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August 23, 1974
SPECIAL CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1974
7:30 P. M. , CIVIC CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM
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CHARTER COMMISSION MEMBERS:
A Special Meeting has been called to review the suggested changes
from the City Attorney to the Ordinance proposed by the Charter
Commission's Amendments to the City Charter.
Attached to this letter is a copy of the Ordinance as it has
been published in the official newspaper, Please bring your copy
--.„ of this and the previous letter sent by the City Manager to the
meeting so that the items can be reviewed.
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Att.
R. S. V. P. 560-3450
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CITY OF FRIDLEY
NOTICE OF HEARING
BEFORE THE
CITY COUNCIL
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that there will be a public hearing of the
City Council of the City of Fridley in the City Hall at 6431 University
Avenue N. E. , on Monday, September 9, 1974, in the Council Chambers
at 7:30 P.M. for the consideration of the following Ordinance Amending
the City Charter of the City of Fridley.
Anyone desiring to be heard with reference to the following Ordinance
will be heard at the meeting.
FRANK G. LIEBL, MAYOR
PUBLISH: August 28, 1974
September 4, 1974
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
That the following Sections of the Fridley City Charter are amended as follows:
SECTION 1 . Section 2.03 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 2.03 ELECTIVE OFFICERS. The council shall be composed of a mayor and
four councilmen who shall be qualified voters. The mayor shall be elected at large
for a term of three years, (except the first mayor to be elected in 1957 shall be
for a term of two years. )
One councilman shall be elected at large for a term of three years except
that of the first such councilman at large under this charter, (shall be the incumbent
elected last year, 1956, with two years remaining of term and he shall be considered
to serve two years as councilman at large to 1959. )
Three councilmen shall be elected for terms of three years each from three
separate Wards of the city, as designated below, except that the first councilman
for Ward No. 2 under this Charter, shall be the councilman having one year of
term yet to serve, and shall be considered councilman for his Ward No. 2 for a one
year term to expire in 1958. The councilman from Wards No. 1 and No. 3 shall be
elected this year, 1957, each for terms of three years.
Upon adoption of this Charter the city is divided into three separate Wards as
follows:
(a) Ward No. 1 shall be the area comprising all of election district No. 1 .
Refer to Page 4-5 of "Voting Procedures" adopted by Village Council .
(b) Ward No. 2 shall be the area comprising all of election district No. 2.
(c) Ward No. 3 shall be the area comprising all of election district No. 3.
The councilman elected from a ward must be a resident of such ward and his
ceasing to be a resident thereof shall cause a vacancy in the office of councilman
from such ward; provided that a change in ward boundaries during his term of office
shall not disqualify him from serving out his term.
The term of mayor and of each councilman shall begin on the first official
business day in the month of January next following his election and shall end
when his successor has been duly elected and has qualified. The first order
of business at the first official council meeting in January shall be the
swearing in of the newly elected members of the council . The council shall be
the judge of the election of its members.
The boundaries of the three wards shall be redetermined from time to time by
ordinances duly adopted by the council , and based on findings of the council that
the wards as so redetermined are of as near equal size in both population and area
as practicable.
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After each decennial census of the United States, the council shall redetermine
ward boundaries, and if the council shall fail to do so within a period of two years
after the official certification of the decennial census , no further remuneration
shall be paid to the mayor or councilmen until the wards of the city are duly
redetermined as required by this charter.
SECTION 2. Section 2.05 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 2.05 VACANCIES IN THE COUNCIL. A vacancy in the counil shall be deemed
to exist in case of the failure of any person elected thereto to qualify on or before
the date of the second regular meeting of the new council , or by reason of the death,
resignation, removal from office, removal from the city, removal of a ward councilman
from his ward, continuous absence from the city for more than three months, or
conviction of a felony, or any such person whether before or after his qualification,
or by reason of the failure of any councilman without good cause to perform any of
the duties of membership in the council for a period of three months. In each such
case, the council shall by resolution declare such vacancy to exist and shall forth-
with appoint an eligible person or hold a special election within 60 days to fill the
unexpired term.
