Minneapolis City Council
The Minneapolis City Council is the legislative branch of the City of Minneapolis. It consists of 13 members, elected from separate wards to four-year terms. The Council is dominated by members of the DFL, with a total of 12 members. The Green Party of Minnesota has one member.
About Minneapolis City Council in brief
The Minneapolis City Council is the legislative branch of the City of Minneapolis. It consists of 13 members, elected from separate wards to four-year terms. The Council is dominated by members of the DFL, with a total of 12 members. The Green Party of Minnesota has one member, Cam Gordon. The city adopted instant-runoff voting in 2006, first using it in the 2009 elections. In 2015, DFL Council Member Alondra Cano used her Twitter account to publish private cellphone numbers and e-mail addresses of critics who wrote about her involvement in a Black Lives Matter rally. In 2018, the city council passed the Minneapolis Comprehensive 2040 Plan and submitted it for Metropolitan Council approval. The plan rezones predominantly single-family residential neighborhoods for triplexes to increase affordable housing, seeks to reduce the effects of climate change, and tries to rectify some of the city’s racial disparities.
In November 2019 the city Council voted unanimously to allow duplexes and triplexs citywide. The council has 12 DFL members and one from the Green Party. Each member’s term is four years, and there are no limits on the number of years on the Council. In 2006, Minneapolis voters approved the use of ranked-choice voting for its municipal elections. However, since the City Council uses the single-member, transferable vote, each member is only for four years. This system of voting is commonly known as ranked choice voting.
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