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RELEVANT LINKS: <br /> A. Role of the individual council member <br /> Council members' statutory duties are to be performed, almost without <br /> ,exce tion b the council as a whole. For example, it is the council and not <br /> p y <br /> individual council members that must supervise administrative officers, <br /> formulate policies, and exercise city powers. <br /> Council members should devote their official time to problems of basic <br /> policy alit and act as liaisons between the city and the general public. Council <br /> members should be concerned, not only with the conduct of daily affairs, <br /> but also with the future development of the city. <br /> The most important single responsibility of a council member is <br /> participation at council meetings. In statutory cities, each council member, <br /> including the mayor,has full authority to make and second motions, <br /> participate in discussions, and vote on every matter before the council. <br /> Minn.Stat.§412.19 1,subd. In a statutory city, the mayor or any two council members of a five- <br /> 2.Minn.Stat.§ 13D.04. <br /> member council or any three council members of a seven-member council <br /> may call a special meeting. Care should be exercised to give proper notice, <br /> however. <br /> As individuals, council members have no administrative authority. They <br /> cannot give orders to or otherwise supervise city employees unless <br /> specifically directed to do so by the council. The council, however,has <br /> complete authority over all administrative affairs in the city. In Plan B <br /> cities,this authority is generally restricted to conducting investigations and F <br /> establishing policies to be performed by the manager. <br /> f <br /> Minn.Stat.§412.101 Linder state law that was repealed in 2001, all members of the council, <br /> (repealed by Laws 2001,ch.135,sec.3). including mayors,were "peace officers. Council members Were <br /> authorized to suppress any"riotous or disorderly conduct"in the streets or <br /> public places of the city. The mayor and individual council members no <br /> longer have peace-officer authority. <br /> r <br /> B w The cou nci l's authority <br /> Parr Cleve v. Wallace,216 The citycouncil is a continuing body. New members have no effect on the <br /> Minn. v.soo,13 .w.2d 467 <br /> nn . body except to change its membership. This means that all ordinances and <br /> (1944). <br /> resolutions remain in effect until the council alters or rescinds them, or <br /> until they expire through their own terms. <br /> At any time, the council can change any resolutions ordinance, or <br /> administrative order whether or not the individuals presently on the <br /> council are the same as those serving when the council originally took == <br /> 5 <br /> F^: <br /> action. <br /> League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 6/7/2622 r <br /> Elected Officials and Council Structure and Role Chapter 6 Page 16 <br />