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SECTION 105
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
Subsections:
105.100: City Elections, Officers And Terms Of Office
105.200: Council Meetings
105.300: Salaries
105.400: Bylaws
105.100: City Elections, Officers And Terms Of Office: The City Council shall consist of a Mayor and four (4) Council members all of whom shall be residents of the City and should otherwise
be qualified to hold public office pursuant to the laws of the State. The regular City elections shall be held biennially on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November on every
even-numbered year beginning with the 1986 election.
105.101 Term of Office: The term of Mayor of the City shall be four (4) years. Council members shall be elected for four (4) year terms of office with two (2) Council members being
elected at each election.
105.102 Absentee Ballot Counting Board: The Council hereby establishes an Absentee Ballot Board pursuant to Minn. Stat. 203B.121, as it may be amended from time to time. The duties
of the Absentee Ballot Board are as set forth in statute.
105.200: Council Meetings:
105.201 The Council may hold regular, special and emergency meetings. The procedure for calling and holding meetings shall be set forth in the City Council Bylaws. The regularly scheduled
meetings of the City shall be held on the first and third Mondays of each month, or such other times and dates as the Council may from time to time designate.
105.300: Salaries: As of January 1, 2019, the Mayor's salary and the salary of each City Council member is hereby established at the following monthly rate: Mayor: $966; Council member:
$763. On each January 1 thereafter, the monthly salary shall be increased by a percentage equal to the increase in the CPI-U for Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, all items, not seasonally
adjusted, from January 1 of the prior year to January 1 of the year of the increase.
105.301 Per Meeting: In addition to the salaries set forth above, the City Council deems it appropriate and prudent to remunerate the Mayor and City Council members (for purposes of
the following subsections, Council member includes the Mayor) for participation in certain meetings. Such remuneration encourages members to become more informed regarding constituent
issues and be better representatives of the City.
105.302 Per Meeting Rate: For each eligible meeting attended, a Council member will receive $50 to remunerate time spent and out-of-pocket expenses.
105.303 Per Meeting Requests: A Council member requesting per meeting remuneration for attending a qualifying meeting shall do so on forms prescribed by the City. The request to the
Finance Department shall indicate the number of meetings for which remuneration is requested, the date, time and organization conducting the meeting and the Council members' role at
the meeting.
105.304 Qualifying Meetings: The Finance Department shall approve per meeting remuneration only for meetings of the general body or governing board of entities to which the Council
member has been appointed as identified on the official liaison list as adopted or amended by the City Council through official action.
which meet the criteria set forth below:
Task Forces and Work Groups of the City Council to which a Council member has been appointed. (Examples include Special Assessment Task Force, Annexation Task Force)
Meetings of City Advisory Committees to which the Council member is the liaison. (Examples: Planning Commission, Citizen Engagement Committee)
Meetings of bodies to which a Council member has been appointed the City Council's representative. (Examples: Prior Lake Spring Lake Watershed, Orderly Annexation Board, MVTA)
Policy committee meetings or annual meetings or conferences of the Metro Cities, League of Minnesota Cities or National League of Cities.
Meetings at which the Council member is acting as the representative of the City Council pursuant to the City Council’s direction.
105.400: Bylaws: The City Council may adopt additional rules and procedures to govern its proceedings which shall be set forth in City Council Bylaws.
Recodified November 4, 2019.