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<br />ll. Statutory cities <br /> <br />, <br />There are 746 statutory cities in the state. The city code (Minn. Stat. eh. 412) authorizes the <br />adoption of anyone of three alternative forms of government, designated as Optional Plan A, <br />Optional Plan B, and the Standard Plan. <br /> <br />Plan A is the accepted form of government for all statutory cities except those where voters had <br />previously elected to remain on the Standard Plan and those with the Plan B form. Under Plan A, <br />the council is composed of a mayor and four councilmembers. The clerk and treasurer are <br />appointed. Under certain circumstances there can be more councilmembers. There are over 600 <br />Plan A statutory cities in Minnesota. <br /> <br />Plan B, currently used by 16 statutory cities, provides for the council-manager form of <br />government. This option is available only to statutory cities having populations in excess of <br />1,000, after a referendum. <br /> <br />The Standard Plan calls for an elected city clerk and treasurer. The clerk serves as a voting <br />memberof the council and takes the place of one councilmember. There are about 125 Standard' <br />Plan statutory cities in the state. The term "Standard Plan" is somewhat misleading, since most <br />stattltory cities automatically took on the Plan A form of government in the early 1970s. Cities <br />wishing to retain the Standard Plan were required to hold an election in order to do so. <br /> <br />In all statutory cities elective officers take office on the first business day in January. <br /> <br />Clwrter aml dCCtiOll Jllta lor Minl\O.!~ota cities <br /> <br />5 <br />