Proceedings.
Minneapolis City Charter, art. IV, § 4.4
in effect§ 4.4. - Proceedings.
(a) Vote required.
(1) Rules. The Council at its organizational meeting may by simple majority adopt or amend its rules of order for the conduct of its own business. The Council may thereafter amend its rules by simple majority unless the rules themselves require a supermajority. The Council may decide a question of order under its rules by simple majority.
(2) Acts. An act by the Council takes a simple majority, except as this charter or the law otherwise provides. For this article IV's purposes, the noun "act"—
(A) means any ordinance, resolution, appropriation, any other lawful action, and any action amending, repealing, or otherwise affecting any such act; but
(B) does not include a rule or other vote that relates to the Council's internal organization or procedure.
(3) Absolute majority required for certain actions. The Council may take the following action only with a majority of its membership:
(A) adopt an ordinance or resolution;
(B) appropriate money;
(C) remove the City Auditor (section 4.2(g)(2)(B)(i)); and
(D) authorize an improvement to a sidewalk subject to a special assessment (section 4.4(a)(5)).
(4) Supermajority required for certain actions. The Council may take the following action only with the prescribed supermajority:
(A) by two-thirds of its membership, authorize an improvement (other than a sidewalk) subject to a special assessment (section 4.4(a)(5));
(B) by two-thirds of its membership, regrade a graded street;
(C) by two-thirds of its membership, sell realty;
(D) by two-thirds of its membership, vacate wholly or partly any public way or plat, which power the Council enjoys exclusively;
(E) by two-thirds of its membership, remit or discharge any judgment in the City's favor;
(F) by two-thirds of its membership, pass an act over the Mayor's veto (section 4.4(c));
(G) by two-thirds of its membership, remove an elected officer (section 8.2(g)(3));
(H) by three-fourths of its membership, authorize a slaughterhouse within the City. No person may operate a slaughterhouse within the City without such authorization; and
(I) by three-fourths of its membership, authorize an unbudgeted payment out of current funds (section 9.2(a)(3)).
(5) Improvements. The Council may by a majority of its membership authorize a sidewalk, with or without a special assessment. The Council may, by two-thirds of its membership, authorize any other improvement subject to a special assessment. The Council may by a majority of its membership act with respect to an improvement already authorized or to a special assessment in connection with such an improvement.
(b) Ordinances. The Council may adopt an ordinance (including an act amending or repealing an ordinance already adopted) only—
(1) at least one week after its introduction at a meeting;
(2) after a report from a committee to which the matter was referred at a Council meeting held at least one week earlier; or
(3) by unanimous consent.
(c) Mayor's signature or veto. The Council must present each act to the Mayor in the manner that this charter prescribes for giving notice. The act takes effect (subject to publication (section 4.4(d)), in the case of an ordinance or resolution)—
(1) when the Mayor signs it;
(2) five days after its presentation to the Mayor, if he or she neither signs nor vetoes it; or
(3) if the Mayor vetoes it by returning it to the City Clerk with an objection within five days (excluding Sundays) after its presentation, only if the Council at its next meeting by two-thirds of its membership again passes the act over the Mayor's veto.
(d) Publication. An ordinance or resolution takes effect upon publication in an official newspaper. At the direction of the City Council, publication may be accomplished by publishing only the title and summary of the ordinance or resolution. An act so published—
(1) is admissible as evidence,
(2) establishes a presumption that the act is valid, and
(3) is entitled to judicial notice.
(e) Record. The City Clerk must carefully and faithfully record the Council's and Council committee's proceedings, including each act adopted and each member's vote on each such act. The clerk must keep the proceedings on file and available for inspection and copying during normal business hours at the clerk's office.
(Ord. No. 2016-086, § 4, 12-9-16, eff. 3-12-17; Ord. No. 2021-056, § 3, 11-19-2021, eff. 12-2-21)
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=CH_ARTIVCICO_S4.4PRFetched: 11/1/2026