City of Saint Paul - File #: Ord 11-14

• File #: Ord 11-14
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 3/2/2011
• Title: Amending Charter Section 4.01.3 regarding decennial redistricting.
• Sponsors: Kathy Lantry

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/4/2011	1	Mayor's Office	Signed
3/2/2011	1	City Council	Adopted	Pass
2/23/2011	1	City Council	Laid Over to Final Adoption	Pass
2/16/2011	1	City Council	Laid Over to Final Adoption
2/9/2011	1	City Council	Laid Over to Third Reading/Public Hearing
2/2/2011	1	City Council	Laid Over to Second Reading

Title

Amending Charter Section 4.01.3 regarding decennial redistricting.

Body

The Council of the City of Saint Paul Does Ordain:

Section 1.

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes § 410.12 subd. 7 (2010), on January 24, 2011, the Saint Paul Charter Commission recommended to the City of Saint Paul that certain charter amendments, as more fully stated below, be made by ordinance. Public notice has been given and a public hearing has been held according to law. The Council of the City of Saint Paul, by unanimous vote, hereby amends Charter Section § 4.01.3 as follows:

Section 2.

Section 4.01.3 - Mandatory redistricting.

After every federal decennial census the Charter Commission shall redistrict in the manner described above. The commission shall redefine the council districts so as to make them substantially equal. The commission shall file its redistricting resolution in the office of the city clerk no later than the first Tuesday in June prior to the first city election after the federal decennial census.

Section 3.

This ordinance shall take effect ninety (90) days after passage, approval and publication.