400:000    TOWNSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION
400:100    REGULAR MEETING
400:110    REGULAR MEETING TIME
400:111    Quorum
400:112    Majority of Quorum
400:113    Agenda
400:120    ORDINANCES
400:121    Two Readings
400:122    Publications
400:130    SPECIAL MEETINGS
400:131    How Called
400:132    Business

400:000      TOWNSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION.

400:100      REGULAR MEETING.

400:110      Regular meetings of Princeton Township shall be set at the beginning of each calendar year and published yearly in the official newspaper of the Township.

400:111      A quorum shall be three (3) Township Board Supervisors, except that when a vacancy exists on the Township Board, a quorum shall be a majority of all filled positions.

400:112    A majority of a quorum shall be sufficient for conducting business with the following exceptions:

    1.      Notwithstanding Section 400:112, Paragraph 2, ordinances shall require three (3) votes for passage.

    2.      If Minnesota Statutes or Township Board ordinances require a larger majority.

    3.      Granting of Waivers and Conditional Use Permits shall require a four-fifths (4/5) vote of the full Township Board to pass.

400:113      At least three (3) days before each regular meeting, the Township Clerk shall mail an Agenda to each Board member setting forth the business to be discussed.

    1.      The order of business shall be as follows:

        a.      approval of minutes.

        b.      old business.

        c.      new business.

        d.      individual comment of Board members.

        e.      approval of bills.

    2.      Where ordinances, variances, or conditional use permits appear on the agenda, a brief explanation shall be included with the agenda.

    3.      The Township Clerk shall be notified of all items to appear on the agenda not later than five (5) days before the meeting.

    4.      The Board may by a vote of a majority of the quorum amend the agenda to add new items of business provided that where the new item of business involves an ordinance, variance, or conditional use permit, the vote for passage or granting of  any such item shall be four (4) votes.

400:120      ORDINANCES.

400:121      Each Ordinance shall have two (2) readings to be held at two (2) separate meetings before it is submitted to the Board for a vote, subject to the exception that the Board by a vote of four (4) members may amend these rules to permit the first and second reading at the same meeting.  The vote on the Ordinance may occur immediately following the second reading.

400:122    The full text of the Ordinance shall be published in the official newspaper unless the Board provides otherwise, provided that the publication must in all cases comply with State Statute.

400:130      SPECIAL MEETINGS.

400:131      A special meeting of the Township Board may be called by either the Chairman of the Board or any two (2) Board members upon three (3) days mailed notice by the Township Clerk to all Board members wherein the time, date, and purpose of the meeting is set forth.  The Township Clerk shall also notify the local news media prior to meetings as required by law and shall endeavor to give such notice at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to special meetings, consistent with State law.

400:132     Only items of business contained in the notice may be discussed.