Editing Hopkins, Minnesota (section)

====Mayor and council====
The council is made up of the mayor and four council members elected [[at-large]]. The mayor serves a two-year term in office. Council members have four-year terms—with two of the seats on the ballot in one election and the other two seats up in the following election. Regular elections take place in odd years.

The mayor votes on all motions before the council like the council members. The position is also the head of the city for ceremonial purposes, serving legal processes and martial law.

The mayor is paid $6,000 per year and council members are paid $4,600 per year.<ref name="City Council Structure & Salaries"/> The current salaries were set in 1998.

=====Presidents and mayors=====

Source:<ref>{{cite book |author=Hopkins Historical Society |editor=Beverly O. Ewing |title=Hopkins Minnesota Through the Years |location=Hopkins, Minnesota |publisher=Hopkins Historical Society |year=2002 |isbn=0-9727014-0-0}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
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! Presidents !! Mayors
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| C.L. Hopkins (1893-1894) || Joseph Vesely (1948-1949)
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| Fred Souba (1895-1897) || W. Harlan Perbix (1950-1953)
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| D.E. Dow (1898) || Joseph Vesely (1954-1955)
|-
| Fred Souba (1899-1900) || Dr. F.M. Madden (1956-1957)
|-
| Paul Swenson (1901-1907) || W. Harlan Perbix (1958)
|-
| G.W. Moore (1908) || Donald Milbert (1961-1963)
|-
| Paul Swenson (1909) || John Hanley (1965-1969)
|-
| Emil Anderson (1910) || Henry Pokorny (1970-1975)
|-
| Paul Swenson (1911-1913) || Jerre A. Miller (1975-1981)
|-
| A.J. Hentschel (1914) || Robert F. Miller (1981-1985)
|-
| G.W. Moore (1915-1921) || Ellen Lavin (1985-1987)
|-
| J.W. Pemberton (1922) || Donald Milbert (1987-1989)
|-
| Paul Swenson (1923-1926) || Nelson W. Berg (1989-1993)
|-
| Anton A. Olson (1927-1928) || Chuck Redepenning (1993-1999)
|-
| M.B. Hagen (1929-1931) || Eugene Maxwell (1999–2015)
|-
| G.W. Moore (1932-1935) || Molly Cummings (2016–2019)
|-
| Anton A. Olson (1936-1937) || Jason Gadd (2019–2021) 
|-
| E.V. Manchester (1938-1939) || Patrick Hanlon (2022–Present)
|-
| Dr. F.M. Madden (1940-1947) || 
|}