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Home My WebLink AboutItem 7Lakevilip Memorandum To: Mayor and City Council From: Justin Miller, City Administrator Date: January 23, 2017 Subject: Mayoral Term Change City of Lakeville Administration During the council retreat held earlier this year, the topic of changing the mayoral term from two to four years was listed as a 2017 discussion item. Staff was directed to bring this topic back to the council for further discussion at a future work session. It appears that this topic was discussed at least three times in recent history (2006, 2009 and 2015). During these discussions, a survey of Dakota County cities as well as the largest 31 Minnesota cities and their corresponding mayoral terms was presented (see attachment). The cities with two-year mayoral terms were Lakeville, Inver Grove Heights and West St. Paul. Please note that the attachment has not been updated to reflect current population estimates. The process to change the term length is a simple ordinance amendment. In order for the change to be in effect for the 2018 election, the ordinance amendment would need to be adopted at least four weeks before the closing date for the filling of affidavits of candidacy for that election. Assuming the legislature makes no changes in the filing deadlines, this means the ordinance would need to be adopted by mid-July 2018. Any ordinance change would not impact the current mayoral term (which ends December 31, 2018). Staff will be seeking direction if the council wishes to proceed or gather any additional information. Dakota County Cities Eagan city Burnsville city Lakeville city Apple Valley city Inver Grove Heights city Hastings city (part) South St. Paul city West St. Paul city Rosemount city Farmington city. COUNTY TPOP2000 Dakota 65,764 Dakota 61,425 Dakota 49,097 Dakota 48,875 Dakota 32,193 Dakota 20,543 Dakota 20,249 Dakota 19,481 Dakota 17,740 Dakota 16,775 PHONE 651-675-5000 952-895-4400 952-985-4400 952-953-2500 651-450-2500 651-480-2350 651-554-3200 651-552-4100 651-423-4411 651-463-7111 TOP 31 CITIES COUNTY TPOP2000 PHONE Rochester city Olmsted 85,806 507-285-8086 Bloomington city Hennepin 85,172 952-563-8700 Brooklyn Park city Hennepin 67,388 763424-8000 Plymouth city Hennepin 65,894 763-509-5000 The City of Plymouth operates as a home rule charter form of government. passed 20,134 to 14,055 and went into effect in 2002. It was reviewed by th the ballot and was not seen as an issue. Eagan city Coon Rapids city Burnsville city Dakota Anoka Dakota 63,557 651-675-5000 61,607 763-755-2880 60,220 952-895-4400 The City of Burnsville operates as a statuary city form of government. They simply held a public hearing prior to Council approval as it too was not seen review it prior to adoption. St. Cloud city Multi -County City 59,107 320-255-7200 Eden Prairie city Minnetonka city Maple Grove city Edina city St. Cloud city (part) Woodbury city Apple Valley city Blaine city (part) Blaine city St. Louis Park city Lakeville city Maplewood city Richfield city Roseville city Mankato city (part) Mankato city Moorhead city Cottage Grove city Inver Grove Heights city Brooklyn Center city Hennepin Hennepin Hennepin Hennepin Stearns Washington Dakota Anoka Multi -County City Hennepin Dakota Ramsey Hennepin Ramsey Blue Earth Multi -County City Clay Washington Dakota Hennepin 54,901 51,301 50,365 47,425 46,734 46,463 45,527 44,942 44,942 44,126 43,128 34,947 34,439 33,690 32,427 32,427 32,177 30,582 29,751 29,172 952-949-8300 952-939-8200 763-494-6000 952-927-8861 320-255-7200 651-714-3500 952-953-2500 763-784-6700 952-924-2500 952-985-4400 651-249-2000 612-861-9700 651-792-7000 507-387-8600 218-299-5301 651-458-2800 651-450-2500 763-569-3300 03:3511>IIV1 II k Odd/Even 2 or 4 year Elections Mayoral Term How Ionq Even 4 Tong time Even 4 2001 Even 2 25+ years Even 4 1992 last 2 yr Even 2 1986 Even 4 long time Even 4 long time Even 2 long time Even 4 Even 4 always Odd/Even 2 or 4 year Elections Mayoral Term How Ionq Even 4 1996 Odd 4 1996 Even 4 1990 Even 4 2002 They put this issue on the 2000 ballot, which e Charter Commission prior to being placed on Even Even Even 4 4 4 long time 1999 2001 made the change by ordinance in 2001 and as an issue. A Charter Commission did not hlliic .. Jan 09, 2017 s e IIIIfIIIIC Odd(changing to even after 2007) Even Even Even Even Odd Even Even Even Even Odd Even Odd Even Odd (starting even this year) Even Even Odd Even Even Even 4 4 4 4 4 see above 4 4 4 4 4 -4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 cument ° long time 1987 or before see above 15+ years 1992 last 2 yr 25+ years 25+ years 1970s long time long time 1983 Always 1986 1986