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MN Stat § 412.131 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.131 — Assessor; Duties, Compensation.

412.131 ASSESSOR; DUTIES, COMPENSATION. The city assessor, if there is one, shall assess and return as provided by law all property taxable within the city, if a separate assessment district, and the assessor of the town within which the city lies shall not include in the return any property taxable in the city. Any assessor may appoint a deputy assessor as provided in section 273.06. The assessor may be compensated on a full-time or part-time basis at the option of the council, and mileage at the rate paid other city officers for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the county seat of the county to attend any meeting of the assessors of the county legally called by the county auditor, and also for each mile necessarily traveled in making the return of assessment to the proper county officer and in attending sectional meetings called by the county assessor, except when mileage is paid by the county. In addition to other compensation, the council may allow the assessor mileage at the same rate per mile as paid other city officers for each mile necessarily traveled in assessment work. History:  1949 c 119 s 16; 1951 c 166 s 1; 1965 c 186 s 2; 1969 c 9 s 84; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1976 c 44 s 24; 1986 c 444; 2014 c 308 art 9 s 82
MN Stat § 412.141 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.141 — Treasurer's Duties.

412.141 TREASURER'S DUTIES. The treasurer shall receive and safely keep all moneys belonging to the city, including moneys received in operations of any municipal liquor dispensary maintained by the city, and shall promptly enter in a book provided for the purpose an account of all moneys received and disbursed as treasurer, showing the source and objects thereof with the date of each transaction. The treasurer shall pay out money only upon the written order of the mayor and clerk, or such other officers of independent boards or commissions as are authorized to issue orders in the case of board or commission operations. Such orders when paid and canceled shall be retained as treasurer's vouchers. Such accounts and vouchers shall be exhibited to the council upon its request. The treasurer shall deliver to a successor all books, papers and money belonging to the city. The treasurer shall immediately after the close of the calendar year make out and file with the clerk for public inspection a report of balances, receipts and disbursements by funds for the year. The treasurer may, with the consent of the council appoint a deputy treasurer for whose acts the treasurer shall be responsible and whom the treasurer may remove at pleasure. In case of the treasurer's absence from the city or disability, the council may appoint a deputy treasurer, if there is none, to serve during such absence or disability. The deputy may discharge any of the duties of the treasurer. History:  1949 c 119 s 17; 1951 c 378 s 5; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 412.151 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.151 — Duties Of Clerk.

412.151 DUTIES OF CLERK. Subdivision 1. Listed; fees; deputy; absence. The clerk shall give the required notice of each regular and special election, record the proceedings thereof, notify officials of their election or appointment to office, certify to the county auditor all appointments and the results of all city elections. The clerk shall keep (1) a minute book, noting therein all proceedings of the council; (2) an ordinance book to record at length all ordinances passed by the council; and (3) an account book to enter all money transactions of the city including the dates and amounts of all receipts and the person from whom the money was received and all orders drawn upon the treasurer with their payee and object. Ordinances, resolutions, and claims considered by the council need not be given in full in the minute book if they appear in other permanent records of the clerk and can be accurately identified from the description given in the minutes. The clerk shall act as the clerk and bookkeeper of the city, shall be the custodian of its seal and records, shall sign its official papers, shall post and publish such notices, ordinances and resolutions as may be required and shall perform such other appropriate duties as may be imposed by the council. For certified copies, and for filing and entering, when required, papers not relating to city business, the clerk shall receive the fees allowed by law to town clerks; but the council may require the clerk to pay such fees into the city treasury. With the consent of the council, the clerk may appoint a deputy for whose acts the clerk shall be responsible and whom the clerk may remove at pleasure. In case of the clerk's absence from the city or disability, the council may appoint a deputy clerk, if there is none, to serve during such absence or disability. The deputy may discharge any of the duties of the clerk, except that deputy shall not be a member of the council. Subd. 2. Delegation; audit. The council by ordinance may delegate all or part of the clerk's bookkeeping duties to another officer or employee. The officer or employee who by ordinance is made responsible for the clerk's bookkeeping duties shall furnish a fidelity bond conditioned for the faithful exercise of duties. The council may provide for the payment from city funds of the premium on the official bond. If the bookkeeping functions of the clerk are delegated to the city treasurer, the council shall provide for an annual audit of the city's financial affairs in accordance with the minimum procedures prescribed by the state auditor. A copy of the ordinance shall be provided to the state auditor. History:  1949 c 119 s 18; 1951 c 378 s 6; 1953 c 735 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1984 c 384 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 412.152 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.152 — Mayor; Fire Chief; Offices Not Incompatible.

