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374.12 PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS DRAWN.
Either before or after the selection of the building site, the commission shall have plans and specifications for the building prepared and may employ architects, engineers, drafters, and clerical help to prepare the plans and specifications. The commission shall set the compensation of the employees. The city and the county shall pay the compensation in equal parts when presented with statements certified to be correct by a majority of the commission. All contracts and employment shall be subject to approval by the city council and county board. When the plans and specifications for the building are completed, the commission shall submit them to the city council and the county board for approval. The council and board shall approve the proposed plans and specifications, or reject them and resubmit them to the commission for further consideration. When the plans and specifications are satisfactory to both the city council and the county board, each of those bodies shall pass a resolution authorizing and instructing the commission to proceed with the work.
366.011 CHARGES FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES; COLLECTION.
A town may impose a reasonable service charge for emergency services, including fire, rescue, medical, and related services provided by the town or contracted for by the town. If the service charge remains unpaid 30 days after a notice of delinquency is sent to the recipient of the service or the recipient's representative or estate, the town or its contractor on behalf of the town may use any lawful means allowed to a private party for the collection of an unsecured delinquent debt. The town may also use the authority of section 366.012 to collect unpaid service charges of this kind from delinquent recipients of services who are owners of taxable real property in the state.
The powers conferred by this section are in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law for a town to impose a service charge or assessment for a service provided by the town or contracted for by the town.
372.13 NEGLECT OF DUTY A MISDEMEANOR.
Any county auditor or other official who willfully neglects or refuses to perform the duties required by this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
365A.10 COORDINATION OF DISTRICTS.
If a county establishes a subordinate service district in part of a town under enabling law for counties, a town may not establish a subordinate service district to provide the same service in the part of the town served by the county. If a town establishes a subordinate service district in part of the town under this chapter or other law, a county may not establish a subordinate service district to provide the same service in the part of the town served by the town.
374.13 TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS.
When the plans and specifications are completed and approved by the city council and the county board, the commission shall, after notice appropriate to inform possible bidders, obtain bids or proposals for all or any portion of the work or materials, or both, to be done, performed, or furnished in the construction of the building. All bids or proposals shall be sealed by the bidders or proposers and filed with the commission at or before the time specified for the opening of bids or proposals. At the time and place specified for the opening of bids or proposals, the commission shall meet, open the bids or proposals, tabulate them, and award the contract or contracts to the responsible bidder whose bid or proposal is the most favorable to the city or county, or reject all bids and proposals. If all bids or proposals are rejected, the commission may, after similar notice, obtain more bids or proposals or may modify or change the plans and specifications and submit the modified plans and specifications to the city council and the county board for approval. When the modified or changed plans and specifications are satisfactory to both the city council and the county board, the plans and specifications shall be returned to the commission and the commission shall proceed again, after similar notice, to obtain bids or proposals. Any contract awarded by the commission shall be subject to approval by the city council and the county board.
As an alternative to the procurement method described in subdivision 1, the commission may issue a request for proposals and award the contract to the vendor or contractor offering the best value as described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).
381.13 TOWNSHIP LANDMARKS.
In every county, the county board shall cause to be placed by a licensed surveyor at the northeast corner of each congressional township a durable magnetic monument having a head not less than 3-1/2 inches in diameter and a length of 20 inches. The monument must be embedded its full length in the ground. The county board shall pay from the treasury the expense of installing the monuments, and the place where the monument is located is prima facie evidence of the northeast corner of such township.
371.14 NEW COUNTY; INDEBTEDNESS; CONTRACTS.
(a) When the consolidation becomes effective, the new county shall become vested with the title to all real and personal property, other than money in cash or on deposit, of the consolidated counties.
(b) The territory within the consolidated counties shall remain liable for all indebtedness of the respective counties when the consolidation becomes effective.
(c) Any money on hand, in cash or on deposit, and the proceeds of any tax levied by the respective counties, shall be applied on the indebtedness.
(d) The appropriate officers of the new county shall from time to time levy a tax to pay the indebtedness as it becomes due.
(e) The tax shall be spread against the liable taxable property.
(f) The new county shall have authority to enforce any contract and to collect any claims of the consolidated counties by suit or otherwise.
375.081 VACANCY IN OFFICE OF SHERIFF OR COUNTY ATTORNEY; OPTIONAL SPECIAL ELECTION.
As an alternative to the appointment procedure provided in section 375.08, a vacancy in the office of sheriff or county attorney may be filled at a special election as provided in this section. The county board may, by resolution, call for a special election to be held on a date authorized by section 205.10, subdivision 3a. The person elected at the special election must take office immediately after receipt of the certificate of election and upon filing the bond and taking the oath of office and must serve the remainder of the unexpired term. This section does not apply to a vacancy that occurs less than 84 days before the state primary in the year preceding the end of the term.
