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ORDINANCE NO. 839 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE YEAR OF CITY ELECTIONS; AMENDING CITY CODE, SECTION 2-16 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON ORDAINS as follows: Section 1. Legislative bindings. (a) The City Council is authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 205.07, subdivision 1 to act by ordinance to change the City's general elections from odd years to even years; (b) The City Council may adopt one or more ordinances that are supplementary to this Ordinance as it may determine are needed to implement the change in the years of the City's general election; (c) The City Council intends, as authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 205.07, to shorten the terms of the current City Council members, by one year and to lengthen the term of the Mayor by one year, to allow for an orderly transition and allowing for the first even year election to take place on the first Tuesday after the First Monday in November 2016; and (d) The City Council determines it is in the best interests of the City and its residents to change the year in which the City's general elections are held to even -numbered years in order to align its elections with the State and Federal elections, which will provide a cost savings to the City. Section 2. Election Year. New Brighton City Code, Section 2-16 is amended by deleting the stfiekei} material and adding the double underlined material as follows: Sec. 2-16. Date of Regular Election. Commencing with the 1975-2016 City election, the regular election for City officials shall be held annually on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even -numbered year. This provision is made pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 205.07 Section 3. Implementation. In order to provide for an orderly transition, the term of the offices that were elected in November 2013 shall now expire on the first Monday of January 2017, requiring an election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2016. The term of all the offices, including the Mayor, that were elected in November 2015 shall expire on the first Monday in January 2019, requiring an election of those offices on the first Tuesday after the first Monday November 2018. Following the November 2018 election, the office of the Mayor shall continue to be for a two year term. The City Clerk is authorized to take all 4703530 KRH NE136-255