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189404ORIGINAL TO CITY CLERK CITY OF ST. PAUL OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK �NCIL RESOLUTION — GENERAL FORM PR ENTED BY DATE 18 9404 COU NO. Council File No. 183404 —By Joseph E. Dillon, mayor — Whereas, The Board of Freeholders has submitted to- the Council .a pro - o')sed amendment to &e Charter` of the itv of Saint Paul„ a copy- of? which is l I r,`.o and made apart herr i- --- , � -•.r it - WHEREAS, the Board of Freeholders has submitted to the Council a proposed amendment to the Charter of the City of Saint Paul, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That a special election is hereby ordered to be held, in the manner provided by law, in said City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, on the 4th day of November, 1958 (which is the same day the State and County general election will be held) for the purpose of submitting to the electors of said City the_ques- tion of ratifying and adopting the proposed amendment to the Charter submitted by said Board of Freeholders; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed to cause the full text of said proposed amendment to be published as required by law once a week for four (4) weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Saint Paul, which newspaper shall have an aggregate regular paid cir- culation of at least twenty -five thousand copies and which news- papers shall be printed and published in the City of Saint Paul, viz: The Sti, Paul Dispatch, the cost thereof to be paid out of the election'expense account of the General Fund; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City Clerk is hereby ordered to give notice of said election in the manner provided by law, and that the registration records on file in the Bureau of Registra- tion and Elections of the City Clerk's office shall be used as provided by law; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the proper City officers are hereby authorized and directed to prepare the necessary printing, stationery and election supplies, the cost thereof, together with all the-expense of said election, to be paid out of the election expense account of the General Fund; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to give such notice and do whatever else is necessary OCT 3 1958 for the submission of said proposed amendment at said election in the manner prescribed by law. COUNCILMEN- Adopted by the Council 19— Yeas Nays DeCourcy Holland Mortinson Peterson Favor Rosen Winkel Against Mr. President, Dillon 0 CT 3 1958 Approved 19— Mayor ,8 PUBLISHED_,_ -- '9404 TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL The annexed is a draft of a proposed amendment to be made to the Charter of the City of Saint Paul, made, framed and adopted by the Board of Freeholders of the City of Saint Paul, appointed pursuant to Section 36, Article 4 of the Constitution of the State of Minnesota, and the laws and statutes enacted pursuant thereto; and said draft of said proposed amendment is hereby transmitted to you as Chief Executive of the City of Saint Paul signed by the undersigned majority of said Board, to be submitted to the qualified,'voters of said City for ratification in the manner provided by law. Dated at Saint Paul, Minnesota, this d fe�tday of September; 1958. PROPOSED CHART&R AMENDMENT To the Charter of the City.of Saint Paul -Amend Sec. 201 to read: "Secs. 201 - The total cost of government', including schools, of the City- of Saint Paul-in-any, one calendar or fiscal -year skull not exceed the - following, vdz: _ I. ' !To meet all school-expenditures the 'sum of Twenty -five Dollars';and fifty-cents ($25-50) per capita for each inhabitant _ cent of said 'city plush one -tenth . -(1 /10th) of one/per capita-for each resident pupil-in average-'dail'y ,`attendance, as reported by the ,Board of-Education to the State gf'Minnesota for the purpose of obtaining basica,school. aids, for the school year-prior-to the fiscal, year for ,which ,the budget is. being ' prepared in excess of 36, 225 „the number of r. esident pupils in average daily attendance for the - school year 1954 -1955, exclusive of :- a. Sums* required to ,pay principal. and ;interest upon bonds, levy certificates, or similar obligations issued for school purposes, together with expenditures made from the proceeds there- of of for other-than current operation and maintenance. b. ,, Sums required by State.-Law for teachers' retirement appropriations.!;. , c.;; All receipts from Federal and State School Aids, depart - mental;receipts and revenues, and all revenues, miscellaneous taxes and gifts now or hereafter dedicated -to or intended for s - school'-'purposes. d. In addition to-the siui above p vided for school V expenditures, there may be expended in the year 1959 the sum of r, -Five Hundred Thousand Dollars 0500.; 000.00) ;- in the year 1960 the sum of,One_Millioh Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars (1,700,000.00) and -iri the year 1961 the sum- -of Twd Million Seven ,.Hundred Thousand Dollars ( .A 2 7 00 000 001 arj At least Two.