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RELEVANT LINKS: <br /> 9. Utilities commission <br /> Minn.star.§4 2.32 ,subds. Any statutory city may own and operate facilities for supplying utility <br /> 1,2. service. No gas, light, power, or heat utility may operate until approval by <br /> five-eighths of the voters voting on the proposition at a regular or special <br /> election. <br /> Minn.Stat.§4 t2.331.Minn. -ordinance, a city may establish a public utilities commission. Utility <br /> Stat.§4 12.341,subd. 1. � <br /> commissions must have three council-appointed members who serve <br /> overlapping three-year terms. The council may appoint no more than one <br /> of its own members to the commission. <br /> City residence is not a qualification for membership on the commission <br /> unless required by the council. <br /> Minn.star.§412.341,subd. The commission shall adopt rules for its proceedings but must hold at least <br /> 2.Minn.Stat.§4 t 2.351. <br /> Minn.Stat. 412.361. one regular meeting each month. The commission may exercise all of the <br /> � g <br /> discretionary administrative authority necessary for the management of the <br /> utilities. The council may prescribe a salary for the commissioners and <br /> decide,by ordinance, which of the following municipally owned public <br /> utilities shall be within the commission's jurisdiction: <br /> • water. <br /> • Light and power, including any system for the production and <br /> distribution of steam heat. <br /> ■ Gas. <br /> • Sanitary or storm sewer, or both. <br /> • Public buildings owned or leased by the city. <br /> • District heating systems. <br /> Minn.Stat.§465,70. Additionally, some Third Class and Fourth. Class cities may own and <br /> operate a television signal distribution system that shall be considered a <br /> public utility. <br /> �a <br /> 10. JMunici aipowera encies <br /> p <br /> Minn.Stat.§§453.51w.62. An two or more cities may form a municipal power agency if each city <br /> y y <br /> passes a resolution authorizing an agreement. The purpose of the agency is <br /> to secure an adequate, economical, and reliable supply of energy for cities <br /> that own and operate a utility for the distribution of electric energy. All <br /> y <br /> a enc powers lie with its board of directors and include constructing and <br /> g <br /> gg g <br /> acquiring generating and transmission facilities, the power of eminent <br /> q <br /> domain, and the authority to issue bonds and notes. Any city council may, <br /> by resolution, exercise any of these powers as if it were a municipal power <br /> agency. <br /> League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 61712022 <br /> Elected Officials and Council Structure and Role Chapter 6 Page 32 <br />