2019-12-04 P & R Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

RELEVANT LINKS: VI. How chapter 6 applies to home rule charter cities Several sections of this chapter may be useful to charter cities. In the section concerning elected officials, the discussion of statutory city officers does not apply to charter cities, but the portions on eligibility, removal, resignations, and vacancies generally do apply. It may be possible that a charter could specify the particular conduct that would result in removal of a councilmember for nonfeasance of office. The attorney general, however, has advised that a charter provision which provides that a council vacancy would occur if a councilmember did not attend a specified number of meetings would not be valid. A charter may provide for the recall of any elective municipal officer and for removal of the officer by the electors of the city. If the mayor of a charter city presides at the council meeting, most of the section concerning the mayor applies to charter cities. Otherwise, only the portions dealing with weed inspection, election duties, and other duties apply. The section concerning the statutory city council and its powers might prove interesting to charter city councilmembers since many of their powers are similar to those of statutory city councils. The laws relating to conflicts of interest and prohibiting gifts to local officials also apply to members of charter city councils, but many charter cities have more restrictive provisions concerning both issues in their charters. League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 7/10/2019 Elected Officials and Council Structure and Role Chapter 6 1 Page 35