SECTION 3. Section 2.06 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. Section 2.06A of the Fridley City Charter is hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. Section 2.09 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 2..09 INVESTIGATION OF CITY AFFAIRS. The Council shall have
power to make investigations into the city's affairs, to subpoena witnesses, admini-
ster oaths, and compel the production of books, papers and other documentary evidence.
The council may at any time provide for an examination or audit of the accounts
of any officer or department of the city government, or it may cause to be made
any survey or research study of any problem affecting the city or its inhabitants .
Each such investigation shall be authorized by resolution of the council .
Any member of the council may request in writing any specific information
relating to any department via the City Manager. The City Manager shall respond
in writing within a reasonable period of time.
SECTION 6. Section 4.03 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 4.03 PRIMARY ELECTIONS. On the first Tuesday after the second
Monday of each September there shall be a primary election for the selection of two
nominees for each elective office at the regular municipal election, unless only two
nominees file for each elective office.
SECTION 7. Section 4.05 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 4.05 JUDGES AND CLERKS OF ELECTION. The council shall at
least 25 days before each municipal election appoint three qualified voters of each
voting precinct to be judges of elections therein and two qualified voters of the
same precinct to be clerks of election, or as many more or less as may be
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determined by the council . No person signing or circulating a petition of
nomination of candidate for election to office or any member of a committee
petitioning a referendum or recall shall be eligible to serve as a judge or clerk
of such election.
SECTION 8. Section 4.08 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 4.08 CANVASS OF ELECTIONS AND TAKING OF OFFICE. The Council
shall meet and canvass the election returns within seven calendar days after any
regular or special elections, and shall make full declaration of the results as
soon as possible and file a statement thereof with the city clerk, and said state-
ment shall be made a part of the minutes. This statement shall include: (a) the
total number of good ballots cast; (b) the total number of spoiled or defective
ballots; (c) the vote for each candidate, with a declaration of those who are
elected; (d) a true copy of the ballots used; (e) the names of the judges and •
clerks of election; (f) such other information as may seem pertinent. The city
clerk shall forthwith notify all persons elected of the fact of their election,
and the persons elected shall take office at the time provided for by Section 3.01 ,
upon taking, subscribing and filing with the city clerk the required oath of office.
SECTION 9. Section 5.02 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 5.02 EXPENDITURES BY PETITIONERS. No member of any initiative,
referendum, or recall committee, no circulator of a signature paper, and no signer
of any such paper, or any other person, shall accept or offer any reward, pecuniary
or otherwise, for service rendered in connection with the circulation thereof, but
this shall not prevent the committee from paying for legal advice and from incurring
an expense not to exceed $50 for stationery, copying, printing, and notaries' fees.
Any violation of the provisions of this section is an offense, subject to a fine
not less than $50, not to exceed $200.
SECTION 10. Section 5.08 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 5.08 INITIATIVE BALLOTS. The ballots used when voting upon
such proposed ordinance shall state the substance of the ordinance and shall
give the voters the opportunity to vote either "yes" or "no" on the question of
adoption. If a majority of the electors voting on any such ordinance vote in favor
of it, it shall thereupon become an ordinance of the city. Any number of proposed
ordinances may be voted upon at the same election but the voter shall be allowed
to vote for or against each separately. In case of inconsistency between two
initiated ordinances approved at one election, the one approved at the higher
percentage of electors and having at least 55% of the votes cast on the question
shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.
SECTION 11 . Chapter 5 of the Fridley City Charter shall be amended by the addition
of Section 5.19 which is to read as follows:
Section 5.19 CIRCULATION OF PETITIONS. Any person circulating a
.. petition for the initiation of an ordinance, the intiation of charter amendments , for
a referendum or the recall of an elected official : who falsely attests to any signa-
ture on the •etition shall be. suilt of an offense and shall be fined not less
than 4,50.
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Electors forming themselves into a committee for the purpose of circulating
a petition shall provide each circulator of such petition with a copy of this section
of the Charter.
