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<br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 5/15/2024 <br />City Special Elections Page 25 <br /> <br />Appendix D: Council action subject to reversal by voters <br /> <br />Action Cite Procedure Percentage of <br />voters <br />required on <br />petition <br />Other <br />information <br />Council adopts ordinance <br />increasing initial council <br />salaries. <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.021, <br />subd. 5. <br />Voters must submit <br />petition within 10 days of <br />ordinance publication. <br />10% of the number of <br />voters at the <br />incorporation <br />election. <br />Held at general or special <br />election. <br />If councils of 2 or more <br />cities resolve to <br />consolidate. <br />Minn. Stat. § 414.041, <br />subd. 6. <br />Special election required <br />where councils of <br />combining cities approve <br />consolidation but voters <br />petition to vote on the <br />action. <br />Number equal to 10% <br />of voters who voted <br />for governor at the <br />last general election. <br />Petition must be submitted <br />within 90 days of vote to <br />consolidate or date of final <br />order, whichever is later. <br />Council adopts charter <br />amendment by ordinance. <br />Minn. Stat. § 410.12, <br />subd. 7. <br />Minn. Stat. § 410.12 <br />Petition submitted within <br />60 days of passage and <br />publication of ordinance. <br />At least 5 % of the <br />registered voters in <br />the city or 2,000, <br />whichever is less. <br />If the city has a system of <br />permanent registration of <br />voters, only registered <br />voters are eligible to sign <br />the petition. <br />Council adopts ordinance <br />to change year of city <br />election. <br />Minn. Stat. § 205.07, <br />subd. 3. <br />Within 180 days after <br />passage and publication of <br />ordinance, petition <br />requesting a referendum <br />on the ordinance may be <br />filed with city clerk. <br />10% of total number <br />of votes cast at the <br />last municipal general <br />election. <br />Special election must be <br />held within 60 days. <br />Council action to buy real <br />property where contract <br />price on certain contracts <br />exceeds 0.24177 percent <br />of the estimated market <br />value of the city. <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.221, <br />subd. 2. <br />Special election must be <br />held if, after publication of <br />council resolution to <br />purchase property by such <br />contract, voters petition <br />for an election the action. <br />Number equal to 10% <br />of the number of <br />voters at the last <br />regular city election. <br /> <br />If council resolves to <br />issue certificates of <br />indebtedness in an <br />amount that exceeds 0.25 <br />percent of the estimated <br />market value of taxable <br />property in the city. <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.301. Special election must be <br />held if, after publication of <br />council resolution to issue <br />such certificates, voters <br />petition for an election on <br />the action. <br />A number of voters <br />equal to 10% of those <br />voting at the last <br />regular municipal <br />election. <br />A majority of the voters <br />must approve a question on <br />issuance of such <br />certificates at a regular or <br />municipal election. <br />If a city council passesa <br />resolution to issue bonds <br />to fund or refund bonds <br />where the outstanding <br />gross debt as defined in <br />law exceeds 1.62% of its <br />estimated market value. <br />Minn. Stat. § 475.58, <br />subd. 2. <br />Special election must be <br />held if, after publication of <br />council resolution to issue <br />such bonds, voters petition <br />for an election on the <br />action. <br />10 voters must submit <br />petition for an <br />election on issuing <br />the bonds within ten <br />days after the second <br />publication of the <br />resolution. <br />City shall issue no such <br />bonds unless a majority of <br />the electors approve the <br />action. <br />If a city council passes a <br />resolution to issue bonds <br />for street reconstruction. <br />Minn. Stat. § 475.58, <br />subd. 3b. <br />City may issue bonds only <br />after successful vote on <br />the question to issue same. <br />5% of votes cast in <br />last general city <br />election. <br />Petition must be filed with <br />city clerk within 30 days of <br />public hearing. <br />City council passes a <br />resolution-increasing levy <br />for port authority over <br />statutory amount of <br />0.01813% of estimated <br />market value. <br />Minn. Stat. § 469.053, <br />subd. 5. <br />Law requires specific <br />published notice, public <br />hearing and 2nd published <br />notice. Petition for <br />election must come within <br />30 days of 2nd notice. <br />5% of voters in the <br />last general election. <br />Commissioner of revenue <br />prepares suggested form of <br />question. Referendum must <br />occur at municipal or <br />general election before Oct. <br />1 of applicable tax year. <br />33