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MN Stat § 412.661 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.661 — Limit On Council Powers.

412.661 LIMIT ON COUNCIL POWERS. Neither the council nor any of its members shall dictate the appointment of any person to office or employment by the manager, or in any manner interfere with the manager or prevent the manager from exercising judgment in the appointment of officers and employees in the administrative service; but this shall not be construed to prohibit the council from passing ordinances for establishing a merit system governing city employment. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the council and its members shall deal with and control the administrative service solely through the manager, and neither the council nor any of its members shall give orders to any subordinate of the manager, either publicly or privately. History:  1949 c 119 s 82; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 412.671 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.671 — Creation Of Departments; Divisions And Bureaus.

412.671 CREATION OF DEPARTMENTS; DIVISIONS AND BUREAUS. The council may create such departments, divisions, and bureaus for the administration of the affairs of the city as may seem necessary, and from time to time may alter their powers and organization. It may, in conjunction with the manager, prepare a complete administrative code for the city and enact it in the form of an ordinance, which may be amended from time to time by ordinance. History:  1949 c 119 s 83; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.681 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.681 — Manager Runs City; Offices May Be Joined Or Abolished.

412.681 MANAGER RUNS CITY; OFFICES MAY BE JOINED OR ABOLISHED. There shall be a clerk, a treasurer, and such other officers subordinate to the manager as the council may create by ordinance. The clerk shall be subject to the direction of the manager and shall have such duties in connection with the keeping of the public records, the custody and disbursement of the public funds, and the general administration of the city's affairs as shall be ordained by the council. The clerk may be designated to act as secretary of the council. The treasurer shall have the powers and perform the duties imposed upon treasurers under the laws relating to cities generally. The council may by ordinance abolish offices which have been created by ordinance and it may combine the duties of various offices as it may deem fit. The council may provide for the performance by the manager of the duties of any officer except the treasurer. History:  1949 c 119 s 84; 1955 c 867 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 412.691 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.691 — Manager Is Purchasing Agent; Audit And Approval.

412.691 MANAGER IS PURCHASING AGENT; AUDIT AND APPROVAL. The manager shall be the chief purchasing agent of the city. All purchases for the city and all contracts shall be made or let by the manager when the amount of the purchase or contract does not exceed $20,000 unless a lower limit is provided by the city council; but all claims resulting therefrom shall be audited and approved by the council as provided in section 412.271. All other purchases shall be made and all other contracts let by the council after the recommendation of the manager has first been obtained. All contracts, bonds, and instruments of every kind to which the city is a party shall be signed by the mayor and the manager on behalf of the city and shall be executed in the name of the city. History:  1949 c 119 s 85; 1959 c 526 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1992 c 380 s 3; 2004 c 278 s 5
MN Stat § 412.701 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.701 — Budgeting.

412.701 BUDGETING. The manager shall prepare the estimates for the annual budget. The budget shall be by funds and shall include all the funds of the city, except the funds made up of proceeds of bond issues, utility funds, and special assessment funds, and may include any of such funds at the discretion of the council. The estimates of expenditures for each fund budgeted shall be arranged for each department or division of the city under the following heads: (1) ordinary expenses (for operation, maintenance, and repairs); (2) payment of principal and interest on bonds and other fixed charges; (3) capital outlays (for new construction, new equipment, and all improvements of a lasting character). Ordinary expenses shall be subdivided into: (a) salaries and wages, with a list of all salaried offices and positions, including the salary allowance and the number of persons holding each; (b) other expenses, with sufficient detail to be readily understood. All increases and decreases shall be clearly shown. In parallel columns shall be added the amounts granted and the amounts expended under similar heads for the past two completed fiscal years and the current fiscal year, actual to date and estimated for the balance of the year. In addition to the estimates of expenditures, the budget shall include for each budgeted fund a statement of the revenues which have accrued for the past two completed fiscal years with the amount collected and the uncollected balances together with the same information, based in so far as necessary on estimates, for the current fiscal year, and an estimate of the revenues for the ensuing fiscal year. The statement of revenues for each year shall specify the following items: sums derived from (a) taxation, (b) fees, (c) fines, (d) interest, (e) miscellaneous, not included in the foregoing, (f) sales and rentals, (g) earnings of public utilities and other public service enterprises, (h) special assessments, and (i) sales of bonds and other obligations. Such estimates shall be printed or typewritten and there shall be sufficient copies for each member of the council, for the manager, for the clerk, and three, at least, to be posted in public places in the city. The estimates shall be submitted to the council and shall be made public. The manager may submit with the estimates such explanatory statement or statements as the manager may deem necessary, and during the first three years of operation under Optional Plan B the manager shall be authorized to interpret the requirements of this section as requiring only such comparisons of the city's finances with those of the previous government of the city as may be feasible and pertinent. History:  1949 c 119 s 86; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 426 art 1 s 45
MN Stat § 412.711 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.711 — Consideration Of Budget; Tax Levy.