381.125 PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM MONUMENT GRANT PROGRAM.
The chief geospatial information officer, through the Geospatial Advisory Council established under section 16E.30, subdivision 8, shall work with the stakeholders licensed as land surveyors under section 326.02, to develop a process for accepting applications from counties for funding for the perpetuation of monuments established by the United States in the public lands survey to mark public land survey corners, as provided in section 381.12, subdivision 2, clause (1). Grants may also be used to update records and data regarding monuments. The chief geospatial information officer must establish criteria for prioritizing applicants when resources available for grants are not sufficient to award grants to all applicants. The criteria must favor providing grants to counties that demonstrate financial need for assistance.
By October 1, in each odd-numbered year, the chief geospatial information officer must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees in the senate and the house of representatives with jurisdiction over state government and local government. The report must include the following:
(1) a summary of the chief geospatial information officer activities regarding administration of this grant program for the previous fiscal year, including the amount of money requested and disbursed by county;
(2) an assessment of the progress toward completion of necessary monument restoration and certification by county; and
(3) a forecast of the amount needed to complete monument recertification in all counties.
No nonstate match is required for grants made under this program.
382.04 OFFICES AT COUNTY SEAT.
Every county auditor, treasurer, county recorder, court administrator of district court, sheriff, and court commissioner shall keep office at the county seat. In any county where general terms of the district court are established and held at a place other than the county seat, the court commissioner may keep office at such other place. In any county the judge of the district court may make an order which will permit such court commissioner's office to be at some other place than the county seat of such county.
373.08 COUNTY, HOW NAMED IN SUITS.
In all actions and proceedings by or against a county, the name in which it shall sue or be sued shall be "The county of .............." (insert name of the county). This provision shall not prevent county officers, when authorized by law, from suing in their official names for the benefit of the county.
366.012 COLLECTION OF UNPAID SERVICE CHARGES.
If a town is authorized to impose a service charge for a governmental service provided by the town, the town board may certify to the county auditor of the county in which the recipient of the services owns real property, on or before October 15 for each year, any unpaid service charges which shall then be collected together with property taxes levied against the property. The county auditor shall remit to the town all service charges collected by the auditor on behalf of the town. A charge may be certified to the auditor only if, on or before September 15, the town has given written notice to the property owner of its intention to certify the charge to the auditor. The service charges shall be subject to the same penalties, interest, and other conditions provided for the collection of property taxes. This section is in addition to other law authorizing the collection of unpaid costs and service charges.
365.11 NOTICE OF BYLAW REQUIRED; BINDS ALL IN TOWN.
A town bylaw is not effective until posted notice of it is given. The bylaw is then binding on all town residents and on all others while in the town.
373.09 CLAIMS AGAINST COUNTY; APPEAL.
When a claim against a county is disallowed in whole or part by the county board, the claimant may appeal to the district court by (1) filing a written notice of appeal in the office of the auditor within 15 days after written notice is mailed to the claimant by the county auditor showing the disallowance of the claim and (2) giving security for costs, to be approved by the auditor. The auditor shall notify the county attorney of the appeal.
When a claim is allowed in whole or in part by the board, no order shall be issued to pay it or any part of it, until three days after the date of the decision. The county attorney may, on behalf and in the name of the county, appeal from the decision to the district court, by filing a written notice of appeal in the office of the auditor within three days after the date of the decision appealed from. Any seven taxpayers of the county may appeal in their own names from the decision to the district court by (1) filing a written notice of appeal stating the grounds in the office of the auditor within three days after the date of the decision appealed from, and (2) giving security to the claimant for the claimant's costs and disbursements. The security shall be approved by a judge of the district court. After filing of a notice of appeal no order shall be issued in payment of the claim until a certified copy of the judgment of the court is filed in the office of the auditor. Upon filing of a notice of appeal, the court has jurisdiction of the parties and of the subject matter, and may compel a return to be made.
375.09 COMMISSIONER'S MALFEASANCE; AFFECTED ACTIONS ARE VOID.
No county commissioner shall hold another elected office during tenure as commissioner nor be employed by the county.
No commissioner shall receive any money or other valuable thing as a condition of voting or inducement to vote for any contract or other thing under consideration by the board.
Every election and every contract or payment voted for or made contrary to this section is void.
