Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

412.631 COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. In any city operating under Optional Plan B, the council shall, except as provided in repealed sections 412.023, subdivision 4, and 412.571, be composed of a mayor and four or six council members. History: 1949 c 119 s 79; 1967 c 289 s 14; 1974 c 3…

412.641 MANAGER; BASIS FOR CHOICE; RESIDENCY; TERM; PROBATION. § Subdivision 1.Appointed by council. The city manager shall be chosen by the council solely on the basis of training, experience, and administrative qualifications and need not be a resident of the city at the time o…

412.651 CITY MANAGER; POWERS AND DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Generally. The city manager shall have the powers and duties set forth in the following subdivisions. § Subd. 2.Enforcement. The city manager shall see that statutes relating to the city and the laws, ordinances and resolut…

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 office…

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 w…

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 …

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 lowe…

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 suc…

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 conduct…

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…

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 est…

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 sect…

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 ma…

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 publis…

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…

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 complain…

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…

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 …

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 …

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

412.925 NATIVE LANDSCAPES. (a) A statutory city or home rule charter city shall allow an owner, authorized agent, or authorized occupant of any privately owned lands or premises to install and maintain a managed natural landscape. For purposes of this section, the following terms…