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Regular City Council Minutes - 1/27/03 Page 5 Mr. Anderson further opined that Minnesota Statute 419.02 provided that the Council appoints Police Civil Service Commission members; and that with the recently created the City Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA), Minnesota Statute 469.03, subd. 6 provided that the Mayor appoint HRA Board members with the approval of the Council. E. Legal Opinion - Fire Department Reorganization Mayor Kysylyczyn asked City Attorney Anderson about his previously-presented legal opinion dated January 9, 2003, regarding the powers of the City Manager and the City Council. Mayor Kysylyczyn questioned whether the Council's legal authority to create and abolish positions, officers and city departments applied to the Fire Department. Mayor Kysylyczyn further questioned whether "Assistant to..." positions required Council approval. City Attorney Anderson responded that an answer would be determinate on numerous considerations that weren't addressed in his January 9, 2003 opinion. Mr. Anderson clarified that his January 9 opinion was not specifically written with the Fire Department in mind, and advised that it should not automatically be assumed that the January 9 opinion was applicable to the Fire Department. Councilmember Klausing asked what specifically the question was that the City Attorney was supposed to answer. Mayor Kysylyczyn ausing asked, if the Council were dissatisfied with a department or position, did they have the authority to reorganize or abolish that position or office, or reorganize the department. Mr. Anderson responded that the answer would depend on how certain key terms in Statutes and City Code were defined. Legal Opinion - Fire Department Reorganization