The 13 Council Members are elected by ward for four-year terms. Ward boundaries are adjusted after each federal census so that there is no more than a five percent difference in population among the wards. The Council elects its own officers. The Council President chairs its meetings and acts as mayor if the Mayor is out of town or incapacitated.
The Council meets on Fridays at 9:30 a.m. according to a calendar approved at the beginning of each year and may hold additional meetings. Its meetings, and those of Council committees, are open to the public. Meeting schedules are published in the on-line City Council Datebook. Schedules are also published weekly in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Finance and Commerce, and the Minneapolis Labor Review.
All-America City Winner 1952, 1963 and 1971.
All-America City Finalist 1981-82.
Site of Crusade by Billy Sunday in 1934.
Site of Crusades by Reverend Billy Graham 1950, 1961, 1973 and 1996.
