01-08-2024 CC Agenda Packet - work session

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RELEVANT LINKS: League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 6/8/2022 Elected Officials and Council Structure and Role Chapter 6 | Page 20 Minn. Stat. § 412.221, subd. 6. Streets. The council has the power to lay out or change streets, parks, and other public grounds. By ordinance, the council may regulate the use of streets and public grounds. Minn. Stat. § 412.491. Parks. A statutory city may establish, improve, maintain, and manage parks and recreational facilities and, by ordinance, protect and regulate their use. Minn. Stat. § 412.221, subd. 8. Trees. The council has the power to provide for and, by ordinance, regulate the setting out and protection of trees, shrubs, and flowers in the city or upon its property. Minn. Stat. § 412.221, subd. 9. Cemeteries. The council has the power to acquire, hold, and manage cemetery grounds and to sell and convey cemetery lots. By ordinance, the city may regulate cemeteries and the disposal of cadavers. Minn. Stat. § 412.221, subd. 11. Waterworks. The council has the power to provide for and, by ordinance, regulate the use of wells, cisterns, reservoirs, and other types of water supply. Minn. Stat. § 412.221, subd. 16. Hospital. The council has the power to establish hospitals. Minn. Stat. § 412.221, subd. 17. Fire prevention. The council has the power to establish a fire department, appoint its officers and members, and prescribe their duties. The council also has the power, by ordinance, to prevent, control, or extinguish fires. Minn. Stat. § 412.221, subd. 18. Naming streets. The council has the power, by ordinance, to name or rename the streets and public places of the city and to number or re- number the lots and blocks of the city. The council may make and record a consolidated plat of the city. Minn. Stat. § 412.221, subd. 21. Animals. The council has the power, by ordinance, to regulate the keeping of animals, to restrain their running at large, and to authorize their impoundment and destruction. Minn. Stat. § 412.221, subd. 22. Health. The council has the power, by ordinance, to provide for the disposal of solid waste, sewage, garbage, and other unwholesome substances. Minn. Stat. § 412.221, subds. 24, 25. Noise and nuisances. The council has the power, by ordinance, to regulate and prevent noise and to define and provide for the prevention or abatement of nuisances. Minn. Stat. § 412.221, subd. 25. Amusement. The council has the power, by ordinance, to prevent or license and regulate billiard tables, bowling alleys, gambling devices, circuses, theatrical performances, amusements, or shows of any kind. Minn. Stat. § 412.221, subd. 26. Vice. The council has the power, by ordinance, to restrain and punish vagrants, prostitutes, and individuals guilty of lewd conduct. 23