Any violation of this section is a malfeasance in office.
374.14 CERTIFIED CHECKS WITH ALL BIDS.
Each person submitting bids or proposals under section 374.13 shall file with the bid or proposal a certified check in an amount prescribed in the specifications of the commission for the building, to be retained as liquidated damages and divided equally between the city and county in case of failure to enter into a contract if it is awarded.
All contracts shall be in writing and made in the name of the county and city and shall be executed in their behalf by the officers empowered by law or charter to execute the contracts. All persons awarded building contracts shall furnish bonds as required by state law relating to contracts for public improvements. The bonds shall run to the county and city.
375A.121 MODIFYING DUTIES OF COUNTY AUDITOR AND TREASURER.
A county board, with the concurrence of the county auditor and treasurer, may by resolution assign to the county treasurer all or some of the duties of the county auditor in sections 272.115, 272.12, 272.121, 279.02, 279.025, and 279.03. A county board, with the concurrence of the county auditor and treasurer, may assign to the county auditor all or some of the duties of the county treasurer in sections 272.115, 272.12, 272.121, 279.02, 279.025, and 279.03. If any duties of the county auditor or the county treasurer are assigned under this section, the county board shall notify the commissioner of revenue of the assignment of duties. A county board may not rescind its assignment of duties under this section for at least two years after the initial resolution of assignment of duties. Upon the election of a county auditor or treasurer, the elected official may require that the duties of the county auditor and treasurer be reestablished as provided by sections 272.115, 272.12, 272.121, 279.02, 279.025, and 279.03.
371.15 MAY ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS.
Any time after the county board has made the original tax levy for the new county and certified the tax levy to the respective auditors, it may issue certificates of indebtedness of the new county in anticipation of the collection of the levy. Each certificate shall be in writing, signed by the chair, and attested by the recording officer of the board, mature before December 1 following the effective date of the consolidation, and bear interest at a rate as authorized under section 475.55.
366.015 VOTE REQUIRED ON WEED DESTRUCTION.
The town board at the annual town meeting may submit to a vote by ballot the following question: "Shall persons who own or occupy real estate that adjoins a town road and is not a part of an incorporated municipality be required to remove rocks larger than five inches in diameter from and to cut, destroy or remove all weeds, grass and other plants up to three inches in diameter that grow upon the town road adjacent to their land?
If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote "Yes," a person who owns or occupies real estate that adjoins a town road and is not a part of an incorporated municipality shall cut, destroy, or remove the material described on the ballot located upon the town road adjacent to the owner's land. A person who erects or maintains a mailbox on land not owned by the person shall cut, destroy, or remove the material within five feet of the mailbox. If a person fails to comply with this provision, the town board of the town in which the real estate is located may, after ten days' notice in writing, order the local weed inspector or other person to cut, destroy, or remove the weeds or grass. The expense incurred shall be a lien on the real estate. The town board shall certify to the county auditor an itemized statement of the amount of the expense paid by the town. The county auditor shall enter the amount on the tax books as a tax upon the land, which shall be collected in the same manner as other real estate taxes.
373.10 PROCEEDINGS ON APPEAL.
Within ten days after an appeal has been taken, the auditor shall, without charge, file in the office of the court administrator a certified copy of the claim and a transcript of the record of the action of the board on it, together with a copy of the notice of appeal, and the date of its filing in the auditor's office. The proceedings shall be put upon the calendar for trial as an issue of fact. The court shall direct pleadings to be made as in a civil action, upon which the proceeding shall be tried, and all questions of law summarily heard and determined. Issues of fact shall be tried and judgment rendered and perfected as in a civil action but no execution shall issue on the judgment except for the collection of a counterclaim or costs and disbursements in case of a judgment for them against a claimant.
374.15 WAGES.
Work specifications shall contain a provision that skilled and unskilled laborers employed in the work shall be paid the wage required to be paid by contractors doing work for the city, if the city has an ordinance providing a scale of wages.
365.125 ORDINANCE FORMALITIES; PUBLISH, POST, RECORD.
An ordinance must be enacted by a majority vote of all the members of the town board unless a larger number is required by law. An ordinance must be signed by the chair of the town board and attested by the clerk. An ordinance must have a title and must begin with words like "The board of supervisors of the town of ......... ordains:".
An ordinance must be published once in a qualified newspaper having general circulation in the town. The whole ordinance must be published unless the town board decides that publishing its title and a summary of it clearly tells the public of its intent and effect. The text of the ordinance, if published, must be in body type no smaller than brevier or 8-point type.
