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<br />APi 7 ISHt <br /> <br />JAMES P. LARKIN <br />ROBERT L. HOFFMAN <br />JACK F. DALY <br />D. KENNETH UNDGREN <br />GERALD H. FRIEDElL <br />ALLAN E. MULLIGAN <br />.ES C. ERICKSON <br />WARD J. DRISCOLL <br />NE N. FULLER <br />JOHN O. FULLMER <br />ROBERT E. BOYLE <br />FRANK I. HARVEY <br />CHARLES S. MODEll <br />CHRISTOPHER J. OIETZEN <br />JOHN R. BEATTIE <br />LINDA H. FISHER <br />THOMAS P. STOLTMAN <br />MICHAEL C. JACKMAN <br />JOHN E. DIEHL <br />JON S. SWIERZEWSKI <br />THOMAS J. FLYNN <br />JAMES P. QUINN <br />TOOD I. FREEMAN <br />PETER K. BECK <br />JEROME H. KAHNKE <br />GERALD L. SECK <br />JOHN B. LUNDQUIST <br />OA YLE NOLAN. <br />THOMAS 8. HUMPHREY, JR. <br />JOHN A. COTTER. <br />BEATRICE A. ROTHWEILER <br />PAUL B. PLUNKETT <br />ALAN l. KILDOW <br />KATHLEEN M. NEWMAN <br />MiCHAEL B. LEBARON <br />G~E!:ORYE. !(C~STft.D <br />GARY A. VAN CLEVe- <br /> <br />LARKIN, HOFFMAN, DALY & LINDGREN, LTD. <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br /> <br />1500 NORWEST FINANCIAL CENTER <br />7900 XERXES A VENUE SOUTH <br />BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA 55431-1194 <br />TELEPHONE (612) 835-3800 <br />FAX (612) 896-3333 <br /> <br />DANIEL L. BOWLES <br />TIMOTHY J. McMANUS <br />TIMOTHY J. KEANE <br />ALAN M. ANDERSON <br />DONNA L. ROBACK <br />MICHAEL W. SCHLEY <br />LISA A. GRAY e <br />GARY A. RENNEKE <br />CHRISTOPHER J. HARRISTHAL <br />MICHAEL A. ROBERTSON <br />BRUCE J. OOUGLAS <br />SHANNON K. McCAMBRiDGE <br />WILLIAM C. GRIFFITH, JR. <br />JOHN J. STEFFENHAGEN <br />DANIEL W. VOSS <br />JOHN R. Hill <br />PETeR J. COYLE <br />MICHAEL J. SMITH <br />VILIS R. INOE <br />DWIGHT N. HOLMSO <br />ANOREW F. PERRIN" <br />FREDERICK K. HAUSER III <br />MARYE. vas <br />LARRY D. MARTIN <br />JANE E. BREMER <br />RENEE L. TOENGES <br />MARCY R. KREISMAN <br />MARIEL E. PIILOLA <br /> <br />OF COUNSEL <br />WENDELL R. ANDERSON <br />JOSEPH GITIS <br />MARK A. RURIK <br /> <br />. ALSO ADMITTEO IN WISCONSIN <br />**A!)MITTEn ONLY IN GEO~mA <br />APPLICATION FOA MINNESOTA <br />LICENSE CUIiRENTL Y PENDING <br /> <br />April 5, 1994 <br /> <br />Mr. Patrick D. Klaers <br />City of Elk River <br />P.o. Box 490 <br />13065 Orono Parkway <br />Elk River, Minnesota 55330 <br /> <br />.e: <br /> <br />Dear Pat: <br /> <br />Four-year Mayoral Term <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />This letter is in response to your request for clarification regarding <br />the procedure by which the City of Elk River may establish a four-year <br />term for the Office of Mayor. <br /> <br />Minnesota Statutes Section 412.022 provides that the City Council of a <br />statutory city, by ordinance, may establish a four-year term for the <br />Office of Mayor commencing with the ensuing term. This statutory <br />provision is applicable to th~ City of Elk,River, and this is the <br />procedure which should be followed to establish a four-year mayoral <br />term. <br /> <br />It is my understanding that the League of Minnesota Cities has <br />questioned whether this statute applies to the City of Elk River <br />because their research indicates that the City of Elk River was <br />incorporated by special legislation which does not provide for a <br />change in length of the mayoral term. It is true that the original <br />City of Elk River was incorporated by special legislation enacted in <br />1881 and subsequently amended in 1885, 1887 and 1889. However, by <br />order of the Minnesota Municipal Board, adopted October 31, 1977, the <br />original City of Elk River and the Town of Elk River were consolidated <br />into the new City of Elk River. The consolidation effectively <br />abolished the original City of Elk River which was governed by the <br />~ecial Acts adopted in the 18801s. The new City of Elk River is, by ~ <br />...ne terms of the Municipal Board's Order, a "Plan A" city as provided <br />