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MN Stat § 412.371 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.371 — Separate City Fund For Each Utility.

412.371 SEPARATE CITY FUND FOR EACH UTILITY. Subdivision 1. For all utility money in and out. A separate fund or a separate account shall be established in the city treasury for each utility. Into this fund or account shall be paid all the receipts from the utility and from it shall be paid all disbursements attributable to the utility. Subd. 2. Must audit like city. The commission shall, in the same manner as the council under section 412.271, subdivision 1, and to the same extent, audit claims to be paid from the public utilities fund. The secretary of the commission shall draw an order upon the treasurer for the proper amount allowed by the commission. Subd. 3. Checks paid like city. Upon counter signature by the president of the commission and presentation orders shall be paid by the treasurer. History:  1949 c 119 s 47; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 412.381 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.381 — Reports.

412.381 REPORTS. The accounting officer of the commission shall make such monthly or annual statements of operation as the commission may require. A copy of each such report shall be filed in the office of the city clerk. An annual financial report shall be made and a copy filed with the clerk at the close of the calendar year and shall be included as part of the annual financial report or statement of the clerk in conformity with section 471.697 or 471.698. The cost of publication of any other official statement required by law to be published shall be paid from public utility funds. History:  1949 c 119 s 48; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 90
MN Stat § 412.391 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.391 — Abolition Of Commission Or Utility Transfer.

412.391 ABOLITION OF COMMISSION OR UTILITY TRANSFER. Subdivision 1. To council; procedure. The public utilities commission of any statutory city may be abolished or its jurisdiction over any particular utility transferred to the council by following the procedure prescribed in this section. Subd. 2. Ballot question if abolition. The council may, and upon petition therefor signed by voters equal in number to at least 15 percent of the electors voting at the last previous city election shall submit to the voters at a regular or special election the question of abolition of the public utilities commission. The question on the ballot shall be stated substantially as follows: "Shall the public utilities commission be abolished?" Subd. 3. Ballot question if transfer. Upon like presentation of a petition for election on the question of transfer to the council of the jurisdiction of the commission over any one or more of the utilities previously placed under its jurisdiction, the council shall, in the same manner as under subdivision 2, submit the question to the voters. The question on the ballot shall be stated substantially as follows: "Shall jurisdiction over (Name of public utility) be transferred from the public utilities commission to the council?" Subd. 4. Time of effect. If a majority of the votes cast on a proposition submitted to the voters under subdivision 2 or 3 is in the affirmative, the provisions of sections 412.331 to 412.381 shall cease to apply to the city, in the case of an election under subdivision 2, or to the particular utility mentioned in the proposition submitted to the voters, in the case of an election under subdivision 3. Such change shall take place 30 days after the election. History:  1949 c 119 s 49; 1953 c 735 s 7; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.491 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.491 — Parks; Parkways; Recreational Facilities.

412.491 PARKS; PARKWAYS; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. Any statutory city may establish, improve, ornament, maintain, and manage parks, parkways, and recreational facilities and by ordinance protect and regulate their use. History:  1949 c 119 s 61; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.511 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.511 — Acquisition And Control Of Park Property.

412.511 ACQUISITION AND CONTROL OF PARK PROPERTY. Either the park board or the council may acquire land for park purposes but the park board shall have full, absolute, and exclusive control over all property set aside for park purposes. History:  1949 c 119 s 63; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.521 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.521 — Powers Of Board.

412.521 POWERS OF BOARD. Subdivision 1. Generally. In order to carry out the general powers granted in section 412.511, the park board shall have the powers granted in the following subdivisions. Subd. 2. Employment. The park board may employ necessary personnel and fix their compensation. Subd. 3. Construction; contracts. The park board may construct roadways, paths, buildings, fountains, docks, boathouses, bathhouses, refreshment booths, amusement halls, pavilions, and other necessary structures and improvements in parks. The board may, with the consent of the council, make contracts and leases for the construction and operation of these facilities for terms not exceeding ten years. Every such contract and lease shall provide that the structure shall be operated for the public use and convenience, and that the charges shall be reasonable and it shall reserve to the park board power to prescribe reasonable rules and regulations from time to time for the conduct of the privilege. Subd. 4. Purchase of supplies; equipment, and services. The park board may purchase all necessary materials, supplies, equipment, and services. Subd. 5. Maintenance. The park board shall maintain, beautify, and care for park property. Subd. 6. Permit club to use navigable waters; limitations. The park board may lease to private clubs the privilege of occupying limited areas in the bed of any navigable lake adjacent to a park for clubhouse purposes for not more than ten years. No clubhouse shall be so located as to interfere with navigation. Every such lease shall reserve to the board full power and authority to make from time to time reasonable rules and regulations with respect to the use of the leased property. The lessee shall have power to retain the clubhouse for the use of its own members and guests. Subd. 7. Entertainment. The park board may provide musical and free entertainment for the general public. Subd. 8. Ice. The park board may regulate the taking of ice from any pond, lake, or other body of water in any park. Subd. 9. Additional powers. The park board may perform whatever other acts are reasonable, necessary and proper to carry out the powers granted in section 412.511. History:  1949 c 119 s 64; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.531 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.531 — Park Funds.