The town board must approve the words in the summary. The decision to publish only the title and a summary must be made by a two-thirds vote of a three-member board and a four-fifths vote of a five-member board. A notice must be published with the summary. The notice must say that a printed copy of the whole ordinance is available for inspection by any person during the clerk's regular office hours and at another named place. The publishing of the title and summary is legally the same as publishing the whole ordinance.
A copy of the whole ordinance must be posted in the community library, if there is one. If there is no library, the whole ordinance must be posted in another public place that the town board names.
An ordinance must be recorded in the town's ordinance book within 20 days after the ordinance, or its title and summary, is published. Proof of publication must be attached to the recorded ordinance.
366.016 VOTE REQUIRED ON SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL.
The town board at the annual town election may submit to a vote by ballot the following question: "Shall persons who own or occupy real estate that adjoins a town road and is not a part of an incorporated municipality be required to remove snow or ice, or both, that has been caused to be deposited by the property owner or occupant upon the town road right-of-way adjacent to their land?
If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote "Yes," a person who owns or occupies real estate that adjoins a town road and is not a part of an incorporated municipality shall remove the material described on the ballot located upon the town road right-of-way adjacent to the owner's land. If a person fails to comply with this provision, the town board of the town in which the real estate is located may, after ten days' mailed notice, accompanied by an affidavit of service, cause the removal of snow or ice, or both. The expense of the removal shall be a lien on the real estate. The town board shall certify to the county auditor an itemized statement of the amount of the expense incurred by the town. The county auditor shall enter the amount on the tax books a tax upon the land, which shall be collected in the same manner as other real estate taxes.
373.11 APPEALS; COUNTERCLAIM.
An appeal from the judgment of the district court may be taken as in other civil cases within 30 days after the actual entry of the judgment. If no appeal is taken, a certified copy of the judgment shall be filed in the office of the auditor. If an appeal is taken, the determination of the court of appeals shall be certified to the district court and judgment entered in accordance with it, and that judgment certified to and filed in the office of the county auditor. In either case, after the certified copy is filed, orders shall be drawn on the county treasury in payment of any judgment in favor of a claimant. Execution may issue out of the district court for the collection of any costs awarded against a claimant. If costs are awarded against a claimant and there is any allowance on the claim in favor of the claimant, the amount of the costs shall be deducted from the allowance. In any case of an appeal, the county may interpose in the district court as a counterclaim any demand which it has against the claimant, and have execution for the collection of any judgment in its favor.
374.16 COST OF REMOVING AND REMODELING.
If the selected site is occupied by an existing city hall and courthouse, and temporary quarters must be provided for officers and officials before completion of the new building, the cost of remodeling temporary quarters and moving expenses shall be considered part of the cost of the new building.
365.13 POUNDMASTER NEEDED IF ELECTORS WANT POUND.
A poundmaster must be chosen to run the pound if electors at an annual town meeting decide to have a pound.
366.017 LICENSES.
A person who exhibits a circus, theatrical performance, or show of any kind, or who keeps a billiard, pool, or pigeonhole table, or a bowling alley in a town, without first obtaining a license for it, as provided in section 366.01, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
374.17 COMMISSION MAY APPOINT ARCHITECTS.
The work of constructing, equipping, and furnishing the building shall be conducted and completed under the direction and supervision of the commission. The commission members are charged with the duty of requiring that the work is done in accordance with the plans and specifications. The commission may employ architects, engineers, supervisors, inspectors, clerks, and other employees to supervise and inspect the work and assist in the performance of the duties of the commission. The county and city shall pay the fees and salaries of the employees in the amounts fixed by the commission, one-half by the county and one-half by the city, when presented with statements certified to be correct by a majority of the commission. The employment is subject to the approval of the city council and county board in the manner provided in this chapter.
382.08 RECORDING FEES PAID BY COUNTY.
The fees for recording official bonds, oaths of office, certificates, or other evidences of election or qualification for office, required by law to be recorded with the county recorder or court administrator of the district court, shall be paid by the county.
365.14 BOARD TO TAX FOR, CONTRACT FOR, MANAGE TOWN HALL.
A town board may levy a tax for the amount allowed by the town's electors to buy or build a building for the town's use. The town board may enter into the contracts that are necessary to buy or build the building. The town board shall manage the building.