SECTION 12. Section 6.04 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 6.04 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS. There shall be a city clerk, city
treasurer, city attorney and such other officers subordinate to the city manager as
the Council may provide for by ordinances. The City Attorney and/or the legal
officer(s) shall be appointed by the city manager with the approval of the council .
The city clerk shall be subject to the direction of the city manager and shall have
such duties in connection with the keeping of the public records, the custody and
disbursement of the public funds, and the general administration of the city's
affairs as shall be ordained by the council . He may be designated to act as
secretary of the council . The council may by ordinance abolish offices which have
been created by ordinance, and it may combine the duties of various offices as it
may see fit.
SECTION 13. Section 6.05 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 6.05 PURCHASES AND CONTRACTS. The city manager shall be the
chief purchasing agent of the city. All purchases on behalf of the city shall be
•-• made, and all contracts let, by the city manager, provided that the approval of
the council must be given in advance whenever the amount of such purchase or
contract exceeds $5,000. All contracts, bonds and instruments of every kind to
which the city shall bea party shall be signed by the mayor on behalf of the city
as well as by the city manager, and shall be executed in the name. of the city.
SECTION 14. Section 6.06 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 6.06 CONTRACTS, HOW LET. In all cases of contracts for the
purchase of merchandise, materials or equipment or for any kind of construction work
undertaken by the city, which require an expenditure of more than $5,000 unless
the council shall be an emergency ordinance otherwise provide, the city manager shall
advertise for bids by at least l0Aa s published notice in the official newspaper.
Contract and purchases in excess of $5,000 shall be let to the lowest responsible
bidder as determined by the council . The council may, however, reject any and all
bids. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the council from contracting
for the doing of work with patented processes, or from the purchasing of patented
appliances.
SECTION 15. Section 7.02 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 7.02 POWER OF TAXATION. The city shall have, in addition to
the powers by this charter expressly or impliedly granted, all the powers to raise
money by taxation pursuant to the laws of the state which are applicable to cities
of the class of which it may be a member from time to time, provided that the amount
of taxes levied against taxable property within the city for general city
'••■ purposes shall not exceed 16 mills on each dollar of the assessed valuation of the
property taxable in the city. In calculating such limit, the assessed value of
property used for homestead purposes shall be determined as now provided in Minnesota
Statutes, Section 273.13, Subdivision 7a.
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n "A" Special taxes as now or hereafter provided by law may be levied as the
need for such taxes arise, provided the council shall :
(a) Adopt a resolution showing the necessity for such tax.
(b) Hold a public hearing pursuant to three weeks published notice in the
official paper of the city.
(c) Adopt after such public hearing a resolution by an affirmative vote of
at least four (4) members of the council .
However, any such special taxes now in effect, wholly or in part, shall remain
so, and may be increased to their full legal limit at the discretion of the council .
"B" The city council may also levy a tax in any year against taxable
property within the city in addition to said 16 mill limitation and the levies specified:
(1 ) Adopt a resolution declaring the necessity for an additional tax levy
and specifying the purposes for which such additional tax levy is required.
(2) Hold a public hearing pursuant to three weeks' published notice in the
official newspaper of the city setting forth the contents of the resolution described
in subdivision (1 ).
(3) Adopt after such public hearing a resolution by an affirmative vote of at
least 4 members of the council which resolution provides for such levy.
SECTION 16. Section 7.03 of the Fridley. City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
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Section 7.03 BOARD OF REVIEW. The Council shall constitute a board
of review and shall meet as such in the usual place for holding council meetings to
equalize the assessed valuations according to law, and a published notice of such
meeting shall be given in the official newspaper of the city at least 10 days prior
to the day of said meeting.
SECTION 17. Section 7.04 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 7.04 PREPARATION OF ANNUAL BUDGET. The city manager shall
prepare the estimates for the annual budget which shall include any estimated deficit
for the current year. The estimates of expenditures shall be submitted by
each department to the city manager. Each estimate shall be divided into three
major subdivisions as follows: (a) Salaries and Wages, (b) Ordinary Expenses,
(c) Capital Outlay. Salary detail shall show a list of all salaried officers and
positions with salary allowance and number of persons holding each. Wages shall be
broken down in sufficient detail to justify the request. Ordinary expenses shall be
broken down into such detail as the city manager shall direct. Capital Outlay shall
be itemized as to items and amounts.
