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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.07 — Determination Of Desirability; Framing Charter.

410.07 DETERMINATION OF DESIRABILITY; FRAMING CHARTER.
As soon as practicable after such appointment, the charter commission shall deliver to the clerk of the city either (1) its report determining that a home rule charter for the city is not necessary or desirable, or (2) the draft of a proposed charter, in either case signed by at least a majority of its members. Such draft shall fix the corporate name and the boundaries of the proposed city, and provide for a mayor, and for a council to be elected by the people. Subject to the limitations in this chapter provided, it may provide for any scheme of municipal government not inconsistent with the constitution, and may provide for the establishment and administration of all departments of a city government, and for the regulation of all local municipal functions, as fully as the legislature might have done before home rule charters for cities were authorized by constitutional amendment in 1896. It may omit provisions in reference to any department contained in special or general laws then operative in the city, and provide that such special or general laws, or such parts thereof as are specified, shall continue and be in force therein, including any such special or general law authorizing the city to incur indebtedness or issue its bonds for municipal purposes. It may prescribe methods of procedure in respect to the operation of the government thereby created, and the duties thereunder of all courts and officers of the district and county in which the city is situated, which duties such courts and officers shall perform. By such charter the city may be authorized to acquire, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation, any property, within or without its boundaries, needed for the full discharge of any public function which it is permitted to exercise.
History:
(1271) RL s 751; 1921 c 120; 1921 c 343; 1959 c 305 s 1; 1961 c 608 s 3; 1971 c 71 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.09 — Regulation Of Franchises.

410.09 REGULATION OF FRANCHISES.
Such proposed charter may provide for regulating and controlling the exercise of privileges and franchises in or upon the streets and other public places of the city, whether granted by the city, by the legislature, or by any other authority; but no perpetual franchise or privilege shall ever be created, nor shall any exclusive franchise or privilege be granted, unless the proposed grant be first submitted to the voters of the city, and be approved by a majority of those voting thereon, nor in such case for a period of more than 25 years.
History:
(1283) RL s 753; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.10 — Charter Election.

410.10 CHARTER ELECTION.
Subdivision 1.
Timing; procedure; recall.
Upon delivery of such draft, the council or other governing body of the city shall cause the proposed charter to be submitted at the next general election thereafter occurring in the city within six months after the delivery of such draft, and if there is no general city election occurring in the city within six months after the delivery of such draft, then the council or other governing body of the city shall cause the proposed charter to be submitted at a special election to be held on a date authorized by section 205.10, subdivision 3a. The council or other governing body may call a special election for that purpose only at any time. If the election is held at the same time with the general election, the voting places and election officers shall be the same for both elections. At any time before the council has fixed the date of the election upon the proposed charter, the charter commission may recall it for further action; and the council may authorize recall of the charter by the commission at any later date prior to the first publication of the proposed charter.
Subd. 2.
Election notice; publication.
The notice of election shall contain the complete charter and shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in the official newspaper of the city, or if there be none, in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the city. In every city of the first class, the publication shall be made in a newspaper having an aggregate regular paid circulation of at least 25,000 copies. The governing body may in addition thereto publish the notice in any other legal newspaper published in the city.
Subd. 3.
Ballot words, form.
The ballot shall bear the printed words, "Shall the proposed new charter be adopted? Yes.... No....," with a square after each of the last two words, in which the voter may place a cross to express a choice. If any part of such charter be submitted in the alternative, the ballot shall be so printed as to permit the voter to indicate a preference in any instance by inserting a cross in like manner.
Subd. 4.
Rejection; later proposals.
If any charter so submitted be rejected the charter commission may propose others from time to time until one is adopted.
History:
(1284) RL s 754; 1909 c 214 s 1; 1959 c 305 s 5; 1961 c 608 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 2017 c 92 art 2 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.11 — Adoption; Notice, Effective Date.

410.11 ADOPTION; NOTICE, EFFECTIVE DATE.
If 51 percent of the votes cast on the proposition are in favor of the proposed charter, it shall be considered adopted; and, if any provisions thereof are submitted in the alternative, those ratified by a majority of the votes cast thereon shall prevail. If the charter is adopted, the city clerk shall file with the secretary of state and in the city clerk's office a copy of the charter accompanied by a certificate attesting to the accuracy of the copy and giving the date of the election and the vote by which the charter was adopted and record a certified copy with the county recorder of the county in which the city lies. The charter shall take effect 30 days after the election, or at such other time as is fixed in the charter, and shall then supersede all other charter provisions relating to such city. Thereupon the courts shall take judicial notice of the new charter and, upon the election of officers thereunder, the officials of the former corporation shall deliver to them the records, money and other public property in their control.
History:
(1285) RL s 755; 1959 c 305 s 2; 1969 c 1027 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 104
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.121 — Sale Of Intoxicating Liquor Or Wine; Favorable Vote.