373.12 JUDGMENTS AGAINST COUNTIES; HOW PAID.
When a judgment is recovered against a county, or against a county officer, in an action prosecuted by or against the officer officially and the judgment is to be paid by the county, no execution shall issue except as provided in this section. Unless reversed, the judgment shall be paid from funds in the treasury, if available. If funds are not available, the unpaid amount of the judgment shall be levied and collected as other county charges, and, when collected, shall be paid to the person in whose favor the judgment was rendered, upon the delivery of a proper voucher. If payment is not made within 30 days after the time the treasurer is required by law to make settlement with the auditor next after the rendition of the judgment, execution may issue, but only the property of the county shall be liable on it.
375.11 BOARD SEAL; REBUTTABLE EVIDENCE OF BOARD PROCEEDINGS.
The seal of the county auditor shall be the seal of the board.
Copies of its proceedings, authenticated as required by law, shall be prima facie evidence of them in all cases.
374.18 MANAGEMENT OF BUILDING.
If the county and city jointly own and operate a city hall and courthouse building when a new building is constructed, the same persons or committees that managed the old building shall manage the new building. In all other cases, a joint committee consisting of two members of the county board selected by the board, and two members of the city council selected by the council shall manage the building. The committee shall have full charge and management of the building and the power to appoint employees the committee considers necessary for the proper care, management, and operation of the building. The committee shall set the salary and compensation of the employees, and the county board and the city council shall each pay one-half of the expense of operating the building.
375.12 PROCEEDINGS IN QUALIFIED PAPER WITHIN 30 DAYS; LET BY BID.
The county board shall have the official proceedings of its sessions published in a qualified newspaper of general circulation in the county. The publication shall be let annually by contract to the lowest bidder, at the first regular session of the board in January each year. If the county board determines that publication of a summary of the proceedings would adequately inform the public of the substance of the proceedings, the county board may direct that only a summary be published, conforming to the requirements of section 331A.01, subdivision 10. In each county whose population exceeds 600,000, the proceedings shall be published in a daily newspaper. The board may reject any offer if, in its judgment, the public interests require, and may then designate a newspaper without regard to any rejected offer. In any county whose population exceeds 50,000, and is less than 250,000, the proceedings may be published in one daily and one weekly newspaper at the county seat. If the official newspaper of the county ceases to exist for any reason except consolidation with another newspaper, the county board may designate another newspaper for the remainder of the year. The publication shall occur within 30 days of the meeting to which the proceedings relate.
Individualized itemized accounts, claims or demands allowed by the county board pursuant to section 471.38, subdivision 1, need not be published pursuant to subdivision 1, if the amount allowed from each claim is $2,000 or less. The official proceedings following the itemization of accounts required shall contain a statement showing the total number of claims that did not exceed $2,000 and their total dollar amount.
365.15 POLICE, FIRE PROTECTION.
The electors at a town meeting may direct the town board to provide for police or fire protection and get, operate, and keep up police and fire apparatus. The board may act jointly with home rule charter or statutory cities and other towns in getting the apparatus. The electors can also set the amount of money to be raised in one or more years for these purposes. The amount can be changed at a later meeting.
375.13 CHAIR.
The county board, at its first session in each year, shall elect from its members a chair and a vice-chair. The chair shall preside at its meetings and sign all documents requiring signature on its behalf. The chair's signature, attested by the clerk of the county board, shall be binding as the signature of the board. In case of the absence or incapacity of the chair, the vice-chair shall perform the chair's duties. If the chair or vice-chair are absent from any meeting, all documents requiring the signature of the board shall be signed by a majority of it and attested by the clerk.
374.19 TO SERVE WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
The members of the advisory courthouse and city hall building commission and the members of the joint building management committee of the city council and county board shall not receive any compensation for their services upon the committee or commission. None of the members of the advisory courthouse and city hall building commission shall have any financial interest in any of the contracts awarded by the commission.
382.10 BONDS RECORDED.
Official bonds of county officers when approved by the county board, and their oaths of office and the bonds and oaths of their deputies, except county recorder, shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.
365.16 POLICE AND FIRE APPARATUS.
A town board may annually levy the tax it decides is necessary for police and fire apparatus and to operate and keep up the apparatus. The tax must not be more than the amount that the electors allowed for the purpose. The board may enter into any contracts necessary to get, operate, and keep up the apparatus and shall control the apparatus. If the apparatus is shared under section 365.17 with home rule charter or statutory cities or other towns, the control must be shared with them.
381.19 VIOLATIONS; PENALTY.
Any person who willfully removes, destroys, or defaces a monument lawfully erected is guilty of a misdemeanor.
