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CHA 01/06/2014 TO: Charter Commission Members FROM: Deb Skogen, City Clerk and Staff Liaison Date: December 30, 2013 Re: Charter Commission Meeting of January 6, 2013 This is a reminder to you that the next Charter Commission meeting will be held on Monday, January 6th at 7:00 p.m. in Meeting Room 2 of the Lower Level. In order to ensure a quorum, remember, the Charter Commission policy requires a member to call or e-mail me before 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 6th, as to whether or not you plan on attending the meeting. Please remember to call or e-mail me by Monday morning at (763)572- 3523 or e mail at deb.skogen@fridleymn.gov whether or not you will be attending the meeting. If there will not be a quorum, those Commissioners who called will receive a phone call notifying them there will not be a quorum and the meeting will be cancelled. A notice will then be placed on the door of the cancellation of the meeting for those commissioners who did not call, but came to the meeting. I have researched information about what it means to read an ordinance. A memo and reference materials are included in the agenda packet. I have not included definitions of read or present. Most, if not all of you, do have access to the Internet. A search on the word should provide you with several definitions. Please bring your definitions, along with you other ideas about Chapter 3. I sent the information to Wally Wysopal for his review and input as well. He felt you may want to add phrasing granting the council the right to waive the reading. He thought that may be the most effective and be the least controversial. He is anxious to hear what the Charter Commission recommends. If you have any questions, please call or e-mail me if you have questions. FRIDLEY CHARTER COMMISSION A G E N D A MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2014 7:00 P.M. ====================================== Fridley Municipal Center LOCATION: Meeting Room 2 Lower Level 1.CALL TO ORDER: 2.ROLL CALL: 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES November 4, 2013 5. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS A. Update on Ordinance Amending Chapters 7, 8, 11 and 12 B. Appointment of Nominations Committee 6. DISCUSSION OF CHAPTER 3 7. DISCUSSION-CHAPTER 1 (REFERS TO MN STATURES CH 410) (TABLED) 8. OTHER BUSINESS 9. FUTURE MEETING TOPICS Discussion of Pros and Cons of Being Charter City (Tabled to February 2014) 10. ADJOURNMENT Next Regular Commission meeting February 3, 2014 Conference Room A - Upper Level CITY OF FRIDLEY AgendaItem4 CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING November 4, 2013 CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Nelson called the Charter Commission meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. ROLL CALL: Members Present: Commissioners Peter Borman, Gary Braam, Don Findell, Marion Flickinger, Carol Hoiby, Bill Holm, Ted Kranz, Rick Nelson, Barb Reiland, Pam Reynolds, and Richard Walch Members Absent: Commissioners Nancy Jorgenson, Novella Ollawore, Lois Scholzen, and Cindy Soule Others Present: Deb Skogen, City Clerk/Staff Liaison APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Borman MOVED and Commissioner Braam seconded a motion approving the meeting agenda. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON NELSON DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Holm MOVED and Commissioner Braam seconded a motion approving the Charter Commission meeting minutes of October 7, 2013. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON NELSON DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS A. Update on Ordinance Amending Chapters 7, 8, 11 and 12 Deb Skogen said the ordinance had been scheduled for its first reading that evening, however due to an th emergency and lack of a unanimous vote, the first reading had been tabled to November 18. B. Deb Skogen reviewed the information she received at the workshop on the Open Meeting Law. She will put together a brief summary and provide it with the next agenda packet. DISCUSSION OF CHAPTER 3 Chairperson Nelson thanked Commissioner Reynolds for asking the City Council about their rules and whether or not the ordinances should be read in full. It sparked some good discussion and is important to review the Charter and suggested changes where needed to comply with business practices of today. Commissioner Reynolds said she asked due to the ordinance the Council held on their salaries and benefits. She said she wanted to let the Council know she disagreed with the benefits they were receiving and that is when she asked the question about the procedures they were using. She said she received the 2006 rules that were put together by Bill Burns to use as a guide for Councilmembers Varichak and Saefke. Deb Skogen said after reviewing the memo from Mr. Burns and discussing it with the City Attorney, it was determined the City Council needed to provide rules and procedures for their use. The City Attorney was also recommending that this be done annually so they are on record as to what their rules are and they are available to the public. DRAFT CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING OF NOVEMBER 