In parallel columns shall be added the amounts expended under similar heads
for the two preceding fiscal years, and, as far as practicable, the amounts expended
and estimated for expenditure during the current year. In addition to estimates of
expenditures, the city manager shall prepare a detailed statement of revenues
collected for the two preceding completed fiscal years with amounts estimated
'', to be collected for the current fiscal year, and an estimate of revenues for the
ensuing fiscal year. The estimates shall be submitted to the council at its first
regular monthly meeting in September.
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The city manager shall submit with estimates such explanatory statement or
statements as he may deem necessary, and during the first two years under this
charter he shall be authorized to interpret the requirements of this :secton as
requiring only such comparisons of the city finances with those of the previous
government of the city as may be feasible and pertinent.
SECTION 18. Section 7.05 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 7.05 PASSAGE OF THE BUDGET. The budget shall be the principal
item of business at the first regular monthly meeting of the council in September,
and the council shall hold subsequent meetings from time to time until all the esti-
mates have been considered. The meetings shall be so conducted as to give interested
citizens a reasonable amount of time in which to be heard, and an opportunity to ask
questions. The budget estimates shall be read in full and the City Manager shall
explain the various items thereof as fully as may be deemed necessary by the council .
The annual budget finally agreed upon shall set forth in such detail as may be
determined by the city council , the complete financial plan of the city for the
ensuing fiscal year, and shall be signed by the majority of the council upon being
adopted. It shall indicate the sums to be raised and from,what sources, and the sums
to be spent and for what purposes, according to the plan indicated in Section 7.04.
The total sum appropriated shall not exceed the total estimated revenue. The council
shall adopt the budget not later than the first council meeting in October by ordinance
which shall set forth the total of the budget and the totals of the major divisions
of the budget, according to the plan indicated in Section 7.04.
SECTION 19. Section 7.09 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 7.09 LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAXES. On or before the first
council meeting of October each year the council shall levy by resolution the taxes
necessary to meet the requirements of the budget for the ensuing fiscal year. The
city clerk shall transmit to the county auditor annually, not later than the 10th
of October, a statement of all the taxes levied, and such taxes shall be collected
and the payment thereof be enforced with and in like manner as state and county taxes.
No tax shall be invalid by reason of any informality in the manner of levying the
same, nor because the amount levied shall exceed the amount required to be raised
for the special purpose for which the same is levied, but in that case the surplus
shall go into a suspense fund, and shall be used to reduce the levy for the ensuing
year.
SECTION 20. Section 7.14 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 7.14 ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS. The city manager shall be the
chief accounting officer of the city and of every branch thereof, and the council
may prescribe and enforce proper accounting methods, forms, blanks, and other devices
consistent with the law, this charter, and the ordinances in accord with it. He shall
submit to the council a statement each month showing the amount of money in the cus-
tody of the city treasurer, the status of all funds, the amount spent or chargeable
against each of the annual budget allowances and the balances left in each, and such
''' other information relative to the finances of the city as the council may require.
The council may at any time and shall annually provide for an audit of the city
finances by a certified public accountant or by the department of the state authorized
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to make examinations of the affairs of municipalities. On or before the first day
of June in each year the city manager shall prepare a complete financial statement
in form approved by the council of the city's financial operations for the preceding
calendar year, which statement may be published in such manner as the council may
direct and a summary thereof shall be published in the official newspaper on or
before June 10th of each year.
SECTION 21 . Section 7.17 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 7.17 DEBT AND TAX ANTICIPATION CERTIFICATES. (a) If in any
year the receipts from taxes or other sources should from some unforeseen cause
become insufficient for the ordinary expenses of the city as provided for in the
budget, or if any calamity or other public emergency should subject the city to
the necessity of making extraordinary expenditures, then the council may authorize
the sale by the city treasurer of emergency debt certificates to run not to exceed
eighteen months and to bear interest at not more than allowable by State statutes.
