who voted at the last regular municipal election
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is filed with the City Clerk, such ordinance shall not go into
effect until it is first approved by a majority of those voting
thereon at a regular or special City election.
(b) When authorized by the Council, its members shall be
reimbursed for their reasonable expenses incurred in connection
with the City's business.
(c) The City Manager and all subordinate officers and
employees of the City shall receive such reasonable compensation
as may be fixed by the Council.
Section 2.08. Investigation of City Affairs. The Council
shall have power to make investigations into the City's affairs
including, but not limited to, neglect, dereliction of duty, or
waste on the part of any officer or department of the City, to
subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and compel the production
of books, papers, and other documentary evidence. The Council
may provide for an examination or audit of the accounts of any
officer or department of the City government, or it may direct
a survey or research study of any problem affecting the City or
its inhabitants at any time. Each such investigation shall be
authorized by resolution of the Council.
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 administrative personnel of the
City, other than the City Manager, either publicly or privately.
If this section is violated by any member of the City. Council,
such violation shall result in the public censure by the Council
of the offending party, and may, in addition, result in the
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imposition of a civil penalty, to be paid to the City -in an
amount equal to one (1) month's compensation payable by the City
to such member. The determination whether any violation of the
provisions of this section has occurred shall be made by the
Council upon its own inquiry and by a two-thirds (2/3)
majority of all of the Councilmembers except the Councilmember or
members being charged with the violation.
CHAPTER 3
Procedure of Council
Section 3.01. Council Meetings. On the first (1st)
regularly scheduled meeting of a new year following a municipal
election as specified in Sections 4.02 and 4.04 of this Charter,
the Council shall meet at the City Hall at the usual time for the
holding of Council meetings. At this time, the newly elected
members of the Council shall assume their duties. Thereafter the
Council shall meet at such times as may be prescribed by
resolution, except that it shall meet at a fixed time not less
than once a month. The Mayor or any three (3) members of the
Council may call special meetings of the Council upon at least
twelve (12) hours' notice to each member of the Council. Such
notice shall be delivered personally to each member or be left at
the member's usual place of residence with a person of suitable
age and discretion then residing therein, or written notice
thereof shall be left in a conspicuous place at the residence if
no such person be found there. The presence of any member of the
Council at a special meeting shall constitute a waiver of any
formal notice unless the Councilmember appears for the special
purpose of objecting to the holding of such meeting. The Council
may provide by ordinance a means by which a minority of
Councilmembers"may compel the attendance of absent members. All
meetings of the Council shall be public and any person shall have
access to the minutes and records thereof at all reasonable
times. The Mayor and each Councilmember shall have one vote.
Section 3.02. Secretary of Council. The Council shall choose a
secretary and such other officers and employees as may be
necessary to serve at its meetings. The secretary shall keep
minutes of proceedings and such other records and perform such
other duties as may be required by this Charter or by the
Council. The Council may designate any official or employee of
the City, except the City Manager or a member of the Council, to
act as secretary of the Council.
Section 3.03. Rules of Procedure and Quorum. The Council
shall determine its own rules and order of business, and shall
keep a record of its proceedings. A majority of all the Council
members shall consitute a quorum.
Section 3.04. Ordinances,
as otherwise provided in this
by ordinance. Every ordinance
in writing and read in full
however, that the reading of a
dispensed with by unanimous
present. All administrative
Resolutions and Motions. Except
Charter, all legislation shall be
and resolution shall be presented
at a Council meeting; provided,
resolution or an ordinance may be
consent of all Council members
business may be transacted by
ordinary motion. Upon the vote on ordinances, motions, and
resolutions the ayes and noes shall be recorded unless the vote
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is declared unanimous. A majority vote (four) of all of the
members of the Council shall be required for the passage of all
ordinances, motions, and resolutions except as otherwise provided
in this Charter, the ordinances of the City or the laws of the
State of Minnesota.
Section 3.05. Procedure on Ordinances. The enacting clause
of all ordinances passed by the Council shall be in the words,
"The City of St. Louis Park does ordain." Every ordinance other
than emergency ordinances shall have two (2) public readings in
full, except as provided in Section 3.04. At least seven (7)
days shall elapse between the first (1st) reading or waiver
thereof and second (2nd) reading or waiver thereof. All
legislation prescribing a penalty for violation thereof shall be
enacted in the form of ordinances.
Section 3.06. Emergency Ordinances. An emergency ordinance
is an ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health, morals, safety, or welfare in which the
emergency is defined and declared, and the ordinance is passed by
a vote of at least five (5) members of the Council. No
prosecution shall be based upon the provisions of any emergency
ordinance until twenty-four (24) hours after a copy of the
approved emergency ordinance has been filed with the City Clerk
and posted in three (3) conspicuous places in the City or until
twenty-four (24) hours after the ordinance has been published
unless the person or entity charged with violation thereof had
actual notice of the passage thereof prior to the act or omission
charged. Every emergency ordinance shall automatically stand
repealed on the sixty-first (61st) day following the date on
which it was adopted, but this shall not prevent reenactment of
the ordinance in the manner specified in this section if the
emergency still exists. No grant of any franchise shall ever be
made by an emergency ordinance.
Section 3.07. Signing and Publication of Ordinances and
Publication of Minutes, Resolutions, and Administrative Rules and
Regulations (a) Official Publications. The Council shall
regulate by ordinance, subject to the requirements of this
Charter, the manner in which official publicity shall be given to
the holding of elections, ordinances, resolutions, requests for
bids upon contemplated purchases and contracts, and all other
matters whatsoever which require publication either by the
provisions of this Charter or by the laws of Minnesota. It shall
annually designate a legal newspaper of general circulation in
the City as the official newspaper of the City. Such measures
and matters required to be published by the laws of this State
and this Charter and such other matters as the Council may deem
advisable and in the public interest shall be published in the
official newspaper. Additionally, the Council may, in its
discretion, mail copies of the annual budget, ordinances,
resolutions, election notices, and such other measures and
matters as it may deem appropriate or post copies upon bulletin
boards located in public places in the City in such number and
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for such period of time as the Council may direct in each case.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed as authorizing or
attempting to authorize any violation of the constitution or the
statutes of the State in any matter which is of state concern or
which is exclusively under State control.
(b) Every ordinance passed by the Council shall be signed
by the Mayor, or by any other member of the Council, the City
Manager, City Attorney and attested to by the City Clerk, and
filed and recorded by the City Clerk in a book kept for that
purpose. The ordinance book shall be preserved as a permanent
record of the City. Every ordinance shall be published at least
once in the official newspaper of the City. If the Council
determines that publication of the title and a summary of an
ordinance would clearly inform the public of the intent and
effect of the ordinance, the Council may direct that only the
title of the ordinance and a summary be published. Such a summary
shall contain a notice that a full printed copy of the ordinance
is available for inspection at the office of the City Clerk.
Prior to publication, the Council shall approve the text of the
summary and determine that it clearly informs the public of the
intent and effect of the ordinance. Publication of the title and
summary shall be deemed to fulfill all legal publication
requirements as completely as if the entire ordinance had been
published.
(c) All resolutions and motions adopted at each meeting of
the Council may, at the discretion of the Council, be published
in full or in part in the official newspaper of the City.
(d) Any administrative rule or regulation of any department
of the State of Minnesota affecting the City, any statute of the
State of Minnesota, any published code, specifications, or
regulation prepared by an official or unofficial organization for
general circulation and use may be adopted and incorporated in an
ordinance by reference thereto by marking three (3) copies
thereof "official copies" and filing them for reference and
inspection in the office of the City Clerk. The publication
requirements of this Charter shall be deemed to be fully
satisfied in such cases by use of this reference method.
Section 3.08. When Ordinances and Resolutions Take Effect.
Emergency ordinances adopted as provided in Section 3.06 of this
Charter, and ordinances making the annual tax levy, disbursing
money, determining the annual budget, and providing for local
improvements and assessments, shall take effect immediately upon
their passage. All other ordinances enacted by the Council shall
take effect fifteen (15) days after the date of their
publication, unless a later effective date is fixed therein. All
resolutions shall take effect upon their passage.
Section 3.09. Amendment and Repeal of Ordinances. No
ordinance, or subsection shall be amended or repealed except by
ordinance. Every ordinance repealing all or part of an ordinance
shall refer to the ordinance repealed by ordinance number, title,
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and date of passage. It shall specify the section or subsection
number or numbers affected. No ordinance or section thereof shall
be amended by reference to its- title alone. Each amending
ordinance shall set forth in full each section or subsection as
amended; provided, however, that this requirement shall not apply
to amendments to zoning ordinances.
Section 3.10. Revision and Codification of Ordinances. The
ordinances of the City shall be revised, rearranged, and
codified at intervals of not more than ten (10) years. Such
codification shall be published in book or continuously revised
loose-leaf form and copies shall be made available by the Council
at the office of the City Clerk for general distribution to the
public at a reasonable charge. Such publication shall be a
sufficient publication of all the ordinances contained therein.
Every book shall contain a printed certificate of the Mayor,
attested to by the City Clerk, that the publication is correct;
and such book so published shall be received in evidence in all
courts for the purpose of proving the ordinances therein
contained, the same as though the original ordinances were
produced in court.
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CHAPTER 4
Nominations and Elections
Section 4.01. General Election Laws to Apply. Except as
hereinafter provided, the general laws of the State of Minnesota
pertaining to registration of voters and the conduct of primary
and general elections shall apply for all municipal elections of
such officers as are specified in this Charter. The Council
shall, through ordinances adopted in compliance with such state
laws and this Charter, adopt suitable and necessary regulations
for the conduct of such elections.
Section 4.02. Regular Municipal Election. A regular
municipal election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1967, and on the same day every two
years thereafter, at such place or places as the City Council may
designate by resolution. The Council may divide the City into as
many voting precincts as it may from time to time deem necessary.
Each ward shall constitute at least one (1) voting precinct and
no precinct shall be in more than one ward. At least fifteen 15
days' notice shall be given by the City Clerk of the time and
places of holding such election, and of the officers to be
elected by posting a notice thereof in at least one (1) public
place in each voting precinct and by publishing a notice thereof
at least once in the official newspaper of the City. Failure to
give such notices shall not invalidate such election.
Section 4.03. Primary Elections. The Council shall,
whenever three (3) or more candidates have filed for any elective
City office, provide through ordinance or resolution for a
primary election to be held for each such office. The primary
election shall be held on a date eight (8) weeks prior to the
general City election. At least fifteen (15) days' notice shall
be given by the Clerk of the time and places of holding such
election, and of the officers to be elected by posting a notice
thereof in at least one (1) public place in each voting precinct
where a primary election will be held, and by publishing a
notice thereof at least once in the official newspaper of the
City. Failure to give such notice shall not invalidate such
election.
Section 4.04. Special Elections. The Council may by
resolution order a special election, fix the time, and provide
the means for holding such special election. Three (3) weeks'
published notice shall be given of any special election. The
procedure at such elections shall conform as nearly as possible
to that herein provided for other municipal elections.
Section 4.05. Judges of Election. The Council shall at
least twenty-five (25) days before each municipal election
appoint at least three (3) qualified voters to be judges of
election for each precinct.
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Section 4.06. Nomination by Petition. The nomination of
elective officers provided for by this Charter shall be by
petition. The name of any nominee shall be printed upon the
ballot whenever a petition meeting the requirements specified in
this Charter has been filed on the nominee's behalf with the
City Clerk. Such petition shall be signed by at least fifteen
(15) currently registered electors-qualified to vote for the
office specified in the petition. No elector shall sign
petitions for more candidates than the number of places to be
filled at the election, and should the elector do so that
signature shall be void as to the petition or petitions last
filed. A11 nomination petitions shall be filed with the City
Clerk at least one hundred twenty (120) days before the general
city election. The Clerk shall prepare the ballots with names of
the candidates for an office in a manner. provided by ordinance.
