Section 412.541 — Optional Plans.
412.541 OPTIONAL PLANS. Subdivision 1. Optional Plan A. Any statutory city may provide for the appointment of its clerk and treasurer, or clerk-treasurer and the election of an additional council member as hereinafter provided in this chapter. These departures from the standard form of government are referred to hereafter as Optional Plan A. Subd. 2. […]
Section 412.551 — Election On Optional Plan.
412.551 ELECTION ON OPTIONAL PLAN. Subdivision 1. One plan per election. The council may, and upon petition therefor signed by voters equal in number to at least 15 percent of the electors voting at the last previous city election, shall, submit to the voters at a regular or special election the question of adoption by […]
Section 412.561 — Applicable Law; Same Rights, Liabilities, Proceedings.
412.561 APPLICABLE LAW; SAME RIGHTS, LIABILITIES, PROCEEDINGS. Subdivision 1. Consistent laws apply. All laws of the state applicable to a city before the adoption of an optional plan and not inconsistent with the provisions relating to such plan shall apply to and govern the city after the adoption of any optional plan. Subd. 2. Ordinances, […]
Section 412.571 — Continuance In Office; Elections.
412.571 CONTINUANCE IN OFFICE; ELECTIONS. Subdivision 1. Composition of council. When an optional plan is first adopted in any statutory city in which the standard plan of statutory city government is then in operation, the council shall continue as then constituted until the expiration of the term of the incumbent clerk. At the city election […]