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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 6/8/2022 <br />Elected Officials and Council Structure and Role Chapter 6 | Page 33 <br /> Any city may operate and expend funds for a public-recreation program <br />and playgrounds, and acquire, equip, and maintain land, buildings, or other <br />recreational facilities, including swimming pools. <br />Minn. Stat. § 471.16. Generally, a recreation board refers to an independent commission that is <br />established cooperatively by the city council, school board, and park <br />board. The statutes specifically authorize the formation of an <br />intergovernmental commission with representatives from all three bodies. <br /> 9. Utilities commission <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.321, subds. <br />1, 2. <br /> <br />Any statutory city may own and operate facilities for supplying utility <br />service. No gas, light, power, or heat utility may operate until approval by <br />five-eighths of the voters voting on the proposition at a regular or special <br />election. <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.331. Minn. <br />Stat. § 412.341, subd. 1. By ordinance, a city may establish a public utilities commission. Utility <br />commissions must have three council-appointed members who serve <br />overlapping three-year terms. The council may appoint no more than one <br />of its own members to the commission. <br /> City residence is not a qualification for membership on the commission <br />unless required by the council. <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.341, subd. <br />2. Minn. Stat. § 412.351. <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.361. <br />The commission shall adopt rules for its proceedings but must hold at least <br />one regular meeting each month. The commission may exercise all of the <br />discretionary administrative authority necessary for the management of the <br />utilities. The council may prescribe a salary for the commissioners and <br />decide, by ordinance, which of the following municipally owned public <br />utilities shall be within the commission’s jurisdiction: <br /> • Water. <br />• Light and power, including any system for the production and <br />distribution of steam heat. <br />• Gas. <br />• Sanitary or storm sewer, or both. <br />• Public buildings owned or leased by the city. <br />• District heating systems. <br />Minn. Stat. § 465.70. <br /> Additionally, some Third Class and Fourth Class cities may own and <br />operate a television signal distribution system that shall be considered a <br />public utility. <br />36