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Authority for City Type <br />• Statutory Cities are <br />authorized and <br />empowered by <br />oMN Statutes, <br />Chapter 412. <br />• Charter Cities are <br />authorized by <br />o MN Constitution, <br />Article XII, section <br />4 and <br />❑ MN Statutes, <br />Chapter 410 <br />General Powers of A Statutory City <br />to Provide Services <br />i1 <br />t <br />7 <br />• <br />■ Police <br />• Fire <br />• Sanitation <br />• Street <br />• Utilities <br />• Zoning <br />• Parks <br />• Recreation <br />■ And Many More! <br />Home Rule Charter Cities <br />• Ideally, Charter provides <br />only fundamentals of <br />organization of city <br />(simplicity and brevity) + <br />a "broad grant of <br />authority" to council <br />• Then council is free to <br />exercise broad authority <br />by ordinance <br />Powers of a City <br />• Statutory cities can <br />only adopt <br />ordinances when <br />authorized by state <br />law to do so. <br />• Home rule charter <br />cities can adopt <br />ordinances on all <br />appropriate <br />subjects unless <br />prohibited by law. <br />Examples of Statutory Cities <br />• Centerville (Pop. 3644, Anoka County) <br />• Hugo (Pop. 8760, Washington County) <br />• Forest Lake (Pop. 16800, Washington Cty) <br />• Andover (Pop. 29262, Anoka County) <br />• Oak Grove (Pop. 7455, Anoka County) <br />• North Oaks (Pop. 4200, Ramsey County) <br />Forms of Charter Government <br />• Weak Mayor - <br />Council <br />• Strong Mayor - <br />Council <br />• Council -Manager <br />• Commission <br />2 <br />