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norm. sm. ss {I=•u'- Standard Plan cities may abandon the Standard Plan form and change to <br />nl. Mlee. sm. p Flo t t. another form of city government: Plan A, Plan B or home rule charter. <br /> B. Plan A cities <br />Mmn. s~e~ 4 s I_,oz. mibd, The Plan A city council consists ~of an elected mayor and four or six elected <br />I; Mirm. sra. g.tlx.ssl. council members. The city clerk and treasurer are appointed offices, neither <br />M.M. sm. ~ +ra.x I a member of the council. The clerk and treasurer positions maybe <br /> combined into one appointed position. <br />s« Handbuut, cimger,. Like Standard Plan cities, all Flan A cities operate with weak mayor- <br />se1aO an p~ ~' councils Plan A cities are the most common type of city found•in <br /> Minnesota. Then are 629 Plan A cItia in Mimaota. <br />Mc~. srn. g a Iz.ss I. <br />su6d <br />I To become a Plan A city, the voters must approve the change at a Iocal <br />. elerxion The council may decide to hold an election on its own, or may be <br />~ cntc inrontiuon <br />~,•, c~•sarwr compelled by a valid citizen petition. To be valid, the petition must meet <br />er.nrom. the following criteria: <br /> • The petition must be signed by registered voters. <br /> • The petition must have signatures equal to 15 percent of the number of <br /> people who voted in the last city election. <br />ntren. sml ~ sl~sn. When the plan A form is approved by the voters of a Standard plan city, <br />~~' " ' the incumbem clerk and treasurer continue to serve until the end of their <br /> respective elected tetras of office. <br />nrnn. srn. g a Iz.ssl. If the city is currently a plan B city, the question of changing to plan A <br /> cannot be submitted to the voters unless the city has been a Plan B city for <br /> at least three years. The special election can only address one change in the <br /> form of govemmem. in other words, voters t~nttot be given an option of <br /> voting for Plan A and Plan B forms at the same election. <br />Mien. sut s; {u.xr• Plan A sties may choose IO abandon the plan by adopting the Plan B form, <br />iio i i ~ MI~~ sm~ 3 reverting to the Standard Plan, or by adopting a home rule charter. <br />C. Plan B cities <br />Minn. sly. ~ s i_.oz.,uea, The Plan B form of govemmem is also kanwa as the council-manager <br />I' plan. It consists of the e]ected mayor, four or six elected council members, <br />M;nn. sw. 6 a12.67I. and an inted c' There are 16 Plan B cilia in 1V11nneSOta. <br />appo ny manage <br />See Hand6opiy l'bepta 3, Although the council mtaim'legislative and policy-malting anthonty, <br />sectlae nc Prew a 3dminisnative responsibilities,such aS hiring and firing, are delegated to <br />see cut v • Gysm~n. the city manager. The council's COnh01 over these matters 13 indin:ct, <br />aserdially through its selection and retention of a manager. Several of <br />Minnesota's 107 home Wile charter cities have also adopted the council- <br />managaplanthrough their charter. <br />Crrv no'.m+erx~naa <br />-39- <br />