375.14 OFFICES AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED FOR COUNTY OFFICERS.
The county board shall provide offices at the county seat for the auditor, treasurer, county recorder, sheriff, court administrator of the district court, and an office for the county engineer at a site determined by the county board, with suitable furniture and safes and vaults for the security and preservation of the books and papers of the offices, and provide heating, lighting, and maintenance of the offices. The board shall furnish all county officers with all books, stationery, letterheads, envelopes, postage, telephone service, office equipment, electronic technology, and supplies necessary to the discharge of their respective duties. The board is not required to furnish any county officer with professional or technical books or instruments except when the board deems them directly necessary to the discharge of official duties as part of the permanent equipment of the office.
374.20 SALE OR LEASE OF LANDS NOT USED.
If any land or buildings owned and used by either the county or the city, or jointly owned and used by them, is not required for use by the county or city, or both of them, after the new building is completed, the land and buildings shall be sold as soon as practicable. The proceeds shall be placed in separate funds of the county and city and used for the payment of bonds or certificates of indebtedness authorized by the county and courthouse and city hall bonds issued by the city. The proceeds of the sales shall be paid to the county and city in the proportion of ownership of each in the real property sold. So far as practicable the proceeds of the sales shall be used to pay a portion of the bonds or certificates of indebtedness maturing in each year after sales so that the annual payments from the proceeds of the sales as nearly equal as may be in each of the years in which bonds or certificates of indebtedness mature. No part of the proceeds of the sales shall be used to pay interest charges on any bonds issued. No part shall be used for any purpose other than the payment of maturing bond or certificates of indebtedness, unless there is a surplus after the payment of all bonds or certificates of indebtedness. The surplus shall then be paid into the general sinking fund of the city and county.
The city and county may sell or lease to the other for a nominal or other consideration, all or part of its interest in the land. If the purchasing city or county resells the land to a purchaser other than the city or county as soon as practicable, the proceeds of the resale shall be equally divided between the city and county. If the land or any part is leased by either the city or county, as provided under this section, the lease must permit the sale of the land to a purchaser other than the city or county as soon as practicable.
If either the city or county acquires full title to the property, the city or county may, in the sale of the property, consider their combined economic, financial and industrial interests, as well as the price offered, with relation to a proposed project, and include these factors in the specifications or proposals for the sale.
This section shall be liberally construed to carry out its purpose. If any portion or clause of the section is held invalid, the validity of the balance shall not be affected.
365.17 JOINT FIRE EQUIPMENT WITH ADJACENT TOWNS.
The town boards of adjacent towns may pool the amounts raised by the towns and jointly get and keep up fire protection apparatus for the use of the towns in common. The town boards shall jointly agree on the terms, conditions, and rules for their joint action. The immediate control of the apparatus may be given to a committee made up of the chairs of the town boards. The joint agreement must not run for more than ten years.
366.03 REPAIR STATUTORY CITY STREETS.
If a statutory city included in the limits of a town neglects to keep its streets in repair, the town board of the town may make repairs and improvements on a city street needed as a highway.
382.12 BONDS NOT WITHDRAWN.
No bond filed with the secretary of state shall be removed except upon the written order of a judge of a court of record before whom an action is pending to enforce the conditions thereof.
375.15 DAMAGED RECORDS TRANSCRIBED.
If the records of any office named in section 375.14 are damaged so as to render any portion of them liable to become illegible, destroyed, or lost, the county board shall provide suitable books, and cause the records to be transcribed, so that the new volumes will correspond, in designation, letter or number, and page, to the original records. The fees for the work shall be fixed by the board, and shall not exceed seven cents per folio for the whole work done. Printed record books shall be used when practicable for both original and transcribed records.
374.21 AUDITORIUM; VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS, MEETING PLACES.
If the city desires to construct an auditorium, the building may be included in the courthouse and city hall building if the county board agrees, an agreement is reached between the board and the city council on the cost of the addition to the courthouse and city hall building, and the entire amount of the additional cost is paid by the city. Nothing contained in this section shall require that the city must sell any existing auditorium building if an auditorium is constructed in the city hall and courthouse building. If the auditorium is included in the city hall and courthouse building, the auditorium shall not be managed by the joint building management committee of the city council and county board. The city shall manage the auditorium and shall pay for any additional expense in the care, upkeep, and maintenance of the courthouse and city hall building arising from the inclusion of the auditorium.
A county board issuing and selling bonds to pay for acquiring land for constructing, equipping, and furnishing a joint courthouse and city hall building may appropriate and spend not more than $10,000 from the bond proceeds for equipping a municipal auditorium building located in a city of the first class located within the county, without reference to the courthouse and city hall building commission or other public body or bodies.
