Roles and responsibilities; regular attendance.
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 10.70
in effect10.70. - Roles and responsibilities; regular attendance.
(a) Each body shall have only the functions, powers, duties, and responsibilities specifically delegated to it by its enabling legislation or resolution. The city council may, at any time, by majority vote, modify the functions, powers, duties, and responsibilities of any body.
(b) Each body that requires funding for its operations shall annually coordinate the preparation and submission of funding requests for the following fiscal year through its assigned department.
(c) Each body shall coordinate its work with the department designated in its enabling legislation or resolution.
(d) Authority to Act or Speak.
(1) No body, or any individual member thereof, shall act or speak for the city in any capacity.
(2) Bodies shall act and speak only on matters within their functions, powers, duties, and responsibilities and only to the extent permitted by their enabling legislation or resolution. Where a body is expressly permitted to act or speak by its enabling legislation or resolution, it shall do so only in its own name and on its own behalf and shall not represent that it acts or speaks on behalf of the city as a whole.
(3) Individual members shall not act or speak on behalf of a body without express prior authorization by vote of the body.
(e) Attendance at meetings being necessary to the function of the body, all members shall endeavor to attend meetings of the body to which they are appointed on a regular basis. If a member is consecutively absent from a number of meetings that is greater than one-third (1/3) of the body's regularly scheduled meetings in the calendar year (January through December), the body must bring these absences to the attention of the city clerk, who will advise the appointing authority of the absences. The appointing authority may take any action it deems appropriate up to and including removal of the member, if not otherwise prohibited by law.
(Ord. No. 2023-054, § 1, 10-19-23)
Source: City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Park and Recreation Board Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/minneapolis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_TIT2AD_CH10BOCOADBO_10.70ROREREATFetched: 11/2/2026