Each petition, when presented, must be accompanied by a twenty
dollar ($20) filing fee.
Section 4.07. Nomination Petitions. The signatures to the
nomination petition need not be contained on one (1) paper. Each
paper shall include an affidavit of its circulator stating the
number of signatory and affirming that each
signature was written in the circulato`r's presence and is the
signature of the person who signed it. The residence address
of each signer shall be affixed to the petition. The nominee
shall indicate acceptance of the office, if elected, by an
endorsement on the petition. The form of the nomination petition
shall be substantially as follows:
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NOMINATION PETITION
We, the undersigned, electors of the City of St. Louis Park,
nominate , whose residence is
, for the office of
to be voted for at the election to
be held on the day of ; and we
individually certify that we are qualified electors and that we
have not signed more nomination petitions of candidates for this
office than there are persons to be elected.
Name Street and Number
being duly sworn, deposes and says that the undersigned
circulated the foregoing petition and that the signatures
were made in the circulator's presence and are the
signatures of the persons who signed them.
Signed
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
day of
Notary Public for Hennepin
County, Minnesota
This petition, if found insufficient by the City Clerk, shall be
returned to at Number
Street.
I hereby indicate my willingness to accept the office of
if duly elected.
Nominee:
Section 4.08. Canvass of Elections and Taking of Office.
The Council shall meet and canvass the election returns within
seven (7) days after any regular or special elections, declare
the results as soon as possible, and file a statement thereof
with the City Clerk. Said statement shall be made part of the
minutes and shall include:
(a) the total number of good ballots cast;
(b) the total number of spoiled or defective ballots;
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(c) the vote for each candidate with a declaration of those
who were elected;
(d)
(e)
(f)
a true copy of the ballots used;
the names of the judges and clerks of election;
such other information as may seem pertinent.
The City Clerk shall notify all persons elected of the fact
of their election, and the persons elected shall qualify to take
office at the time provided for by Section 3.01, by taking,
subscribing, and filing the required oath of office with the
City Clerk.
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CHAPTER 5
Administration of City Affairs
Section 5.01. The City Manager. The City Manager is the
chief administrative officer of the City. The Manager shall be
chosen by the Council solely on the basis of training,
experience, and administrative qualifications. The choice shall
not be limited to inhabitants of the City or State. The City
Manager shall be appointed for an indefinite period and may be
discharged by the Council at will. A City Manager who has been
discharged after one (1) year of service shall have the right to
appear at a regular Council meeting to discuss the discharge by
filing a request with the City Clerk within thirty (30) days
after the discharge and that the discharge be placed on a Council
agenda. Such appearance shall take place within thirty (30) days
after the request is filed. The Council may suspend the City
Manager from office, with or without pay. During the suspension,
absence or disability of the City Manager, the duties' of this
office shall be performed by some properly qualified person
designated by the Council as Acting City Manager.
Section 5.02. Powers and Duties of the City Manager.
Subject to the provisions of this Charter and any regulations
which may be adopted by the Council, the City Manager shall
control and direct the administration of the City's affairs. The
powers and duties of the City Manager shall be:
(a) To enforce this Charter and the laws, ordinances, and
resolutions of the City;
(b) To appoint with the consemt of the Council all
department heads and other officers of the City listed in Section
5.04(a) of the City Charter, and to appoint and remove for cause
all permanent employees.
(c) To remove for cause, with the consent and approval of
the Council, all department heads and other officers specified in
Section 5.04(a);
(d) To exercise control over all departments and divisions
of the City administration created by this Charter or which may
be hereafter created by the Council;
(e) To attend meetings of the Council, with the right to
take part in the discussions but having no vote. The Council may,
however,- at its discretion, exclude the City Manager from
meetings at which removal of the City Manager is considered;
(f) To recommend such measures to the Council for adoption
as may be deemed necessary for the welfare of the people and the
efficient administration of the City's affairs;
(g) To keep the Council fully advised of the financial
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condition and the needs of the City, and to prepare and to submit
the annual budget to the Council;
(h) To perform such other duties prescribed by State law
and this Charter or required of the City Manager by ordinances or
resolutions adopted by the Council.
Section 5.03. Departments of Administration. The Council
may create such offices, departments, divisions, and bureaus for
the administration of the City's affairs as may seem necessary,
and alter the powers and organization of the same from time to
time. It may enact an administrative code for the City by
ordinance and may amend that code from time to time.
Section 5.04 Other Officers.
(a) There shall be a City Clerk, City Treasurer, and such
other officers accountable to the City Manager as the Council
may designate by ordinance. The City Clerk may be designated to
act as secretary to the Council. The City Attorney shall be
appointed by the Council. -The Council may by ordinance abolish
offices which have been created by ordinance and it may combine
the duties of various offices as it may see fit.
(b) Oath of Office. Officers of the City shall, before_
entering upon the duties of their offices, take and sign a
written oath of office in substantially the following form: "I
do solemnly swear (or affirm) to support the Constitution of the
United States and of the State of Minnesota, and to discharge
faithfully the duties devolving upon me as (City Manager, etc.)
of this City to the best of my judgment and ability."
Section 5.05. Purchases and Contracts. The City Manager
shall be the chief purchasing agent of the City. All purchases
on behalf of the City shall be made, and all contracts let, by
the City Manager, provided that the approval of the Council must
be given whenever the amount of such purchase or contract exceeds
$15,000. _A11 contracts, bonds, and instruments of every kind to
which the City shall be a party shall be executed in the name of
the City and signed by the Mayor and the City Manager.
Section 5.06. Contracts - How Let. In all cases of
contracts for the purchase of merchandise, materials, equipment,
or for any kind of construction work undertaken by the City,
which require an expenditure of more than $15,000 unless the
Council shall by an emergency ordinance otherwise provide, the
City Manager shall advertise for bids by at least one (1) week's
published notice in the official newspaper. Contracts and
purchases in excess of $15,000 shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder as determined by the Council. The Council
may, however, reject any and all bids. Nothing contained in this
section shall prevent the Council from contracting for work with
patented processes or from the purchasing of patented
appliances. All public improvements which require that the City
issue bonds to secure funds to pay the costs of construction of
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the improvements shall be ordered and approved in the manner
provided in Chapter 7 of this Charter.
Section 5.07. Further Purchase Regulations. Further
regulations for the making of bids and the letting of contracts
may be made by ordinance.
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CHAPTER 6
Taxation and Finance
Section 6.01. Council to Control Finances. The Council shall
have authority over the financial affairs of the City, and shall
provide for the collection of all revenue and other assets, the
auditing and settlement of accounts, and the safekeeping and
disbursement of public funds. In the exercise of sound
discretion, it shall make provision for the payment of all
liabilities and expenses. The Council shall establish the fiscal
year for the City.
Section 6.02. Power of Taxation. The City shall have, in
addition to the powers expressly granted or implied by this
Charter, all the powers to raise money by taxation granted by the
applicable laws of the State.
Section 6.03. Board of Equalization. The Council shall
constitute and meet as a Board of Equalization on the third
(3rd) Monday in April of each year to equalize the assessed
valuations according to law. A majority of the members may act
at such meeting and recess from day to day until they complete
their statutory duties. The annual session of the Board of
Equalization shall not exceed twenty (20) consecutive calendar
days. A published notice of such meeting shall be given in the
official newspaper of the City at least ten (10) days prior to
the day of said meeting. That notice shall specify the time and
place of the meeting.
Section 6.04. Preparation of Annual Budget. The City
Manager shall prepare an annual budget which shall include any
estimated deficit for the current year. The estimates of
expenditures shall be submitted by each department to the City
Manager. Each estimate shall be divided into categories as
required by the Council and the City Manager.
The budget submitted by the City Manager shall include
details of revenues and expenses for the preceding two (2) years,
the current year, and the budget year with appropriate
explanations and shall be submitted to the Council no later than
the first (1st) regular monthly meeting in September.
Section 6.05. Passage of the Budget. The budget shall be
considered at regular monthly meetings of the City Council until
all of the material presented in the budget has been considered.
The meetings shall be conducted upon such matters, at such time
and places, as shall be necessary to give interested citizens a
reasonable opportunity to ask questions and to be heard. The
budget shall be available for public inspection at reasonable
times prior to its adoption at such place or places the City
Manager shall designate. The City Manager shall explain the
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various items therein as fully as may be deemed necessary by the
Council. The annual budget finally agreed upon shall set forth in
such detail as may be determined by the City Council the complete
financial plan of the City for the ensuing fiscal year. It shall
indicate the sums to be raised, the sources of revenue, the sums
to be spent, and the purpose of each expenditure. The total sum
appropriated shall not exceed the total estimated revenue. The
Council shall adopt the budget by ordinance.
Section 6.06. Enforcement of the Budget. It shall be the
duty of the City Manager to enforce the provisions of the budget.
Any obligation incurred by any City employee for any purpose not
authorized in the budget or for any amount in excess of the
amount therein authorized shall be the personal obligation of
that employee.
Section 6.07. Alterations in the Budget. After the budget
has been adopted, the Council shall not have the power to
increase the amounts therein fixed whether by the insertion of
new items or otherwise in any amount in excess of the estimated
revenues, unless the actual receipts exceed such estimates and in
that event not in any amount in excess of such actual receipts.
The Council may at any time, by ordinance passed by a vote of at
least five (5) members of the Council, reduce salaries or reduce
the sums appropriated for any purpose by the budget, or may by a
vote of at least five (5) members of the Council authorize the
transfer of funds from unexpended accounts of the budget for
other purposes.
Section 6.08. Emergency Appropriation in Budget. The
Council shall have power to establish an emergency appropriation
as a part of the budget, which shall not exceed ten (10) percent
of the total budget. Transfers from the emergency appropriation
to any other appropriation shall be made only by a vote of at
least five (5) members of the Council. The funds transferred to
any departments or divisions of the City shall be used only
for the purposes designated by the Council.
Section 6.09. Levy and Collection of Taxes. Each year the
Council shall levy the taxes necessary to meet the requirements
of the budget for the ensuing fiscal year in the manner
prescribed by State law. The Director of Finance shall transmit
a statement of the taxes levied to the County Auditor annually.
Such taxes shall be collected and their payment shall be enforced
at the time and in the same manner as State and County taxes.
No tax shall be invalid because of any informality in the manner
of levying the same, nor because the amount levied exceeds the
amount required to be raised for the purpose for which it was
levied. Any surplus shall go into a suspense fund, and shall be
used to reduce the levy for the ensuing year.
Section 6.10. Tax Settlement with County. The Director of
Finance shall ensure that all monies in the County Treasury
belonging to the City are promptly turned over to the City
according to law.
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, Section 6.11. Disbursements - How Made. Disbursements shall
be made only upon the order of the City Manager after City
Council approval. Every such order shall -specify the purpose for
which the disbursement is made, and indicate the fund from which
it is to be paid. No claim against the City shall be allowed
unless accompanied by either an itemized bill, a payroll, or a
time sheet, each of which shall be approved and signed by the
responsible City officer who vouches for its correctness and
reasonableness. -The Council, may by ordinance, make additional
regulations for the safekeeping and disbursement of the City's
funds. The Council may, by resolution or motion, waive Council
approval of salaries and wages of regular employees and fixed
charges which have been previously authorized. -
Section 6.12. Funds to be Kept. The following funds
shall be maintained:
(a) A general fund for the payment of expenses of the City.