412.711 CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET; TAX LEVY. The budget shall be the principal item of business at a regular monthly meeting of the council and the council shall hold adjourned meetings from time to time until all the estimates have been considered. The meetings shall be so conducted as to give interested citizens a reasonable opportunity to be heard. The budget estimates shall be read in full and the manager shall explain the various items thereof as fully as may be deemed necessary by the council. The annual budget finally agreed upon shall set forth in detail the complete financial plan of the city for the ensuing fiscal year for the funds budgeted and shall be signed by the majority of the council when adopted. It shall indicate the sums to be raised and from what sources and the sums to be spent and for what purposes according to the plan indicated in section 412.701. The total sum appropriated shall be less than the total estimated revenue by a safe margin. The council shall adopt the budget by a resolution which shall set forth the total for each budgeted fund and each department with such segregation as to objects and purposes of expenditures as the council deems necessary for purposes of budget control. The council shall also adopt a resolution levying whatever taxes it considers necessary within statutory limits for the ensuing year for each fund. The tax levy resolution shall be certified to the county auditor in accordance with law. At the beginning of the fiscal year, the sums fixed in the budget resolution shall be and become appropriated for the several purposes named in the budget resolution and no other. History:  1949 c 119 s 87; 1953 c 735 s 8; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1990 c 426 art 1 s 46
MN Stat § 412.721 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.721 — Budget Enforcement; Personal Liability.

412.721 BUDGET ENFORCEMENT; PERSONAL LIABILITY. It shall be the duty of the manager to enforce strictly the provisions of the budget. The manager shall not approve any order upon the treasurer for any expenditure unless an appropriation has been made in the budget resolution, nor for any expenditure covered by the budget resolution unless there is a sufficient unexpended balance left after deducting the total past expenditures and the sum of all outstanding orders and encumbrances. No officer or employee of the city shall place any order or make any purchase except for a purpose and to the amount authorized in the budget resolution. Any obligation incurred by any person in the employ of the city for any purpose not authorized in the budget resolution or for any amount in excess of the amount therein authorized shall be a personal obligation upon the person incurring the expenditure. History:  1949 c 119 s 88; 1953 c 735 s 9; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 412.731 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.731 — Modification Of Budget.

412.731 MODIFICATION OF BUDGET. After the budget resolution has been adopted the council shall have no power to increase the amounts fixed in the budget resolution, by the insertion of new items or otherwise, beyond the estimated revenues unless the actual receipts exceed the estimates and then not beyond the actual receipts. The council may at any time by resolution approved by a four-fifths vote of all the members of the council reduce the sums appropriated for any purpose by the budget resolution or authorize the transfer of sums from unencumbered balances of appropriations in the budget resolution to other purposes. History:  1949 c 119 s 89; 1953 c 735 s 10; 1974 c 337 s 13
MN Stat § 412.741 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.741 — Disbursement Of Funds.

412.741 DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS. The provisions of section 412.271 shall apply to cities operating under Optional Plan B except that orders shall be signed by the mayor and manager and no order shall be marked not paid for want of funds and except as otherwise provided in this section. Every resolution or motion authorizing a disbursement and every order shall specify the purpose for which the disbursement is made and indicate the fund from which it is to be paid. No order shall be issued until there is money to the credit of the fund from which it is to be paid sufficient to pay the order together with all then outstanding encumbrances upon the fund. The manager shall specify on each contract requiring the payment of money by the city the particular fund out of which the same is to be paid, and shall cause a suitable notation to that effect to be made on each such contract. The council may by ordinance make further regulations for the safekeeping and disbursement of the funds of the city. History:  1949 c 119 s 90; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.751 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.751 — Emergency Debt Certificates.

