5.d. Second Reading: Ordinance for Charter Amendment; Domeier (Memo)
City Clerk
CITY OF HOPKINS
Memorandum
To: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
From: Amy Domeier, City Clerk
Copy: Mike Mornson , City Manager
Date: April 7, 2015
Subject: Second Reading of Ordinance 2015-1086
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Staff recommends that the Council approve the following motion: Move that the Hopkins City
Council approve Ordinance 2015-1086 for second reading and publication.
There have been no changes in this ordinance since the first reading.
Attachments:
Ordinance 2015-1086
CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 2015-1086
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS
UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE HOPKINS CHARTER COMMISSION
PURSUANT TO M.S.A. CHAPTER 410.12, SUBD. 7
The City Council of the City of Hopkins, upon recommendation of and from the Hopkins City
Charter Commission does hereby ordain and thus amend and adopt the following changes,
deletions, and amendments of or from the following chapters and sections of the Hopkins City
Charter:
Section 1
. Section 4.02, Subdivision 1 is amended as follows:
Section 4.02. CANDIDATES. Subdivision 1. A candidate for a city office shall file an affidavit
with the City Clerk, or application on behalf of any qualified voter of the City whom they desire
to be a candidate may be made as per Chapter 205, MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, of the Minnesota
State Statutes. In either case, the filing fee shall be $5.00 $25.00. Such affidavit or application
shall state that the candidate is a qualified voter of the City of Hopkins, and name the office for
which she or he is a candidate.
Section 2
. The effective date of this ordinance shall be ninety days after publication.
First reading: March 16, 2015
Second reading: April 7, 2015
Date of Publication: April 16, 2015
Date Ordinance Takes Effect: July 15, 2015
By
Eugene Maxwell, Mayor
ATTEST:
Amy Domeier, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney Signature Date