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<br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 5/15/2024 <br />City Special Elections Page 21 <br /> <br />Appendix B: Statutorily authorized special elections called <br />by council or petition <br />Note: In all statutory and home rule charter cities, the primary, general and special elections held <br />for choosing city officials and deciding public questions relating to the city shall be held as <br />provided in Chapter 205. Some of the provisions in Chapter 205 do not apply in charter cities if <br />the charter specifically addresses them. Minn. Stat. 205.02, subd. 2. <br />Topic Statute Procedure1 Percentage of <br />voters required on <br />petition <br />Other information <br />Fate of municipal <br />liquor store with net <br />loss in any 2 of 3 <br />consecutive years. <br />Minn. Stat. § <br />340A.602. <br />Council motion or <br />upon sufficient <br />petition council <br />shall submit <br />question to voters. <br />5% of registered voters. See statute for ballot question form. <br />Continue or discontinue municipal liquor <br />store within 30 months of election, <br />according to results. <br />Additional on-sale <br />liquor licenses above <br />statutory limit. <br />Minn. Stat. § <br />340A.413, subd. <br />3(a). <br /> <br />Council decision <br />to submit question <br />to voters. <br />30% of voters in last city <br />election or 200 registered <br />voters residing in the city <br />whichever is less. <br />See statute for ballot question form. <br />Clerk must certify results of a <br />referendum within ten days of the <br />election. <br />Issuing intoxicating <br />liquor licenses. <br />Minn. Stat. § <br />340A.416. <br />Upon sufficient <br />petition, council <br />must submit <br />question to voters. <br />30% of voters in last city <br />election or 200 registered <br />voters residing in the city <br />whichever is less. <br />See statute for ballot question form. <br />Clerk must certify results of a <br />referendum within ten days of the <br />election. <br />Abolition or transfer of <br />a statutory city utilities <br />commission. <br />Minn. Stat. § <br />412.391. <br />Council decision <br />or upon sufficient <br />petition council <br />must submit <br />question to the <br />voters. <br />15% of the electors voting at <br />the last previous city election. <br />See statute for ballot question form. <br />Adoption or <br />abandonment of an <br />optional plan A or B <br />form of government. <br />Minn. Stat. § <br />412.551. <br />Council decision <br />or upon sufficient <br />petition council <br />must submit <br />question to the <br />voters. 2 <br />15% of the electors voting at <br />the last previous city election. <br />See statute for ballot question form. City <br />clerk must file certificate of election <br />(including question submitted and vote <br />on question) with county auditor and <br />secretary of state. <br />Authorization or <br />revocation of a tax levy <br />for a municipal band, <br />orchestra or chorus. <br />Minn. Stat. § <br />449.10 –.13. <br />Upon sufficient <br />petition, council <br />must submit <br />question to voters. <br />Authority may be <br />revoked by same <br />process. <br />10% of voters from last <br />general municipal election. <br />See statutes for ballot question form. <br /> <br />1 Council may initiate many of these actions and act as prescribed by the various statutes citied. However, if a sufficient pet ition is submitted the <br />council generally must put the question to voters on a separate ballot in a municipal election. <br />2 City must wait three years after adoption of plan A or B before submitting question to voters proposing abandonment of either plan. <br />29