412.751 EMERGENCY DEBT CERTIFICATES. If in any year the receipts from taxes or other sources should from some unforeseen cause become insufficient for the ordinary expenses of the city or if any calamity or any other public emergency should subject the city to the necessity of making extraordinary expenditures, the council may authorize the sale by the city treasurer of emergency debt certificates to run not to exceed two years and to bear interest at not more than seven percent per year. A tax sufficient to redeem all such certificates at maturity shall be levied as part of the budget for the following year. The authorization of an issue of such emergency debt certificates shall be given by an ordinance approved by all the members of the council. History:  1949 c 119 s 91; 1974 c 337 s 14
MN Stat § 412.831 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.831 — Official Newspaper.

412.831 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER. The council shall, annually at its first meeting of the year, designate a legal newspaper of general circulation in the city as its official newspaper, in which shall be published such ordinances and other matters as are required by law to be so published and such other matters as the council may deem it advisable and in the public interest to have published in this manner. History:  1949 c 119 s 100; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.851 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.851 — Vacation Of Streets.

412.851 VACATION OF STREETS. The council may by resolution vacate any street, alley, public grounds, public way, or any part thereof, on its own motion or on petition of a majority of the owners of land abutting on the street, alley, public grounds, public way, or part thereof to be vacated. When there has been no petition, the resolution may be adopted only by a vote of four-fifths of all members of the council. No vacation shall be made unless it appears in the interest of the public to do so after a hearing preceded by two weeks' published and posted notice. The council shall cause written notice of the hearing to be mailed to each property owner affected by the proposed vacation at least ten days before the hearing. The notice must contain, at minimum, a copy of the petition or proposed resolution as well as the time, place, and date of the hearing. In addition, if the street, alley, public grounds, public way, or any part thereof terminates at, abuts upon, or is adjacent to any public water, written notice of the petition or proposed resolution must be served by certified mail upon the commissioner of natural resources at least 60 days before the hearing on the matter. The notice to the commissioner of natural resources does not create a right of intervention by the commissioner. At least 15 days prior to convening the hearing required under this section, the council or its designee must consult with the commissioner of natural resources to review the proposed vacation. The commissioner must evaluate: (1) the proposed vacation and the public benefits to do so; (2) the present and potential use of the land for access to public waters; and (3) how the vacation would impact conservation of natural resources. The commissioner must advise the city council or its designee accordingly upon the evaluation. After a resolution of vacation is adopted, the clerk shall prepare a notice of completion of the proceedings which shall contain the name of the city, an identification of the vacation, a statement of the time of completion thereof, and a description of the real estate and lands affected thereby. The notice shall be presented to the county auditor who shall enter the same in the transfer records and note upon the instrument, over official signature, the words "entered in the transfer record." The notice shall then be recorded with the county recorder. Any failure to file the notice shall not invalidate any vacation proceedings. History:  1949 c 119 s 102; 1953 c 735 s 12; 1957 c 383 s 1; 1967 c 289 s 15; 1969 c 9 s 85; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1973 c 494 s 11; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 183 s 4; 1990 c 433 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 105; 2005 c 117 s 2
MN Stat § 412.861 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.861 — Prosecutions, Violations Of Ordinances.

412.861 PROSECUTIONS, VIOLATIONS OF ORDINANCES. Subdivision 1. Complaint. All prosecutions for violation of ordinances shall be brought in the name of the city upon complaint and warrant as in other criminal cases. If the accused be arrested without a warrant, a written complaint shall thereafter be made, to which the accused shall be required to plead, and a warrant shall issue thereon. The warrant and all other process in such cases shall be directed for service to any police officer, process officer, or court officer of any town or city in the county, to the sheriff of the county, or all of them. Subd. 2. Form and contents of complaint. It shall be a sufficient pleading of the ordinances or resolutions of the city to refer to them by section and number or chapter. They shall have the effect of general laws within the city and need not be given in evidence upon the trial of civil or criminal actions. Judgment shall be given, if for the plaintiff, for the amount of fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed, with costs; and the judgment shall direct that, in default of payment, the defendant be committed to the county jail for such time, not exceeding 90 days, as the court shall see fit. The commitment shall state the amount of judgment, the costs, and the period of commitment. Every person so committed shall be received by the keeper of the jail and kept, at the expense of the county, until lawfully discharged. The committing court may release the defendant at any time upon payment of the fine and costs. Subd. 3. Appeal to court of appeals. Appeals may be taken to the court of appeals in the manner prescribed by court rule. On appealing, the defendant shall give bond to the city, to be approved by the court, conditioned that, if the judgment be affirmed in whole or in part, the defendant will pay the judgment, and all costs and damages awarded against the defendant on the appeal. In case of affirmance, execution may issue against both defendant and the defendant's sureties. Upon perfection of the appeal, defendant shall be discharged from custody. History:  1949 c 119 s 103; 1953 c 735 s 13; 1955 c 867 s 7; 1973 c 34 s 5; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1976 c 2 s 132; 1983 c 359 s 66; 1984 c 387 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4
MN Stat § 412.871 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.871 — Fines And Penalties.