412.152 MAYOR; FIRE CHIEF; OFFICES NOT INCOMPATIBLE. The offices of mayor of a statutory city and the fire chief of an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation serving the city are not incompatible offices and a person may concurrently hold both offices if all of the following conditions exist: (1) the mayor does not appoint the fire chief; (2) the mayor does not set the salary or benefits of the fire chief; (3) neither officer performs functions that are inconsistent with the other's; (4) neither officer in the officer's official capacity contracts with the other; and (5) the mayor does not approve the fidelity bond of the fire chief. History:   1997 c 23 s 1
MN Stat § 412.153 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.153 — Housing Aid To Ensure Timely Public Safety Service.

412.153 HOUSING AID TO ENSURE TIMELY PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE. Statutory cities may expend public funds to acquire or lease residential property for housing or otherwise provide housing assistance in the city for one or more volunteer firefighters or ambulance personnel. The expenditure may only be made to attract and retain the qualified personnel necessary to ensure that a city has timely public safety and related service. A city may make the expenditure only after the need for the expenditure has been established and approved at a public hearing. History:   2001 c 19 s 1
MN Stat § 412.201 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.201 — Execution Of Instruments.

412.201 EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS. Every contract, conveyance, license, or other written instrument shall be executed on behalf of the city by the mayor and clerk, with the corporate seal affixed, and only pursuant to authority from the council. History:  1949 c 119 s 27; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.211 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.211 — General Statutory City Powers.

412.211 GENERAL STATUTORY CITY POWERS. Every city shall be a municipal corporation having the powers and rights and being subject to the duties of municipal corporations at common law. Each shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, may use a corporate seal, may acquire, either within or without its corporate limits, such real and personal property as the purposes of the city may require, by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, lease or otherwise, and may hold, manage, control, sell, convey, lease, or otherwise dispose of such property as its interests require. The powers listed in this act are not exclusive and other provisions of law granting additional powers to cities or to classes of cities shall apply except where inconsistent with this chapter. History:  1949 c 119 s 28; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.222 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.222 — Public Accountants In Statutory Cities.

412.222 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS IN STATUTORY CITIES. The council of any city may employ public accountants on a monthly or yearly basis for the purpose of auditing, examining, and reporting upon the books and records of account of such city. For the purpose of this section, "public accountant" means a certified public accountant or a certified public accounting firm licensed in accordance with chapter 326A. All expenditures for these purposes shall be within the statutory limits upon tax levies in such cities. History:  (1186-5, 1186-6, 1186-7) 1937 c 215 s 1-3; 1953 c 535 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1992 c 592 s 7; 2001 c 109 art 2 s 7; 2010 c 191 s 8
MN Stat § 412.231 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.231 — Penalties.

412.231 PENALTIES. The council shall have the power to declare that the violation of any ordinance shall be a penal offense and to prescribe penalties therefor. No such penalty shall exceed a fine of $1,000 or imprisonment in a city or county jail for a period of 90 days, or both, but in either case the costs of prosecution may be added. History:  1949 c 119 s 30; 1969 c 735 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1977 c 355 s 1; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 2004 c 228 art 1 s 72
MN Stat § 412.241 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.241 — Council To Control Finances.

412.241 COUNCIL TO CONTROL FINANCES. The council shall have full authority over the financial affairs of the city, and shall provide for the collection of all revenues and other assets, the auditing and settlement of accounts, and the safekeeping and disbursement of public money. History:  1949 c 119 s 31; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.251 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.251 — Annual Tax Levy.

