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11 <br /> <br /> Council-manager charters have been rejected by the <br />voters in the following municipalities: <br /> <br />Bemidji (1948) (a) <br />Benson (1948) (a) <br /> <br />Minneapolis (1926, 1948, <br /> 1960) (d) <br />Park Rapids (1949) <br /> <br />]Bloomington (1955, 1960) (b) Robbinsdale (1927, 1935) <br /> <br />Chisholm (1952) <br /> <br />Crookston (1948) <br /> <br />Rochester (1946, 1953, <br /> 1954, 1955, 1965) (e) <br />St. Cloud (1948) (c) <br /> <br />Duluth (1940) (c) <br /> <br />St. Paul (ante 1930) <br /> <br />Faribault (1949) <br /> <br />St. Louis Park (1949) (a) <br /> <br />Fergus Falls (1950) <br /> <br />Shakopee (1960) (f) <br /> <br />Hastings (1948) <br />Hibbing (1960) <br /> <br />So. St. Paul (1943, 1947, <br /> 1957) (g) <br />Sleepy Eye (1957) <br /> <br />Mankato (1940) (a) <br /> <br />Winthrop (1959) (h) <br /> <br />Marshall (1960) <br /> <br />(a) <br /> <br />(c) <br />(d) <br /> <br />(e) <br /> <br />(f) <br /> <br />(g) <br /> <br />(h) <br /> <br />Later adopted manager plan by charter <br />Later adopted Plan B and a council manager charter in <br />1960 <br />Later adopted strong mayor-council charter. <br />Adoption of the 1948 or 1960 charter would have given <br />the city a strong mayor-council plan. <br />Adoption of the 1955 charter would have enabled the <br />city to employ a chief administrative officer. The <br />same applies to the 1965 charter. <br />Adoption of the charter would have given the city a <br />strong mayor-council plan. <br />If the 1957 charter had been adopted the council could <br />have hired a full-time secretary as its administrator. <br />Adoption of the charter would have enabled the city to <br />employ an administrative assistant. <br /> <br />optional Plan B has been defeated in the following <br />villages: <br /> Plymouth (1965) <br /> Spring Lake Park (1964) <br /> Brooklyn Center (1961) <br /> Grand Rapids (1956) <br /> (The village has since adopted Plan A) <br /> North St. Paul (1949) (Passed in 1951) <br /> <br />-31- <br /> <br /> <br />