2025-1220 Amendment of the Hopkins Charter by OrdinanceCITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-1220
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 4.02 -Candidates is amended by adding the underlined
language and deleting stricken material as follows:
Section 4.02. Candidates. A candidate for a city office shall file an affidavit not
more than 70 days and not less than 56 days before the municipal general
election with the city clerk, or application on behalf of any qualified voter of the
city whom they desire to be a candidate may be mad e as per state la'N. In
either case, The filing fee shall be $25.00. Such affidavit or application shall
state that the candidate is a qualified voter of the city, and name the office for
which he is a candidate. Any candidate may withdrmv not later than 12:00
noon of the day folloi.-,ing the last day for filing by filing a notice of 'Nithdrawal
with the city clerk. An eligible voter of the city may file for election in the manner
prescribed by law.
SECTION 2. The effective date of this ordinance shall be effective 90 days after
publication.
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Date of Publication:
Date Ordinance Takes Effect:
ATTEST:
���Amy Domeier, ity lerk
January 21, 2025
February 4, 2025
February 13, 2025
May 14, 2025
By ________ _ Patrick Hanlon, Mayor