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Line 715: The [[Minneapolis City Council]] has 13 members who represent the city's 13 wards.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sahanjournal.com/democracy-politics/minneapolis-city-council-candidates-race-election-guide-2023/|title=2023 Minneapolis City Council race: Who's running, where candidates stand on key issues|last1=Tu|first1=Cynthia|last2=Hazzard|first2=Andrew|date=October 26, 2023|access-date=November 2, 2023|newspaper=[[Sahan Journal]]|archive-date=November 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102173754/https://sahanjournal.com/democracy-politics/minneapolis-city-council-candidates-race-election-guide-2023/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, a [[2021 Minneapolis municipal election#Question 1|ballot question]] shifted more weight from the city council to the mayor, a change that proponents had tried to achieve since the early 20th century.<ref name=nathanson>{{cite news |url = https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2021/11/why-it-only-took-120-years-for-minneapolis-to-adopt-a-strong-mayor-system/ |title = Why it only took 120 years for Minneapolis to adopt a 'strong mayor' system |author = Nathanson, Iric |date = November 5, 2021 |access-date = January 8, 2021 |work = [[MinnPost]] |archive-date = November 5, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211105143744/https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2021/11/why-it-only-took-120-years-for-minneapolis-to-adopt-a-strong-mayor-system/ |url-status = live }}</ref> The mayor and city council now share responsibility for the city's finances.<ref name=McLaughlin>{{cite news |title = Minneapolis' Ballot Question 1 passes, shifting more power from city council to mayor |url = https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/minneapolis-ballot-question-1-passes-shifting-more-power-from-city-council-to-mayor |last1 = McLaughlin |first1 = Shaymus |date = November 2, 2021 |access-date = November 29, 2021 |work = Bring Me the News|publisher=The Arena Group |archive-date = November 28, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211128011433/https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/minneapolis-ballot-question-1-passes-shifting-more-power-from-city-council-to-mayor |url-status = live }}</ref> The city's primary source of funding is property tax,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stories.opengov.com/minneapolismn/published/Xb08AJg-qR5|title=Budget-in-Brief|access-date=April 20, 2023|publisher=City of Minneapolis|via=[[OpenGov]]|archive-date=April 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420211728/https://stories.opengov.com/minneapolismn/published/Xb08AJg-qR5|url-status=live}}</ref> and there is a sales tax of 9.03 percent<ref>{{cite news|title=Metro sales taxes jumped Oct. 1. Here's where the money will go.|url=https://www.startribune.com/metro-sales-taxes-jumped-oct-1-heres-where-the-money-will-go-housing-and-transit/600309427/|last=Magan|first=Christopher|date=October 3, 2023|access-date=October 4, 2023|newspaper=[[Star Tribune]]|archive-date=October 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003201354/https://www.startribune.com/metro-sales-taxes-jumped-oct-1-heres-where-the-money-will-go-housing-and-transit/600309427/|url-status=live}}</ref> on purchases made within the city, which is a combination of state, county, special district taxes, a city sales tax of 0.50 percent, and a local use tax for out-of-state purchases.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/departments/finance/local-use-tax/ |title = Local use tax |access-date = February 11, 2023 |publisher = City of Minneapolis |archive-date = February 11, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230211234013/https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/departments/finance/local-use-tax/ |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.tax-rates.org/minnesota/minneapolis_sales_tax |title = 2023 Minneapolis, Minnesota Sales Tax |access-date = February 11, 2023 |publisher = Tax-Rates.org – The Federal & State Tax Information Portal |archive-date = February 12, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230212064129/http://www.tax-rates.org/minnesota/minneapolis_sales_tax |url-status = live }}</ref> The [[Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board|Park and Recreation Board]] is an independent city department with nine elected commissioners who levy their own taxes, subject to city charter limits.<ref name=ParkCharter>{{cite web |url = https://library.municode.com/mn/minneapolis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH_ARTVIPAREBO |date = December 14, 2022 |title = Code of Ordinances: Charter Article VI |work = [[Municode]] |publisher=[[CivicPlus]]|access-date = February 1, 2023 |archive-date = February 1, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230201212451/https://library.municode.com/mn/minneapolis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH_ARTVIPAREBO |url-status = live }}</ref> The Board of Estimation and Taxation, which oversees city levies, is also an independent department.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://library.municode.com/mn/minneapolis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH_ARTVBOESTA |date = December 14, 2022 |title = Code of Ordinances: Charter Article V |publisher = [[CivicPlus]]|work=[[Municode]]|access-date = February 1, 2023 |archive-date = February 1, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230201232610/https://library.municode.com/mn/minneapolis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH_ARTVBOESTA |url-status = live }}</ref> The restructured mayor's role created a new Minneapolis Office of Community Safety, with its commissioner overseeing the police and fire departments, 911 dispatch, emergency management, and violence prevention.<ref name=Ibrahim>{{cite news |author = Ibrahim, Mohamed |date = August 23, 2022 |access-date = September 17, 2022 |title = How Cedric Alexander aims to tackle Minneapolis' policing woes |url = https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2022/08/how-cedric-alexander-aims-to-tackle-minneapolis-policing-woes/ |work = [[MinnPost]] |archive-date = September 20, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170631/https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2022/08/how-cedric-alexander-aims-to-tackle-minneapolis-policing-woes/ |url-status = live }}</ref> In 2023, the city renewed<ref>{{cite news|title=After two years, the future of Minneapolis' mental health response program is uncertain|url=https://www.startribune.com/after-two-years-the-future-of-minneapolis-mental-health-response-program-is-uncertain/600290592/|last=Du|first=Susan|date=July 18, 2023|access-date=November 2, 2023|newspaper=[[Star Tribune]]|archive-date=November 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102175738/https://www.startribune.com/after-two-years-the-future-of-minneapolis-mental-health-response-program-is-uncertain/600290592/|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Behavioral Crisis Response]],<ref name="bcr-quick-guide">{{cite web |title=Behavioral Crisis Response Team quick guide |url=chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.minneapolismn.gov/media/-www-content-assets/documents/BCR-Infographic-2.2.22.pdf |website=City of Minneapolis |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> a cooperation with a mental health services company, [[File:Minneapolis Police guarding 3rd Precinct May 2020.jpg|thumb|alt=A half-dozen officers wearing light blue shirts, black gas masks and black bullet-proof vests, carrying long tear gas launchers, standing in front of a corner brick and glass building with boarded up windows, identified with the seal of Minneapolis and "Minneapolis Police" in large white letters|Police guard the third precinct the day before it was burned down during the [[George Floyd protests]].]] | |||