88-1436 M�HITE - C�TV CLERK
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CANARV - DEPARTMENT G I TY OF SA I NT PAU L /{ /�
BLUE - MAVOR File NO• "' `� `/ �
.Council Resolution
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Presented By ����
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
RESOLVED, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 410.12,
Subds. 1 and 4 and Resolution of the Saint Paul Charter
Commission , the Council of the City of Saint Paul hereby
designates November 8, 1988 as the date for a special election to
place before the electorate of the City of Saint Paul the issue
of whether or not the Charter of the City of Saint Paul should be
amended to read as follows :
"Charter Section 8.01. Initiative, referendum and
recall.
The people shall have the right to propose ordinances,
to require ordinances to be submitted to a vote, and to
recall elective officials by processes known
respectively as initiative, referendum and recall. The
foregoing shall not apP1y to an ordinance or ordinances
which prohibit discrimination in emplo�ment, education,
ho— using, up blic accommodation or ublic services based
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on race, creed, religion, sex, color, national origin,
famiTlial status, age, disabili� marital status,
status with regard to ublic assistance, or sexual
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COUNCIL MEMBERS
Yeas Nays Requested by Department of:
Dimond
�� In Favor
Goswitz
Rettman
�6e1�� A gai n s t BY
Sonnen
Wilson
Form Approved by City Attorney
Adopted by Council: Date
Certified Passed by Council Secretary By � �' ��-'°' P-f�'`� �/zy/—r ��
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tapproved by IVlavor: Date Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council
By BY
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Charter Section 8 . 04 . Initiative.
Any ordinance may be proposed by a petition which shall
state at the head of each page or attached thereto the
exact text of the ordinance sought to be proposed. If
the council fails to enact the ordinance without change
within sixty (6�!) days after the filing of the petition
with the city clerk, it shall be placed on the ballot
at the next general election in the city which occurs
on or after the 120th day from the filing of the
petition with the city clerk. If a majority of those
voting on the ordinance vote in its favor , it shall
become effective imm ediately. The foregoing shall not
apply to an ordinance or ordinances which prohibit
discrimination in employment, education, housing,
pu—bl c accommodation or publ c services based on race,
creed, religion, sex, color, national orig�n, familial
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status, age, disability, marital status, status with
regard to public assistance, or sexual orientat n.
Charter Section 8. 05. Referendum.
Any ordinance or resolution passed pursuant to
subdivisions ( 5 ) or (6 ) of Section 6. �13. 3 of this
Charter may be subjected to referendum by a petition
filed within forty = five ( 45 ) days after its
publication. The petition shall state, at the head of
each page or in an attached paper, a description of the
ordinance or resolution involved. Any ordinance or
resolution upon which a petition is filed , other than
an emergency ordinance, shall be suspended in its
operation as soon as the petition is found sufficient.
If the ordinance or resolution is not thereafter
entirely repealed, it shall be placed on the ballot at
the next election, or at a special election called for
that purpose , as the council shall determine. The
ordinance or resolution shall not become operative
until a m ajority of those voting on the ordinance or
resolution vote in its favor.
If a petition is filed against an em ergency ordinance,
the ordinance shall remain in effect, but shall be
placed on the ballot at the next election or a special
election called for that purpose, and shall be repealed
if a majority of those voting on the ordinance vote to
repeal it.
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Council Resolution
Presented By
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
The foregoing shall not apply to an ordinance or
ordinances which prohibit discrimination in employment,
education, housing� , ublic accommodation or ublic
services based on race, creed, religion, sex, color,
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national origin, familial status, age, disabilit�
marital status , status with re ard to ublic
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assistance, or sexual orientation."
and, be it �
FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to Minnesota Statutes
Section 410.12, Subd. 4, the Council hereby adopts the following
language for the ballot for the November 8, 1988 special election:
Shall Sections 8.�1 , 8.�4 and 8.�5 of the Charter of
the City of Saint Paul be am ended so as to rem ove from
the processes of initiative and referendum an ordinance
or ordinances which prohibit discrimination in
employment, education, housing, public accommodation or
public services based on race, creed, religion, sex ,
color , national origin, familial status , age,
disability, m arital status , status with regard to
public assistance or sexual orientation.
YES [ ] NO [ ]
COUNCIL MEMBERS Requested by Department of:
Yeas Nays
Dimond
�� In Favor
Goswit�/
Rettman
Scheibel A gai n s t BY
Sonnen
Wilson
Adopted by Council: Date �� /� /
AUG 3 a �9$8 Form Approved by City Attorney
Certified Pas- d by Council Secretary BY '�Cl''k2 i4` �'�'�G�!��- ��z�/fJp}
By - " '�
t#pprove Mavor: Date _ � — 1 ��pp Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council
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RECEIVED
August 18 , 1988
AUG 18 1988
CITY CLERK
Rlbert B. Olson
City Clerk
386 City Hall
Saint Paul , MN 55102
Dear Mr. Olson:
Enclosed please find a Resolution adopted by the Saint Paul
Charter Commission at its meeting today and which proposes amend-
ments to Saint Paul City Charter Sections 8 . 01 , 8 . 04 and 8.05
to the electorate at the November 8 , 1988 general election.
Please place it on the next available City Council agenda.
Thank you.