412.531 PARK FUNDS. Subdivision 1. Establishment, transfer; tax levies. For the purpose of carrying out the powers of the park board there shall be established in the city treasury a special fund to be called a park fund. The council may transfer to the park fund the money it deems necessary for park purposes. No later than September 1 of each year the park board shall present to the council in the detail the council requires its estimate of the financial needs of the board for the ensuing fiscal year. In any county having a population of more than 200,000 the council of any city, whether having a park board or not, may annually levy a tax on all taxable property in the city for park purposes. The proceeds of this tax shall be placed in the park fund. Subd. 2. Audit; withdrawals. The park board shall, in the same manner as the council under section 412.271, subdivision 1, and to the same extent, audit claims to be paid from the park fund. The secretary of the board shall draw an order upon the treasurer for the proper amount allowed by the board. Upon counter signature by the president of the commission and presentation, orders shall be paid by the treasurer. History:  1949 c 119 s 65; 1951 c 378 s 14; 1971 c 462 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1973 c 773 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 45; 1994 c 505 art 7 s 1
MN Stat § 412.541 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.541 — Optional Plans.

412.541 OPTIONAL PLANS. Subdivision 1. Optional Plan A. Any statutory city may provide for the appointment of its clerk and treasurer, or clerk-treasurer and the election of an additional council member as hereinafter provided in this chapter. These departures from the standard form of government are referred to hereafter as Optional Plan A. Subd. 2. Optional Plan B. Any statutory city of more than 1,000 population may provide for the council-manager plan of government hereinafter provided in this chapter and referred to as Optional Plan B. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1967 c 289 s 18] Subd. 4. Adoption or abandonment; standard form. Any one of such plans may be adopted or abandoned in a city by following the procedures set forth in section 412.551. Until the adoption of an optional plan, and except as provided in section 412.572, every city shall operate under the standard form of government earlier provided in this chapter under which the voters elect the treasurer, if there is one, and a council consisting of a mayor, three or five council members, and the clerk or clerk-treasurer. History:  1949 c 119 s 66; 1965 c 417 s 6,7; 1967 c 289 s 8,9; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 30 s 6
MN Stat § 412.561 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.561 — Applicable Law; Same Rights, Liabilities, Proceedings.

412.561 APPLICABLE LAW; SAME RIGHTS, LIABILITIES, PROCEEDINGS. Subdivision 1. Consistent laws apply. All laws of the state applicable to a city before the adoption of an optional plan and not inconsistent with the provisions relating to such plan shall apply to and govern the city after the adoption of any optional plan. Subd. 2. Ordinances, resolutions. Any ordinance or resolution in effect at the time of adoption of such plan shall continue in effect until duly amended or repealed, notwithstanding the adoption of such optional plan. Subd. 3. Same rights, liabilities, proceedings; exception. No valid and legally subsisting right or liability and no judicial proceeding shall be affected by any such change of government, unless otherwise provided. History:  1949 c 119 s 72; 1967 c 289 s 11; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.572 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.572 — Conversion To Optional Plan A.

