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Mint. SU1.SlIZ.Si 1, <br />wbd. ?; Mittn. Sur, ~ Ally 8t8tlli C Y P <br />ory rty with a population over 1,000 ma ado t the Plan B <br />ati.ssl. form. The change must be approved by a majority of voters at a regulaz or <br /> special election. <br />w a 'smc $ sr_ `sl• The council may choose to hold an election on its o <br />o <br /> compelled to do so by citizen petition. To be valid, the <br />petition must meet <br /> the following criteria: <br /> • The petition must be signed by registered voters. <br /> • The petition must have signatures e <br />os! to IS <br />e <br />t <br />f <br />h <br /> <br /> <br />~ g <br />p <br />rcen <br />o <br />t <br />e number of <br />people who voted in the last city election. <br />Mimt. Sru 4 a Ix.ssl. ~ A Plan A city cannot change to a Plan B city until it has maintained its Plan <br />crrysPre~d~ A form for a minimum of three years. Additionally, the election pn only <br />~ <br />arecNen:. address one change in the form of government h1 other words, voters <br /> cannot be given as option of voting for Plan A and Plan B at the same <br /> election. <br />Minn. sm. g ali.ss 1, <br />suWa. s, e. A Plan B ci ma <br />tY Y abandon its council-manager form of goventment and <br /> revert to the Standard Plan, or change to a Plan A city. The change in form <br /> requires approval by a majority ofthe voters in an election. The city may <br />Minn. sm 3 41(1.1 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 Wile <br /> charter. <br />D. Home rule charter cities <br />sa 1landtgok, ch.~ 4. Home Wile cities derive their powers from a home Wile charter. The charter <br /> is, in effect, a local comtitution. State laws give cities a wide range of <br /> <br />Minn, s1.~ ch 41a. discretion in regard to charter content The charter may provide for any <br />form of municipal government <br />as lon <br />as it is c <br />i <br />t <br />i <br /> , <br />g <br />ons <br />s <br />ent w <br />th state laws <br />~ aPP1Y uniformly to all cilia is Mimtesota. Charter adoption, <br /> amendmem and abandonment procedures ere found in state statutes. <br />~°r ~0° A charter city's form of govemmenc may ba similar to one of the statutory <br />a4etre„ ~hm~o. forms previously discussed. There are 107 home Wile charter citie <br />i <br /> <br />~""fo0a ~~" s <br />n <br />Mimresota, l7f these, roughly 30 cities have ad <br />opted the comrcil-manager <br /> form and 77 are mayor-council cities. Of'the 77 mayoo-council cities <br /> <br />Sae Handtaok. Clasper I, <br />Section IIC Fonw ojelq <br />e,8,,,, , <br />8pproximately 74 have Weak mayOFCOUnCIIa. only thm• Of these T7 cities <br /> <br />have stzongmayor-councils <br />where the ma <br />or i <br />ibl <br /> , <br />y <br />s respoag <br />e to the council <br />for the operation of all adminishative agencies, The home rule charter <br /> Minttesota cities that operate with strong mayorcouncils are: <br /> • St Paul <br /> • ~~ <br /> • St Cloud <br /> •Nortlrfield is sometimes classified as a strong mayor city. While its mayor <br /> ~ Prondad additio~l authority under the city charter, Northfield does not <br /> operate under the `Yypical° strong mayor-council form of city governmem. <br />t.9AIX1E OP Maaaaor~ CR'D<6 <br />-~- <br />