410.121 SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR OR WINE; FAVORABLE VOTE.
If the charter which is to be amended or replaced contains provisions which prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquor or wine in certain areas, such provisions shall not be amended or removed unless 55 percent of the votes cast on the proposition shall be in favor thereof.
History:
1969 c 1027 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.14 — Alternative Proposals.

410.14 ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS.
In submitting a charter or an amendment to the voters any alternative section or article may be presented and voted on separately, without prejudice to other articles or sections of the charter or any amendments thereto.
History:
(1288) RL s 757
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.15 — Succession; Subsisting Rights.

410.15 SUCCESSION; SUBSISTING RIGHTS.
The new city so organized shall be in all respects the legal successor of the former corporation, and no charter so adopted, nor any amendment thereof, shall prejudice any subsisting right, lien, or demand against the city superseded, or affect any pending action or proceeding to enforce the same. All rights, penalties, and forfeitures accrued or accruing to such former corporation, all property vested therein or held in trust therefor, all taxes and assessments levied in its behalf, and all its privileges and immunities not inconsistent with the new charter, shall pass to its successor. All ordinances, resolutions, and bylaws in force at the adoption of such new charter, and not in conflict with its provisions, shall continue in force until duly altered or repealed.
History:
(1289) RL s 758; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.16 — Forms Of Government Incorporated In Charter.

410.16 FORMS OF GOVERNMENT INCORPORATED IN CHARTER.
The charter commission may incorporate as part of the proposed charter for any city the commission, mayor-council, council-manager form of city government or any other form not inconsistent with constitution or statute, and may provide that all elective city officers, including mayor and members of the council, shall be elected at large or otherwise.
History:
(1290) 1909 c 170 s 1; 1959 c 305 s 5; 1961 c 608 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.18 — Distribution Of Administrative Powers.

410.18 DISTRIBUTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS.
Such charter commission may also provide that the administrative powers, authority, and duties in any such city shall be distributed into and among departments and may provide that the council may determine the powers and duties to be performed by and assign them to the appropriate department and determine who shall be the head of each department and prescribe the powers and duties of all officers and employees thereof, and may assign particular officers or employees to perform duties in two or more departments, and make such other rules and regulations as may be necessary or proper for the efficient and economical conduct of the business of the city.
History:
(1292) 1909 c 170 s 3; 1959 c 305 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.19 — Powers Of Mayor And Council.

410.19 POWERS OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
The charter commission may incorporate in such charter provisions defining the powers and duties of the mayor and each member of the council, and may provide that each member of the council shall perform such administrative duties as may be designated in such charter.
History:
(1293) 1909 c 170 s 4; 1959 c 305 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.191 — City Council Members; City Employment.

410.191 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS; CITY EMPLOYMENT.
Notwithstanding any charter provision, neither the mayor nor any city council member may be employed by the city. For purposes of this section, "employed" refers to full-time permanent employment as defined by the city's employment policy.
History:
2010 c 206 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.20 — Recall And Removal Of Officers; Ordinances.

410.20 RECALL AND REMOVAL OF OFFICERS; ORDINANCES.
Such commission may also provide for the recall of any elective municipal officer and for removal of the officer by vote of the electors of such city, and may also provide for submitting ordinances to the council by petition of the electors of such city and for the repeal of ordinances in like manner; and may also provide that no ordinance passed by the council, except an emergency ordinance, shall take effect within a certain time after its passage, and that if, during such time, a petition be made by a certain percentage of the electors of the city protesting against the passage of such ordinance until the same be voted on at an election held for such purpose, and then such ordinance to take effect or not as determined by such vote.
History:
(1294) 1909 c 170 s 5; 1959 c 305 s 5; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.21 — Application Of General Election Laws.

410.21 APPLICATION OF GENERAL ELECTION LAWS.
The provisions of any charter of any such city adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be valid and shall control as to nominations, primary elections, and elections for municipal offices, notwithstanding that such charter provisions may be inconsistent with any general law relating thereto, and such general laws shall apply only in so far as consistent with such charter.
History:
(1295) 1909 c 170 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.24 — New Or Revised Charter.

410.24 NEW OR REVISED CHARTER.
Any city having a home rule charter may submit and adopt a new or revised charter in the manner provided by law for the original adoption of such home rule charter.
History:
(1298) 1909 c 236 s 2; 1961 c 608 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.30 — City May Revert To Statutory City; Process; Transition.

