2002-886
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE 2002-886
AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE TERM LIMITS AND
COUNCIL REPRESENTATION OF THE PARK BOARD
The City Council of the City of Hopkins does hereby ordain:
Section 1.
The Hopkins City Code, Section 200.03 is hereby amended to read as follows:
200.03 Boards and Commissions. Pursuant to the authority granted the City Council in Section 2.02 of the
Hopkins City Charter, the Council has heretofore created certain boards and commissions specifically a Zoning
and Planning Commission in Hopkins Code 325.01, and a Park Board in Section 335.01. The term of office
shall be as defined in the respective ordinances. Members appointod to the Zoning and PI::mning Commission
shall serve no morc than two (2) consecutive terms of offico. Members appointed to the Park Board shall
serve no more than three (3) consecutive terms of office. A member who is appointed to fill a vacancy to a
term, which is less than half completed, shall be deemed to have served a full term of office. If the
appointment is to a term, which is more than half completed, the appointment shall not be deemed to constitute
a term of office for the purpose of calculating the maximum length of service allowed herein.
Section 2.
The Hopkins City Code, Section 335.01 is hereby amended to read as follows:
335.01 Park Board Established. There is created and continued a Park Board for the City, consisting of six
members to be appointed as follows: one member from the Council Staff Liaison to be appointed by the
"'ouncil City Manaqer for a term of one year; and five members at large, each to serve for a term of two years.
r-ree of the at-large members of the board shall be appointed on July 1 of each odd numbered year and the
vcher two at-large members thereof plus the member to be appointed from the Council, shall be appointed on
July 1 of each even numbered year. All appointments, except those otherwise hereinabove provided, shall be
made by the Mayor with the approval of the Council. A member of the board may be removed by the Mayor
with the approval of the Council for misconduct or neglect of duties. Each member except the City Council
member Staff Liaison shall have the right to vote on all matters before the board. (Amended Ord. No. 87-582,
Sec. 1)
Section 3. The effective date of this ordinance shall be the date of publication.
First Reading: December 17, 2002
Second Reading: January 7, 2003
Date of Publication: January 16, 2003
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Euge e J. xwell, Mayor
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