412.572 CONVERSION TO OPTIONAL PLAN A. Subdivision 1. Assumption of Plan A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, on January 1, 1970, every statutory city operating under the standard plan of government shall assume the Plan A form of government as prescribed by chapter 412 in the same manner as if the change to Optional Plan A form of government had been approved by the voters in the manner prescribed by that chapter. Subd. 2. Referendum on petition. Prior to January 1, 1970, the city council may, and upon petition therefor signed by voters equal in number to at least 15 percent of the electors voting at the last previous city election, shall, submit to the voters at a regular or special election the question of adopting Optional Plan A. Subdivision 1 shall not be effective in any city where such an election is held unless a majority of the votes cast on the question in such an election are in the affirmative. If the majority of votes cast on the question are not in the affirmative, such a city shall remain a standard plan city. The question on assuming Optional Plan A shall be that provided by section 412.551, subdivision 2. Subd. 3. After January 1, 1970. Nothing in this section shall prevent an Optional Plan A city from abandoning such plan in the manner provided in section 412.551. Nothing in this section shall prevent any standard plan city from adopting an optional plan after January 1, 1970. History:  1967 c 289 s 17; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.581 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.581 — Officers.

412.581 OFFICERS. In any city operating under Optional Plan A except a city having a larger council under Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 412.023, subdivision 4, the council shall be composed of five or seven members consisting, except during the initial period of its operation as provided in section 412.571, of the mayor and four or six council members and, except as provided in that section, the clerk and treasurer or clerk-treasurer shall be appointed by the council for indefinite terms. History:  1949 c 119 s 74; 1965 c 417 s 11; 1967 c 289 s 13; 1974 c 337 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 30 s 9; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 136; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 183
MN Stat § 412.591 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.591 — Duties Of Clerk And Treasurer; May Be Combined.

412.591 DUTIES OF CLERK AND TREASURER; MAY BE COMBINED. Subdivision 1. Clerk not on council; transition. The clerk shall perform all the duties imposed on the clerk in cities generally but shall not be a member of the council, except that when Optional Plan A is first adopted in any city, the incumbent clerk shall continue to be a member of the council until the expiration of the term. Subd. 1a. If treasurer, duties unchanged. The duties of the treasurer if that office exists shall not be affected by adoption of Optional Plan A. Subd. 2. Combining, uncombining clerk-treasurer. Cities operating under Optional Plan A may, by an ordinance effective after the expiration of the term of the incumbent treasurer at the date of adoption of Optional Plan A, combine the offices of clerk and treasurer in the office of clerk-treasurer and thereafter the duties of the treasurer as prescribed by this chapter shall be performed by the clerk-treasurer. The offices of clerk and treasurer may be reestablished by ordinance. Subd. 3. Audit standards if combined. (a) If the offices of clerk and treasurer are combined as provided by this section, and the city's annual revenue for all governmental and enterprise funds combined is more than the amount in paragraph (b), the council shall provide for an annual audit of the city's financial affairs by the state auditor or a certified public accountant in accordance with minimum procedures prescribed by the state auditor. If the offices of clerk and treasurer are combined and the city's annual revenue for all governmental and enterprise funds combined is the amount in paragraph (b), or less, the council shall provide for an audit of the city's financial affairs by the state auditor or a certified public accountant in accordance with minimum audit procedures prescribed by the state auditor at least once every five years, which audit shall be for a one-year period to be determined at random by the person conducting the audit. (b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), the amount in 2004 is $150,000, and in 2005 and after, $150,000 adjusted for inflation using the annual implicit price deflator for state and local expenditures as published by the United States Department of Commerce. History:  1949 c 119 s 75; 1961 c 230 s 4; 1965 c 417 s 12; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 546 s 2; 1995 c 27 s 3; 2004 c 281 s 3; 2010 c 191 s 9
MN Stat § 412.601 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.601 — Applications Of Sections 412.601 To 412.751.

412.601 APPLICATIONS OF SECTIONS 412.601 TO 412.751. Sections 412.601 to 412.751 shall apply only to statutory cities operating under Optional Plan B. History:  1949 c 119 s 76; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.611 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.611 — Council-manager Plan.

412.611 COUNCIL-MANAGER PLAN. The form of government provided in Optional Plan B shall be known as the council-manager plan. The council shall exercise the legislative power of the city and determine all matters of policy. The city manager shall be the head of the administrative branch of the government and shall be responsible to the council for the proper administration of all affairs relating to the city. History:  1949 c 119 s 77; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.621 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.621 — Boards And Commissions.

