Government and politics Burnsville, Minnesota

burnsville city hall

burnsville operates statutory plan b city under minnesota legislature. government consists of elected city council of 1 executive mayor , 4 council members. 4 council members elected at-large serve four-year terms. mayorship term changed 2 4 years in 2000. administrative duties including employment of city in charge of city manager. 1 of many minneapolis–saint paul metropolitan municipalities, city required regularly submit comprehensive plan detailing infrastructure , development progress metropolitan council.

elizabeth b. kautz has been mayor since 1994, replacing ken wolf (r) elected state house of representatives in district 41b. having been re-elected 6 times, has served on 14 years. kautz s framework of progressive activity , financial management has been studied , may explain consecutive re-elections. cites in biography, has reduced burnsville s debt, increased infrastructure improvement, maintained property tax scheduled decrease, established new youth center, , oversaw establishment of minnesota valley transit authority.

one of major redevelopment projects has been burnsville heart of city, identified through community visioning intersecting commercial areas near burnsville parkway , nicollet avenue. in winning 2008 re-election, 1,000 seat regional performing arts center component cited opponent misuse of public funds toward arts.

the city situated in both minnesota s 51st senate district, , minnesota s 56th senate district. currently, state senators jim carlson (dfl), district 51, , dan hall (gop), district 56. state representatives sandra masin (dfl), 51a, drew christensen (gop), 56a, , roz peterson (gop), 56b.

burnsville located in minnesota s 2nd congressional district, represented jason lewis, republican.