4, 2013 PAGE 2 Commissioner Reynolds said at the annual meeting each year, other cities provide the procedures, rules and regulations and used Falcon Heights as an example. She said some of the minutes she reviewed said the city manager read the ordinance. Chairperson Nelson suggested amending the Charter to state the Council shall specify at its annual meeting the rules and procedures they will be they should be identified. Commissioner Reynolds said she had done some review on parliamentary procedures. She said most parliamentarians believe Roberts Rules of Order should be reserved for larger groups. She said the city attorney referenced some other procedures. Ms. Skogen suggested adding a line to Section 3.03 that would require the council to specify the rules they would be using annually at their first meeting in January. Commissioner Borman reviewed several examples from other cities that were provided. Commissioner Reiland said, even though they can determine their own rules, they should specify those rules so the citizens know what rules are being used. Commissioner Reynolds said Chapter 12 have miscellaneous provisions. Some cities have a list of what they specify at the annual meeting, like the official newspaper, depositories, etc. She said the Blaine and Columbia Height charters also specify it is done at an annual meeting. th Ms. Skogen said the first meeting of the year has to be held on or before January 9. She suggested making the change in the rules of quorum and procedure so you would only have to look in one place, rather than putting it in another chapter of the charter. Chairperson Nelson thought they should specify the rules, because when Commissioner Reynolds asked at the council meeting, nobody could answer the question. Commissioner Holm wondered what was being accomplished. He said there were tricks to Roberts Rules of Order. He said someone could make a motion not subject to discussion which could lead down a path no one wants and suggested being careful about what you are specifying. Commissioner Walch said if the rul describe the type of rules being used. Commissioner Hoiby said they have been following the same rules through all of the years. Ms Skogen suggested the council adopt a resolution specifying the rules and order of business they will use for the year, that way it is on the record and easy to find and provides the council the ability to change the rules. Commissioner Reynolds said the 2006 rules prepared by Mr. Burns also stated the order of business and some of the motions that could be made. She said there were several other parliamentary procedures other than Roberts that could be used, as they were not as cumbersome and were easier to understand. Commissioner Kranz wondered if someone, whether it be council or the public, could filibuster or talk for a long time so business could not be conducted. Chairperson Nelson said they could identify how long a member of the public could address an issue, and require that once an individual has taken their time, they cannot speak again, for another 3 minutes, only after all of the other individuals have had an opportunity to address the council. Commissioner Reynolds said those would be rules of procedures. DRAFT CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING OF NOVEMBER 4, 2013 PAGE 3 Commissioner Holm said if they chose to, they could adopt the rules specified in Mr. Burns memo of 2006. Ms. Skogen said the city attorney felt, based on her experience and what other cities do, that the council should adopt rules annually. Chairperson Nelson said the council shall annually specify by resolution what rules they are adopting and using for the year. The Commissioners agreed to amend Section 3.03 of the charter as follows: and specify by resolution at the first regular meeting of the year its Commissioner Holm liked the Columbia Heights language, others liked the Blaine language in Section 3.04 related to ordinances, resolutions and motions. Columbia Heights language allows for the reading to be waived with 4/5 vote, but the ordinances has be in the record in full. Blaine allowed for someone to have it read. Commissioner Reynolds said that could be done under Roberts Rules of Order. Commissioner Reynolds says our Charter says they have to read it in full. Chairperson Nelson thought the language should be changed based on their practice. The Commissioners discussed language from other city charters. Commissioner Holm there could be a 45 page ordinance and wondered what reading the ordinance out loud at a meeting really accomplished. It would be better to have a written copy to provide if someone had questions. Commissioner Reynolds felt there were very few people who go online to view the agenda before the meeting or will read the ordinance, she would be speaking in the dark about it, but also understood if they were reading it out loud she would probably not understand it either. Chairperson Nelson said you should bring it up at the public hearing and not at the readings. Ms. Skogen said not all ordinances receive public hearings because the code does not require it. Chairperson Nelson wondered what the purpose of the reading was. He wondered if people have a chance to change the language or