The council may create departments and advisory boards and appoint officers, employees, and agents for the city as deemed necessary for the proper management and operation of city affairs. The council may prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of all officers, both appointive and elective, employees, and agents, when not otherwise prescribed by law. The council may require any officer or employee to furnish a bond conditioned for the faithful exercise of duties and the proper application of, and payment upon demand of, all moneys officially received. Unless otherwise prescribed by law, the amount of the bonds shall be fixed by the council. The bonds furnished by the clerk and treasurer shall be corporate surety bonds. The council may provide for the payment from city funds of the premium on the official bond of any officer or employee of the city. The council may, except as otherwise provided, remove any appointive officer or employee when in its judgment the public welfare will be promoted by the removal. This provision does not modify the laws relating to veterans preference or to members of a city police or fire civil service commission or public utilities commission.
Notes of Decisions
Hyatt v. Anoka Police Dep't, 700 N.W.2d 502 (Minn. Ct. App. 2005).
· cites it 4× “See Minn.Stat. §§ 412.111 (2002) (under chapter governing *506 statutory cities, city council is granted authority to create departments and appoint officers and agents as deemed necessary for proper management and operation of city affairs), 412.”
Hall v. City of Champlin, 450 N.W.2d 613 (Minn. Ct. App. 1990).
· cites it 8× “The city hires employees under a personnel ordinance as allowed by Minn.Stat. § 412.111 (1988). It does not have a civil service system and does not use a competitive civil service examination in hiring.”
Johnson v. Vill. of Plymouth, 180 N.W.2d 184 (Minn. 1970).
· cites it 2× “The following statute is the authority therefor : “ ‘Section 412.111 Departments, boards. “ ‘* * * The Council may, except as otherwise provided, remove any appointive officer or employee when in its judgment the public welfare will be promoted by the removal ;***.”
Op. Atty. Gen. 624a-3 (Minn. Att'y Gen. 1998).
· cites it 2× “Then you ask the following QUESTION Does the City of Crosslake have the authority to create a utilities commission to manage and operate the Crosslake Telephone and Cable companies independent of the City Council? OPINION We answer your question in the negative.”
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