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Minn Stat. §§ 412.541, <br />subd. 2,412.551. <br /> <br />Mmn Stat. § 412.551, <br />subd. 1. <br /> <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.55l, <br />subd. 1. <br /> <br />Minn. Stat. ~ 412.551, <br />subds. 3, 4. <br /> <br />Minn. Slat. Ch. 410. <br /> <br />Sot: thc League research <br />illl~l~lo (.'/iai'lei' t/lid ~leclioll <br />Data/~)r i],lJtl~esolo Cities <br />(390c. I). <br /> <br />Any statutory city with a population over 1,000 may adopt the Plan B <br />council-manager form. The change must be approved by a majority'of <br />voters at a general or special election. <br /> <br />The council may choose to hold ari election on its own, or the council may <br />be compelled to do so by citizen petition. In order to be valid, the petition <br />must ]neet 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 />A Plan A dity cannot change to a Plan B city until it has maintained its Plan <br />A form for. a minimum of three years. Additionally, the election can only <br />address one change in the form of government. In other words, voters <br />cannot be given an~option of voting for Plan-A or Plan B at the same <br />election. <br /> <br />A Plan B city may abandon its council-manager form of government and <br />revert to the Stad. dard Plan form, or change to a Plan A city. The change in <br />form requires a majority approval by voters in an election. The city may <br />not change plans until it has been a Plan B city for a minimum of three <br />years. Voters could also abandon a Plan A or Plan B form by adopting a <br />home rule charter. <br /> <br />D. Home rule charter cities <br />Home rule Charter cities derive their powers from their charter. The chmnter <br />is, in effect, a local constitution. State' laws give cities a wide range of <br />discretion in'charter content. The charter may provide for any form of <br />municipal government, as lon. g as it is consistent with state laws that apply <br />uniformly to all cities in Minnesota. Charter adoption, amendment and <br />abandonment procedures can be found in state statutes. <br /> <br />A charter city's form of government may be similar to the statutory forms <br />previously discussed. There are 107 home rule chatter cities in Minnesota. <br />Of these cities, 30 have adopted the council-manager form, and 77 are <br />mayor-council cities. Of the 77 mayor-council cities, approximately 73 <br />have weak mayor-councils. Only four of these 77 cities have strong mayor- <br />councils, where the mayor is responsible to the council for the operation 0~ <br />all administrative agencies. The four home rule charter Minoesota cities <br />that operate with strong mayor-councils are: <br /> <br />St. paUl <br /> <br />Duluth <br /> <br />St. Cloud <br /> <br />· Northfield <br /> <br />('i(~ .\dininistraiitnl <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />-33- <br /> <br /> <br />