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CR 93-189 Revision Of City Charter .. ..-:::.-:".~ -~, -- t .October 28, .1993 ~ Council Report 93-189 REVISION OF CITY CHARTER ProDosed Actioll Staff recommends that the Council approve the following motion: Approve Resolution #93-127. accepting Ordinance #93-732~ ordering its publication and setting a public hearing for December 7. 1993, This action will continue the process of amending the Hopkins City Charter. This action will enable citizens to review the published ordinance and make comments at the public hearing. Overview The Hopkins City Charter was adopted in 1947. It was last updated in 1993. The Hopkins Charter Commission met on September 28, 1993 and voted to make two changes in the City Charter. Ordinance #93-732 was drafted by city staff and distributed to the Charter Commission in October. The Commission met again on October 26, 1993. The Commission revised the ordinance and voted to recommend eme adoption of Ordinance #93"732 by me Hopkins City Council, The proposed ordinance must now be published at least two weeks prior to a public hearing. The City Council can only consider adoption after the public hearing. Primary Issues to Consider . What is the process for amending the City Charter? . What changes are being recommended in the Charter? Supporting Information . Analysis of the issues. . Resolution #93-127 . Ordinance #93-732 a-C ~ ;;t A. Genellie y Clerk . -. . eEouncil Report #93-189 Page 2 Analvsis of the Issues . What is the process for amending the City Charter? The City Charter may be amended by Ordinance using the following procedure: Upon recommendation of the Charter Commission, the City Council may enact a Charter Amendment by Ordinance. Such an ordinance, if enacted, shall be adopted by the Council by an affirmative vote of all its members after a public hearing upon two weeks published notice containing the text of the proposed amendment and shall be approved by the Mayor and published as in the case of other ordinances. An ordinance amending a City Charter shall not become effective until 90 days after passage and publication or at such later date as is fixed in the ordinance. Within 60 days after passage and publication of such an ordinance, a petition requesting a referendum on the ordinance may be filed with the City Clerk. Such petition shall be signed by qualified voters equal in number to 2% of the total number of votes cast in the City at the last date general election or 2,000, whichever is less. If the requisite petition is filed within the prescribed period, the ordinance shall not become effective until it is approved by the voters as in the case of charter amendments submitted by the Charter Commission, the Council, or by petition of the voters, except that the Council may submit the ordinance at any general or special .lection held at least 60 days after submission of the petition, or it may reconsider its action in adopting the ordinance. . What changes are being recommended in the Charter? 1. Section 3.01 of the Charter is amended by changing the following language to bring the Charter into conformance with State law: All meetings of the Council shall be public, and any citizen shall have access to the minutes and records thereof at all reasonable times. Meetings of the City Council shall be open pursuant to the Minnesota Open Meeting law. Minutes and records of open meetings shall be available to any individual during regular business hours. 2. Section 4.01 is amended by deleting the following language which only pertained to the election immediately following the original adoption of the City Charter: Section 4.01. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. Subdivision 1. The regular election for the choice of the elected officials of the City shall be held on the third Tuesday in May in odd numbered years. In-tfle event this Charter should be adopted at any time beh:vcen April 1 st of any odd numbered year and April 1 st of any even numbered year, a special eleotien shall be held on the third Tuesday in May of such even numbered year, at which special election all of the elected officials provided for by this Charter shall be elected for terms of one year only. The City Manager shall' give notice of all elections in the manner prescribed by the laws of Minnesota for cities of the same classification as Hopkins, but failure to give such notice shall not invalidate such election. . '. . CITY OF HOPKINS Hennepin County, Minnesota RESOLUTION NO. 93-127 RESOLUTION ACCEPTING CHARTER AMENDMENTS, ORDERING PUBLICATION AND SEtTING PUBLIC HEARING WHEREAS, the Hopkins Charter Commission has presented to. the Hopkins City Council proposed Charter amendments in the form of Ordinance #93-732, and WHEREAS, the Hopkins Charter Commission has recommended that Ordinance #93-732 be approved by the Hopkins City Council in accordance with Minnesota Statute 410.12, . NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Hopkins hereby accepts Ordinance #93-732, orders it published in the official newspaper, and sets a public hearing for December 7, 1993 at 7:30 p.m. for first reading of said ordinance. Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hopkins this second day of November, 1993. By Charles D. Redepenning, Mayor ATTEST: James A. Genellie, City Clerk . , . -'-~ CITY OF HOPKINS . HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 93-732 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 3.01 is amended as follows: Section 3.01. COUNCIL MEETINGS. The Council shall meet at such time as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution, except that they shall meet not less than once each month. The Mayor or any two members of the Council may call a special meeting. The rules for calling a special meeting, as set out in the Laws of the State of Minnesota, shall be followed. 1\.11 meetingo of the Council oho.ll be public, o.nd .dny citizen oho.ll ho.ve Qcceso to the minuteo o.ndrecordo thcreofo.t o.llrco.oono.blt timeo. Meetings of the City Council shall be open pursuant to the Minnesota Open Meeting law. . Minutes and records .of open. meetings shall be available to any . individual during regular business hours. Section 2. Section 4.01 is amended as follows: Section 4.01. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. Subdivision 1. The regular election for the choice of the elected officials of the City shall be held on the third Tuesday in May in odd numbered years. In the e"'Jent thio Cho.rter ohould be o.dopted atony time bet'.men l'~pril lot of any odd numbercd yco.r and 1\.pril lot of ony evcn numbered yeo.r, 0. opccio.lclection oholl be held on the third'Tueodny in Mny of such C'"v"'en numberod yonr, o.t ....hich opecio.l election nIl of the elected officinlo provided for by thio Cho.rter ohnll be elected for termo of one yoo.r only. The City Manager shall give notice of all elections in the manner prescribed by the laws of Minnesota for cities of the same classification as Hopkins, but failure to give such notice shall not invalidate such election. . ....... <( . . First Reading: December 7, 1992 Second Reading: December 21, 1992 " Date of publication: December 29, 1992 Date Ordinance Takes Effect: . March 28, 1993 Mayor Attest: City Clerk. . .