-and 501100 Dollars'($2.50)-per capita of the amount appropriated each year for school expenditures shall be reserved-:for`-and,may be expended for instructional supplies, equipment, maintenance, upkeep `arid: remodeling of buildings -and equipment, . or new. construction. 'Any part of said reserve- , not expended in any year shall be carried forward and be added to the appropriation made in subsequent ` years -for remodeling school buildings, 'new construction , or -for school debt retirement. II, FTo meet: the cost of the City Government and departments, other than schools, the .sum of Tjiirty -nine Dollars and fifty cents 039.50), per capita for each inhabitant of said city, exclusive of: a. .Sums appropriated-to pay principal and interest upon bonds, levy certificates, or similar obligations,,together 'With expenditures made from the- proceeds thereof- for-other than current operation and maintenanoe.. b. :,The cost of operating public utili- ties,, parking meters, garbage-,-or refuse collections - and'disposal -to the. extent that the cost is:-.met by revenues collected from patrons for the - service or from other like -revenue. C. Sums appropriated for pension and retirement funds and for the. Metropolitan Airports- Commission, 1 d., The city's share of the cost -of conducting the activities of the l;Boa'rd oft-Pu8lic Welfare of the County of Ramsey. e. The-cost of local improvements paid for by_special assessments. f.-- In addit'i& b the, -sums' ab- over"provided tb meet the. cost of the` city government and ' departments other _than 'schools, . there may be'.expended'in the year 1959 the sum of One Million Dollars .• (41200-63 NO.., 00) In . the year 1960-the, sum of One Million Five Hundred-Thousa4d Dollars ($1,500,000.00), - and in the year 1961 the sum of Two 'Million -Dollars . ($2, 000, 000.00) . ` _. fit °least -Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00) of the amount appropriated for the cost of the city government,=other than schools, shall be expended in each year in paying the city's share of the cost,of street paving, construction of trunk or main sewers,-and bridges, including right of way, -_and if any part of said Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00) shall not be so appropriated, it shall be used to pay interest on bonds as a- part. *of,the cost of government within the Thirty -nine Dollars',vand fifty cents ($39.50) per capita limitation. III: Of the aggregate per capita limitation of Sixty -five Dollars,` ($65.00) per capita plus one -tenth (1 /10th) of one 'pent per capita ahove.provided'no more than - Twenty -five Dollars and fifty cents ($25.50)-per- capita plus one -tenth (1 /10th) of one cent per capita,,as- provided in paragraph (I) of this section may be �rovided-by tax levy on real'and personal property for- _ - . - - school .dxpenditUres_and no more than Twenty -seven Dollars and' fifty cents ($27.50) per - capita may be provided by tax levy.' on real''.and personal property f6r the cost of the city•govern -_ ,went and departments other than schools, except that -the same ` may be increased`- -for both school expenditures and for-the cost of the city government and.`departments for the years 1959, 1960 and 1961, as provided in Subdivision (d) of Subsection.(I) -and Subdivision - (f) Hof - Subsection "(II) 'hereof,: ' IV.:_ To secure additional - revenues the Council shall have the power, by ordinance, to, assess, levy and collect -taxes for general -;or special purposes on all subjects or objects which the -City, may lawfully tax, except an ad valorem tax on real and personal property and except a- sales or- excise tax on- clothing; - food; rent or fuel, and except an income tax or payroll tax. - -3- ' The Council shall have no authority to-make appropriations, in excess of'the-limitations named herein; provided, however, that notwithstanding any limitation in Section 236 or -other provisions of this Charter, the Council-shail, have authority to- contribute- out of the °general " funds of the city or out of the proceeds of bond issues toward the payment of the cost of trunk or main sewers. VI.,- To determine the population upon which these per capita limitations shall be based, the Comptroller and the Council shall take the United States census figures of population-for St. Paul last announced:'-previous to completion of any annual budget,'and -shall add thereto for each-,year that has elapsed-since said United States census a number equal to one -tenth (1 /10th).,of the increase in -the population-of the City of Saint Paul during r the,period between said census and the,"last previous United States census, VII. Regardless of other provisions of this Charter specifying dates ;far the-adoption of budgets,,; the City Council` in the year 1958 shall have authority to'adopt`by.resolution an amended 1959 budget; for school expenditures and an- amended 1959 budget for all other city:- expenditures, - subject to the-limitations contained in this section submitted by:.th,e City = Comptroller, and the - Council a is hereby empowered to- finance such amended budget- by'the adoption of new revenue;` estimates for 1959_ and -hy !certifying an amended.-tax levy tioathe -County Auditor` of Ramsey °County not - •later than November 15 ,. 1959. 4 _ VIII. This amendment will-take effect and be in force '' immediately' upon passage.