Ord No 2021-04 Adopting Comprehensive Amendments to the Crystal City CharterCITY OF CRYSTAL
ORDINANCE NO. 2021 - 04
ORDINANCE ADOPTING COMPREHENSIVE
AMENDMENTS TO THE CRYSTAL CITY CHARTER
The City of Crystal Ordains:
ARTICLE I. Leszislative Findings.
1. The City of Crystal (`'City") is governed by home rule charter adopted pursuant to the
Constitution of the State of Minnesota and Minnesota Statutes, chapter 410.
2. The City Charter of the City of Crystal, Minnesota ("Charter") was originally adopted on
August 23, 1960 and last went through a comprehensive update in 1989.
The Crystal Charter Commission ("Commission") determined it was appropriate to
review the entire Charter once again and to prepare a comprehensive set of proposed
amendments to the Charter.
4. The Commission worked cooperatively with the City Council to develop and review
proposed amendments to the Charter.
5. The Commission and the City Council each held several meetings at which they reviewed
proposed amendments to the Charter and reached consensus on the proposed
amendments.
6. Minnesota Statutes, section 410.12, subdivision 7 allows the City Council to amend the
Charter by ordinance after recommendation from the Commission. Such an ordinance
may only be adopted upon `'an affirmative vote of all members of the city council and is
approved by the mayor."
The Commission acted at its October 7, 2021 meeting to forward the proposed Charter
amendments to the City Council with a recommendation that they be adopted by
ordinance.
8. The City provided a public hearing notice at least two weeks prior to the hearing and held
a public hearing on November 2, 2021 regarding the proposed Charter amendments.
9. The City Council finds and determines that it is in the best interests of the City and its
residents to adopt the proposed amendments.
ARTICLE II. Adoption of Amendments.
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Section 1. Capon recommendation of the Crystal Charter Commission, and pursuant to
the authority in Minnesota Statutes, section 410.12, subdivision 7, the City Charter of the City of
Crystal, Minnesota is hereby amended by deleting the szriekematerial and adding the double
underlined material as shown on the attached, which is incorporated in and made part of this
Ordinance.
Section 2. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to work with the City Attorney to
insert into the City Charter the appropriate references to the amended sections, correct any
typographical errors and make any other non -substantive corrections as may be needed to place
the Charter into final form, and to keep and post on the City's website an official copy of the
revised City Charter.
ARTICLE III. Effective Date.
Section 1. This Ordinance shall become effective after adoption and upon ninety (90)
days following its legal publication, except that if within sixty (60) days after publication a
petition requesting a referendum on this ordinance, signed by the number of registered voters of
the City required by Minnesota Statutes, section 410.12, subdivision 7 is filed with the City
Clerk, this Ordinance will not be effective until approved by a majority of the voters voting on
the question of its adoption at the special election called by the City Council for that purpose.
Section 2. On the effective date of this Ordinance, the City Clerk is authorized and
directed to file copies of the amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota,
the Hennepin County Recorder, and the City Clerk's office together with the certificate required
by Minnesota Statutes, section 410.11.
Adopted on this 2°d day of November 2021 by a unanimous vote of the entire City Council.
BY THE CITY COUNCIL
Jim as, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Christina Serres, City Clerk
First Reading: October 19, 2021
Second Reading: November 2, 2021
Council Adoption: November 2, 2021
Publication: November 11, 2021
Effective Date: February 1, 2022
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CITY OF CRYSTAL
MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO.2021 - 95
RESOLUTION APPROVING SUMMARY LANGUAGE
FOR PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCE NO.2021-04
WHEREAS, the Crystal City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2021-04 `'An Ordinance
Adopting Comprehensive Amendments to the Crystal City Charter" (the "Ordinance") at its meeting
held on November 2, 2021, and
WHEREAS, Section 3.12 of the Crystal City Charter and Section 110.13 of the Crystal
City Code indicate that ordinances approved by the City Council will be published in summary
form and that the City Council is to approve the form of the summary.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Crystal that the
following summary language is hereby approved for publication of the Ordinance:
CITY OF CRYSTAL
ORDINANCE 42021-04
ORDINANCE ADOPTING COMPREHENSIVE
AMENDMENTS TO THE CRYSTAL CITY CHARTER
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE No. 2021-04
Ordinance No. 2021-04 has been approved by the city council on November 2, 2021. A printed
copy of the full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the city clerk.
The ordinance makes several amendments to the Crystal City Charter as recommended by
the Charter Commission. The amendments include various corrective changes, updates to
reflect statutory changes, and other amendments including, but not limited to, that the
charter is self -authenticating, clarifying the process to fill a vacancy on the council,
addressing the role of the mayor in an emergency, expanding notice to councilmembers for
emergency meetings, clarifying a majority vote of a quorum is needed on motions and
resolutions, adding a section regarding interim ordinances, revising procedures on
resolutions, revising ordinance publication requirements, adding a section on electronic
signatures, allowing for the establishment of special business districts, revising franchise
provisions, allowing electronic notices when authorized by law, and adding a section
regarding authorized expenditures and creating a public expenditure policy.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to do
each of the following:
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1. Publish the approved summary language once in the City's official newspaper;
2_ Place a copy of this Resolution, the full text of the Ordinance, and the affidavit of publication of
the summary language in the City's ordinance book;
3. Make the full text of the Ordinance available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk
during the City's regular business hours;
4. Incorporate the amendments into the Crystal City Charter; and
5. Post the updated Crystal City Charter on the City's website.
Adopted this 2nd day of November, 2021.
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Jim dams
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Chrissy Serre
City Clerk
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