City Council Meeting Date: September 5, 2017
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
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Consideration of City Charter Amendment to Section 3.8, Subd. 2.
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Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council is asked to consider the first reading of the attached Ordinance amending Section 3.8, Subd. 2 of the Northfield City Charter.
* Note this requires unanimous vote of seven (7) members of the City Council to pass.
Summary Report:
The Northfield Charter Commission adopted the attached proposed changes to Northfield Charter Section 3.8, Subd. 2 at their May 25, 2017 meeting. Charter Commission Member Lance Heisler submitted the attached amendment and request that the proposed amendment be placed for consideration on an upcoming City Council agenda. Staff prepared the proposed amendment in ordinance form. The City Council received the amendment and adopted Resolution 2017-054 on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. The City Council adopted Resolution 2017-055 on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, calling for a public hearing on the proposed amendments. The public hearing was held on August 8, 2017.
This is the scheduled first reading of the ordinance. The council will need to consider the ordinance as proposed by the Charter Commission. There may be consideration of suggested amendments by the Council but only after consideration of the ordinance as proposed.
Please see attached Memorandum from City Attorney Hood dated August 30, 2017 that includes background and analysis of the Charter Commission's proposed amendment to the Charter Section 3.8.
City Administrator Martig is not recommending approval of this proposed charter amendment in consideration of the City Attorney's memo, particularly related to the "observations and comments to inform the City Council's consideration of the proposed Charter amendment," found on page 3 as summarized numerically 1 through 3.
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