All money not provided to be paid into any other fund by the
Charter or by statute shall be paid into the General Fund.
(b) A debt service fund. All receipts from taxes or other
sources for the payment of principal and interest of all
obligations issued by the City except bonds issued to fund any
local improvement to be financed wholly or partly by special
assessments and bonds issued on account of any municipally owned
utility shall be paid into the debt service fund. The principal
and interest due on such obligations shall be paid out of this
fund. Any surplus in such fund not needed immediately for debt
service may be invested under the direction of the Council ,in
such securities authorized by law for the investment of such
funds. Such investments may be liquidated at any time.
(c) A capital project fund. The proceeds of all bonds
issued by the City, except bonds issued on account of any local
improvement to be financed wholly or partly by special
assessments and bonds issued on account of any municipally owned
utility, shall be paid into the capital project fund: A separate
bond account shall be kept for each issue of such bonds.
(d) A special assessment fund. This fund shall be used to
finance local improvements, the costs of which are to be
recovered in whole or in part, from special assessments against
benefitted property.
(1) There shall be paid into this fund:
a. collections of special assessments, with interest,
levied against benefitted property;
b. proceeds of bonds or certificates of indebtedness
sold by- the City in anticipation of assessment
collections, and the proceeds of inter -fund loans;
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c. amounts from other City funds representing either
(i) apportionments of costs against the City at
large, (ii) benefit assessments against City
property, or (iii) appropriations to maintain the
integrity of the fund.
(2) There shall be paid out of this fund:
a. all expenses and costs of the improvement projects
that are financed through the fund;
b. the redemption of all special assessment fund
bonds and certificates of indebtedness, with
interest, at or before maturity; and any inter -
fund loans;
c. abatements of assessments and
in errors; and
d. transfers to the general fund
surplus of the fund.
refunds or receipts
of any unencumbered
(3) The Council shall maintain the integrity of this
fund by appropriations from other funds if necessary
and, in addition, may by ordinance create and
maintain a cash reserve sufficient for working
capital. The Council may, by a majority vote,
issue and sell bonds and certificates of
indebtedness, pledging the full faith and credit of
the City, or pledging only special assessments, in
such amounts and maturities as it may determine,
regardless of the provisions of Section 6.16 of
this Chapter; provided that the aggregate amount of
such bonds and certificates outstanding at any time
shall not exceed the sum of the following:
a. all assessments levied and uncollected;
b. assessable cost of work in progress; and
c. the cash reserve for working capital as
previously determined by ordinance.
(e) The special assessment fund shall be administered on a
self-sustaining basis. The cost of each improvement project
financed through it shall, upon completion, be certified by the
City Manager and recovered either from assessments levied against
benefitted property or from other City funds. Amounts charged
against other City funds shall be due not later than the date of
adoption of the corresponding assessment rolls, shall be charged
interest as in the case of assessments, and shall be paid into
the fund with any interest due no later than one (1) year after
the due dates.
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(f) A public utility fund. All money derived from the sale
of bonds issued on account of any utility services, and from the
sale of any property acquired fororused in connection with any
such utility shall be paid into the public utility fund. The
costs of the purchase, construction, operation, maintenance, and
repair of such utility, and the principal of and interest upon
obligations which have been or shall be issued on its account
shall be paid out of this fund. Separate accounts shall be kept
for all utilities which are operated by the City.
In addition the Council may maintain the following funds:
(g) A working capital or revolving fund for financing
self-sustaining activities not accounted for through
other funds.
(h) A trust and agency fund for the care and disbursement
of money received and held by the City as trustee or custodian or
in the capacity of an agent for individuals or other governmental
units.
(i) Such other funds as may be required by statute or
ordinance.
In lieu of establishing any of the funds (g), (h), and (i),
the Council may provide for the recording of operations or
activities for which the use of such funds might be suitable
through the maintenance of separate accounts in any appropriate
fund already established. The Council shall have the power to
make such inter -fund loans, except from funds held under
subsection (h) hereof, as it may deem necessary and appropriate
from time to time by adoption of an ordinance for that purpose.
Section 6.13. Receipts to go to City Treasurer. All money
belonging to the City or any agency thereof shall be paid to the
City Treasurer, by the person authorized to receive it. All money
received by the City Treasurer shall be deposited as soon as
possible in a bank or banks or other depositories designated by
the City Council.
Section 6.14. Accounts and Reports. The City Manager shall
be the chief accounting officer of the City and of every agency
thereof, and the Council may prescribe and enforce proper
accounting methods, forms, blanks, and other devices consistent
with law, this Charter, and the City ordinances. The City
Manager shall submit a statement to the Council each month
showing the amount of money in the custody of the City Treasurer,
the status of all funds, the amount spent or chargeable against
each of the annual budget allowances and the balances left in
each, and such other information relative to the finances of the
City as the Council may require. The Council may at any time and
shall annually provide for an audit of the City finances by a
certified public accountant or by the Department of the State
authorized to make examinations of the affairs of municipalities.
On or before the first (1st) day of June, in each year, the City
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Manager shall prepare a complete financial report in form
approved by the Council of the City's financial operations for
the preceding calendar year. That report may be published in such
manner as the Council may direct and a summary thereof shall be
published in the official newspaper on or before June ten (10) of
each year.
Section 6.15. Bonded Debt and Debt Limit. (a) In
addition to the power to borrow and issue bonds and other
securities for the payment of money specifically or impliedly
granted by this Charter, the City shall have the powers
granted to cities of its same class by the laws of the State of
Minnesota. The City shall have the power to issue and sell its
bonds to the State of Minnesota and to comply with all provisions
of law relative to loans to municipalities from the permanent
State funds. The City shall also have such powers as are
necessary to obtain loans or funds from the Government of the
United States and any of its instrumentalities or from the State
of Minnesota or any of its instrumentalities, and to comply with
all provisions of law applicable to obtaining such loans or
funds.
(b) The Council, by a vote of at least six (6) of its
members, may authorize a bond issue to provide funds for any
public purpose not prohibited by law or may, in its discretion,
by a majority vote of all of its members, submit the question
whether to issue such bonds to the voters. When such a
question is submitted to the voters, no bonds or other term
obligations of the City may be issued except upon the favorable
vote of a majority of those voters who vote on their issuance.
Bonds may include special limitations to provide for their
payment out of earnings from the activity financed by the bond
,proceeds, may restrict payments partially from such earnings and
make the remaining amounts due payable out of tax funds. Such
limitations may be created by notice given during the proceedings
authorizing the issuance of the bonds by the terms of the bonds
or by separate agreement with the purchasers of the bonds. To
the extent that they are payable out of earnings or from sources
other than tax funds, such bonds shall not be paid out of taxes.
The total bonded debt of the City at the time any bonds are
issued shall not exceed the limit authorized by State law for
cities of the same class.
Section 6.16. Form and Repayment of Bonds. No bonds shall
be issued to run for longer than the reasonable life expectancy
of the property or improvement for which the bonds are
authorized, as ascertained and set forth in the resolution
authorizing such bonds, and in no case shall bonds be issued to
run for more than thirty (30) years. The purposes for which
bonds are authorized shall be set forth in the resolution
authorizing them, and the proceeds from such bonds shall not be
diverted to any other purpose. It shall be the duty of the City
Manager to include estimates in each year's budget of the sums
necessary to pay the interest on any bonds which are payable in
the coming fiscal year, and the principal remaining due on any
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bonds which mature in that year. It shall be the duty of the
Council, enforceable by mandamus upon the suit of any bondholder
or taxpayer, to include such sum or sums as may be necessary for
this purpose in the approved annual budget.
Section 6.17. Debt and Tax Anticipation Certificates.
(a) If, in any year, the receipts, from taxes or other
sources should become insufficient for the ordinary expenses of
the City, as provided in the budget, or if any calamity or other
public emergency should subject the City to the necessity of
making extraordinary expenditures, the Council may authorize the
sale of emergency debt certificates to bear interest at not
more than the rate established by State law and for terms not to
exceed eighteen (18) months. A tax sufficient to redeem all
such certificates at maturity shall be levied as part of the
budget for the following year. The authorization for an issue of
such emergency debt certificates shall be by ordinance approved
by at least five (5) of the members of the Council; the ordinance
may, if necessary, be passed as an emergency ordinance.
(b) For the purpose of providing money necessary to meet
authorized expenditures, the Council may issue certificates of
indebtedness in any year prior to the receipt of taxes payable in
such year. Such certificates shall be repaid out of such taxes
before the end of such year on such terms and conditions as the
Council may determine, and shall bear interest at a rate not to
exceed that established by State law. Such certificates
outstanding at any one time shall not exceed forty (40) percent
of the tax levy payable in the current year to the fund which
benefitted from the borrowing.
Section 6.18. Bonds Outside the Debt Limit. The Council
may issue bonds for lawful purposes outside of the debt limit
without limitation on their amount:
(a) for the creation and maintenance of a permanent
improvement revolving fund,
(b) for extending, enlarging, or improving revenue-
producing public utilities of whatever nature, owned
and operated by the City, or of acquiring property
needed in connection therewith,
(c) for public improvements payable from special
assessments.
The Council may also purchase equipment on conditional sale
contracts, provided that the installment payments do not extend
beyond the estimated useful life of the equipment so purchased.
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CHAPTER 7 -
Public Improvements and Special Assessments
Section 7.01. The City Plan. The City Council shall, with
the assistance of the City Manager and an advisory City Planning
Commission, prepare and adopt a comprehensive City plan for the
future physical development of the City. Such plan may be
altered from time to time. It may include provisions for zoning,
for the platting and development of new areas, for the planning
and location of public works of art, public buildings, parks,
playgrounds, bridges, transportation lines, and other public
facilities, and for the laying out, grading and improving of
streets and public places, as well as for all other matters which
may seem essential to such a plan.
Section 7.02. Enforcement of City Plan. The Council shall
have power, acting through the City Manager, to enforce
adherence to the plan and to adopt and enforce a comprehensive
zoning ordinance. The Council shall have power to pass
ordinances to regulate the use of private property, such as but
not limited to: the height of buildings, the proportion of the
area of any lot which may be built upon, building lines, and
proper and adequate provisions for parking. Such power shall be
exercised to promote public health, safety, morals, welfare, and
convenience.
Section 7.03. Public Improvements and Special Assessments.
The City shall have the power to make any and every type of
public improvement not forbidden by the laws of this State and to
levy special assessments to pay for all such improvements as are
of a local character. The amounts assessed to benefitted
property to pay for such local improvements may equal the cost of
the improvements, including all costs and expenses connected
therewith, with interest, until paid, but shall not exceed the
benefits to the property.
Section 7.04. Local Improvements. The Council may prepare
and adopt an ordinance, prescribing the procedure which shall be
followed in making all local improvements and levying
assessments. Such ordinance, when adopted, shall supercede all
other municipal provisions of the law on the same subject and may
be amended only by an affirmative vote of at least five (5)
members of the Council. Until the adoption of such an ordinance,
and in absence of such ordinance, all local improvements may be
made and assessments levied as prescribed by applicable law.
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Section 7.05. �- Public `Works - How Performed. ;Public works,
including_" all' local', improvements, ,may be constructed, :extended,; -
repaired, , and maintained ., either;=, -directly - by, day labor or by
_ Contract .= `The' City. shall_- require, contractors; to give • _b_onds' - for =
�the� ; ,protect`ion= of= :the �City and ai`l=;persons� ,furnishings labor and
materials -.pursuant; to, -the; statutes -Of the State : ; ,- _ ;-= - • -
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CHAPTER 8
Eminent Domain
Section 8.01. Power to Acquire Property. The City of St.
