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Handbook for Minnesota Cities <br />Copyright ©2006 League of Minnesota Cities <br />145 University Ave. West, St. Paul, MN 55103 <br />PART I <br />FORM AND STRUCTURE OF THE MINNESOTA CITY <br />Chapter 4 <br />The home rule charter city <br />III. General powers of a home rule <br />charter city <br />5. Ordinance procedure <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.191, subd. 4. <br />Minn. Stat. § 410.20. <br />Minn. Stat. § 410.20. <br />Hanson v. City of Granite Falls, 529 <br />N.W.2d 485 (Minn. Ct. App. 1995); <br />Housing & Redev. Auth. v. City of <br />Minneapolis, 293 Minn. 227, 198 N.W.2d <br />531 (Minn. 1972); Oakman v. City of <br />Eveleth, 163 Minn. 100, 203 N.W. 514 <br />(1925). See also A.G. Op. 858 (Oct. 6, <br />1970); A.G. Op. 858 (August 5, 1970). But <br />see City of Cuyahoga Falls v. Buckeye <br />Comty. Hope Found., 538 U.S. 188, 123 S. <br />Ct. 1389 (U.S. 2003); A.G. Op 185b-2 <br />(Mar. 8, 1962). <br />Statutory cities may pass an ordinance on a single reading at <br />the same meeting that the ordinance first comes before the <br />council. The ordinance must be published in full or in <br />summary form in the local newspaper. Statutory cities may, <br />but do not need to, require several readings and a lapse of time <br />between readings. Charters may or may not provide for <br />publication, and they may impose other restrictions on the <br />ordinance process. Statutory cities may not submit ordinances <br />to the people under the initiative and referendum process; <br />home rule charters may provide for initiative and referendum. <br />Only ordinances that are legislative in character may be <br />enacted through the initiative and referendum process. <br />Legislative actions are those that are general in nature and lay <br />down a permanent and uniform rule of law. Administrative <br />actions, on the other hand, are those of a temporary and special <br />character. They merely carry out existing laws and relate to the <br />daily administration of municipal affairs. Administrative <br />actions include the settlement of lawsuits, entering of <br />contracts, acceptance or rejection of bids, sale of municipal <br />bonds, appointment of city officials, levying of taxes, granting <br />of licenses and permits, and the adoption of budgets. <br />