If, in the opinion of the city council and county board, it is inadvisable to provide meeting halls or quarters in the city hall and courthouse, for veteran organizations and their auxiliaries, and in the opinion of those bodies halls or quarters should be provided, the county board and city council may provide not more than $20,000 for improving halls or quarters in a municipally-owned auditorium building for the organizations and their auxiliaries out of the balances remaining in the funds referred to in Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 374.23. If the halls or quarters in a municipal auditorium are improved for the use of the organizations and their auxiliaries, the halls and quarters shall be under the sole control and management of the same persons or committees that manage the city hall and courthouse building. All costs of heating, lighting, and operating the halls or quarters shall be paid by the persons or committees. The persons or committees may direct the organizations and their auxiliaries to form a joint housing or other proper committee to represent and act for the organizations and their auxiliaries in all matters relating to the halls and quarters and to prepare and adopt rules and regulations setting the time, manner, and conditions under which the halls or quarters shall be used by the organizations and auxiliaries. If the joint housing or other committee is formed, any rules or regulations it adopts must be approved by the persons or committees having control and management of the halls or quarters before becoming effective.
365.18 BOARD LEVY FOR POLICE AND FIRE APPARATUS.
A town board may annually levy the tax it decides is necessary for police and fire protection and apparatus, and to operate and keep up the apparatus. The tax must not be more than the amount that the electors allowed for the purpose.
366.04 TRANSFER SURPLUS FUNDS.
A town board by unanimous vote may transfer a surplus beyond the needs of the current year in a town fund to any other town fund to supply a deficiency.
382.13 NEW BOND; NOTICE.
When the county board of any county shall deem the official bond of any county officer insufficient, or when any surety upon any such bond shall file with the board a written request that such officer be required to give a new bond, stating therein reasons, such board shall give such officer written notice to furnish a new official bond, to be approved by them, before the first day of their next regular, special, or adjourned meeting to be held more than 20 days from the date of such notice, under penalty of forfeiting the office. Such notice shall be personally served and returned in the same manner as a summons in a civil action.
375.16 COUNTY APPROPRIATION FOR INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
At its regular meetings the county board may appropriate from the county revenue fund a sum to pay incidental expenses of county officers incurred for postage, and for necessary express, freight, telephone, telegraph, water, light, other utility charges, and the mileage and per diem of town officers making election returns, to be paid on the warrant of the county auditor upon the presentation of a properly itemized and verified bill. On considering the sum charged excessive, the county auditor shall file the bill, if requested by the person presenting it, for action by the board at its next meeting.
This section does not apply to Hennepin County.
365.19 RELATION OF LEVIES TO FORESTRY ACT, LEVY.
A levy under sections 365.15 to 365.18 is in addition to the levy and the amount of tax authorized in any one year under section 88.04.
Sections 365.15 to 365.18 do not affect Laws 1925, chapter 407, known in part as the Forestry Act and coded in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 88 and 89.
382.14 FAILURE TO GIVE; OFFICE VACANT.
If any county officer served with notice to furnish a new bond, as provided in section 382.13, fails or neglects to do so, the office shall be deemed vacant. If it shall be made to appear to the board that such officer has been unable to furnish such bond by reason of physical disability, it may give the officer such further reasonable time to furnish the same as it deems proper, not later than the next meeting of the board. If such bond is not furnished within the further time so granted, such office shall be deemed vacant as before provided.
365.181 CONTRACTED FIRE SERVICE; COST DATA; ASSESSMENTS.
A town board may enter into a contract for fire protection and operation and upkeep of fire apparatus with the town's county or a nearby home rule charter or statutory city. The town board may also enter into the same kind of contract with a volunteer fire department or association if the volunteer fire department or association is not, by charter or ordinance, an official part of a city government. The parties shall mutually agree on the terms and conditions of the contract but the contract must not run for more than ten years.
A town that has entered into a contract or is negotiating with a municipality for fire services under this section, may ask the municipality for cost data relating to fire protection. The town may also ask for a copy of each existing fire protection contract the municipality has with other political subdivisions. The municipality shall provide the requested data and contracts.
If a tax is not levied under section 365.18 or if the tax does not raise enough to pay for a year's contracted fire service the town board may levy an assessment for fire service. The assessment must be levied on each real estate parcel that required fire service during the year. The assessment must not be more than the cost of service. The parcel owners must be given ten days' mailed notice of the time and place of the town board meeting that is called to consider the assessments. The county auditor's records must be used to determine ownership of the parcels.
