2024-1210 Amendment of the Hopkins Charter by Ordinance CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-1210
AMENDMENT OF THE HOPKINS CHARTER BY ORDINANCE
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 7.03 — Board of Equalization is deleted in its entirety.
SECTION 2. Section 7.04 — Preparation of the Annual Budget is amended by deleting
StFmGken material as follows:
Section 7.04. Preparation of Annual Budget. The annual budget shall provide a
complete financial plan for the budget year by fund, showing all proposed
expenditures and estimates of all anticipated revenues applicable to proposed
expenditures and any other information the council may require, or the city
manager may deem desirable. IR paTa;Tea GOlumns shall be chew the b dg
aMGURt for the, Of any, granted and expeRded URder sirnilaF heads feF the past t
. The council may
include or exclude at its discretion any fund, except the general fund. The budget
shall be submitted to the council at a regular council meeting, OR a manPFe6GFibed by state statute, Rot less than 30 days pFier to fiRal appr . r,or
no later
than the first regular monthly meeting in September. It shall be a public record open
to public inspection.
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SECTION 3. Section 7.10 — Disbursements is amended by deleting stFicken material as
follows:
Section 7.10. Disbursements. O;sbu;semeRt—Ofd funds shall-be--Fede--by-a
autheFize d Gity nffiGeF. No disbursements shall be issued until the claim to which it
relates has been supported by an itemized bill, payroll, time-sheet, voucher or the
like approved and�a by the responsible city officer who vouches for its
correctness and reasonableness. No check shall be issued until there is money to
the credit of the fund out of which it is to be paid sufficient to pay the same. The
council may by ordinance make further regulations for the safekeeping and
disbursements of the funds of the city.
SECTION 4. Section 7.13 — Accounts and Reports is amended by deleting str
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material as follows:
Section 7.13. ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS. The city manager shall be the chief
accounting officer of the city and shall submit to the council a statements eae#
Me tth containing information relative to the finances of the city as the council may
require. Each year the city manager shall submit a report to the council, no later
than June 30, covering the entire financial operations of the city for the past year.
This report shall follow the style and form, as far as practicable, prescribed for
annual city financial reports an-sey+es will be made available to interested parties.
SECTION 5. The effective date of this ordinance shall be effective 90 days after publication.
First Reading: October 1, 2024
Second Reading: October 8, 2024
Date of Publication: October 17, 2024
Date Ordinance Takes Effect: January 15, 2025
By
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