412.251 ANNUAL TAX LEVY. The council shall make its annual tax levy by resolution. The following taxes may be levied as authorized: (1) a tax for the payment of principal and interest on outstanding obligations of the city as provided by sections 475.61, 475.73, and 475.74; (2) a tax for the payment of judgments as authorized by section 465.14; (3) a tax to provide musical entertainment to the public in public buildings or on public grounds; (4) a tax for band purposes as authorized by section 449.09; (5) a tax for the support of a municipal forest, as authorized by section 459.06; (6) a tax for advertising purposes, as authorized by section 469.189; (7) a tax for forest fire protection in any city in a forest area, as authorized by section 88.04; (8) a tax for the utilities fund in any city whose utilities are under the jurisdiction of a public utilities commission. The tax shall be levied for the purpose of paying the cost of the utility service or other services supplied to the city; (9) a tax for the support of a public library, as authorized by section 134.07; (10) a tax for firefighters' relief association purposes as authorized by sections 424A.092, subdivision 4, 424A.093, subdivision 5, or other statutes; and (11) other special taxes authorized by law. History:  1949 c 119 s 32; 1951 c 104 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1973 c 389 s 2; 1973 c 773 s 1; 1976 c 2 s 138; 1976 c 239 s 114; 1977 c 429 s 63; 1980 c 509 s 157; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 60; 1987 c 291 s 218; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 44; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 5 s 28; 1994 c 505 art 4 s 1; 2013 c 111 art 5 s 80
MN Stat § 412.261 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.261 — Tax Anticipation Certificates.

412.261 TAX ANTICIPATION CERTIFICATES. At any time after the first day of the year following the making of an annual tax levy, the council may issue certificates of indebtedness in anticipation of the collection of taxes levied for any fund and not yet collected. The total of all certificates issued against any fund for any year with interest thereon until maturity, together with all orders outstanding against the fund, shall not exceed the total current taxes for the fund uncollected at the time of issuance plus the cash on hand in the fund. If certificates are issued against the anticipated tax levy for any fund, any unpaid orders outstanding against the fund shall be redeemed from the proceeds of the certificates. All tax anticipation certificates shall be negotiable and shall be payable to the order of the payee and shall have a definite due date but may be payable on or before that date. No certificate shall be issued to become due and payable later than the 1st day of April of the year following the year of issuance. Certificates shall be sold for not less than par and accrued interest and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed seven percent per annum, payable at maturity or at such earlier times as the council may determine. Each certificate shall state upon its face the fund for which the proceeds of the certificate shall be used, the total amount of the certificates so issued against the fund, and the total amount embraced in the tax levy for that fund. They shall otherwise be issued on such terms and conditions as the council may determine. The proceeds of the taxes assessed on account of the fund against which tax-anticipation certificates are issued and the full faith and credit of the city shall be irrevocably pledged for the redemption of the certificates in the order of issuance against the fund. History:  1949 c 119 s 33; 1953 c 735 s 4; 1967 c 761 s 3; 1971 c 25 s 79; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.301 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.301 — Financing Purchase Of Certain Equipment.

412.301 FINANCING PURCHASE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT. (a) The council may issue certificates of indebtedness or capital notes subject to the city debt limits to purchase capital equipment. (b) For purposes of this section, "capital equipment" means: (1) public safety equipment, ambulance and other medical equipment, road construction and maintenance equipment, and other capital equipment; and (2) computer hardware and software, whether bundled with machinery or equipment or unbundled, together with application development services and training related to the use of the computer hardware or software. (c) The equipment or software must have an expected useful life at least as long as the terms of the certificates or notes. (d) Such certificates or notes shall be payable in not more than ten years and shall be issued on such terms and in such manner as the council may determine, provided, however, that notes issued for projects that eliminate R-22, as defined in section 240A.09, paragraph (b), clause (2), must be payable in not more than 20 years. (e) If the amount of the certificates or notes to be issued to finance any such purchase exceeds 0.25 percent of the estimated market value of taxable property in the city, they shall not be issued for at least ten days after publication in the official newspaper of a council resolution determining to issue them; and if before the end of that time, a petition asking for an election on the proposition signed by voters equal to ten percent of the number of voters at the last regular municipal election is filed with the clerk, such certificates or notes shall not be issued until the proposition of their issuance has been approved by a majority of the votes cast on the question at a regular or special election. (f) A tax levy shall be made for the payment of the principal and interest on such certificates or notes, in accordance with section 475.61, as in the case of bonds. History:  1949 c 119 s 37; 1957 c 90 s 1; 1969 c 333 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1986 c 465 art 2 s 8; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 1 s 5; 2003 c 127 art 12 s 17; 1Sp2003 c 21 art 10 s 11; 2005 c 152 art 1 s 9; 2008 c 154 art 10 s 16; 2013 c 143 art 12 s 9; art 14 s 66; 1Sp2017 c 1 art 7 s 4
MN Stat § 412.311 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.311 — Contracts.