Louis Park is hereby empowered to acquire, by purchase, gift,
devise, or condemnation, any property, corporeal or incorporeal,
either within or without its corporate boundaries, which may be
needed by the City for any public use or purpose. Easements for
any public purpose may be acquired by gift, devise, purchase, or
condemnation in the manner provided by law.
Section 8.02. Proceedings in Acquiring Property. The
necessity for the taking of property by the City shall be
determined by the Council and shall be declared by a resolution
which shall describe such property and state the use to which it
is to be devoted. In the acquisition of property by the exercise
of the right of eminent domain, the City shall proceed according
to applicable law.
Section 8.03. Payment of Award. Whenever an award of
damages shall be confirmed in any proceeding for the taking of
property under this Charter, or whenever the court shall render
final judgment in any appeal from any such award, and the time
for abandoning such proceedings by the City shall have expired,
the City shall be bound to, and shall, within sixty (60) days of
such final determination, pay the amount of the award or judgment
of the court, as the case mar -be, -and -,--if not so- -paid, judgment
therefore may be had against the City.
Section 8.04. City May Abandon Proceedings. The City may,
by resolution of the Council at any stage of the condemnation
proceedings, or at any time within thirty (30) days after final
determination thereof, abandon such proceedings as to all or any
parcel of the property sought to be acquired and shall pay all
reasonable costs and expenses thereof, including fees of counsel.
Section 8.05. City May Acquire Entire Plant. In case the
City shall condemn a public utility which is operated at the time
of the commencement of the condemnation proceedings as one
property or one system, it shall not be necessary in such
condemnation proceedings, or any of the proceedings of the
Council, to describe or treat separately the different kinds of
property composing such system, but all of the property, lands,
articles, franchises, and rights which enter into and go to make
up such system may, unless otherwise ordered by the court, be
treated together as constituting one property, and an award for
the whole property in one lump sum may be made by the
commissioners or other body assessing the damages in
condemnation. This shall not prevent the City from acquiring only
such part or parts thereof as may be necessary in the public
interest in cases where the plant and property are separable into
distinct parts.
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Chapter 9
Franchises
Section 9.01. Definition of Franchises. The word
"franchise" as used in this Charter shall be construed to include
all privileges granted to any person, firm, association or
corporation in, over, upon or under any of the highways or public
places of the -City, whether such privileges have been or shall
hereafter be granted either by the City or by the State of
Minnesota.
Section 9.02. Franchise Ordinances. The Council may grant
franchises by ordinance adopted by an affirmative vote of at
least five (5) members of the Council, but in no case shall a
franchise be granted by an emergency ordinance, nor within twenty
(20) days or later than sixty (60) days after a public hearing
has been held as provided in Section 9.09. Franchise rights
shall always be subject to the superior right of the public to
the use of streets and public places. All corporations, co-
partnerships, persons, or other entities desiring to make an
especially burdensome use of the streets or public places,
inconsistent with the public's right in such places, or desiring
the privilege of placing any permanent or semi-permanent fixtures
in, over, upon or under any street or public place for the
purpose of constructing or operating street or other railways, or
for telephoning or telegraphing or transmitting electricity, or
transporting by pneumatic tubes, or for furnishing to the City or
its inhabitants or any portion thereof transportation facilities,
water, light, heat, power, or any other public utility, or for
any other purpose, shall be required to obtain a franchise before
proceeding to put such fixtures in place. Every ordinance
granting or extending any franchise shall contain all the terms
and conditions of the franchise. A franchise shall not be valid
until it has been unconditionally accepted in all its terms,
properly executed by the grantee, filed with the City Clerk,
and approved by all other governmental agencies whose approval is
required by applicable laws.
Section 9.03. Cost of Publication of Franchise. The
grantee shall bear the cost of publication of the franchise
ordinances and shall make a deposit with the City Clerk in a
sufficient amount to guarantee the publication before the
ordinance is passed.
Section 9.04. Power of Regulation Reserved. The City shall
have the right and power to regulate and control the exercise by
any corporation, co- partnership, person or other entity, of any
franchise, however and whenever acquired.
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section 9.05. Rates and Charges. Every franchise making
use of the streets or public places within the City shall give
courteous, efficient, and adequate service at reasonable rates. A
reasonable rate shall be construed to be one which will, with
efficient management, normally yield a fair return on all
property used and useful in furnishing service to the City and
its inhabitants. This shall not be construed as a guaranty of a
return and, in no case, shall there be any return upon the
value of the franchise. Within these limits, the determination
of maximum rates, fares, or charges to be charged by a franchisee
for service rendered to the City or to any person, persons, firm,
or corporation within the City shall be made, if possible, by
direct negotiations between the franchisee and the City. In case
of failure to reach an agreement by this method, within a
reasonable time, the City may, in its discretion, agree to submit
to arbitration ,mediation, or other dispute resolution on such
terms as it may deem feasible or upon such terms as the franchise
provides; provided, however, that the rates, fares, or charges so
fixed by arbitration shall not be binding on the City for more
than five (5) years.
Section 9.06. Provisions of Franchises.
(a) Every franchise shall contain, among
provisions relating to the following:
(1) The term of the franchise granted,
exceed twenty-five (25) years.
other things,
which shall not
(2) Rates, fares, and charges to be charged by the
franchisee in compliance with the terms and provisions
of Section 9.05.
(3) The rights reserved to the City in connection with
the erection of poles, masts, or other fixtures in the
streets or public places and the attachment of wires
thereto, the laying of tracks in or of pipes or
conduits under the streets or public places, and the
placing in the streets or other public places of any
permanent or semi-permanent fixtures or equipment by
the franchisee.
(4) The prompt repair by the franchisee of all damages
to the public streets, alleys, and public property
occasioned by the acts or omissions of the franchisee.
(5) The rights of the City to have access to all
books, records, and papers of the franchisee which in
any way deal with, affect, or record its operations
within and pertaining to the City.
(b) Every franchise may contain, among other things,
provisions relating to the following:
(1) The power and right of the City to submit to
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arbitration the fixing of any rates, fares, or charges
to be made by the franchisee.
(2) The right of the franchisee to receive
compensation for its franchise or the value thereof, if
any, upon condemnation proceedings brought by the City
to acquire the assets of the franchisee.
Section 9.07. Further Provisions of Franchises. The
enumeration and specification of particular matters which must be
provided for in every franchise, renewal, or extension thereof
shall not be construed to impair the right of the City to provide
in any franchise, renewal, extension, or such other
conditions and restrictions as the Council may deem proper to
protect the City's interests, nor shall anything contained in
this Charter limit any right or power possessed by the City over
existing franchises.
Section 9.08. Renewals or Extensions of Franchises. Every
extension, renewal, or modification of any existing franchise or
of any franchise granted hereunder shall be subject to the same
limitations and shall be granted in the same manner as a new
franchise.
Section 9.09. Public Hearings. Before any franchise
ordinance is adopted or any rates, fares, or charges to be
charged by a public utility are fixed, a public hearing shall be
held by the Council. Notice of such public hearing shall be
published at least once in the official newspaper not less than
twenty (20) days prior to the date of the public hearing.
Additional notice of such public hearing may be given in such
manner as the Council shall determine.
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CHAPTER 10
Public Ownership and Operation of Utilities
Section 10.01. Construction, Acquisition, and Operation of
Utilities. The City shall have power to acquire public utilities
as provided in Chapter 8 of this Charter and to build and
construct such utilities as may be authorized by at least sixty
(60) percent of the votes cast on the issue at a regular or
special election.
Section 10.02. Rates and Finances. Upon recommendations of
the City Manager, or upon its own motion, the Council shall have
the power to -fix all rates and charges for all utilities owned by
the City, but such rates and charges shall be just and
reasonable. The Council may prescribe the time and manner in
which payments for all such services shall be made, make such
other regulations as may be necessary, and prescribe penalties
for violations of such regulations.
Section 10.03. Purchase in Bulk. The Council may, in lieu
of providing for the local production of gas, electricity, water,
and other utilities, purchase them in bulk and resell them to
local consumers at such reasonable rates it may fix.
Section 10.04. City to Pay for Services. The Council shall
make a reasonable charge, based on the cost of service, for
lighting the streets and public buildings, _for supplying heat,
water, power or any other utility. Such charges for light,
heat, power, water, and other services shall be collected in the
same manner as from other consumers, unless the Council provides
some other plan.
Section 10.05. Lease of Plant. The Council may, if the
public interests will be served, contract with any responsible
person, co -partnership, or corporation for the operation of any
utility owned by the City, upon such rentals and conditions as it
may deem necessary. Such contract shall be embodied in and let
only by an ordinance approved by an affirmative vote of at least
five (5) members of the Council. In no case shall such contract
be for a longer term than ten (10) years. The contractor shall
be subject, as far as possible, to the rules governing rates,
service, and Council control, contained in Chapter 9 of this
Charter which are applicable to the holders of franchises.
Section 10.06. Public Utility - How Sold. No public utility
owned by the City shall be sold or otherwise disposed of by the
City, unless the full terms of the proposition of said sale or
other disposition thereof, together with the price to be paid
therefore, shall have been embodied in an ordinance passed by an
affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of the Council,
submitted to the electors at a general or special election and
approved by at least a sixty (60) percent vote of the voters
voting thereon.
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CHAPER 11
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 11.01. Official Bonds. The City Manager, the City
Clerk, the City Treasurer and such other officers or employees of
the City, as_ may beidentifiedby ordinance, shall, before
entering upon the duties of -their respective offices or
employment, give a corporate surety bond to the City in: such form
and in such amount as may be fixed by the Council as security for
the faithful performance of their respective official duties and
the safekeeping of the public funds. Such bonds shall be
approved as to form by the City Attorney, the City Council, and
filed with the City Clerk. The premiums on such corporate
surety bonds shall be paid by the City.
Section 11.02. Sale of Real Property. No real property of
the City shall be sold or disposed of except by ordinance. The
proceeds of any such sale shall be used as far as possible to
retire any outstanding indebtedness incurred by the City in the
purchase, construction, or improvement of this or other property
used for the same public purpose. If there be is no such
outstanding indebtedness, the Council may, by a resolution
adopted by an affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of
the Council, designate some other public use for such proceeds.
Section 11.03. Vacation of Streets. The Council shall have
the exclusive power, by ordinance passed by a vote of at least
five (5) members of the Council, to vacate or discontinue
highways, streets, and alleys within the City. Such vacations may
be made only after notice to affected property owners after
hearing, upon such further terms, and by such procedure as the
Council may, by ordinance, prescribe. A record of each such
vacation shall be filed in the office of the County Recorder of
Hennepin County.
• Section 11.04. Damage Suits. The State of Minnesota has
regulated actions for the recovery of damages for injuries to
persons and property by Statute. Therefore, the Minnesota Tort
Claims Act, applicable to Minnesota municipalities as it may be
amended from time to time, Minnesota Statutes, is hereby adopted
by reference. The City expressly preserves all rights and
defenses accorded to it by law, including the right to bring
claims for contribution or indemnity. The City expressly
preserves all rights and defenses accorded to it by law,
including the right to bring claims for contribution
indemnity.