412.621 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. Subdivision 1. Limit on boards; powers of council. In any such city there shall be no community health board as defined in section 145A.02, subdivision 5, library board, park board, public utilities commission, or any other administrative board or commission, except for the administration of a function jointly with another political subdivision. The council shall itself be and perform the duties and exercise the powers of the community health board and shall govern and administer the library, parks, and utilities as fully as other municipal functions for the administration of which no independent boards are authorized by statute for cities generally. The council may, however, create boards or commissions to advise the council with respect to any municipal function or activity or to investigate any subject of interest to the city. Subd. 2. Transition to city manager; civil service commission. Any such boards and commissions in existence in any city when Optional Plan B is adopted shall continue to operate in all respects as formerly until the qualification of the first city manager, at which time they shall cease to exist and their powers shall be vested in the city council. Any existing civil service commission shall not be affected by the change. After abandonment of the plan in any such city and the establishment of the standard plan or Optional Plan A, any board or commission authorized by statute in cities generally may be established in the same manner as in other cities. History:  1949 c 119 s 78; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1987 c 309 s 24; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109
MN Stat § 412.631 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.631 — Composition Of Council.

412.631 COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. In any city operating under Optional Plan B, the council shall, except as provided in repealed sections 412.023, subdivision 4, and 412.571, be composed of a mayor and four or six council members. History:  1949 c 119 s 79; 1967 c 289 s 14; 1974 c 337 s 12; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 30 s 10; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 137
MN Stat § 412.641 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.641 — Manager; Basis For Choice; Residency; Term; Probation.

412.641 MANAGER; BASIS FOR CHOICE; RESIDENCY; TERM; PROBATION. Subdivision 1. Appointed by council. The city manager shall be chosen by the council solely on the basis of training, experience, and administrative qualifications and need not be a resident of the city at the time of appointment. Subd. 1a. Probationary year, then due process. The manager shall be appointed for an indefinite period and may be removed by the council at any time, but after having served as manager for one year the city manager may demand written charges and a public hearing on the charges before the council prior to the date when final removal takes effect. Subd. 1b. Hearing demand, procedure. A demand for written charges and a hearing must be made within seven days of notification of the council's intent to remove the city manager. The council shall set a date and a reasonable time for a public hearing, which must be held within 30 days of the demand and may not be reconvened or recessed until a further date, absent approval of the council. The council shall notify the city manager within five days of the hearing, of the council's decision to retain or remove the city manager. The decision of the council is final. Subd. 1c. Suspension; temporary replacement. Pending such hearing and removal, the council may suspend the manager, with or without pay, at the council's discretion, from office. The council may designate some properly qualified person to perform the duties of the manager during absence or disability. Subd. 2. When first manager appointed. As soon as practicable after the adoption of Optional Plan B in any city, the council shall appoint the first manager under subdivisions 1 to 1c. History:  1949 c 119 s 80; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 315 s 14
MN Stat § 412.651 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.651 — City Manager; Powers And Duties.

412.651 CITY MANAGER; POWERS AND DUTIES. Subdivision 1. Generally. The city manager shall have the powers and duties set forth in the following subdivisions. Subd. 2. Enforcement. The city manager shall see that statutes relating to the city and the laws, ordinances and resolutions of the city are enforced. Subd. 3. Appointment of personnel. The city manager shall appoint upon the basis of merit and fitness and subject to any applicable civil service provisions and, except as herein provided, remove the clerk, all heads of departments, and all subordinate officers and employees; but the appointment and removal of the attorney shall be subject to the approval of the council. Subd. 4. Control. The city manager shall exercise control over all departments and divisions of the administration created under Optional Plan B or which may be created by the council. Subd. 5. Council meetings. The city manager shall attend all meetings of the council with the right to take part in the discussions but not to vote; but the council may in its discretion exclude the city manager from any meetings at which the manager's removal is considered. Subd. 6. Recommend ordinances and resolutions. The city manager shall recommend to the council for adoption such measures as the city manager may deem necessary for the welfare of the people and the efficient administration of the affairs of the city. Subd. 7. Advise; annual budget. The city manager shall keep the council fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the city and the city manager shall prepare and submit to the council the annual budget. Subd. 8. Administrative code. The city manager shall, when directed to do so by the council, prepare and submit to the council for adoption an administrative code incorporating the details of administrative procedure, and from time to time the city manager shall suggest amendments to such code. Subd. 9. Additional duties. The city manager shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the statutes relating to Optional Plan B cities or required by ordinance or resolutions adopted by the council. History:  1949 c 119 s 81; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1986 c 444