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<br />"^, <br /> <br />APR <br /> <br />7 f9g4 <br /> <br />JAMES P. LARKIN <br />ROBERT L. HOFFMAN <br />JACK F. DALY <br />D. KENNETH LINDGREN <br />GERALD H. FRIEDELL <br />_ALLAN E. MULLIGAN <br />ES C. ERICKSON <br />ARD J. DRISCOLL <br />NE N. FULLER <br />JOHN D. FULU\IlER <br />ROBERT E. BOYLE <br />FRANK I. HARVEY <br />CHARLES S. MODELL <br />CHRISTOPHER J. DIETZEN <br />JOHN R. SEA TIlE <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 />TODD I. FREEMAN <br />PETER K. BECK <br />JEROME H. KAHNKE <br />GERALD L. SECK <br />JOHN g. LUNDQUIST <br />DAYLE NOLAN* <br />THOMAS B. 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 /> <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. AN DERSON <br />DONNA L. ROBACK <br />MICHAEL W, SCHLEY <br />LISA A. GRAY <br />GARY A. RENNEKE <br />CHRISTOPHER J. HARRISTHAL <br />MICHAEL A, ROBERTSON <br />BRUCE J, DOUGLAS <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, INDE <br />DWIGHT N. HOLMBO <br />ANDREW F. PERRIN** <br />FREDERICK K. HAUSER III <br />MARY E. VOS <br />LARRY D. MARTIN <br />JANE E. BREMER <br />RENEE L TOENGES <br />MARCY R. KREISMAN <br />MARIEL E. PIlLOLA <br /> <br />OF COUNSEL <br />WENDELL R. ANDERSON <br />JOSEPH GITIS <br />MARK A. RURIK <br /> <br />* ALSO ADMITTED IN WISCONSIN <br /> <br />G!=!E'3Q~Y E. KCRST./i.D **.40M!TTED ONLY !N GEORGIA <br />GARY A. VAN CLEVE* APPLICATION FOR MINNESOTA <br />LICENSE CURRENTL 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 />Four-year Mayoral Term <br /> <br />Dear Pat: <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 the 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 />4Itpecial Acts adopted in the 1880's. The new City of Elk River is, by <br />che terms of the Municipal Board's Order, a "Plan A" city as provided <br />