Section 11.05. Civil Service Commission. The civil service
commissions for police and firefighters shall be continued in
force pursuant to the laws under which they are organized, and
the amendments thereto from time to time,. until abolished
according to law. Subject to the Minnesota statutes governing
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police and firefighters and the provisions of this Charter in
regard thereto, the City Council may establish by ordinance, and
alter from time to time, a civil service or merit system for all
permanent City employees or for such classifications as may be
deemed advisable. The City Council may create and appoint a civil
service commission to administer and supervise such civil service
or merit system. -
Section 11.06. City Officers Not to Accept Favors or
Contracts. No member of the City Council or employee of the City
shall solicit or receive any pay, commission, money, thing of
value, or derive any profit, directly or indirectly, from or by
reason of, any improvement, alteration, or repair required by
the City, or any contract to which the City shall be a party,
except compensation, or salary as a member of the City Council
or as an employee of the City.' No member of the City Council or
employee of the City, shall solicit, accept or receive, directly
or indirectly, from any public utility any pass , frank, free
ticket, free service or any other favor, upon terms more
favorable than those granted the public generally. A violation
of any of the provisions of this section shall disqualify the
offender from continuing in office or in the employment of the
City, and the offender shall be discharged or removed from
office. Any contract with the City in which any member of the
City Council or employee of the City is, or becomes, directly or
indirectly interested, personally or as a member of a firm, or as
an officer or director of a corporation, shall be voidable at the
option of the Council; and any money which shall have been paid
on such contract by the City may be recovered from any or all of
the persons interested therein by civil action.
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herebyaffix:ourSignatureSto said-drifiin'itestimallynofame.
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MAURICE:ADELSHEIM, JR.
WILLIAM -R: tHAPMAN-
JAMESS:_CULLEN
TRES F.. GOETTING„ _-
MRS._GERTRUDE-HOGNANDER
FREDW. :KAEPPEL
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J.E. ADOLPH ICARLSSON,,
• LELAND F. LELAND
MRS. LYDIA ROGERS
EDMUND T. MONTGOMERY
MRS. CATHERINE WESTERDAHL
EDWARD ROUSE
,
WALTER WHEELER
EVERETT A. DRAKE; CHAIRMAN
The foregoing draft of a proposed Charter and certificate in
connection therewith received this . day of 1954.
RUSSELL FERNSTROM-
President of Village
Council and Chief
magistrate or executive of'
the Village of St. Louis Park,
Hennepin County, Minnesbta
(Adopted December 7, 1954; effective January 7, 1955.)
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CEAPER 12
Code of Ethics
Section 12.01. Declaration of Policy. The proper operation
of democratic government requires that public officials be
independent, impartial and responsible to the people; that
governmental decisions and policy be made in the proper channels
of the governmental structure; that public office not be used for
personal gain, and that the public has confidence in the
integrity of its government. In recognition of these goals,
there is hereby established a Code of Ethics for all public
officials. The purpose of this Code is to establish ethical
standards of conduct for all such officials by setting forth
those acts or actions that are incompatible with the best
interests of the City and by directing disclosure by such
officials of private financial or other interests in matters
affecting the City. The provisions and purpose of this Code and
such rules and regulations as may be established are hereby
declared to be in the best interests of the City of St. Louis
Park.
Section 12.02. Definitions. When used in this Chapter, the
following terms shall have ascribed to them the definitions set
out herein:
(1) "Associate" means any person related to a public
official by blood or marriage.
(2) "Candidate" means any individual who seeks nomination
or election as a public official of the City of St. Louis Park.
An individual shall be deemed to seek nomination or election if
he/she has taken the action necessary under the ordinances of the
City of St. Louis Park to qualify for nomination or election to
an office, or has received contributions or made expenditures in
excess of $100, or has given consent, implicit or explicit, for
any other person to receive contributions or make expenditures in
excess of $100 with a view to bringing about his/her nomination
for election or election to an office.
(3) "Contribution" means a transfer of funds or a
donation in kind and includes any loan or advance of credit to a
candidate, personal campaign committee, political committee or
party committee, which loan or advance of credit is (a) forgiven
or (b) paid by an entity other than the- personal campaign
committee, political committee, or party committee to which the
loan or advance of credit is made. If an advance of credit or a
loan is forgiven or paid as provided in this subdivision, it is a
contribution in the year in which the loan or advance of credit
is made.
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(a) "Transfer of funds" means money or negotiable
instruments given by an individual or entity to a candidate,
personal campaign committee, party committee, or political
committee for the purpose of influencing the nomination or
election of a candidate.
b) "Donation in kind" means anything of value other
than money or negotiable instruments given by an individual or
association to a candidate, personal campaign committee,
political committee, or party committee for the purpose of
influencing the nomination or election of a candidate. Donation
in kind includes an approved expenditure. -
(c) "Approved expenditure" means an expenditure made'
on behalf of a candidate by an entity other than the personal
campaign committee of that candidate, which expenditure is made
with the authorization or express or implied consent of, or in
cooperation or in concert with, or at the request or suggestion
of -that candidate, the candidate's personal campaign committee,
or the candidate's agent. An approved expenditure is a
contribution to that candidate.
(4) "Expenditure" means a purchase or payment of money or
anything of value, or an advance of credit, made or incurred
for the purpose of supporting or opposing the nomination or
election of a candidate.
An expenditure is considered to be made in the year in
which the goods or services for which it was made are used or
consumed.
Expenditure includes the dollar value of a donation in
kind.
Expenditure does not include:
(a) Transfers of funds as' defined in Section
12.02 (3) (a) ;
(b) Services provided without compensation by an
individual volunteering time on behalf of a candidate; or
(c) The publishing or broadcasting of news items or
editorial comments by the news media.
(5) "Election" means a primary, special primary, regular,
or special City election.
(6) "Interest" means any concern which yields a pecuniary
or material benefit.
(7) "Personal campaign committee" means any committee
appointed by a candidate for any election.
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(8) "Party committee" means any committee appointed or
elected to represent any political party with a party
organization in the State of Minnesota.
(9) "Political committee" means a group of two or more
persons who were elected or appointed by any political party or
association for the purpose, wholly or partly, of raising,
collecting, or disbursing money or directing the raising,
collecting, or disbursing thereof, for nomination or election
purposes, or who cooperates in the raising, collecting, or
disbursing of money used, or to be used for or against the
election to public office of any person or any class or number of
persons, or for or against the adoption of any ordinance or
Charter amendment.
(10) "Public official" means any person holding the office
of Mayor or Councilmember by election or by appointment.
Section 12.03. Organization of Personal Campaign
Committees. Every candidate shall designate a single personal
campaign committee which shall have a secretary. The candidate
shall file a signed statement with the City Clerk stating that a
personal campaign committee has been formed and giving the name
and address of every member and of the secretary thereof. Such
filing shall be made before any expenditures are made by the
'personal campaign committee. Only the candidate and the personal
campaign committee shall receive contributions and make
expenditures on behalf of the candidate; provided, however, that
party committees and political committees shall not be prohibited
from receiving contributions and making expenditures related to
nominations or elections.
Section 12.04. Contributions.
(1) No candidate or personal campaign committee shall
accept an aggregate contribution from any single person or entity
in excess of $250.
(2) Every person who receives a contribution or loan for a
personal campaign committee shall, on demand of the secretary,
and in any event, within fourteen (14) days after receipt of the
contribution or loan, furnish the secretary with the name and, if
known, address of the contributor or lender, the amount
contributed or loaned, and the date of receipt.
(3) No anonymous contributions in excess of twenty dollars
($20) or any anonymous contributions aggregating in excess of one
hundred ($100) shall be retained by any personal campaign
committee, but shall be forwarded to the City Clerk and deposited
to the general fund of the City. This subdivision shall not
apply to anonymous contributions aggregating in excess of one
hundred ($100) arising from fund raising sales, where in
consideration of a contribution or contributions, a person
receives any tangible goods whose value has a reasonable
relationship to the contribution.
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(4) All contributions ,of fifty dollars ($50) or more shall
be made by check, bank draft, or money order.
(5) Al]. monetary contributions received by or on behalf of
any candidate or personal campaign committee shall be deposited
within fourteen (14) days after receipt in an account designated
"campaign fund of (name of personal campaign committee)."
Section 12.05. Use of Contributions. All contributions
received- on behalf of a candidate or personal campaign committee
shall be used solely for the purpose of conducting that
candidate's campaign for nomination for election or election to
political office.
Section 12.06. Campaign Reports.
(1) Every candidate and the secretary of every personal
campaign committee in every primary, special or regular election
shall file a financial statement with the City Clerk as follows:
(a) Seven (7) days before the primary;
(b) Seven (7) days after the primary;
(c) Seven (7) days before the regular or special elections;
and
(d) Seven (7) days after the regular or special election.
The statement shall be verified upon the oath of- such
candidate or such personal campaign committee, as the case may
be, and shall cover all transactions made up to and including the
third day before the filing of the statement and not accounted
for and reported upon in statements theretofore filed, except
that no transactions shall be made thereafter which are not
included in the final statement. Each statement, after the
first, shall contain a summary of all preceding statements.
(2) Every secretary of every party committee shall, eight
(8) days before the primary, on or before the tenth (10th) day
following the primary, eight (8) days before the general
election, and on or before the tenth (10th) day following the
general election, file with the City Clerk a financial statement
verified by the secretary of the party committee, which shall
show in itemized detail all transactions, disbursements, and all
obligations to make disbursements, for political purposes. Each
statement, after the first, shall contain a summary of all
preceding statements.
(3) Every political committee shall, within thirty (30)
days after any municipal election, file with the City Clerk a
statement showing the total amount of receipts and disbursements,
and for what purpose such disbursements were made when the
political committee is organized to support a candidate for
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elected office in the City or to support` or oppose propositions
in City elections.
(4) The reports required by Section 12.06(1) and (2) shall
disclose the following:
(a) Every sum of money and all property and every other
thing of value, received by such candidate or committee during
such period from any source whatsoever which the candidate or
committee uses or has used, or is at liberty to use for political
purposes, together with the name of every person or source from
which each was received and the date when each was received,
together with the total amount received from all sources in any
amount or manner;
(b) Every promise or pledge of money, property, or other
thing of value, received by such candidate or committee during
such period, the proceeds of which the candidate or committee
uses or has used, or is at liberty to use for political purposes,
together with the names of the persons by whom each was promised
or pledged, the special purposes for which each was promised or
pledged, and the date when each was promised or pledged, together
with the total amount promised or pledged from all sources in any
amounts or manner;
(c) Every disbursement by such candidate or committee for
political purposes during such period, together with the name of
every person to whom the disbursement is made, the specific
purpose for which each was made,and the date when each was made,
together with the total amount promised or pledged from all
sources in any amounts or manner;
(d) Every obligation, expressed or implied, to make any
disbursement incurred by such candidate or committee for
political purposes during such period, together with the names of
the person or persons to or with whom each such obligation has
been incurred, the specific purposes for which each was made, and
the date when each was incurred, together with the total amount
of such obligations made in any amounts or manner.
Section 12.07. Records
(1) The candidate or the secretary of each personal
campaign committee or political committee shall preserve all
records and accounts required for the reports required in Section
12.06 for one year after the date of the election.
(2) The City Clerk shall keep all reports filed as required
by Section 12.06 for one (1) year after the date of the election.
Reports shall be available to the public at a reasonable time and
place.
Section 12.08. Notice of Failure to File. The City Clerk
shall receive all reports filed as required by Section 12.06 and
notify the person required to file a report that such person has
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Section 12.09. Termination Report. No personal campaign
committee, party committee, or political committee shall dissolve
until it has filed a termination report. The termination report
shall include all information required in periodic reports and a
statement as to the disposition of any residual funds.
