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Mi~m. Stat. §§ 412.571, <br />subds. 4, 5,410.30. <br /> <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.581. <br /> <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.551, <br />sub& I <br /> <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.571, <br />subd. 2. <br /> <br />Minn. Stat, § 412.551, <br />subd. 4. <br /> <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.541, <br />sub(]. 4. <br /> <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.631. <br /> <br />See Part V - Ci(1, mamtger. <br /> <br />Standard Plan cities may abandon tile Standard Plan form and change to <br />another form of city government: Plan A, Plan B or home rule charter. <br /> <br />B. Plan A cities' <br />The Plan A city council consists of the elected mayor, and four or six <br />elected councihnembers. The city clerk and treasurer are appointed offices <br />and neither is a member of the council. The clerk and treasurer position <br />may also be combined into one appointed position. <br /> <br />Like Standard Plan cities, all Plan A cities operate with weak mayor- <br />councils. Plan A cities are the most common type of city found in <br />Minnesota. There are 6t3 Plan A cities in Minnesota. <br /> <br />To become a Plan A city, the voters must approve the change at a local <br />election. The council may decide to hold an election on its own, or the <br />council may be compelled by a valid citizen petition. In order to be valid, <br />tile petition must meet the following criteria: <br /> <br />· The petition must be signed by registered voters. <br /> <br />· The petition must have signatures equal to 15 percent of the number of <br /> people who voted in the last city election. <br /> <br />Wtien the Plan A form is approved by the voters ora Standard Plan city, <br />tile incumbent clerk and treasurer continue to serve until the end of their <br />respective terms. <br /> <br />If the city is currently a Plan B city, the question'of changing to Plan A <br />cannot occur unless tile city has been a Plan B city f'or at least three years. <br />The special election can only address one change in tile form of <br />government. In other words, voters cannot be given an option o1: voting for <br />Plan A or Plan B at tile same election. -' <br /> <br />Plan A cities may choose to abandon the plan by adopting a Plan B form, <br />or reverting to the Standard Plan.. Likewise, vote,'s could abandon a Plan A <br />1brrn by adopting a home rule charter. <br /> <br />C. Plan B cities <br /> <br />The Plan B form of government is also known as the council-manager <br />plan. It consists of the elected mayor, foL!r or six elected councihnembers, <br />and an appointed city manager. There are 16 Plan B cities in Minnesota. <br /> <br />Although tile council retains its legislative and policy-making authority, the <br />council delegates its administrative responsibilities, such as hiring and <br />firing city employees, to the city manager. The council's control over these <br />matters is indirect, through its selection and retention of a manager. Several <br />of Minnesota's 107 home rule charter cities have also adopted tile council- <br />manager plan through their city charters. <br /> <br />kengatt {d' Minnesot}~ Cities <br /> <br />-32- <br /> <br /> <br />