A tax sufficient to redeem all such certificates at maturity shall be levied as
part of the budget of the following year. The authorization of an issue of such
emergency debt certificates shall take the form of an ordinance approved by at least
four of the members of the council ; the ordinance may, if deemed necessary, be
passed as an emergency ordinance.
(b) For the prupose of providing necessary moneys to meet authorized expendi-
" ' tures, the council may issue certificates of indebtedness in any year prior to the
receipt of taxes payable in such year, on such terms and conditions as it may deter-
mine, bearing interest at a rate not more than allowable by State stautes; provided
that such certificates outstanding at any one time shall not exceed forty per cent
of the tax levy payable in the current year belonging to the fund for the benefit of
which the borrowing is authorized.
SECTION 22. Section 8.05 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 8.05 PUBLIC WORKS: HOW PERFORMED. Public works including
all local improvements may be constructed, extended, repaired and maintained either
by contract or, if the estimated cost is less than five thousand dollars, directly
by day labor. Before receiving bids the city manager shall , under the direction of
the city council , have suitable plans and specifications prepared for the proposed
material or project and the estimate of the cost thereof in detail . The award of
any contract amounting to more than ten thousand dollars shall require a four-fifths
vote of the city council . When the best interests of the city will be served there-
by, the city council may organize a construction department under competent super-
vision and provided with suitable equipment.
The right is reserved to the city council , upon the recommendation of an engineer,
acting through the construction department to bid on any work to be let by
contract. All contracts shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, but the
term "lowest responsible bidder" shall be interpreted as giving the city council
the right to accept any bid which it determines to be most advantageous to the city.
/".\ The city council shall reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Detailed
proceedings governing the advertisement for bids and the execution of the contract
shall be prescribed by ordinance. The city shall require contractors to furnish
proper bonds for the protection of the city, the employees and material men.
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SECTION 23. Chapter 10 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows :
CHAPTER 10 - Franchises and Franchisee
Section 10.01 DEFINITION OF FRANCHISES. The word "franchise" as used in
this charter shall be construed to include all privileges granted to any person,
firm, association or corporation in, over, upon or under any of the highways
or public places of the city, whether such privileges have been or shall here-
after be granted either by the city or by the State of Minnesota.
Section 10.02 FRANCHISE ORDINANCES. The council may grant franchises by
ordinance adopted by an affirmative vote of at least four members of the council ,
but in no case shall a franchise be granted by an emergency ordinance, nor with-
in twenty (20) days after a public hearing thereon as provided for in Section
10.09, or later than sixty (60) days after such public hearing. Franchise rights
shall always be subject to the superior right of the public to the use of streets
and public places. All corporations, co-partnerships, persons or other entity
desiring to make an especially burdensome use of the streets or public places,
inconsistent with the public's right in such places, or desiring the privilege
of placing in, over, upon or under any street or public place any permanent
or semi-permanent fixtures for the purpose of constructing or operating
street or other railways, or for telephoning or telegraphing or transmitting
electricity, or transporting by pneumatic tubes, or for furnishing to the
city or its inhabitants or any portion thereof transportation facilities,
water, light, heat, power, or any other public utility or for any other
purpose, may be required to obtain a franchise before proceeding to make such
use of the streets or public places or before proceeding to place such
fixtures in such places. Every ordinance granting or extending any franchise
shall contain all the terms and conditions of the franchise. A franchise
shall be without any validity whatever until it has been unconditionally
accepted in all its terms, and such acceptance, properly executed by the
grantee, has been filed with the city clerk.
Section 10.03 COST OF PUBLICATION OF FRANCHISE. The grantee shall bear
the cost of publication of the franchise ordinances and shall deposit sufficient
cash to guarantee the publication before the ordinance is passed.
Section 10.04 POWER OF REGULATION RESERVED. The city shall have the
right and power to regulate and control the exercise by a corporation, co-
partnership, person or other entity, of any franchise, however ,acquired, and
whether such franchise has been heretofore granted by the Cityof Fridley or by
the State of Minnesota, or shall hereafter be granted by the city of by the
State of Minnesota.