Section 12.10. Distribution. The City Clerk shall
distribute a copy of Section 12.02 through 12.11 to every
candidate for. public office upon the candidate's filing for
office.
Section 12.11 Penalty. Any candidate, personal campaign
committee, party committee, or political committee found to be in
violation of Sections 12.02 through 12.09 shall be liable to a
fine of not more than $500.
Section 12.12. Filing of Information. Each public official
and each candidate must file as public record in the office of
the City Clerk a statement containing the following:
(1) Individual's name, address, occupation, and principal
place of business.
(2) A listing of all sources of compensation received for
services rendered in excess of $1,000 per year,
without specifying amount.
A list of the names of all business corporations,
companies, firms, or other business enterprises or
partnerships with which the individual is connected as
an employee, officer, owner, director, trustee,
partner, advisor, or consultant.
(3)
(4) A list of financial interests through ownership of
stocks, bonds, or other securities with value in excess
of $1,500 without specifying dollar amount.
A list of all real property located within the City of
St. Louis Park excluding personal homestead property,
in which the individual has any financial interest in
excess of $1,500. The filing shall indicate the
location of such property, but may omit any valuation.
Section 12.13. Family Interests. If the spouse and/or
minor children of a public official or candidate hold an interest
which if held by the official or candidate would have to be
disclosed under the provisions of Section 12.12, such interest of
the spouse and/or minor children must be included in the
statement filed according to Section 12.12.
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Section 12.14. Exclusions. Section 12.12 shall not be
construed to require:
(1) Filing of any information relative to connections or
interests with any non-profit organization.
(2) Disclosure of privileged relationships, as recognized
by law (e.g., doctor -patient, attorney-client, pastor -
parishioner, etc.).
Section 12.15. Time of Required Filing. The times at which
required personal financial disclosure filings must be made are
as follows:
(1) Public officials - not later than sixty (60) days after
the effective date of this amendment and every April 15
thereafter.
(2) Candidates - within fourteen (14) days after filing an
affidavit of candidacy or petition to appear on the ballot
fo an elective office.
Section 12.16. Records. The City Clerk shall keep all
reports filed as required by Sections 12.12 through 12.15 for
four (4) years.
Section 12.17. Penalty. Any candidates or public officials
who fail to file all the necessary documents with the City Clerk
within thirty (30) days after notice from the City Clerk that
they are delinquent in their filings,shall be liable to a fine of
not more than $500.
Section 12.18. Personal Financial Conflicts of Public
Officials.
(1) Contracts Void. Any public official who is authorized to
take part in any manner in making any sale, lease, or contract in
his/her official capacity shall have no personal financial
interest in that sale, lease, or contract or personally benefit
financially therefrom unless the effect on the public official's
personal financial interest is no greater than on any other
person and/or property similarly situated. Any sale, lease, or
contract entered into by the City with regard to which a public
official has acted in violation of this section is void;
provided, however, that any sale, lease, or contract permitted
under Minnesota Statutes Section 471.88 is voidable. Any money
which was paid by the Council in violation of this paragraph may
be recovered from any and all persons interested therein.
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1
1
so
Non -contractual- -transactions -voidable :,� "Any' public
official -r who . , in the discharge of - rhis/herf` -duties, would be
authorized to take'an action,_'vote, or make a"decision.fconcerning.
a' non-contr' actual "transaction' of ,the City, which- would -=affect : i the
public=_official'_s_ __=interests,._ unless— the-r-effect----on,---his/her-
interests is no -,'greater ,than-- on other person `.and/or property
similarly-. situated, ,-shall disqualify' himself%herself ,from, such
action', ` vote' or , decision.'� 'Any: transaction entered`- into
City with - : regard.." to -which, a-' public official ' has acted in
violation of _ this paragraph:^ is., voidable - at- the option' of the
Council. _,Any7money'which,was paid-by'the Council in violation of
this ' paragraph`"; may be recoveredr, from any and x all 'persons
iiiterest'ed'; therein .
Section 12.19'. Financial Conflicts of Associates of Public
Officials; Contracts and, Transactions Voidable. Any public
official who in the discharge- of his/her duties would be
authorized to take an 'action, vote, or make -a decision concerning
a contractual or non -contractual transaction which would affect
the interests of his/her"associates, unless the effect on the
interests of his/her-- associates is no greater than on -other
persons and/or property similarly situated, shall disqualify
himself/herself from such action, vote or decision.
Any contract or --transaction entered into by the City with regard
to which a public -official has acted. in violation of this Section
is voidable at the option of the Council. Any money which was
paid by the Counci1,in violation of this section may be recovered
from any and all persons interested therein.
Section 12.20. Gifts and Favors. No public official shall
accept any valuable gift, whether in the form of money, service,
loan, thing, or promise, _from any person, firm, or corporation
which to his/her knowledge is concerned, directly or indirectly,
in any manner whatsoever in business dealings with the City; nor
shall any public official (1) accept any gift, favor, or thing of
value that may tend to -influence his/her in the discharge of
his/her duties; or (2) grant in the discharge of his/her duties
any improper favor, service, or thing of value or accept an offer
which would not have been given if he/she were not an official;
or (3) accept or receive anything of value through sale or gift
of goods or services which would result directly or indirectly
from his/her position as a public official of the City of St.
Louis Park.
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Section 12.21.`' Use „of City',--kni!!2in4t-2-aink--.B.aCilltiei:.'' - -•--No-
public — official,' shall request 'or permit the unauthorized use :ot-r,..
_-.:-
City=oirned vehicles, equipment,_ materials, ---prOP-erty, labor, Or,
services for personal convenience or profit. ----
... -., ,.
Section 12.22. Distribution. The: -City_- Clerk'', shall
distribute a copy of this; Chapter to- every public Official- within
thirty (30) days after enactment of these sections. The City
Clerk- shall also distribute a copy of this - every
subsequently elected or appointed public official -Within fourteen
(14) days of the public official's election ok - aptiointment to
public office and every candidate for City Office- upon the
candidate's filing for office.
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'Seib j,ect
Abatement-- Authority -as
Absence" - Councilmeaibers
Accounting Metiiods
-Actinq7'Mayor' - Duties
Administrative Code_
Administration =''Council through- Manager
'Adminietration --Manager Generally _
Administration - Interferences_
Adoption. by-, -Reference
Advertising.- Tax
Adjournment - Less Than Quorum
Alleys - -See ' Streets
Amendments'-- Ordinances
Annual' Budget
Annual Statements
`
INDEX
to -nuisances- - -
rl
Appointments
Appointments
Appointments
Appointments
Appointments
Appointments
Appointments
Appointments
Appointments
Appropriations
- Attorney
- Clerk and Treasurer
- Councilmembers After One Year
- Councilmembers to Paid Employment
- Council Vacancy
- Disqualification
- Manager
- Secretary of Council
- Subordinate Officers
- Authority Generally
Assessments - Authority
Assessments - See Improvements
Attorney - Appointments
Attorney - Approve Bonds
Audit - City Finances
Auditing
Authority - of City Generally
Banks - Depositories
Bids - Contracts
Bids - Lowest
Board of Equalization
Boards - Advisory Only
Boards - Authority to Investigate
Boards - Establishment
Bonds:- See Borrowing
Bonds - Contractors
Bonds - OfficialGenerally
Borrowing - Authorize Generally
Borrowing - Bond -Elections
Borrowing - Bonded Dept
Borrowing - Bond -Fund
Borrowing - Bonds, Issuance
Borrowing - Bonds,,Sale of
Borrowing ,- Debt, Limitation_
45
1..01-
. 3.01
-6.14-
2.0,5
5.03
2.01
-2.01
-2.09
3.07
6.,02
3.03
3.09
6.04
6.14
5.04
5.04
2.04
2.04
2.05
2.04
5.01
3.02 & 5.04
5.04
1.02
7.04 & 1.02
5.04
11.01
6.14
6.01 & 2.08
1.02
6.13
5.06
5.06
6.03
2.02
2.02
2.02
7.05
11.01
1.,02_
6.15
6.15
6.12 --
6 .15
6:15
1.047 &..6.15
INDEX (ccntinue4).
Subject
Section
Borrowing - Debt Service Fund 6.12
Borrowing - Funds 6.12 '
Borrowing - Outside Debt Limits 6:18 -
Borrowing - Proceeds of Sale of Real Estate 11.02
Borrowing - Repayment 6.16
Borrowing - Taxes 6.02
Borrowing - Tax Anticipation Certificates 6.17
Borrowing - U.S.-and State- 6.15
Borrowing - Utilities Acquisition 8.01
B6undaries , 1;01
Boundaries -,Council Duty to Redistrict Wards 2;03
Boundaries - Ward Change 2.03
BridgeS,- Planning 7.01,
Budget'- Alterations :6.07,
Budget - Annual 6.04
Budget - EmergeriCy Appropriations 6.08
Budget:- Enforcement 6.06
Budget - How Adopted 6.05
Budget - Ordinance 3.08
Budget - Passige 6.05
Budget - Transfer of Funds 6.07
Buildings - Authority General 1.02
Bureaus - Creation 1.02
Business Regulations - Authority 1.02
Calamity l 6.17
Census - Redistricting 2.03
Ceremonial Head of City 2.06
C:132k.-Audit 6.14
Charter - Evidence in Court 1.02
Chatter - General Laws 1.04
City_ -.See sr*C4ic headings; Attorney, Manager, Clerk,
N" = Limits, • Utilities
City, -,-Has Rights of Village
City Plan
CityfPlan EnforCement
Civil Service-
Clerk-
Clerk-- Attest Ordinances
Clerk.7 Bond & Premium
Clerk - Codification Certificate
Clerk - Disbursements
Clerk - Election Notices
Clerk - To NOtify Election Winners
Code - Admini#rative
Codes - Adoption by Reference
Codification of Ordinances
Collection.of-Taxes
1.03
7.01
7.02
11.06
5.04
3.07
11.01
3.10
6.11
4.02
4.08
5.03
3.07
3.10
6:09
Smbject ' Section ;
- - ---
CoMfort - General Authority 1.02. I,
CommiSsions-- Advisory:Only 2.02 ,
doMmisa,ions - Authority to Investigate , 2.02-
Commission* - CivilService. 11.06
Commissions - Establishment 2.02
Commissions - Planning,,-- 7.01
-Common,lawPowdrp- 7 'Authorization
