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RELEVANT LINKS: <br /> The courts usually permit delegation when the subordinate has reasonable <br /> discretion in administering an established standard or rule. Administration <br /> of land-use ordinances,building codes, and many other ordinances are <br /> examples. <br /> 3. Making Ws. executing the lave <br /> Finally, the courts sometimes recognize a distinction between the power to <br /> make the law and the authority to execute it. A council cannot delegate the <br /> power to make a law, but the council can delegate the authority to execute <br /> it. <br /> E. Salaries of mayor and council members <br /> Minn.Stat.§415.11. The city council in Second Class, Third Class, and Fourth Class cities <br /> establishes, by ordinance,the salaries of the mayor and council members <br /> in an amount that the council deems "reasonable." Generally, no change in <br /> salary shall take effect until after the next succeeding regular city election. <br /> An ordinance changing council salaries should specify the date when the <br /> changes will take effect. <br /> Minn.star.§415.11,subd.3. A city council,however, may adopt an ordinance to tape effect before the <br /> next city election that reduces the salaries of the mayor and council <br /> members. The ordinance shall be in effect for 12 months,unless another <br /> period of time is specified in the ordinance, after which the reduced salary <br /> reverts to the salary in effect immediately before the ordinance was <br /> adopted. <br /> Salaries may be an annual or monthly sum, or a per-meeting rate. The <br /> ordinance should specify whether the per-meeting rate applies only to <br /> regularg meetings or to both regular and special meetings. `- <br /> Minn,Stat.§43A.17,subd. Cities are prohibited from including provisions for vacation or sick leave <br /> to. <br /> in the compensation plan for council members. Cities are also prohibited <br /> ;s <br /> from reducing the salaries of council members because of absences from <br /> official duties because of vacation or sickness. <br /> Minn.Stat.§415.10. Iron Range cities have special legislative authority to make per-diem <br /> payments to council members up to $25 per day,not to exceed$250 per <br /> year, for absences from the city while on official city business. <br /> See IRS Publication 2020- Some non-Iron Range cities have sought to pay their councils using per- <br /> 2021 Special Per Diem <br /> Rates.IRS Publication 463- them rates. Cities should be careful in this area. A per diem is an expense <br /> Travel,Entertainment,Gil allowance or an advanced reimbursement for business travel away from <br /> and Car Expenses.IRS <br /> Publication 15--Circular E, home. The IRS has strict guidelines for per-diem pay, including dollar <br /> Employer's Tax Guide. limits above which the per diem must be treated as wages for tax purposes. <br /> p g p � <br /> C <br /> League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 6f712022 <br /> Elected officials and Council Structure and Role Chapter 6 Page 23 <br />