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Marshall City Council unanimously adopts charter amendments to align with state law
Summary
The council approved an ordinance to amend Marshall’s city charter to match Minnesota statutes, including updated special meeting notice requirements, emergency meeting provisions, revised special-election timing and allowing property sales by resolution. The ordinance passed unanimously.
The Marshall City Council voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance amending the city charter to bring local rules into alignment with Minnesota law.
City Clerk Steven Anderson told the council the changes are largely technical updates to reflect state requirements. He said the amendments would allow required public notices to be posted on the Minnesota Newspaper Association website if Marshall’s qualified local newspaper is discontinued; change the charter’s special-meeting notice from 12 hours to the three-day notice required by open-meetings law; add an emergency-meeting provision; and update special-election timing to match dates set by the Minnesota Secretary of State. The package also would allow the city to sell property by resolution as well as by ordinance, reducing time and cost for some dispositions.
Amanda Schroeder, a member of the Charter Commission, said commission discussion was brief and the changes “make sense” to ensure compliance with statutes. The mayor noted that a charter amendment adopted by ordinance requires a unanimous vote of all council members; after a motion by Amanda, seconded by John, the council voted to approve the ordinance.
The council also noted there are four commission members completing second terms and said nominations to the Charter Commission would be discussed later in the meeting. The ordinance will take effect according to the timing set in the charter amendment process.