amend it between readings. Commissioner Walch wondered what the individuals thought about when putting the language together. Ms. Skogen said there may not have been as much communication and people may not have been educated as well as they are today and so they had to read it out loud. She said the way people communicate today is different. Commissioner Reynolds said because the minutes are the official record and it is not read into the minutes, is it official. Ms. Skogen said a copy of each ordinance is in an ordinance book which is part of the official record and is permanent. Chairperson Nelson wondered if they should state that the resolution and ordinances are part of a separate journal that may be kept separate from the minutes. Commissioner Borman wondered if he gave a January 15, 1982 council date you could pull up that meeting and find all of the related information. DRAFT CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING OF NOVEMBER 4, 2013 PAGE 4 Ms. Skogen said when scanning in the documentation, there was not a lot of information stored from the agenda books, but you would have a record of the minutes, resolutions and ordinances in their respective books. She said more information is provided in the agenda books today, but you still would refer to the official copy of the minute, resolution and ordinance books. She said Section 3.07 requires the city clerk to keep an ordinance book for that purpose. Commissioner Reynolds said in some of the meeting minutes she found some of the ordinances were read, but if it was not changed, it was not read the second time. Ms. Skogen suggested putting together a comparison chart, or they could suggest a change. She said if they were looking at changing reading of ordinances, they should also look at resolutions as they are required to be read in full as well and the language should be consistent. Need a motion to waive the reading and order the adoption of, with the language, vs they will just be available in writing, vs Blaine if a citizen wants to pull it and it can be read in its entirety. Commissioner Walch liked Columbia Heights language did, unless one individual councilmember or member of the public wanted to read it. In addition, the ordinance could only be read once. The commissioners suggested the following language to reflect the Blaine language. by ordinance. Every ordinance and resolution shall be presented in writing and shall not be read in full, unless requested by a councilmember or a Fridley resident, at the meeting in which it is introduced before the vote is taken thereon. All administr out how the legislature conducts its business. She did not know if there was a legal basis to use the words or if a different word like present or presentation could be used. The Commissioners requested Ms. Skogen do some research to find out definitions. Commissioner Borman asked if reading mean it had to be read out loud or does reading mean it is being presented? Chairperson Nelson wondered why three individuals, other than the mayor would sign the documents. Ms. Skogen suggested changing that to mayor pro tem, as that is the term used in Section 2.03.1 and it would make it more consistent. The commissioners agreed and the language recommended is: or Mayor Pro Tem, or by three (3) other members of the Council, FUTURE MEETING TOPICS Discussion of Chapter 3 Look at Chapter 1 Update on Chapters 7-12 DRAFT CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING OF NOVEMBER 4, 2013 PAGE 5 ADJOURNMENT: Commissioner Holm MOVED and Commissioner Kranz seconded a motion to adjourn the meeting. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON NELSON DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED AND THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 8:34 P.M. Respectfully submitted, ________________________ ________________________ Debra A. Skogen, Commissioner Donald Findell, Secretary City Clerk/Staff Liaison DRAFT Agenda Item 3A TO: Charter Commission Members FROM: Deb Skogen, City Clerk and Staff Liaison Date: December 18, 2013 Re: Update Charter Amendment Chapters 7-12 The second reading of Ordinance No. 1310, an ordinance amending Chapters 7-12 of the Fridley nd City Charter was held and adopted on December 2. The ordinance was published in the thth SunFocus on December 12 and becomes effective 90 days after publication which is March 7. I will make the changes to the Charter and have them available at the next meeting. AgendaItem6 TO: Charter Commission Members FROM: Deb Skogen, City Clerk and Staff Liaison Date: December 18, 2013 Re: Discussion of Chapter 3 Follow-up on Definition of “Read” or “Reading I contacted the research staff at the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) to ask if there was a legal requirement to use the words “read” or “reading” when adopting an ordinance. The LMC researcher said to refer to the charter. He said the state did not have a requirement that you had to read it. He suggested defining what the words meant if you continue to use them. We discussed the council process of waiving the reading and he said if the council’s rules allowed for it they could do that. When talking about the word “present”, there again he suggesting defining what it meant – how