The assessment is a lien on the assessed parcel and is due and payable to the town treasurer 30 days after the assessment levy. A parcel's assessment that is not paid when due must be certified by the town treasurer to the county auditor. The auditor shall add the assessment plus a ten percent penalty to the real estate taxes on the parcel for the next year.
366.05 PROSECUTE BONDS, PENALTIES, AND FORFEITURES.
The town board shall prosecute, in the name of the town and for its benefit, all actions upon bonds given to the town or the board or its predecessors in office for its benefit. The board shall sue for and collect all penalties and forfeitures, for which no other provision is made, incurred by any officer or inhabitant of the town. The board shall prosecute for any trespass on town property. The money collected under this section shall be paid to the town treasurer.
375.161 INCIDENTAL COSTS AND EXPENSES; CONTINGENT FUND.
In addition to the amount authorized by section 375.16, each county board may annually appropriate from the county revenue fund not more than $1,500 as a contingent fund for use by the county board to pay for incidental costs and expenses incurred by them in expediting the business of the county.
Nothing in subdivision 1 shall operate to lessen the amount of a contingent fund available to the county board or the chair of a county board under the authority of a special act for a single county enacted before August 1, 1973.
This section does not apply to Hennepin County.
375.162 IMPREST CASH FUNDS.
The county board may establish one or more imprest funds for the payment in cash of any proper claim against the county which it is impractical to pay in any other manner. No claim for salary or personal expenses of a county officer or employee shall be paid from an imprest fund. The county board shall appoint a custodian of each imprest fund who shall be responsible for its safekeeping and disbursement according to law. Money for the operation of an imprest fund shall be secured by a warrant issued on the general revenue fund. A claim itemizing all the various demands for which disbursements have been made from the fund shall be presented to the county board at the next county board meeting after the month in which the disbursements have been made. The county board shall act upon it as in the case of other claims and a warrant shall be issued to the custodian for the amount allowed. The custodian shall use the proceeds of the warrant to replenish the fund, and if the county board fails to approve the claim in full for any sufficient reason, the custodian shall be personally responsible for the difference.
The county board may authorize an imprest fund for the purpose of advancing money to officers or employees to pay their actual and necessary expenses in attending meetings outside the county or for other travel that is related to the performance of their job duties. The county board shall appoint a custodian of the fund who shall be responsible for its safekeeping and disbursement according to law. Attendance at meetings and other travel outside the county shall be authorized in advance by the county board. At a meeting of the county board in the month after approved travel outside the county, the officer or employee shall submit an itemized claim for the actual and necessary expenses incurred and paid related to the approved travel. The county board shall act upon it as in the case of other claims and a warrant shall be issued to the officer or employee for the amount allowed. The officer or employee shall use the proceeds of the warrant to repay the amount advanced from the fund. If the amount approved by the county board is insufficient to repay the advance, the officer or employee shall be personally responsible for the difference.
374.25 JOINT COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL BUILDING AUTHORIZED.
Any county which does not have within its limits a city of the first class, may, together with the city which is the county seat, jointly acquire land for, construct, equip, furnish, maintain and operate a joint courthouse and city hall building.
382.15 ORIGINAL, HOW AFFECTED BY NEW BOND.
The rights and liabilities of the parties to the original bond of any such officer, existing or incurred at or prior to the time of the approval and filing of such new bond, shall not be in any wise affected or impaired by the giving of such new bond; but such original bond and the sureties thereon shall not be liable for the acts of such officer done or performed after the new bond is approved, recorded, and filed as required by law.
374.26 PROPORTIONAL DIVISION OF COST.
The cost and expense of acquiring land for, constructing, equipping, and furnishing the building shall be paid by the county and the city in proportion to the amount of space used by each governmental unit in the building. The architect preparing the plans and specifications for the building shall certify the amount of space within the building which is designed for use by each governmental unit. The building shall not be constructed or contracted to be constructed and no land shall be acquired and no bonds shall be issued or sold by the county, until the city has been authorized to issue bonds to pay its share of the cost of the land and building and the ordinances providing for the bond issue have been ratified by the vote of the electors of the city in the manner provided in the city charter or by state law.
375.163 ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA COUNTIES; DUES, EXPENSES.
The county board may appropriate money to pay the annual dues of the county for membership in the Association of Minnesota Counties and the actual necessary expense of delegates designated by the county board to attend meetings of the association.
366.07 TREASURER MAY SELECT DEPOSITORY.
If the town board fails to act, as provided in section 366.01, subdivision 4, within 30 days after the annual town meeting, the treasurer shall select a depository for town funds and deposit them in the name of the town, obtaining security as provided in section 366.01, subdivision 4.