1978-17Bill 1978-17
Transitory Ordinance No. 16.51
CHARTER AMENDMENT ORDINANCE N0. 5
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF RICHFIELD
CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
The City Charter of the City of Richfield, adopted November 3, 1964,
as subsequently amended, is hereby amended in the following respects:
(1) Section 2.03 thereo7=, entitled "Elective Officers" is hereby
deleted.
(2) Anew Section 2.03 shall be added to the City Charter, providing
as follows:
"Section 2.03. Elective Officers. The council shall be composed
of a mayor and four council members all of whom shall be registered
voters. Commencing with 1981 election the offices of mayor and at
large council member shall be filled by election at large. Com-
mencing with the 1982 election the offices of the three district
council members shall be elected from apportioned council districts
in which they reside. The mayor shall serve for a term of two years
and the at large and district council members shall serve for a
term of three years. The regular term of an office commences on
January 1 next following the general election at which balloting
for the full term of the office occurs. A candidate for the
office of district council member must reside while seeking election
and while serving in office within the district from which he or she
is elected. A council member who was elected under the at-large
system prior to the 1981 election and whose term has not expired may
continue in office until his term expires. Prior to March 15, 1982,
and everytime there is a United States Census thereafter, the city
council shall by ordinance establish compact and contiguous council
districts to be apportioned by population as nearly equal as
practicable."
Rejected by the City Council on July 24, 1978. On August 14, 1978,
a proposed ballot was approved to be presented to the people on the general
election of November 7, 1978. Referendum passed.
RESOLUTION NO. 5997
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RESOLUTION DETERMINING RESULTS OF CITY GENERAL
AND SPECIAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF RICHFIELD
HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1978
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Richfield that the council,
having received and considered the tally of votes by the judges of the general election
held November 8; 1978, the results are determined to be as follows:
- GENERAL ELECTION
Total number of ballots cast - - - - 17,010
Votes cast for candidates:
For Councilman: Juanita Collins 7,031
Martin J. Kirsch 5,651
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Juanita Collins, having received the majority of the
votes cast and counted is hereby declared elected to the office of Councilman in the
City of Richfield.
SPECIAL ELECTION
CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT
Total number of ballots cast - - - - 13,471
Question: "Shall Section 2.03 of the Charter of the City of Richfield
be amended to provide for the election of three members of the City
Council from wards and the election of Mayor and one member of the City
Council at large, commencing with the City election in 1982?"
Yes 7,002
No 6,469
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Charter Amendment, having received 51.98% of
the votes cast is hereby adopted.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following list of judges were those certifying
returns of said election:
Alice Blom
Joyce Morell
Bernice Utter
Katherine Nelson
Martha Siddy
Ethel Hommes
Louise H. Carlson
Blanche Goodin
Janice Nunn
Donna Eldred
Michaeline Kvaale
Evelyn Pangilo
Joyce Morrell
Alice Hickinson
Mary Ellen Olin
John Gera
Ann Burkhardt
Wilbur Johnson
Gertrude Sanders
June Sveum
Lavonne Nimerfro
Margaret Lund
Betty Evarts
Jan Bray
Colette Condon
Verla Herberg
June Sveum
Esther Anderson
Donna Peterson
Mildred Norling
Pauline Huber
Rose E. Hoppenrath
Lois Awes
Helen Peterson
Pauline Huber
Lucille Brandell
Linda Knotz
Nancy Gibbons
Martha Prottengeier
Hedvig Iverson
Wilbur Johnson
Bev Clark
Mary Ann Schindler
Marie Gera
Alma Ziedler
Barbara Belk
Donna Fischer
Ann Stensby
Donna Peterson
Catherine Alfano
Mary Jane Furstnow
Mary Ann Smith
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Mary Ann Helleckson
Helen Hillstrom
George Hegdahl
Ruth Sunne
Bernadette Lais
Carol Ingersoll
Kathleen Leckner
Nancy Krause
Eloise Friend
Margaret Glover
Fabiola Sullivan
Pat Brenner
Leona Thompson
Ella Haight
Delone Mendele
Mary Jane Suess
Lois Johnson
Mary Dumas
Marie Richardson
Audrey Winslow
Delores Seldon
Barbara Cook
Rosella Holm
Alice Bjerva
Myrtle Lindgren
Arline Thomas
Franc Gray
Joyce DeVries
Jo Ann Bloomberg
David Arnold
Christine Stenzel
Dolly Smith
Gloria Derrick
Ethel Hommes
Marlene Meyerson
Pat Farnham
Adeline Bramwell
Phyllis Reinmuth
Joan Wong
Mary Jane Suess
Ruth Marks
Pat Toney
Lois Kovach
Helen E. Peterson
Linnae Erhardt
Helen Hutchinson
Rosella Holm
Shirley Farrell
Marie Ann Colvin
Ilene Helen
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Lorraine Kendall
Eunice M. Aulwes
Pat Sazdoff
Carolyn Walker
Nancy Gleason
Bernice Johnson
Rosemary Reynolds
Arla Groth
Mary Ann Welter
Jean Kallstrom
Millie Hines
Catherine Meyer
Rachel Pritchard
Marion Alquist
Carroll Norling
Margaret Seeger
Chrystal Linn
Lorna N1. Sagvold
Elaine Stoltenberg
Loraine Watson
Celestine Dumas
Marcia Boler
Joan Helmberger
Susan Lewis
William Davis
Joan Stromberg
Margaret Wagner
Renee Nelson
Grace Dahlien
Carol M. Bissonette
Donna Price
Vern Kuhl
Maxine Evans
Phyllis Anderson
Jane Toler
Lorraine Utterberg
Leona Poucher
Jane B. i3elson
Barbara Daly
Joyce Flesche
Joyce Rodeberg
Jean Fischbach
Shirley Seidel
Leota Ostlund
Rosemary Koelln
Dorothy Chellsen
Alice Neuberger
Joan Schaefer
Alice Bjerva
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, this 13th day of November, 1978.
