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ity of <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Item 6.6. <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />Sandra Thackeray, City Clerk <br /> <br />March 2, 1998 <br /> <br />Consider Ordinance Amendment to <br />Officially Establish Municipal Primary <br />Elections in the City of Elk River <br /> <br />As far as I know, the City has always held municipal primary <br />elections if the number of candidates filing for offices exceeded two. <br />Minn. Statute indicates the following: <br /> <br />Minn. Statute #205.065 Subd. 2 <br /> <br />The governing body of a city may, by ordinance or resolution adopted <br />at least three months before the next municipal general election, elect <br />to choose nominees for municipal offices by a primary as provided in <br />this section. The resolution or ordinance, when adopted, is effective <br />for all ensuing municipal elections until it is revoked. The municipal <br />clerk shall notify the secretary of state and the county auditor within <br />30 days after the adoption of the resolution or ordinance. <br /> <br />I have researched the city's records and found no evidence that a <br />resolution or ordinance was adopted to establish municipal primary <br />elections in Elk River. I contacted the Secretary of State's office and <br />was informed that it would be a good idea to formally establish <br />municipal primary elections in our city. <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED <br /> <br />As a housekeeping item, I am proposing that the Council adopt the <br />attached ordinance amendment which formally establishes <br />municipal primary elections in the city of Elk River. <br /> <br />s:\council\memoprim, doe <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br /> <br /> <br />