Mayor & Council Authority

Kennedy is a Minnesota "Statutory A" city, and therefore, the Mayor is elected, the Council is elected, and the City Clerk/Treasurer is appointed.

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Role of Mayor

• The Mayor represents the City publicly.

• The Mayor presides over Council meetings.

• The Mayor executes official City documents in conjunction with the Clerk.

Role of Council

Council members' statutory duties are performed by the Council as a whole, with the Mayor a part of the whole.

• The Council, as a majority of the whole, appoints, hires, and dismisses City personnel.

• The Council, as a majority of the whole, directs and manages City personnel.

• The Council, as a majority of the whole, may appoint independent boards and commissions to advise the Council.

• The Council, as a majority of the whole, retains all authority, administrative and legislative, but may delegate all day-to-day operations to staff.

• The Council members' and the Mayor's individual responsibility is to participate in Council meetings—make and second motions, participate in discussion, and vote on matters before the Council.

• The Council members and the Mayor should individually devote time to problems of basic policy and act as liaisons between the City and the general public.