is it presented – is it read into the record, is in printed or in writing. He did not have any other suggestions. I did some research on the web and was able to find some information about what other cities or states do and am providing them to you as additional materials for you to review. I contacted Fritz Knaak to get his opinion of “read” or “readings” of ordinances. He said there was no statutory requirement, although he said he liked the practice. He said it was a common practice in legislative bodies – with a particularly storied history in Minnesota. He described the famous incident where a legislative bill, that would have changed the location of the capitol to St. Peter, was "stolen". Since it was the only copy, it could not be subsequently read and therefore further action was not possible until it could be retrieved. Fritz said the practice of reading had more to do with limited copying availability rather than illiteracy, as most people in legislative bodies were members of the reading class. He felt its continued usage in a municipal context could be attributed to the deference to the more formal, deliberate process with some history behind it. He supposed one could say that it could be used to limit copying costs, although, generally, council members see copies when they are deliberating. Fritz felt multiple readings, where the actual "reading" is routinely waived, had the advantage of slowing the process down a bit and allowing for more consideration. It was because of that feature that he liked the way the Fridley Charter handled the issue. FRIDLEY CITY CHARTER CHAPTER 3. PROCEDURE OF COUNCIL Section 3.01. COUNCIL MEETINGS. 1. The Council shall hold the first regular meeting of the year on or before the ninth day of January. At this meeting any newly elected members of the Council shall assume their duties. Thereafter, the Council shall hold regular meetings at a fixed time at least once each month as prescribed by resolution. A regular meeting is one that is scheduled by resolution, at which formal action is taken, and for which minutes are recorded. 2. A special meeting of the Council may be called as needed by the Mayor or any two (2) Councilmembers upon compliance with the notification requirements in Minnesota statutes and upon at least twelve (12) hours' notice to each member of the Council. Such notice must be communicated personally to each member or to a person of suitable age and discretion residing at the member's usual place of residence, or notice of the meeting must be transmitted to the member's residence. The presence of any member of the Council at a special meeting shall constitute a waiver of any formal notice unless the member appears for the purpose of objecting to the holding of the meeting. Formal action is taken at a special meeting, and minutes are recorded. 3. From time to time the Council may hold conference meetings at which matters are discussed but no formal action is taken. Most conference meetings should be scheduled at the same time as the City Council schedule is made by resolution. (Ref. Ord. 1252) 4. All meetings of the Council shall be public unless otherwise specified by law. Any person shall have access to any Council meeting minutes or records at all reasonable times unless access is restricted by state or federal law. (Ref. Special Election 4/12/60, Ord. 857, Ord. 1074) Section 3.02. SECRETARY OF COUNCIL. The Council shall approve a Secretary to serve at its meetings. The Secretary shall prepare the journal of minutes of proceedings. The Secretary shall also prepare other records and perform other duties as may be required by this Charter or by vote of the Council. The Council may designate any official or employee of the City, except the City Manager or a member of the Council, to act as Secretary of the Council. (Ref. Ord. 1252) Section 3.03. RULES OF QUORUM AND PROCEDURE. A majority of seated Councilmembers constitute a quorum for purposes of canvassing an election. For all other purposes three Councilmembers constitute a quorum to do business, but a lesser number may adjourn from time to time. The Mayor and other members of the Council each have one vote. The Council shall determine and specify by resolution at the first regular meeting of the year its own rules and order of business and shall keep a journal of its proceedings. (Ref. Ord. 1074) 07/14/2008 Fridley City Charter Section 3.07.2 Section 3.04. ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS. Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, all legislation shall be by ordinance. Every ordinance and resolution shall be presented in writing and read in full at a Council meeting and shall not be read in full, unless requested by a councilmember or a Fridley resident at the meeting in which it is introduced before the vote is taken thereon. All administrative business may be transacted by ordinary motion. Upon the vote on ordinances, motions, and resolutions the ayes and nays shall be recorded unless the vote is declared unanimous. An affirmative vote of at least three (3) members of the Council is required for the passage of all ordinances, except as otherwise provided in this Charter. Resolutions and motions require a majority vote of the Councilmembers in attendance at the meeting, except as otherwise provided in this Charter. (Ref. Ord. 1252) Section 3.05. PROCEDURE ON ORDINANCES. The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the Council shall be in the words, "The City of Fridley does ordain." Every ordinance other than emergency ordinances shall have two (2) public readings in full with at least seven (7) days between the first reading and the second reading. Any legislation prescribing a penalty for its violation shall be enacted in the form of an ordinance. (Ref. Ord. 1074) Section 3.06. EMERGENCY ORDINANCES. 