1;02
Compeniation,-'iSed-,SAlaries
CondeMnation - See' Eminent Domain
ConditiOnal Sales Contracts 6.18
Conflicts of Interest - 12.18 - .21
Contracts 5.05
Contradts - Authority 1.02
Contracts - Conditional Sales 6.18
Contracts - Forbidden 11.07
Contracts - How Let '- „ 5.06
Contracts - Over $15,000 5.05 & 5.06
Contracts - Public'Works 7.05
Contracts - Regulations by Ordinance 5.07
Contracts - Signing 5.05
Contracts - Utility Leasing 10.05
Contracts - Voidable 11.07
Construction - Authority Generally 1.02
Construction Contracts 5.06
Control - Administrative 2.01 -
Control - Executive2.01
Convenience - General Authority 1.02
Conviction -Vacancy-2.05
Corporate Surety - See Bonds
Council - Adjournment if no Quorum 3.03
Council - Administration Limitations 2.09
Council - Approval of Contracts 5.05
Council - Assessments 7.03
Council - Audits 2.09
Council - City use of Utilities 10.04
Council - Control Generally 2.01
Council - Day Labor Improvements 7.05
Council - Employment', ' 2:04
Council - Favors ' _ , 11.07
Council - Financial' Control 6.01
Council - Fix Bonds - 11.01
Council - Fix Rates -City Utilities 10:02
Cdundi1 - ForceAccount Work 7.05
CoufiCii-_Giving Notice 3.07 (a)
Council- ItRpovaments' g 7.-03
Council - Investigation 2.08
Council - Journal 3.02 & 3.03
Council - Meetings ' ' 3.01 -
Council
- Meetings, Public 3-01
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Subject
Council
Council
Council
Council
Council
Council
Council
Council
Council
Council
Council
Council
Council
Council
Council
Council
Council
Council
Council
'r -
INDEX (Continned) 1 -
INDE$-(continued)
Membership
- Merit System
- Minutes_of Meeting Public
- Ordinances, Resolutions and Motions
- Planning
- Powers & Authority
- Powers Create Offices
- Powers, Departments
- Presiding Officer
- -Procedure
- Publications
- Quorum
- Secretary
- Set Salaries
- Special Assessments
- Subpoena
- Surveys and Research
- Use of Proceeds of Real Property Sale
- Voting
Council Manager
Councilmember -
Councilmember -
Councilmember -
Councilmember -
Councilmember -
Councilmember -
Councilmember -
Councilmepber -
Councilmembers
Councilmembers
Councilmembers
Councilmembers
Councilmembers
Councilmembers
Councilmembers
Councilmembers
-Councilmembers
Plan - Established
Absence as Vacancy
Candidate
Death
Moving Out of Ward
Qualifications
Removal from Ward
Resignation
Administrative Restrictions
- Attendance Compelled
- Contracts
- Expence
- Failure to Perform Duties or Quality
- Financial Reports
- Mayor Vote
- New
- Salaries
- Term
Councilmembers - Voting
Courts - Codification as Evidence
Damage Suits
Death of Councilmember
Debt - See Borrowing
Departments - Creation
Definitions - General Authority
Depositories
Disbursements - How Made
Disposal - Garbage & Refuse Generally
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Section
2.03
11.06
3.01
3.04
7.01
1.04
5.04
5.03`
2.06
3.03
3.07
3.03"
3.02
2.07
7.03
2.08
2.08
11.02
3.04
2.01
2.05
2.03
2.05
2.03
2.03
2.05
2.05
2.09
3.01
11.07
2.07
2.05
12.12 - .15
2.06
2.07
2.07
2.03-
3.01
3.10
1
11.04°
2.05
5.03
1.02
6.13-
6.11
1.02
Subject
Easements -
Election at
Elections -
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
INDEX (continued)
Acquisition
Large - Mayor
Bond
Build Utilities
Campaign Regulations
Canvassing Returns
Clerk
Clerk to Notify Winners
Council Judge Thereof
Council Regulation
Day of Primaries
Day of Regular
Failure to Qualify
Filing Fees
Filling Vacancy
Generally
General Elections, Utilities
Judges
Nominating Petitions
Notice
Officers
Officers to be Elected
Petitions, Judges & Clerks
Polling Places
Precincts
Primary
Regular
Sale of Utility
Special
Special Elections, Utilities
State Laws Apply
Taking Office
Terms
Expired Term
Utilities
Wards
Elective Officers
Electricity - See Utilities
Emergency Borrowing
Emergency Ordinances
Emergency Ordinances
Emergency Ordinances
Emergency Ordinances
Emergency Ordinances
Eminent Domain -
Eminent Domain -
Eminent Domain -
Eminent Domain -
Eminent Domain -
Eminent Domain -
- Contracts
- Effective Date
- Franchises
- Not to Grant Franchise
Abandon Proceedings
Authority
Award
Award Utilities
Easements
Elections Required
49
Section
8.01
2.03
6.15
10.02
12.03 12
4.08
4.05
4.08
2.03
4.01
4.03
4.02
2.05
4.06
2.05
4.01 et seq
8.01
4.05
4.06 & 4.07
4.02
2.03
4.02
4.05
4.02
4.02
4.03
4.02
10.06
4.40
8.01
4.01
4.08 & 3.01
2.03
2.05
8.01
2.03 & 4.02
2.03
6.17
3.06
5.06
3.06
9.02
3.06
8.02
1.02 & 8.01
8.03
8.05
8.01
8.01
Subject
Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain
- Entire Plant
- Franchises
- Judgment on Award
- Outside City Limits
- Powers
- Procedure
- Utilities
- Utility System
Employees - Merit System
Employees - Personal Liability
Evidence - Charter Prima Facie
Evidence - Codification
Expenditures - Limited
Exp'enses - Councilmembers
Fares - Authority
Fidelity Bonds - See_ Bonds, Official
Finances - Council Control
Firefighters - Civil Service
Fir,efighters - Tax
Form - Nominating Petition
Form --Oath
Franchises - See also Eminent Domain and Utilities
Franchises - Acceptance
Franchises - Arbitration
Franch'ises - Authority
Franchises - Change
Franchises - Contents
Franchises - Definition
Franchises - Extension
Franchises - Granting
Franchises - Not by Emergency Ordinance
Franchises
Fr`anchises
Franchises
Fr-ahchises
Franchises
Franchises
Funds- - To
- ,Ordinances
- Ordinance Publication Costs
- Power of City
- Provisions
- Renewal
- Terms
be Kept
Garbage - Special Assessments
Gas-- 'See Utilities
General Elections - See Elections
General Fund
General Laws - Application
General Powers of City
Gerieral Welfare - Authority
Gifts - Authority
50
Section
8.05 -
8.01 & 8.05
8.03
8.01
8.01
8.02
8.01
8.05
11.06
6.06
1.02
3.10
6.60
2.07
1.02`
- -
'
•
6.01
11.06
6.02
4.07
2.03 & 5.04
9.02
9.05 & 9.0
1.02
9.07
9.06
9.01
9.02
9.02
3.06
9.01
9.03
9.07
9.06
•
9.07 & 9.08
9.06
6.12 -
1-.02 '
6.12
1.04
1.02•
1.02
8.01
ryn
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INDEX (continued): - -
Subject
Good_ Government - General Powers
Government - Generally --
Health - General Authority
Height - Building, Authority
Highways - See Streets
Section
1.,02
2.01
1.02
1.02
•
Implied Powers - Generally 1.02
Improvement Ordinance 3.08
Improvements - Authority Generally 1.02!&'••7.03
Improvements - Contracts 7.05
Improvements - Fund 6.12
Improvements - Special Assessment Authority 1.02
Improvements - Special Assessment Fund 6.12
Incompatible Offices 2.04
Installment Purchases 6.18
Injuries - Suits 11.04
Investigations - Council 2.09
Judgment - Against City 11.08
Judgments - Tax to Pay 6.02
Library - Tax 6.02 4,_
Licenses - General Authority 1.02
Legal Newspaper 3.07(b)
Legislative Control 2.01
Levy•of Taxes 6.09 y
Levies - Authority General 1.02
Levies - Ordinances 3.08
Limitation of Action 11.04
Limits - Outside Property 1.02
Limits - Powers of City Outside 1.02
Loans - U.S. 6.15
Local Improvements - See Improvements
Maintenance of Buildings - Authority
Manager - Accounting_Officer
Manager - Administrative Duties from Council
Manager - Annual Budget
Manager- - Annual -Statements
Manager - Bond and Premium
Manager - Budget Enforcetent
Manager - Contracts
Manager - Council Direction
Manager - CouncilmeMbers Prohibited -
51
1.02
6.14
2.09
6.04
6.14-
11.01
6.06
5.'05
2:01
2:04
Subject
Manager
Manager
Manager
Manager
Manager
Manager
Manager
Manager
Manager
Manager
Martial
INDEX (continued)
- Disbursements
- Duties
- Financial Statement
- Generally
- Planning
- Planning Enforcement
- Not to be Secretary of Council
- Rates of City Utilities
- Reports
- Salary
Law - Mayor Responsible
Materials - Building, Authority
Mayor - Acting
Mayor - Ceremonial Head of City
Mayor - Codification Certificate
Mayor - Disability
Mayor - Duty to Redetermine Ward Boundaries
Mayor - Duties
Mayor - Elected at Large
Mayor - Generally -
Mayor - Martial Law Duties
Mayor Pro Tem
Mayor - Service of Papers
Mayor - Sign Ordinances
-Mayor - Term
Mayor - Voting
Meetings - Council
'Meetings - Council Public
Meetings - Special Council
Meiit System - Establishment
-Minutes - Council
Minutes - Secretary of Council
Misdemeanors - Ordinance Required
Motions - General
Motions - Publication
Motions - Votes Required
Municipal Elections - See Elections
Name' of City
Newspapers - Election Notice
Nominations - See Elections
Notice - Board of Equalization Meeting
Notice - Election
Notice - Levy of Added Tax
Notice - Person Responsible for Damage
Notice - Primary Elections
Notice - Special Elections
Nuisances - Authority to Abate
52
Section
6.11
5.02
6.14
5.01 et seq
7.01
7.01
3.02
10.02
6.14
2.07
2.06
1:02
2.06
2:06'
3.10
2.06
2.03
2.06
2.03
2.06
2.06
2.06
2.06
3.07
2.03
3.01
3.01
3.01
3.01
11.06
3.01
3.02
3.05
3.04
3.07
3.04
1.01
4.02
6.03 --
4.02
6.02
11.08
4.03
4.04
1.02
5,
TI
77.
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- - - _
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,
INDEX-. (continued)
Subject Section
Oath of Office- _ 241 & 5.04
Occupations- AUthdrity to,Regulate 1.02
Occupancy. -1341dings, Authority' ',
1.02 -_
Officers, ---,Sed Mayor, Clerk,, Manager, Mayor Pro Tem-
dffi'cers, - Accepting Favors _
11.07
OffiCer - Bonds_ -
11.01T
Officers'--Electidn- 2.031„& 4.02
Officers - Generally - 2.01-& 5.04
Officers - Interest in City Contracts
A
-Officers - Oath, 15:47-
I
Officers - Personal Liability 6.06
Officers- - Removal 11.07
Offices - Incoipatible 2,04
Official Publication 3,07
Ordinance - Amendment 3.09
Ordinance - COde ad'Evidehce 3.10
Ordinances - Adoption by Reference 3.07
Ordinances - Clerk Attes-t 3.07
Ordinances - Codifidation 3.10
Ordinances - Effective'Date 3.06-& 3.08
Ordinances - Emergency 3.06-
Ordihances - Franchise, Costs 9.03
Ordinances - General 3.04
Ordinances - Penalty Prescribed 1.05
Ordinances - Procedure 3.05 4
Ordinances - Publication 3.07
Ordinances - Repeal 3.09
Ordinances - Required if Penalty Imposed 3.05
Ordinances - Readings, Two 3.04
Ordinances - Revision 3.10
Ordinances - Sale of City Utility 10.06
Ordinances,- Sale of Property 11.02
Ordinances - Signing 3.07.
Ordinances - Two Readings Required 3.05
Ordinances - Vote Required 3.04 ,
Ordinances - Utility Leasing 300(9)5
Ordinances - Zoning Amendment 3 -.
Planning Commission
Platting
Playgrounds - Planning
Po6r.;Relief - Taxes
Police - Civil Service
Police - Emergency Command by Mayor
Powers of City - Generally
Preamble
Premiums on bonds
53
7.01
7.01
7.01
6.02
11.,06
2.06
1.02
1.00
11.01
Subject
INDEX - (continued)
Primary Elections -
Procedure - Borrowing
Procedure - Council
Procedure - Emergency Ordinance
Procedure - Eminent Domain --
Procedure - Improvements
Procedure - Ordinance
Procedure - Vacate Streets
Proceedings - See Eminent Domain, Vacating Streets, etc.
