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CITY QUESTION 1 (Cannon Falls)
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT INITIATED BY CITY COUNCIL:
Shall Sections 2.02 and 12.07, Subd. 2 of the Cannon Falls City Charter be amended to provide as follows: (note: New language is underlined; deleted language has a line through it)
SECTION 2.02 THE COUNCIL - COMPOSITION, ELECTION, QUALIFICATION, AND TERMS.
The Council is composed of the Mayor exercising the power specified in Section 2.05 and six Council members. The Mayor and Council members must be elected at large by the voters of the City. The Mayor and Council members must qualify for and be sworn into office at the first regular Council meeting in January following their election. The Mayor and Council members will hold office until their successors are elected, qualified, and sworn into office. The term of office of the Mayor is four years. Four Council members will serve four year staggered terms and two Council members will serve two year staggered terms, so that four Council members are elected at each biennial election. The Council will be the judge, as to qualification only, of the election of the Mayor and the Council members. The terms of office of the Mayor and Council members in office on the effective date of this Charter amendment shall be extended as provided in Section 12.07, Subd. 2 of this Charter.
SECTION 12.07, Subd. 2. Transition of Terms of Office, Elections, and Vacancies.
Mayor. The term of office of the Mayor elected at the regular city election in April, 1996 shall be extended to the first regular meeting of the City Council in January, 1999.Beginning with the regular city election in 2014 the term of office of the Mayor shall be for four years.
May, 19962014 Council Seats. The terms of office for the persons elected to the City Council in April, 1996 are herby extended to the first regular meeting of the Council in January, 2001.Beginning with the regular city election in 2014 the term of two of the open Council seats shall be four years and the term of one of the open Council seats shall be for two years.
May, 19972016 Council Seat. The term of the Council seat currently scheduled to expire in May, 1997 is herby extended to the first regular meeting of the Council in January, 1999.Beginning with the regular city election in 2016 the term of two of the open Council seats shall be for four years and the term of one of the open Council seats shall be for two years.
May, 1998 Council Seats. The terms of the Council seats currently scheduled to expire in May, 1998 are hereby extended to the first regular meeting of the Council in January, 1999.
Transition Election. The regular City election shall occur in April, 1996. The next regular City election shall occur as provided in Section 5.01 of the Charter.
Vacancies During Transition. If a vacancy in the office of Mayor or Council Member is declared to exist after the adoption of the Charter amendment, but before its effective date, the Council must appoint an eligible person to fill the vacancy. The term of office of that person so appointed shall be the same term as the office vacated, as if there had been no vacancy in that office.
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