Ordinance No. 0919 01-23-1989ORDINANCE NO 919
� AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 2.03, 4.02, AND 4.03 OF
THE FRIDLEY CITY CHARTER
The City Council of the City of Fridley does hereby ordain as follows
That the £ollowing sections of the Fridley City Chaxter be amended as follows
SECTION 2 03 ELECTIVE OFFICERS
1 The Council sha11 be composed of a Mayor and four (4) Councilmembers who
shall 6e eligible voters The Mayor shall be elected at large for a term of
three (3) years, except the first Mayor to be elected in 1957 shall be for a
term of two (2) years Commencing in the year 1992 and every fourth year
thereafter, the person elected to the office of Mayor sha11 be elected for a
term of four (4) years
2 One (1) Councilmember shall be elected at lazge for a term of three (3)
years except that the first such Councilmember-at-Large under this Charter shall
be the incumbent elected in 1956, with two (2) years remaining of term and shall
be considered to serve two (2) years as Councilmember-at-Large to 1959
Commencing in the year 1992 and every fourth year thereafter, the person elected
to the office of Councilmember-at-Large shall be elected for a term of four (4)
years
� 3. Three (3) Councilmembers shall be elected for terms of three (3) years each
from three (3) separate Wards of the City, as designated below, except that the
first Councilmember for Ward No 2 under this Charter shall be the Councilmember
having one (1) year of term yet to serve, and shall be considered Councilmember
for Ward 2 for a one (1) year term to expire in 1958 The Councilmembers from
Wards No 1 and No 3 shall be elected in 1957, each for terms of three (3)
years Commencing in the year 1990 and every fourth year thereafter, the
persons elected to offices of Councilmember for Ward 1 and Councilmember for
Ward 3 shall be elected for a term of four (4) years, and commencing in the year
1994 and every fourth year thereafter, the person elected to the office of
Councilmember for Ward 2 shall be elected for a term of four (4) years
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SECTION 2.03 ELECTIVE OFFICERS
6 The term of Mayor and of each Councilmember shall begin on the first
official business day in the month of January following their election to office
and shall end when a successor has been duly elected and has qualified The
first order of business at the first official Council meeting in each January
that follows an election year sha11 be the swearing in of the newly elected
members of the Council The Council shall be judge of the election and its
members
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� SECTION 4 02 REGULAR MUNICIPAZ ELECTIONS
Regular municipal elections sha11 be held on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November at such place or places as the City may designate by
resolution Commencing in the year 1992, regular municipal elections shall be
held every even numbered year The Council may divide the City into as many
voting precincts as it may from time to time deem necessary Each ward sha11
constitute at least one (1) voting precinct and no precinct sha11 be in more
than one (1) ward At least fifteen (15) days' notice shall be given by the
City Clerk of the time and places of holding such election, and of the officers
to be elected by posting a notice thereof in at least one (1) public place in
each voting precinct and by publishing a notice thereof at least once in the
o££icial newspaper o£ the City, but £alluze to give such notice shall not
invalidate such election
SECTION 4 03 PRIMARY EZECTIONS.
On the first Tuesday after the second Monday in 5eptember there shall be a
primary election for the selecCion of two (2) nominees for each elective office
at the regular municipal elections, unless only two (2) nominees file £ox each
elective office Commencing in the 1992, primary and regular municipal
elections shall be held every even numbered year
� PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 23RD DAY OF
JANUARY, 1989
ATTEST
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SHIRLEY A. I�P.APALA - CITY CLERK
Public Hearing June 6, 1988
First Reading January 9, 1989
Second Reading January 23, 1899
Publication February 1, 1989
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WILLIAM J NEE - YOR