1. An emergency ordinance is an ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, morals, safety or welfare in which the emergency is defined and declared, and which is passed by a vote of at least three (3) members of the Council, as recorded by ayes and nays. (Ref. Ord. 1252) 2. No person(s), firm or corporation charged with violation of the emergency ordinance shall be prosecuted unless: a) the person(s), firm or corporation has had notice of the passage of the ordinance; or b) the ordinance has been filed with the City Clerk, posted in three conspicuous places in the City, and twenty-four (24) hours after the filing and posting have elapsed; or c) the ordinance has been published. 3. No grant of any franchise shall ever be made by an emergency ordinance. (Ref. Ord. 1074) Section 3.07. SIGNING, PUBLICATION AND RETENTION OF ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS. 1. Every ordinance passed by the Council shall be signed by the Mayor, or by three (3) other members of the Council Mayor Pro Tem, and attested by the City Clerk, published and recorded. 2. Every ordinance shall be published at least once in the official newspaper of the City. If the publication of the title and a summary description of an ordinance clearly informs the public of its intents and effect, the Council may by three (3) affirmative votes of its members direct the City Manager to publish only the title of the ordinance together with a summary, with an added notice that a printed copy of the ordinance is available for inspection by any person during regular office hours at the office of the City Clerk and at any other location designated by the Council. Prior to the publication of the title and summary, the Council 07/14/2008 Fridley City Charter Section 3.10 shall approve a text of the summary that clearly informs the public of the intent and effect of the ordinance. The publishing of the title and summary shall be deemed to fulfill all legal requirements 3. Every ordinance shall be recorded in its entirety by the City Clerk in a book kept for that purpose, within twenty (20) days after publication of the ordinance or of its title and summary. Proof of the publication shall be attached to and filed with the ordinance. 4. All resolutions and motions duly passed at each meeting of the Council may, at the discretion of the Council, be published in full or in part in the official newspaper of the City. In the case of partial publication, it shall be indicated in what respect they are incomplete. 5. Any administrative rule or regulation of any department of the State of Minnesota affecting the City or any statute of the State of Minnesota, or any published code, specifications or regulations prepared by an organization for general circulation and use may be adopted and incorporated in an ordinance by reference and by marking a copy of it as "official copy" and filing it for reference and inspection in the office of the City Clerk. The publication requirements of this Charter shall be as fully satisfied by this method as if the material had been set forth in the ordinance in full. (Ref. Ord. 767, Ord. 780, Ord. 1074) Section 3.08. WHEN ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS TAKE EFFECT. Emergency ordinances, except as provided in Section 3.06 of this Chapter, and ordinances making the annual tax levy, disbursing money, determining the annual budget and providing for local improvements and assessments take effect immediately upon their passage. Every other ordinance enacted by the Council takes effect fifteen (15) days after the date of its publication, unless a later effective date is fixed in it. A resolution takes effect upon its passage. (Ref. Ord. 1074) Section 3.09. AMENDMENT AND REPEAL OF ORDINANCES. No ordinance or section of an ordinance shall be amended or repealed except by ordinance. Every repealing ordinance shall refer to the ordinance repealed by title, date of passage and section number or numbers. No ordinance or section of an ordinance shall be amended by reference to its title alone. The amending ordinance shall set forth in full each section or subsection as amended. This requirement shall not apply to amendments to zoning ordinances. (Ref. Ord. 1074) Section 3.10. CODIFICATION OF ORDINANCES. The ordinances of the City shall, at intervals of not more than ten (10) years, be rearranged and codified with such additions and deletions as may be deemed necessary by the Council. The codification shall be published in book or continuously revised loose-leaf form or stored by electronic means such as a computer. Copies of the Code of City Ordinances or any portion of it shall be made available by the Council at the office of the City Clerk for general distribution to the public at a reasonable charge. Each copy shall contain a printed certificate attested to by the City Clerk, that the publication is correct, and each copy so published shall be received in evidence in all courts for the purpose of providing the ordinances contained in it, the same as if the original ordinances were produced in court. (Ref. Ord. 1252) 07/14/2008 ReferenceMaterial forDiscussionfor Item6 AgendaItem7 FRIDLEY CITY CHARTER CHAPTER 1. NAME, BOUNDARIES, POWERS AND CONSTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENT Section 1.01. NAME AND BOUNDARIES. 