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Strong Mayor - Council Plan: <br />Duluth <br />Northfield <br />Additional Random Facts <br />Least common of plans currently adopted by cities. The mayor is responsible to <br />the council for the operation of all administrative agencies. Generally, the mayor <br />can appoint and remove subordinates, but is not considered to be a council <br />member. However, the mayor may veto council legislation. The mayor also <br />prepares and administers the budget, subject to council approval. <br />4 cities currently have the strong mayor- council plan; <br />The charter city of Eagan is considering changing to the council - manager plan. <br />The city of Roseville is a Plan B city with a council - manager plan. Roseville <br />citizens rejected the proposed Roseville charter in the 2003 city election. <br />• In 1989, Sauk Centre and Jordan abandoned their charters to become Plan A <br />statutory cities. The city of lsanti also abandoned its charter for a Plan A form of <br />government in 1998. It does not appear that any other Minnesota city has <br />abandoned its charter for statutory city status. <br />Sources and Contacts <br />St. Cloud <br />St. Paul <br />• National statistical information in his handout is from the International <br />City /County Management Association (ICMA) website at www.1.CMA.orq. <br />Statistics were compiled from The Municipal Year Books,1984- 2002, published <br />by the ICMA, Washington, D.C.. For more information, please access the <br />website, or contact the ICMA by phone at 202 -289 -4262. <br />Minnesota statistical information was compiled from the League's 1998 memo, <br />Charter and election data for Minnesota cities and the League's 2003 Directory <br />of Minnesota City Officials. Additional information regarding home rule charters, <br />council manager plans, and other forms of governance can be accessed in the <br />League's Handbook for Minnesota Cities or by contacting the League's Research <br />Department at 1- 800 -925 -1122. <br />