The City Manager serves at the discretion of the City Council for an indefinite term. The Anoka City Council is composed of four council members and a mayor, all of which are elected at large. Mark Nagel serves as the City Manager and heads a staff of 120 full time employees. A number of citizen boards and commissions serve in an advisory capacity of the City Council. As vacancies occur in these boards, advertisement is made for new members and appointments are made by the city council.
All members serve without compensation.
The City of Anoka provides a full array of municipal services. The Police Department is one of only three departments in Minnesota accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. The department consists of 29 full-time sworn officers and 10 support personnel. The Anoka Fire Department was organized in 1878 and merged in 1985 to become the Anoka-Champlin Fire Department serving the two cities. Because Anoka is a community where the Rum and the Mississippi Rivers come together, it provides unlimited water recreation opportunities to it's residents.