Section 10.05 RATES AND CHARGES. Every franchisee making use of the
street or public places within the city shall give courteous, efficient and
adequate service at reasonable rates. A reasonable rate shall be construed to
be one which will , with efficient management, normally yield a fair return
on all property used and useful in furnishing service to the city and its
inhabitants. This shall not be construed as a guaranty of a return and in no
case shall there be any return upon franchise value. Within these limits the
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determination of maximum rates, fares or charges to be charged by any franchisee
for service rendered to the city or to any person, persons , firm or corporation
within the city shall be made, if possible, by direct negotiations between the
public utility and the council . In case of failure to reach an agreement by
this method within a reasonable time the council may, in its discretion, agree
to submit to arbitration on such terms as it may deem feasible or upon such
terms as the franchise provides for, the fixing of the rates, fares or charges
to be made by the franchisee, provided, however, that the rates, fares or charges
so fixed by arbitration shall not be bidning on the city for more than five years.
section 10.06 PROVISIONS OF FRANCHISES. (a) Every franchise shall contain,
among other things, provisions relating to the following:
(1 ) The term of the franchise granted, which shall not exceed 25 years.
(2) Rates, fares and charges to be charged by the franchisee in compliance
with the terms and provisions of Section 10.05.
(3) The rights reserved to the city in connection with the erection of
poles, masts or other fixtures in the streets or public places and the attach-
ment of wires thereto the laying of tracks in or of pipes or conduits under the
streets or public places, and the placing in the streets or other public places
of any permanent or semi-permanent fixtures or equipment by the franchisee.
(4) The prompt repair by the franchisee of all damages to the public streets,
alleys and public property occasioned by the acts or omissions of the franchisee.
(5) The rights of the city to have access to all books, records and papers
of the franchisee which in any way deal with, affect or record its operations
' within and pertaining to the city and pertaining to property and equipment used
and useful in furnishing service to the city and its inhabitants.
(b) Every franchise shall contain, among other things, provisions relating
to the following:
(1 ) The power and right of the city to submit to arbitration the fixing of
any rates, fares or charges to be made by the franchisee.
(2) The right of the franchisee to receive upon condemnation proceedings
brought by the city to acquire the franchisee compensation for its franchise or
the value thereof, if any.
Section 10.07 FURTHER PROVISIONS OF FRANCHISE. The enumeration and specifi-
cation of particular matters which must be provided for in every franchise or
renewal or extension thereof shall not be construed as impairing the right of
the city to insert in any such franchise or renewal or extension thereof such
other and further conditions and restrictions as the council may deem proper
to protect the city's interests, nor shall anything contained in this charter
limit any right or power possessed by the city over existing franchises.
Section 10.08 RENEWALS OR EXTENSION OF FRANCHISE. Every extension, renewal
or modification of any existing franchise or of any franchise granted hereunder
shall be subject to the same limitations and granted in the same manner as a new
franchise.
Section 10.09 PUBLIC HEARINGS. Before any franchise ordinance is adopted or
,aft any rates, fares or charges to be charged by a franchisee are fixed, there shall
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be a public hearing by the council in regard thereto. Notice of such public hearing
by the council in regard thereto. Notice of such public hearing shall be given
by published notice at least once in the official newspaper not less than twenty
(20) days prior to the date of such public hearing. Additional notice of such
public hearing may be given in such manner as the council shall determine.
SECTION 24. Section 12.07 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 12.07 The council shall have the exclusive power, by ordinance
passed by a vote of at least four members of the council , to vacate or discontinue
highways, streets, easements, and alleys within the city. Such vacations may be
made only after notice, and hearing of affected property owners, and upon such
further terms, and by such procedure as the council may by ordinance prescribe.
A record of each such vacation shall be filed in the office of the Register of Deeds
of Anoka County.
SECTION 24. Section 12.11 of the Fridley City Charter is hereby repealed.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
DAY OF , 1974.
MAYOR - FRANK G. LIEBL
ATTEST:.
CITY CLERK - MARVIN C. BRUNSELL
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Publication: