Editing Prior Lake, Minnesota (section)

==Government==
Prior Lake is governed by a mayor and four council members serving at large. These offices are nonpartisan. The mayor is Kirt Briggs. He succeeded Ken Hedberg, who won an uncontested election in 2012, succeeding Mike Myser. The council members are Kevin Burkart, Zach Braid, Kim Churchill and Victor Lake. The city is run by a city manager, Jason Wedel. Prior Lake is in Minnesota Legislative District 54B. The State Senate District 54 senator is [[Eric Pratt]]. The district 54B representative is [[Ben Bakeberg]].{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

Prior Lake is in [[Minnesota's 2nd congressional district]], represented by [[Angie Craig]].

Parts of the [[Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community]] (SMSC) tribal lands are within the boundary of the City of Prior Lake as annexed in 1972. The SMSC is a federally recognized, sovereign Native American tribe of Mdewakanton Dakota people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ShakopeeDakota.org |website=Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community |access-date=February 19, 2019|title=Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community in Scott County, MN}}</ref> The overlap of a Minnesota Statutory City with federally recognized tribal lands resulted in litigation to clarify the boundary and voting rights. In 1984, the United States District Court affirmed that Prior Lake's municipal boundary did include the tribal lands in question. The Court further clarified that the tribal residents were thus residents of the city and entitled to vote in municipal elections and to emergency police, fire, and rescue services. The Court ordered the city to provide equal emergency services to the tribal residents even though the tribal lands' federal trust status deprives the city of the authority to tax the lands. In recent years, the SMSC has voluntarily contributed funds to the City of Prior Lake in support of public safety services.<ref>United States District Court, District of Minnesota, Third Division. Shakopee Mdwakanton Sioux Community v. City of Prior Lake, Minnesota. September 5, 1984</ref>