Process - Service upon Mayor
Property - Acquisition_
Public Buildings
Public Funds
Public Improvements - See Improvements
Public" Library - Tax
Public Ownership - Utilities
Public Places - Authority to Control
Public Property - Acquisition,
Public Property - Damage by Utility
Public Records - Keeping
Public Utilities - Authority
Public Works - Authority
Public Works - Planning
Publication - Adoption by Reference
Publication -
Publiication -
Publication -
Publication -
Publication -
Publication
Publication
Purchases -
Purchases -
Purchases -
Purchases -
Purchases -
-,A'
Quorum - Council
Codification of Ordinances
Generally
Legal Newspaper
Motions
Ordinances
- Ordinance Effective Date
- Resolutions
City, Bulk for Utilities
Conditional Sales Contract
Easements for Utilities
Generally (Purchasing 'Agent)
Limited
Rates - Publicly Owned Utilities
Reading - Unanimous Consent to Waive
Readings - Two Required
Real Property - Authority
Real Property - Outside City Limits
Real Property - Sales -'
Records - Public
Records - Public, Council Meetings
Redistricting
54
4.03
1.04' -
3.03
3:06
8.02
7.04
3.05
11.03
2.06
8.01
7.01
6.01
6.02
10.01
1.02'
8.01'
9.06
5.04
1.02
1.02
7.01
3.07
3.10
3.07
3.07'
3.07
3.07
3.08
3.07
10.03
6.18
8.01
5.05
6.06
3.03
10.02
3.04
3.05" t
1.02
1.04
11.02
5.04 _
3.01
2.03_
`'F INDE30oontinueay, ,
subject `' ,
-RefuseTCo1lection Special:Assessments
Registration of -Voters'
Regulations,- Author-ity -
Regulations - Buildings,,Authority
Regulations - City Utilities -_
Regulations - Local Improvements'Generally
Regulations'_ - -Police Authority' Generally
Regulations - Public Works,`Generally
Regulations-- Publications
Regulations - Sanitary, Authority
Regulations - Streets, Authority
Regulation - Utilities
Regulation - Utilities, General Authority
Removal from Office
Remuneration - See Salaries
Repeal - Ordinance_s_ 3.09
Reports,- Manager 6.14
Reports - Mayor 2.06
Research 2,08
Residence - Council 2.03
Resignation - Member of Council 2.05
Resolutions - Effective Date 3.08
Resolutions - General 3.04
Resolutions - May be Published 3.07
Resolutions - Vote Required 3.04
Revision of Ordinances 3.10,
Revolving Fund 6.12
4.01
-1.02--
1.02
10.02
1.02
1.02
1.02-
3.07
1.02
1.02
9:.04
1.02
2.05
Safety - General Authority
St. Louis Park Village - Powers Transferred
Salaries - Councilmembers
Salaries - Manager
Salaries - Mayor and Council Stopped, Redistricting
Salaries - Not Paid, Council and Mayor
Salaries - Reduction
Sale ,of Property - Authority
Sales Real Property
Seal:- Authorized
Secretary of Council - Duties
Secretary of Council - May be Clerk
Self Government Authority
Service of-Pr-ocess
Sewers - See Utilities
Soliciting Favors. -
Special-Assesments-- See Improvements,
Special Council -Meetings a'
Special Elections-- See Elections
Statute of Limitation'. -
Streets - Authority,Generally
55 -
1.02
1.02
2.07
2.07
2.03
2.03
6.07
1.02
11.02
1.02
3.02
5.04
1.02
2.06
11.07
3.01
11.04
1.02
,9 A k. f ,. F1_ 'at
Subject
Streets
Streets
Streets
Streets
Streets
INDEX (continued),
- Planning
- Surfacing Contracts
- Vacation
- Utilities, Facilities
- Utilities Repair
Subpoena - Council
Suits.-- See Eminent Domain
Suits - Authority
Suits - Contribution
Suits - Damage
Suits - Injuries
Suits - Notice to Person Responsible
Suits - Service of Papers
Suits - Subrogation
Suits - Voidable Contracts
Summons and Complaint
Surety Bonds - See Bonds, Official
Survey
for Damage
Taxes - Added Levy, Levies
Taxes - Authority
Taxes - Generally
Taxes - Levy & Collection
Taxes- - Limits
Taxes - Settlement
Telephone - See Franchises and Utilities
Term - Beginning
Term - CouncilMembers
Term - Mayor
Term - Vacancy Filled
Tolls,- Authority
Trades - Authority to Regulate
Transfer of Funds
Transfer of Interfund Loans
Transportation - Planning
Treasurer - All Receipts
Treasurer - Bond and Premium
Treasurer - Disbursements
Treasurer - Funds
Trust Fund
Unexpired
Utilities
Utilities
Utilities
Utilities
Utilities
Utilities
Term - Vacancy
- See also Franchises
- Acquisition
- Books Inspected
- Build
- City Lease
- City Purchases in Bulk
56
'Section
7.01
5.06
-11:03
9.06,
.9%06';
2.09
1.02 ,,
11.08
11.04
11.04
'11:08
.2.06
'11:20P
11.07
2.06
2.09
6.02
1.02
-6.01 et seq
6:09
6.02
6.10
2.03
2.03 -
2.03'
2.05
1.02
1.02
6.07
_6.13
7.01
,6.13
11.01
6.11
6.12
6.12
2.05
8.01 & 10.0
9A,6
f
10.02
10:05
10.03
•
7
Subject
-Utilities-
Utilities
Utilities
Utilities
u.4444 -
Utilities
Utilities
Utilities
Utilities
Vacancy
Vacancy
Vacancy
Vacancy
Vacancy
Vacancy
Vacancy
Vacancy
Vacation
Village
Village
Village
Voters
Voting
Voting
Voting
Voting
Voting
Voting
Wards -
Wards -
Wards -
Wards -
Water -
Welfare
-Sale-
- City -Uses
- Easements
- Eminent • Domain
- Facilities
- , Favors
- Fund "
- Planning
- Public Ownership
- Rates and Charges
- Regulation
- Service
- Conviction of Felony
- Failure to Qualify
- Felony - -
- General
- Moving Away
- Removal from Ward
- Term of Appointee
- Three Months Absence
of Streets
of St. Louis Park - Powers
of St. Louis Park - Powers Transferred
of St. Louis Park - Rights go to City
See, Elections
Councilmembers
Council Generally
Council Majority Defined
Mayor
Mayor as Council Member
Record Vote Required
Boundary Changes
Councilmembers Elected
Description
Redistricting
See Utilities
of City - General Powers
Zoning
Zoning - Plats
57
Section
10.04
-
8.,05'
9.06'
"11.,07
7:02
9.05
9.04
9.05
2.05
2.05:
2;:05' -
2.05
2.05
2.03
2.05
- 2.05
11.03
1.02
1.02
1.03
'3.01
3.04
3.04
3.01,
2.07
3.04
2.03
2.03
2.03`
2.03
1.02
7.01
7.01
Sections 4.03, 4.06
Section 2.08
Section 2.05
Sections 4.02, 5.06, 6.04,
6.06, 6.14
Section 2.04
Section 4.08
Section 5.02(b)
Section 2.03
Sections 5.05, 5.06
Section 6.14
Section 11.04
Sections 11.04, 11.10,
11.11; 11.13, 11.14
Sections 2.03, 2.06, 2.07,
2.09, 2.10
Sections 3.03, 3.06, 3.09
Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03
Sections 6.02, 6.03, 6.04,
6.09, 6.10, 6.14,
6.16, 6.17
Sections 7.02, 7.04
Sections 2.05, 4.03, 4.04
Sections 2.03, 2.05, 3.01
Section 2.07
Section 2.09
Chapter 12
Section 3.07
Section 4.05
Section 2.03
Sections 1.03, 1.04, 1.05,
2.01(b), 2.06, 2.07 (a) -(d),
'3.07 -(a) (b) , 4.06, 5.04(a) (b)
5:05, 5.06, 6.02, 6.04, 6-:05,
6.06, 6.07, 6.08, 6.11, 6.12,
6.14, 6.15(b), 6.17(a)(b),
6.18(b)(c), 8.01, 8.02, 9.02,
9..03, 9.05, 9.06 (a) (b) ,
11.01 - 11.05, 11.06, and
11:0'7 March 21, 1983 Ord. 1593
Section 2.03 (At Large A & B)January 21, 1985 Ord. 1644
Section 1.00 (Preamble) September 15, 1986 Ord. 1695
Sections 2.04, 3.04, 3.07, May 4, 1987 Ord. 1716-87
4.06, 4.07, 5.01, 5.05,
5.06, 6.17,_11.03, 11.04,
12.01(3), 12.03
November 4, 1958
December 8,_ 1959_
November 8, 1960
November 8', 1966
June 14, 1971
July 19, 1971
August 30, 1971
March 5, 1973
May 29, 1973
May 29, 1973
May 29, 1973
February 3, 1975
February 3, 1975
April 7, 1975
April 7, 1975
April 7,
April 7,
February
November
November
November
November
February
July 19,
November
1975
1975
7, 1977
8, 1977
20, 1978
6, 1979
4, 1980
18, 1982
1982
1982
Election
Election
Election
Election,
Ord. 1149
Ord. 1158
Ord. 1163
Ord. 1211
Ord. 1224
Ord. 1225
Ord. 1226
Ord. 1278
Ord.
Ord.
Ord.
1279
1288
1289
Ord. 1290
Ord. 1291
Ord. 1362
Election
Ord. 1432
Election
Election
Ord. 1540
Ord. 1567
Election
Eff. 12-4-58
Eff. -'1-8-
Eff.
-8=Ef-f. 12-8-
Eff. 12-8-66
Eff. 9-]:5-71-
Eff. 10-20-71
Eff. 10-31-71
Eff. 6-6-73
Eff. 8-29-73
Eff. 8-29-73
Eff. 8-29-73
Eff. 5-7-75
Eff.
Eff.
Eff.
Eff.
Eff.
Eff.
Eff.
Eff.
Eff.
Eff.
Eff.
Eff.
Eff.
5-7-75
7-9-75
7-9-75
7-9-75
7-9-75
5-17-77
12-15-77
12-1-79
12-6-79,:
12-4-8,0
4-22-
10-26=
12-2-82
Eff. 6-28-83
Eff. 4-28-85
Eff. 10-7-86
Eff. 8-10-87
Sections 1.02, 1.04, 2.03, May 20,•1991 Ord. 1855-91 Eff. 7-1-91
2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08.
2.09, 3.01, 3.03, 3.04, 3.06
3.07, 3.09, 3.10, 4.03, 4.06, 4.07, 4.98; Chapter 5; Chapter 6;
Sections 7.01, 7.02, 7.04, 8.02, 8.05; Chapters 9, 10 & 11.
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'
' Sectionv 3 '--Effective ,Date:`:-Thi`s-'ordinan'ce shall-lbe'..in -for`ce1,and, take
effect .in, -the- Ci_ty`-Charter< on -,July -1; 1991 first`readiii A ri-1:' 15.,, 1991
-- -second-readi` `" '9Y_ p '
ngn<May20;= a 1991',.-publ�i cati on -;May;, 29,;1991 -_ _
• _ _ - �� _ -
_ Adopted_ by the: ,City^Coun'ci 1 May 20',' 1991
Reviewed for administration:
Mayor
J.)s
Approved as to form. and execution:
.91.e111W- 462 -
City Manager - _ City Attorney
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