2005 Minnesota Statutes - 412.621 — Boards and commissions.

     412.621 Boards and commissions.  


    Subdivision 1.    Limit on boards; powers of council.  
 In any such city there shall be no board of health as defined in 
 section 145A.02, subdivision 2, library board, park board, 
 public utilities commission, or any other administrative board 
 or commission, except for the administration of a function 
 jointly with another political subdivision.  The council shall 
 itself be and perform the duties and exercise the powers of the 
 board of health and shall govern and administer the library, 
 parks, and utilities as fully as other municipal functions for 
 the administration of which no independent boards are authorized 
 by statute for cities generally.  The council may, however, 
 create boards or commissions to advise the council with respect 
 to any municipal function or activity or to investigate any 
 subject of interest to the city.  


    Subd. 2.    Transition to city manager; civil service 
 commission.  Any such boards and commissions in existence in 
 any city when Optional Plan B is adopted shall continue to 
 operate in all respects as formerly until the qualification of 
 the first city manager, at which time they shall cease to exist 
 and their powers shall be vested in the city council.  Any 
 existing civil service commission shall not be affected by the 
 change.  After abandonment of the plan in any such city and the 
 establishment of the standard plan or Optional Plan A, any board 
 or commission authorized by statute in cities generally may be 
 established in the same manner as in other cities.  


    HIST: 1949 c 119 s 78; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1987 c 309 
 s 24