410.30 CITY MAY REVERT TO STATUTORY CITY; PROCESS; TRANSITION.
Any city of any class having a home rule charter may abandon such charter and become a statutory city. A proposal to abandon the charter shall be presented, adopted, and become effective in the same manner as a charter amendment, and all statutory provisions relating to home rule charter amendments shall apply to a proposal to abandon a charter. Such proposal shall include a schedule containing all necessary provisions for transition to a statutory city form of government, including such provisions with reference to terms of incumbent officers as are deemed appropriate to place the municipality on the regular statutory city election schedule as soon as practicable. The proposal may provide in effect for continuance of specified provisions of the home rule charter for an interim period and shall specify the standard plan or the optional plan under which the municipality is to operate as a statutory city.
History:
1965 c 561 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 503 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.32 — Cities May Issue Capital Notes For Capital Equipment.

410.32 CITIES MAY ISSUE CAPITAL NOTES FOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.
(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of other law or charter, a home rule charter city may, by resolution and without public referendum, issue capital notes subject to the city debt limit 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;
(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 and software; and
(3) projects that eliminate R-22, as defined in section 240A.09, paragraph (b), clause (2).
(c) The equipment or software must have an expected useful life at least as long as the term of the notes.
(d) The notes shall be payable in not more than 20 years and be issued on the terms and in the manner determined by the city. The total principal amount of the capital notes issued in a fiscal year shall not exceed 0.03 percent of the estimated market value of taxable property in the city for that year.
(e) A tax levy shall be made for the payment of the principal and interest on the notes, in accordance with section 475.61, as in the case of bonds.
(f) Notes issued under this section shall require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the governing body of the city.
(g) Notwithstanding a contrary provision of other law or charter, a home rule charter city may also issue capital notes subject to its debt limit in the manner and subject to the limitations applicable to statutory cities pursuant to section 412.301.
History:
1983 c 361 s 1; 1988 c 702 s 2; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 1 s 4; 1990 c 612 s 15; 2003 c 127 art 12 s 15; 1Sp2003 c 21 art 10 s 11; 2005 c 152 art 1 s 8; 2008 c 154 art 10 s 15; 2013 c 143 art 12 s 8; art 14 s 64; 1Sp2017 c 1 art 7 s 3; 2023 c 64 art 12 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.325 — Tax Anticipation Certificates.

410.325 TAX ANTICIPATION CERTIFICATES.
Notwithstanding a contrary provision of other law or charter, a home rule charter city may issue tax anticipation certificates in the manner and subject to the limitations applicable to statutory cities under section 412.261. The certificates may also be issued in anticipation of federal and state aids, but the total amount of certificates issued against any fund for any year with interest on them must not exceed any limits in the charter relating to the total of the anticipated tax levy and the anticipated state aids for any fund not yet collected or received.
History:
1995 c 264 art 9 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters › Section 410.33 — Savings Clause.

410.33 SAVINGS CLAUSE.
If a city charter is silent on a matter that is addressed for statutory cities by chapter 412 or other general law and general law does not prohibit a city charter from addressing the matter or expressly provide that a city charter prevails over general law on the matter, then the city may apply the general law on the matter.
History:
1994 c 446 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities › Section 412.013 — Additional Powers.

412.013 ADDITIONAL POWERS.
Any statutory city containing within its limits a plant for the concentration of taconite, either under construction or in operation, by resolution of its council may lease or purchase from the owners thereof sewer or water facilities or both and operate the same. Any such lease made by such city prior hereto, by action of the council, is hereby validated and such city may continue to provide sewer and water services to its inhabitants thereunder.
History:
1957 c 72 s 1; 1959 c 686 s 12; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities › Section 412.014 — Power To Operate Telephone Lines.

412.014 POWER TO OPERATE TELEPHONE LINES.
Any statutory city heretofore or hereafter incorporated, in the territory of which previous to such incorporation telephone lines have been constructed and operated by a town as authorized by Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 237.33 to 237.40, is hereby authorized to continue to operate such telephone lines and the city shall have all the powers granted to towns and the council shall have all of the powers granted to boards of supervisors under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 237.33 to 237.40.
History:
1957 c 58 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 75
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities › Section 412.015 — Uniform Code Of Municipal Government.