Yours truly,
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Raymond W. Faricy, Jr. , Pres�
Saint Paul Charter Commission
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RESOLUTION
OF THE
SAINT PAUL CHARTER COMMISSION
WHEREAS, at its regularly scheduled meetings on May 26, 1988
and June 23, 1988, the Saint Paul Charter Com mission received
testimony from the public and discussed proposing to the voters
at the general election on November 8, 1988, amendm ents to Saint
Paul City Charter Sections 8.01, 8. 04 and 8. 05; and
WHEREAS, the Commission is persuaded by testimony received
that in the past the processes of initiative and referendum have
been used almost exclusively to deny protection against
discrimination and in contravention to City policy as expressed
in Section 183.01 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code; no w,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section
41�.12, Subds. 1 and 4, the Saint Paul Charter Commission hereby
transmits the attached amendm ents to Saint Paul City Charter
Sections 8.01, 8.P14 and 8.05 to the Council for the City of Saint
Paul for inclusion on the ballot at the general election to be
held on November 8 , 1988; and , be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul Charter Commission
hereby recommends the following language for the ballot to the
Council of the City of Saint Paul :
Shall Sections 8.01 , 8.014 and 8.05 of the Charter of
the City of Saint Paul be amended so as to remove from
the processes of initiative and referendum an ordinance
or ordinances which prohibit discrimination in
employment, education, housing, public accommodation or
public services based on race, creed , religion, sex ,
color , national origin , familial status , age ,
disability, marital status , status with regard to
public assistance or sexual orientation.
YES [ ] NO [ ]
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Charter Section 8.�J1. Initiative, referendum and recall .
The people shall have the right to propose ordinances, to require
ordinances to be submitted to a vote, and to recall elective
officials by processes known respectively as initiative ,
referendum and recall. The foregoing sha11 not aPPly to an
ordinance or ordinances which prohibit discrimination in
employment, education, housing, public accommodat.ion or public
services based on race, creed, re�on, sex, color, national
or,igin, familial status, age, disability, ma tir al status, status
with regard to publi—'c assi ts ance, or sexual- or ntation.
Charter Section 8. 04. Initiative.
Any ordinance may be proposed by a petition which shall state at
the head of each page or attached thereto the exact text of the
ordinance sought to be proposed. If the council fails to enact
the ordinance without change within sixty (60) days after the
filing of the petition with the city clerk, it shall be placed on
the ballot at the next general election in the city which occurs
on or after the 120th day from the filing of the petition with
the city clerk. If a majority of those voting on the ordinance
vote in its favor , it shall become effective immediately. The
foregoing shall not aPPly to an ordinance or ordinances which
prohibit discr mination in employment, education, housing, public
accommodation or ublic services based on race, creed, religion,
sex, color, national origin familT status, age' disability,
marital status, status with regard to pub c assistance, or
sexual orie-' nt t on. — — —
Charter Section 8. 05. Referendum.
Any ordinance or resolution passed pursuant to subdivisions (5)
or (6) of Section 6.03.3 of this Charter may be subjected to
referendum by a petition filed within forty=five (45) days after
its publication. The petition shall state, at the head of each
page or in an attached paper , a description of the ordinance or
resolution involved. Any ordinance or resolution upon which a
petition is filed , other than an emergency ordinance, shall be
suspended in its operation as soon as the petition is found
sufficient. If the ordinance or resolution is not thereafter
entirely repealed , it shall be placed on the ballot at the next
election, or at a special election called for that purpose , as
the council shall determine. The ordinance or resolution shall
not becom e operative until a majority of those voting on the
ordinance or resolution vote in its favor.
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If a petition is filed against an emergency ordinance, the
ordinance shall remain in effect , but shall be placed on the
ballot at the next election or a special election called for that
purpose, and shall be repealed if a majority of those voting on
the ordinance vote to repeal it.
The foregoing shall not apply to an ordinance or ordinances which
prohibit discrimination in employment, education, housing, public
accommodation or public services based on race, creed, religTi n
sex, color, national origin, famil al status, age disability,
marital status, status with rega�d to public assistance, or
sexual orientation. — —
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August� 29, .1988• � ' . .
. 1.� App�oval of min�tes of ineetings held August. 8 a I5. Approyed
FI NANCE b MANAG MENT . . . �,�_'
• 2. Resolution 88-1303 - amending the I988 Capitai Appro�ved as..�t��
� . Imprcveme�t Budget by transferring $241,020 for
structurai repair of the Riverview Bcanch Library.
iReferred from Council August 9, laid ove� in
Committee August 22) �
3. Resolution 88-1339 - amending the 1988 budget by Laid ov�er to Septe�tber I2
addi�g $400,000 to the Financing 3 Spending Plans for • ` � "
Property Management Fund-City Hall Annex. iReferred �
from Council August lb) �
• 4.� Resolution 88-1349 - approving the sale of tax Approvecl_a,s amended
forfeited lands as� tisted. (Referred from Eouncil •� `
August 16) �
PERSONNEL `
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. 5. 0 i scuss i on of po 1 i - -`-�� -"""-
cy regarding budge�ary in�act of La3d over to tem�ber IZ.
reciassifications ��- --���--
6. Resalution 88-1305 - changing the rate of pay for Laid .over to Sep�ember I2
. Environmental Health Technicia� Supervisor from - c�
Grade 38 to Grade 40 of the Technical Standard - -
Ranges in the 5alary Plan and Rates. of Compensation .� �
Resofution. (Referred from Councii August 9, laid
over in Committee Augusfi 22)
7. Appearance of Frank L. Loss on' behalf of the St. Paul Discusseci
Police Retirement Association concerning pension
benefits.
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:\dditional Item
$• � i�'$8-1436 - adopting valid language Approved '
ming-to City Charter Section 8.01, 8.44 •
and 8.OS to be submitt,ed to the el�tc�,�b at
the November 8, 1988, general e�ec�'ion.
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