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Mum. spat. s aiz.s~i, <br />sabd.';Minn. Scat. § Any statutory city with a ul Y P <br />pop ation over 1,000 ma ado t the PIan B <br />a-z.ssi. form. The change must be approved by a majority of voters at a regular or <br /> special election. <br />M~ . star ~ ai:.sst. The council may choose to hold an election on its o <br /> compelled to do so by citizen petition. To be valid, the petition must meet <br /> the following criteria: <br /> • The petition must be signed by registered voters. <br /> • The petition must have signat~n~es equal to 15 percent of the number of <br /> people who voted in the last city election. <br />Minn. $tsL ~ 41 zss t. A Plan A city cannot change to a Plan B city until it has maintained its Plan <br />See LMC information <br />memo, Ciy 5peci~d A form for a minimum of three ears. Additionall the election can only <br />Y y, <br />E~e<a°n:. address one change in the form of govemment <br />In other words <br />vote <br /> . <br />, <br />rs <br />cannot be given an option of voting for Plan A and Plan B at the same <br /> election. . <br />Mirur. star g at2ssi, <br />subds. 3, 4. A Plan B city may abandon its council-manager form of government and <br /> revert to the Standard Plan, or change to a Plan A city. The change in form <br /> requires approval by a majority of the voters in an election. The city may <br />Min,,. star. ~ ato.t i. not change plans until it has been a Plan B city for a minimum of three <br /> years. Voters could also abandon the Plan B form by adopting a home rule <br /> charter. <br />D. Home rule charter cities <br />See Handtxx~k, cnaPter ~. Home rule cities derive their powers from a home rule charter. 'The charter <br /> is, in effect, a local constitution. State laws give cities a wide range of <br /> <br />Minn. slat. ch. 4tn, discretion in regard to charter content. The charter may provide for any <br />form of municipal government <br />as lon <br />aS it i <br />i <br /> , <br />g <br />s cons <br />stent with state laws <br />that apply uniformly to all cities in Minnesota. Charter adoption, <br /> amendment and abandonment procedures are found in state statutes. <br />~~~ ~°" A charter city's form of government may be similar to one of the statutory <br />~r~a°R ~~, forms previously discussed. There are 107 home Wile charter cities in <br />M'""'tJO`Q ~f"`s' Minnesota. Of these, roughly 30 cities have adopted the council-manager <br /> form and 77 are mayor-council cities. Of the 77 mayor-council cities <br /> <br />See Handbook. Chapter I, <br />sa"i°n uc F°""s of"^' , <br />approximately 74 have weak mayor-councils. Only three* of these 77 cities <br /> <br />orgonr~Iion. have strong mayor-councils where the mayor is responsible to the council <br />, <br /> for the operation of all administrative agencies. The home rule charter <br /> Minnesota cities that operate with strong mayor-councils are: <br /> • St. Paul , <br /> • Duluth <br /> • St. Cloud <br /> *Northfield is sometimes classified as a strong-mayor city, While its mayor <br /> is provided additional authority under the city charter, Northfield does not <br /> operate under the "typical" strong mayor-council form of city government. <br />I.BAG[JE OF MIIiMFSOTA Ctrms <br />-40- <br />