412.015 UNIFORM CODE OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1]
Subd. 2.
Legislative intent.
It is the intention of Laws 1973, chapter 123, to simplify the statutes relating to municipal government by bringing the basic laws relating to all villages, boroughs and cities without home rule charters under a single code of statutes and to effect the transition with a maximum recognition of the desires of the citizens of such municipalities.
Subd. 3.
Limitations upon uniform code.
The legislature does not intend by Laws 1973, chapter 123:
(1) to affect, alter, repeal, or otherwise modify any law of special application other than special or general acts of incorporation and amendments thereto;
(2) to modify the application of other statutory codes relating to municipal government; or
(3) to impose new substantive powers and duties on cities, villages or boroughs.
Subd. 4.
Liberal interpretation.
Laws 1973, chapter 123, shall be interpreted liberally to carry out the intention set forth in this subdivision.
History:
1973 c 123 art 1 s 1-4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities › Section 412.016 — Application; Statutory Cities.

412.016 APPLICATION; STATUTORY CITIES.
Subdivision 1.
Application and definition.
This chapter applies to any city which has not adopted a home rule charter pursuant to the constitution and the laws of this state. Such a city is defined as a "statutory city," and the term includes every city which was a village on January 1, 1974.
Subd. 2.
Use of the term village.
Except as provided in Laws 1973, chapter 123, article 4, the term "village" shall not be applied to any municipal corporation operating under the authority of this chapter. In the next and subsequent editions of Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall delete the term "village" from this chapter except where necessary to effect the provisions of Laws 1973, chapter 123, article 4.
History:
1973 c 123 art 2 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities › Section 412.018 — Cities Under General Or Special Incorporation Acts.

412.018 CITIES UNDER GENERAL OR SPECIAL INCORPORATION ACTS.
Subdivision 1.
Termination of government under incorporation acts.
On July 1, 1975, any city incorporated under and governed by General Statutes 1894, sections 1045 to 1195, Laws of 1895, chapter 8, or Minnesota Statutes 1971, chapter 411; and the cities and borough of Belle Plaine, Special Laws 1868, chapter 36; Chaska, Special Laws 1891, chapter 2; Henderson, Special Laws 1891, chapter 3; St. Peter, Special Laws 1891, chapter 5; New Prague, Special Laws 1891, chapter 46; Shakopee, Special Laws 1875, chapter 6; and St. Charles, Special Laws 1879, chapter 57, shall cease to be governed by the general or special incorporation acts specified in this subdivision and will thenceforth be governed and controlled and derive their corporate legislative and other powers from the laws applicable to statutory cities generally and from such other special laws as may be applicable to them.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1]
Subd. 3.
Fiscal year; former cities.
In any city which was a statutory city or borough prior to 1973, and in which the fiscal year has not coincided with the calendar year, the calendar year shall become the fiscal year in 1976. The clerk, subject to the direction of the council, shall make such adjustments for accounts and reports during the transitional year as are necessary to provide the basis for accurate and comparable accounting and reporting.
History:
1973 c 123 art 5 s 3 subds 2,3; art 5 s 4; 1974 c 406 s 103
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities › Section 412.021 — Officers.

412.021 OFFICERS.
Subdivision 1.
Election.
Upon the filing of the certificate with the secretary of state, if the vote is in favor of incorporation, the judges of election appointed by the chief administrative law judge of the state Office of Administrative Hearings or the county board as the case may be, shall fix a day at least 15 and not more than 30 days thereafter and a place for the holding of an election for officers. The judges shall also fix the time, not less than three hours, during which the polls shall remain open at the election and shall post a notice setting forth the time and place of such election in three public places in the city for at least ten days preceding the election.
Subd. 2.
Officers to be elected.
There shall be elected at the election a mayor for a term expiring the first business day of January of the next odd-numbered year and four or six council members, for terms so arranged that half expire the first business day of January of the next odd-numbered year and half the first business day of January of the second odd-numbered year. No candidate for council member shall run for a particular term but the number of years in the term of each successful candidate shall be determined by the relative standing among the candidates for office, the longest terms going to the half of the elected candidates who received the highest number of votes. If the election occurs in the last four months of the even-numbered year, no election shall be held in the city on the annual city election day that year, and the next following year shall be disregarded in fixing the expiration of terms of officers chosen under this subdivision at the initial election.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1969 c 1146 s 20]
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1969 c 1146 s 20]
Subd. 5.
Initial salaries.
After the qualification of its members, the council may by ordinance fix the salaries of the mayor and council members. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 415.11, subdivision 2, the ordinance shall not become effective for at least ten days after publication in the official newspaper; and if, before the end of that time a petition asking for an election on the ordinance signed by voters equal to ten percent of the number of voters at the incorporation election is filed with the clerk, the ordinance shall not become effective until it is approved by a majority of the votes cast on the question at a regular or special election.
History:
1949 c 119 s 5; 1951 c 378 s 1; 1959 c 686 s 13; 1965 c 417 s 5; 1965 c 856 s 1; 1967 c 289 s 3; 1973 c 34 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1974 c 337 s 6,7; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1983 c 359 s 63; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 30 s 3; 2003 c 2 art 5 s 8; 2008 c 196 art 2 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities › Section 412.022 — Council May Provide Four-year Term.

