2006 Minnesota Statutes

412.361 MAY REMODEL, EXPAND, RUN UTILITY; OTHER POWERS.
    Subdivision 1. Contract; bid provisions apply. The commission shall have power to
extend and to modify or rebuild any public utility and to do anything it deems necessary for its
proper and efficient operation; and it may enter into necessary contracts for these purposes. The
provisions of section 412.311 relating to advertisement for bids shall apply to contracts of the
public utilities commission.
    Subd. 2. Hire, direct, fix pay for personnel. The commission shall have power to employ
all necessary help for the management and operation of the public utility, prescribe duties of
officers and employees and fix their compensation.
    Subd. 3. Buy fuel, supplies, wholesale energy. The commission shall have power to buy all
fuel and supplies, and it may purchase wholesale electric energy, steam heat, hot water energy,
gas or water, as the case may be, for municipal distribution.
    Subd. 4. Fix rates; adopt service rules. The commission shall have power to fix rates and
to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for utility service supplied by the municipally owned
public utilities within its jurisdiction.
    Subd. 5. Relations, finances with city. The commission shall have power to enter into
agreements with the council for payments by the city for utility service, compensation for the use
by either the commission or the city of buildings, equipment, and personnel under the control of
the other, payments to the city in lieu of taxes, transfers of surplus utility funds to the general fund,
and also agreements on other subjects of relationships between the commission and the council.
History: 1949 c 119 s 46; 1953 c 735 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1981 c 334 s 4