412.311 CONTRACTS. Subdivision 1. Lowest responsible bidder. Except as provided in sections 471.87 to 471.89, no member of a council shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract made by the council. Whenever the amount of a contract for the purchase of merchandise, materials or equipment or for any kind of construction work undertaken by the city is estimated to exceed the amount specified by section 471.345, subdivision 3, the contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, after notice has been published once in the official newspaper at least ten days in advance of the last day for the submission of bids. If the amount of the contract exceeds $1,000, it shall be entered into only after compliance with section 471.345. Subd. 2. Best value alternative. As an alternative to the procurement method described in subdivision 1, a contract for construction, building, alteration, improvement, or repair work may be awarded to the vendor or contractor offering the best value under a request for proposals as described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c). History:  1949 c 119 s 38; 1951 c 378 s 11; 1951 c 379 s 5; 1953 c 735 s 5; 1957 c 429 s 1; 1965 c 175 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1976 c 44 s 27; 1992 c 380 s 2; 2007 c 148 art 3 s 24
MN Stat § 412.331 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.331 — Establishment Of Public Utilities Commission.

412.331 ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Any statutory city may by ordinance expressly accepting the provisions of sections 412.331 to 412.391 establish a public utilities commission with the powers and duties set out in those sections. Any water, light, power and building commission now in existence in any statutory city shall hereafter operate as a public utilities commission under sections 412.321 to 412.391. History:  1949 c 119 s 43; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.341 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.341 — Commission; Membership, Organization.

412.341 COMMISSION; MEMBERSHIP, ORGANIZATION. Subdivision 1. Membership. The commission shall consist of three members appointed by the council. No more than one member may be chosen from the council membership. Each member shall serve for a term of three years and until a successor is appointed and qualified except that of the members initially appointed in any city, one shall serve for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years. Residence shall not be a qualification for membership on the commission unless the council so provides. A vacancy shall be filled by the council for the unexpired term. Subd. 2. Rules; officers, salary. The commission shall adopt rules for its own proceedings which shall provide among other things for at least one regular meeting by the commission each month. It shall annually choose a president from among its own members. It shall also appoint a secretary for an indefinite term. The secretary need not be a member of the commission and may be the city clerk. No member of the commission shall receive a salary except as fixed by the council. The secretary shall receive a salary fixed by the commission. History:  1949 c 119 s 44; 1951 c 378 s 12; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 412.351 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.351 — Commission, Jurisdiction.

412.351 COMMISSION, JURISDICTION. The council shall, in the ordinance establishing the commission, decide which of the following public utilities shall be within the commission's jurisdiction: (1) the city water system; (2) light and power system, including any system then in use or later acquired for the production and distribution of steam heat; (3) gas system; (4) sanitary or storm sewer system or both, including the city sewage disposal plant; (5) public buildings owned or leased by the city; (6) district heating system. As used subsequently in sections 412.351 to 412.391, the term "public utility" means any water, light and power, gas or sewer system, or public buildings thus placed by ordinance under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission. Any public utility not placed under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission by the ordinance establishing the commission may be placed under the jurisdiction of the commission by an amendment to the original ordinance. History:  1949 c 119 s 45; 1951 c 378 s 13; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1981 c 334 s 3
MN Stat § 412.361 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.361 — Public Utility; Commission Powers.

412.361 PUBLIC UTILITY; COMMISSION POWERS. Subdivision 1. Contract; bid provisions apply. The commission shall have power to extend and to modify or rebuild any public utility and to do anything it deems necessary for its proper and efficient operation; and it may enter into necessary contracts for these purposes. The provisions of section 412.311 relating to advertisement for bids shall apply to contracts of the public utilities commission. Subd. 2. Hire, direct, fix pay for personnel. The commission shall have power to employ all necessary help for the management and operation of the public utility, prescribe duties of officers and employees and fix their compensation. Subd. 3. Buy fuel, supplies, wholesale energy. The commission shall have power to buy all fuel and supplies, and it may purchase wholesale electric energy, steam heat, hot water energy, gas or water, as the case may be, for municipal distribution. Subd. 4. Fix rates; adopt service rules. The commission shall have power to fix rates and to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for utility service supplied by the municipally owned public utilities within its jurisdiction. Subd. 5. Relations, finances with city. The commission shall have power to enter into agreements with the council for payments by the city for utility service, compensation for the use by either the commission or the city of buildings, equipment, and personnel under the control of the other, payments to the city in lieu of taxes, transfers of surplus utility funds to the general fund, and also agreements on other subjects of relationships between the commission and the council. History:  1949 c 119 s 46; 1953 c 735 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1981 c 334 s 4