Loren L. Law Mayor
ATTEST:
Thomas J. Moran City Clerk
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SUN NEWSPAPERS
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
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6601 W. 78th St. Bloomington, Minnesota
State of Minnesota
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County of Hennepin
J. R. RITCHAY, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has
been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known as T'he Richfield Sun and
leas full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows: (1) Said newspaper is printed in the
English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equiva]ent in printed
space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at ]east
once each week. (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local
interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other
publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements. (4) Said
newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least
500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at ]east 75% of its total
circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class
matter in its local post-office. (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of Richfield
in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of issue in the City of Bloomington in
said county, established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news,
sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer of said
newspaper or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and control during all such
regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours and at
which said newspaper is printed. (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately
with the State Historical Society. (7) Said newspaper is made available at single or subscription
prices to any person, corporation, partnership or other unincorporated association requesting
the newspaper and making the applicable payment. (8) Said newspaper has complied with all
foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned
below. (9) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January
], 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
State and signed by the managing officer of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary
public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper.
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that it was first so published on Wed the ~ g day of October 19~
and was thereafter printed and published on every Wednesday to and including
Wed the z~__day of ~~'t 19 ~~ and that the following is a printed copy
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NOTICE OF
SPECIAL ELECTION
CITY OF RICHFIELD
HENNEPINCOUNTY,MINNESOTA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
a speciaLelection; at the general elec-
tion to be held in and for the City of
Richfield,. Hennepin County, Min-
nesota, on Tuesday, November 7,
1978, at which the following question
will be submitted to the voters of the
City for their approval or, rejection:
"SHALL SECTION 2.03 OF THE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF RICH-
FIELD BE AMENDED TO PRO-
VIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF
THREE MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL FROM WARDS AND THE
ELECTION OF THE MAYOR AND
.ONE MEMBER OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AT LARGE, COMMENC-
ING WITH THE CITY ELECTION IN
1982?"
The full text of Section 2.03 of the
charter,. if the proposed amendment
is approved by the voters at the elec-
tion, will read as follows:
"Section 2.03. Elective Offic-
ers. The council shall be com-
posedof amayor and four council
memtiers all of whom shall be re-
gistered voters. Commencing
with the 1981 election the offices
of mayor; and at large council
member shall be filled by election
af' large. Commencing with the
1982, election the offices of the .
three district council members
shall be `elected from apportioned
council dist4~icts in which they re-
side. The mayor shall serve for a
.term of two years; and, the at
large and district council mem-
bers shall serve for a term of
three years. The regular term of
an office commences on January
1 next following the general elec-
tion at which balloting for the full
term of the office occurs. A can-
didate for the office of district
council member. must reside.
while seeking election and while
serving in office within the dis-
trio from .which he or she is
elected. A council member who
was elected under the at-large
system prior to the 198I election
and whose term has not expired
may continue in office until his
term expires. Prior to March 15,
1982, and everytime there is a Un=
iced States Census thereafter, the
city council shall by ordinance es-
tablish compact and contiguous
council districts to be appor-
tioned by population as nearly
equal as practicable,"
The polls for said election will be
opened at 7:00 a.m. and remain open
until closed at 8:00 p.m.
Any qualified voter ofthe City is en-
titled to vote at said election.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUN-
CIL
THOMAS J. MORAN
City Clerk
City: of Richfield, MN
Dated: August 14, 1978
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