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Directing the City Clerk to notify the County Auditor to place a referendum of Ordinance Ord 25-2 on the November 4, 2025, ballot and approving the title and language for that ballot question.
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WHEREAS, all changes to the City Charter must be recommended by the Saint Paul Charter Commission, and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council by RES 24-1572 requested the Saint Paul Charter Commission to review, approve and recommend an amendment to Chapter 6.03 of the City Charter, and
WHEREAS, on December 12, 2024, the Charter Commission voted, 12 in favor and 3 opposed, to recommend Chapter 6.03.1 of the City Charter be amended, and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul enacted Ordinance Ord 25-2 which amended Chapter 6.03 of the City Charter, and
WHEREAS, Minn Stat § 410.12 Subd. 7 provides that a charter amendment ordinance passed by the City Council may be subject to referendum by a petition filed within sixty (60) days after its publication, and
WHEREAS, residents timely filed a petition seeking a referendum to put Ordinance Ord 25-2 on a ballot for a citywide vote, and
WHEREAS, the City Council found that the petition was sufficient to satisfy the minimum signature requirements under Minn Stat § 410.12 Subd. 7, and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes § 205.16 requires that the City Clerk provide to the County Auditor written notice of a ballot question, and
WHEREAS, the written notice must include the title and language for the ballot question, and
WHEREAS, the City Attorney has approved the title of the ballot question and has drafted language of the ballot question, now therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the City Clerk is directed to notify the County Auditor to place a referendum of Ordinance Ord 25-2 on the November 4, 2025 ballot, and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council adopts the title and the language of the ballot question as follows:
TITLE: Referendum on whether Ordinance Ord 25-2 should take effect.
QUESTION: Should Ordinance Ord 25-2, amending...
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