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A. Statutory appointive offices Minnesota statutes require that cities fill several positions. These include the following: • Clerk • Treasurer • Emergency -management positions • Data -practices -compliance positions • Assessor • Manager (Plan B cities only) 1. Clerk and treasurer in general Minn. Stat. § 412.581. Plan A cities must appoint a clerk and a treasurer. The law also authorizes Minn. Stat. § 412.591. these offices to be combined by local ordinance. Minn. Stat. § 4 i 2.681. In Plan B cities, there must be a clerk and a treasurer and other offices as the council may create by ordinance. The council may combine the duties of any offices, except the manager may not perform the treasurer's duties. Minn. Stat. § 412.02, subds. 1, In Standard Plan cities, the clerk and treasurer (or the combined clerk- 3. treasurer position) are elected positions. Although the duties are similar to Plan A city clerks and treasurers, Standard Plan cities should also see the discussion in Chapter 6 regarding elected officials for further information. 2. Clerk City administration, including The clerk is a central figure in any city government and has a wide variety the duties of the clerk is also of duties and responsibilities. Not only does the clerk execute many of the discussed in League research city's governmental functions, the clerk also usually supervises the daily memo City Administration: Clerk, Administrator, Manager administration of city business, such as keeping records, writing letters, and (369.3). keeping accounts. a. Elected clerk In many Standard Plan cities, the elected clerk no longer spends a large amount of time performing the duties of clerk. Instead, the elected clerk has become more like a regular councilmember who supervises a deputy clerk —a city employee who performs the day-to-day operations of the clerk's office. 8-4 This chapter last revised 9/28/2005 J HANDBOOK FOR MINNESOTA CITIES