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Section 412.111 — Departments, Boards.

412.111 DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS. The council may create departments and advisory boards and appoint officers, employees, and agents for the city as deemed necessary for the proper management and operation of city affairs. The council may prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of all officers, both appointive and elective, employees, and agents, when not otherwise […]

Section 412.121 — Acting Mayor.

412.121 ACTING MAYOR. At its first meeting each year the council shall choose an acting mayor from the council members. The acting mayor shall perform the duties of mayor during the disability or absence of the mayor from the city or, in case of vacancy in the office of mayor, until a successor has been […]

Section 412.131 — Assessor; Duties, Compensation.

412.131 ASSESSOR; DUTIES, COMPENSATION. The city assessor, if there is one, shall assess and return as provided by law all property taxable within the city, if a separate assessment district, and the assessor of the town within which the city lies shall not include in the return any property taxable in the city. Any assessor […]

Section 412.141 — Treasurer’s Duties.

412.141 TREASURER’S DUTIES. The treasurer shall receive and safely keep all moneys belonging to the city, including moneys received in operations of any municipal liquor dispensary maintained by the city, and shall promptly enter in a book provided for the purpose an account of all moneys received and disbursed as treasurer, showing the source and […]

Section 412.151 — Duties Of Clerk.

412.151 DUTIES OF CLERK. Subdivision 1. Listed; fees; deputy; absence. The clerk shall give the required notice of each regular and special election, record the proceedings thereof, notify officials of their election or appointment to office, certify to the county auditor all appointments and the results of all city elections. The clerk shall keep (1) […]

Section 412.152 — Mayor; Fire Chief; Offices Not Incompatible.

412.152 MAYOR; FIRE CHIEF; OFFICES NOT INCOMPATIBLE. The offices of mayor of a statutory city and the fire chief of an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation serving the city are not incompatible offices and a person may concurrently hold both offices if all of the following conditions exist: (1) the mayor does not appoint the fire […]

Section 412.153 — Housing Aid To Ensure Timely Public Safety Service.

412.153 HOUSING AID TO ENSURE TIMELY PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE. Statutory cities may expend public funds to acquire or lease residential property for housing or otherwise provide housing assistance in the city for one or more volunteer firefighters or ambulance personnel. The expenditure may only be made to attract and retain the qualified personnel necessary to […]