412.871 FINES AND PENALTIES. All fines, forfeitures, and penalties recovered for the violation of any statute or ordinance to which the city is entitled by law shall be paid into the city treasury. Every court or officer receiving such moneys, shall make return thereof under oath in accordance with law, and be entitled to duplicate receipts for the amounts paid. One of the receipts shall be filed with the city clerk. History:  1949 c 119 s 104; 1967 c 62 s 2; 1974 c 337 s 15
MN Stat § 412.881 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.881 — President And Recorder Defined.

412.881 PRESIDENT AND RECORDER DEFINED. Whenever the term "president" or "president of the council" is used in a statute applying to any statutory city, the term means the mayor of the city and the term "recorder" as so used means the clerk. History:  1949 c 119 s 105; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.891 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.891 — Inconsistency With Cash Basis Law.

412.891 INCONSISTENCY WITH CASH BASIS LAW. Any provision in this chapter inconsistent with any provision of Laws 1929, chapter 208, Laws 1933, chapter 211, Laws 1937, chapter 356, or Laws 1943, chapter 526, shall not apply to any city to which any such act applies. History:  1949 c 119 s 106; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.901 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.901 — Application.

412.901 APPLICATION. This chapter shall apply to every statutory city, irrespective of the law under which it was originally incorporated. History:  1949 c 119 s 109; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 413.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 413 — Change Of City Name|Section 413.02 — Change Of City Name.

413.02 CHANGE OF CITY NAME. Subdivision 1. Procedure. When 20 percent of the legal voters of any statutory or home rule charter city shall petition the governing body thereof for a change of its name, the question of such change of name may be submitted to the voters of the city at any general or special election; and, if a majority of all the votes cast upon the question are in favor of such change, the governing body may by ordinance change the name of the city. Subd. 2. Filing; effect. Upon the filing of a certified copy of the ordinance with the auditor of the county in which the city is located and with the state auditor and the secretary of state, the name of the city shall be changed as in the ordinance provided. The change in name shall in no way affect any liability, obligation, power, duty, law, or ordinance, or other matter or thing in any way relating to the city, excepting that the new name of the city shall thereafter be substituted for and used in the place of its old name. Subd. 3. City to post office; procedure. The name of any statutory city in this state may be changed to the same name as the post office therein, by an ordinance of the statutory city so declaring, duly and legally adopted by the council thereof, when the name of the statutory city is different from the name of the post office therein as designated by the United States postal authorities. Subd. 4. When effective. Upon the filing of a certified copy of such ordinance with the auditor of the county in which the city is located, and with the state auditor and the secretary of state, the name of the city shall be changed as in such ordinance provided. Such change in name shall in no way affect any liability, obligation, power, duty, law, or ordinance, or other matter or thing in any way relating to the city, excepting that the new name of the city shall thereafter be substituted for and used in place of its old name. Subd. 5. Use of term village; procedure. Any statutory city which was a village or a borough on December 31, 1973, may continue to employ the term "village" or "borough" for any purpose including, but not limited to, internal administration, public communications, and published and posted notices; provided, however, that in all proceedings governed by statute or rule of a state agency and in all legal proceedings to which the city is a party, the term "city" shall be employed. The validity of any proceeding commenced or action taken by a village or borough prior to January 1, 1974 in which the term "village" or "borough" was employed shall not be affected by the provisions of this subdivision. History:  (1193, 1194, 1850, 1851) 1913 c 431 s 1,2; 1913 c 493 s 1,2; 1973 c 123 art 4 s 3; 1976 c 44 s 32,33; 1985 c 248 s 70