CHAPTER 1: NAME, FORM OF GOVERNMENT,

BOUNDARIES, POWERS, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1.01. NAME.

   The City of Luverne, in the County of Rock and State of Minnesota (herein the “City”), shall continue to be a municipal corporation under that name.

SEC. 1.02. FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

   The form of government established by this Charter is the “Mayor-Council Plan.”

SEC. 1.03. BOUNDARIES.

   The boundaries of the City are the same as they now are or hereafter may be established.

SEC. 1.04. POWERS.

   The City shall have all powers which it may now or hereafter be possible for a municipal corporation in this State to exercise in harmony with the Constitutions of this State and of the United States. It is the intention of this Charter to confer upon the City every power which it would have if it were specifically mentioned. The Charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the City and the specific mention of particular municipal powers in other Sections of this Charter does not limit the powers of the City to those so mentioned.

SEC. 1.05. WARDS.

   The City shall be divided into two wards. Each ward shall be composed of contiguous territory as regular and compact in form as practical, depending upon the geography of the area involved and shall

be as nearly equal in population as possible. That portion of the City lying north of a line running east and west as established by ordinance shall be termed Ward Number 1, and that portion of the City lying south of said line shall be termed Ward Number 2. The Council may at any time reapportion the wards using a statistically verifiable means to estimate population so as to make the wards as nearly equal in population as practicable, and to adopt such change by ordinance.