1. Upon the taking effect of this Chapter, the Village of Fridley in the County of Anoka and State of Minnesota shall become a City under the name of City of Fridley and shall continue to be a municipal corporation with boundaries the same as they now are established or as they may hereafter be established. Section 1.02. POWERS OF THE CITY. 2. The City of Fridley shall have perpetual succession; 3. may sue and be sued; 4. may use and alter its seal at pleasure; 5. shall be capable of contracting and being contracted with; 6. may take by purchase, condemnation, gift, devise, or otherwise, and hold, lease, sell and convey all such real and personal property as its purposes may require, or the transaction of its business may render convenient, within or without the limits of the City; 7. may acquire, construct, own, lease and operate public utilities, and render public service of every kind; 8. may grant franchises or licenses for the construction, operation and maintenance of public utilities in, over, upon and under the streets and public places in the City, and shall have power to fix and regulate the fares, tolls, or charges which may be collected, the extensions which shall be made, and regulate the services which shall be rendered by any owner or operator of a public utility franchise of license; 9. may assess, levy and collect taxes, for general or special purposes, on all subjects or objects which the city may lawfully tax; 10. may borrow money on the faith and credit of the City or on a public utility or other property owned by the City or the revenues therefrom by the issuance and sale of bonds or certificates of indebtedness; 11. may appropriate the money of the City for all lawful purposes; 12. may provide for, construct, regulate, and maintain public works and local improvements; 10/05/89 Fridley City Charter Chapter 1 Section 1.04.4 13. may levy and collect assessments against real property within the City for local improvements and services including garbage and refuse collection and disposal; 14. may license and regulate persons, corporations and associations engaged in any occupation, trade or business; 15. may define, prohibit, abate, and suppress all things detrimental to the health, morals, comfort, safety, convenience and welfare of the inhabitants of the City, and all nuisances and causes thereof; 16. may regulate the construction, height and materials used in all buildings, and the maintenance and occupancy thereof; 17. may regulate and control the use for whatever purposes of the streets and other public places; 18. may make and enforce local police, sanitary, and other regulations; 19. may pass ordinances for maintaining and promoting the peace, good government and welfare of the City, and for the performance of all the functions thereof; shall have all the powers possessed by municipal corporations at common law; 20. shall have, retain and may exercise all powers, functions, rights, and privileges, heretofore possessed by the Village of Fridley; 21. may exercise such powers beyond its corporate limits as may be necessary for the effective exercise of any powers granted herein as now authorized by law; 22. and in addition thereto, the City of Fridley shall have and exercise all powers, functions, rights, and privileges exercised by, or which are incidental to, or inherent in, municipal corporations and are not denied to it by the Constitution or general laws of the State of Minnesota. 23. The enumeration of powers herein shall not be construed to limit or restrict the powers granted in general terms, nor shall any specific power granted in this charter be construed to limit or restrict the powers granted in this Section. 24. In addition to the powers herein and hereafter granted, the City of Fridley shall have full power to deal with all matters of municipal concern and have complete self-government in harmony with and subject to the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota. Section 1.03. CHARTER, A PUBLIC ACT. 25. This Charter shall be a public act and need not be pleaded or proved in any case. It shall take effect fifteen (15) days from and after its adoption by the voters. 10/05/89 Fridley City Charter Chapter 1 Section 1.04.4 Section 1.04. DEFINITIONS. 1. Eligible voter. A resident of the City of Fridley who is qualified to register to vote. 2. Registered Voter. An eligible voter who is currently registered in the City of Fridley. 3. Voter. A registered voter who has voted in the City of Fridley within the last four years. 4. Electorate. The whole body of eligible voters. (Ref. Ord. 857) 10/05/89 10/05/89