412.022 COUNCIL MAY PROVIDE FOUR-YEAR TERM.
Subdivision 1.
Procedure.
The council may, by ordinance, establish a four-year term or reestablish a two-year term for the office of mayor commencing with the ensuing term, except that in a standard plan city which establishes a four-year term for mayor, the first mayor to serve a four-year term shall be elected at the first election when the clerk is not to be elected. In any case the ordinance shall not affect the term of the mayor elected in the year in which it is adopted unless it is adopted at least four weeks before the closing date for the filing of affidavits of candidacy for such election.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70]
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70]
History:
1967 c 289 s 16; 1969 c 238 s 1; 1973 c 34 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1976 c 44 s 22; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 64
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities › Section 412.091 — Dissolution; Petition; Vote.

412.091 DISSOLUTION; PETITION; VOTE.
Whenever a number of voters equal to one-third of those voting at the last preceding city election petition the chief administrative law judge of the state Office of Administrative Hearings to dissolve the city, a special election shall be called to vote upon the question. Before the election, the chief administrative law judge shall designate a time and place for a hearing in accordance with section 414.09. After the hearing, the chief administrative law judge shall issue an order which shall include a date for the election, a determination of what town or towns the territory of the city shall belong to if the voters favor dissolution, and other necessary provisions. The ballots used at such election shall be substantially in the following form: "Shall the city of ... be dissolved?" If a majority of those voting on the question favor dissolution, the clerk shall file a certificate of the result with the chief administrative law judge, the secretary of state, and the county auditor of the county in which the city is situated. Six months after the date of such election, the city shall cease to exist. Within such six months, the council shall audit all claims against the city, settle with the treasurer, and other city officers, and apply the assets of the city to the payment of its debts. If any debts remain unpaid, other than bonds, the city clerk shall file a schedule of such debts with the county treasurer and the council shall levy a tax sufficient for their payment, the proceeds of which, when collected, shall be paid by the county treasurer to the creditors in proportion to their several claims until all are discharged. The principal and interest on outstanding bonds shall be paid when due by the county treasurer from a tax annually spread by the county auditor against property formerly included within the city until the bonds are fully paid. All city property and all rights of the city shall, upon dissolution, inure in the town or towns designated as the legal successor to the city. If the city territory goes to more than one town, surplus cash assets and unsold city property shall be distributed as provided by the order for the election.
History:
1949 c 119 s 12; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1985 c 30 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 2 art 5 s 9; 2008 c 196 art 2 s 8; 2014 c 264 s 29
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities › Section 412.111 — Departments, Boards.

412.111 DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS.
The council may create departments and advisory boards and appoint officers, employees, and agents for the city as deemed necessary for the proper management and operation of city affairs. The council may prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of all officers, both appointive and elective, employees, and agents, when not otherwise prescribed by law. The council may require any officer or employee to furnish a bond conditioned for the faithful exercise of duties and the proper application of, and payment upon demand of, all moneys officially received. Unless otherwise prescribed by law, the amount of the bonds shall be fixed by the council. The bonds furnished by the clerk and treasurer shall be corporate surety bonds. The council may provide for the payment from city funds of the premium on the official bond of any officer or employee of the city. The council may, except as otherwise provided, remove any appointive officer or employee when in its judgment the public welfare will be promoted by the removal. This provision does not modify the laws relating to veterans preference or to members of a city police or fire civil service commission or public utilities commission.
History:
1949 c 119 s 14; 1951 c 378 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1983 c 359 s 65; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities › Section 412.121 — Acting Mayor.

412.121 ACTING MAYOR.
At its first meeting each year the council shall choose an acting mayor from the council members. The acting mayor shall perform the duties of mayor during the disability or absence of the mayor from the city or, in case of vacancy in the office of mayor, until a successor has been appointed and qualifies.
History:
1949 c 119 s 15; 1969 c 9 s 83; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1986 c 444
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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;
(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; and
(3) projects that eliminate R-22, as defined in section 240A.09, paragraph (b), clause (2).
(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 20 years and shall be issued on the terms and in the manner determined by the council.
(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; 2023 c 64 art 12 s 7