Editing Hopkins, Minnesota (section)

==Government==

===City charter===
Hopkins’ government structure is set by its city charter. Hennepin County district court judges appointed the first Hopkins Charter Commission on February 8, 1946, in order to create a proposed charter that would be voted on.<ref>{{cite web|title=City Charter |url=http://www.hopkinsmn.com/archives/charter.php |access-date=December 1, 2013}}</ref> The commission submitted the proposed charter to the Village Council on November 4, 1947. Voters approved the charter December 2, 1947. The charter has been amended numerous times since then, most recently in October 2012.<ref name="hopkinsmn.com">{{cite web|title=Charter of the City of Hopkins, Minnesota |url=http://www.hopkinsmn.com/archives/pdf/hopkins-charter.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105180154/http://hopkinsmn.com/archives/pdf/hopkins-charter.pdf |archive-date=November 5, 2010 |url-status=live |access-date=December 1, 2013}}</ref>

===Government structure===
The charter specifies that Hopkins use a [[council–manager government|council-manager plan]]. The council controls city administration but does so exclusively through the [[city manager]].<ref name="City Council Structure & Salaries">{{cite web | title=City Council Structure & Salaries | url=http://www.hopkinsmn.com/council/about/structure.php | access-date=December 1, 2013}}</ref> The charter contains an “interference with administration” clause that expressly forbids the council from telling the city manager whom to hire or preventing the city manager from using his or her judgment to make administrative appointments.<ref name="hopkinsmn.com"/> It also prohibits the council from issuing orders to any of the city manager's subordinates.

====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"
|-
! Presidents !! Mayors
|-
| C.L. Hopkins (1893-1894) || Joseph Vesely (1948-1949)
|-
| Fred Souba (1895-1897) || W. Harlan Perbix (1950-1953)
|-
| 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) || 
|}

====City manager====
The city manager is the chief administrator of the City of Hopkins. The Hopkins City Council appoints the city manager for an indefinite period and may remove the manager at any time.
 
====Subordinate employees====
The charter specifies just two other administrative positions by name. It requires the city to have a clerk, who is subordinate to the city manager, and allows for, but doesn't require, a city attorney to advise the council on legal matters.

However, the charter specifies that the city manager can create city departments and divisions and alter them when necessary. Hopkins has seven departments, each with a department head that reports to the city manager.<ref>{{cite web|title=City Departments |url=http://www.hopkinsmn.com/departments/index.php |access-date=December 1, 2013}}</ref>  The departments are:
* Administration
* Community Services (Assessing, City Clerk, Inspections)
* Finance
* Fire
* Planning & Economic Development
* Police
* Public Works 
* Recreation (operated jointly with [[Minnetonka|Minnetonka, Minnesota]])

===Electoral politics===
{{Hidden begin|titlestyle=background:#ccccff|title=Presidential election results 1960–2024}}
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|+ Precinct General Election Results<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/election-results/|title=Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State - Election Results|access-date=February 22, 2021|archive-date=February 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222230838/https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/election-results|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2024 United States presidential election|2024]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.9% ''1,787''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''72.9%''' ''5,450''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.2% ''238''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.9% ''2,516''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''73.4%''' ''7,742''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% ''289''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|25.7% ''2,352''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.5%''' ''5,903''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.8% ''894''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.8% ''2,979''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.5%''' ''5,864''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% ''249''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.4% ''2,848''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.7%''' ''5,775''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% ''172''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.2% ''3,292''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''61.5%''' ''5,437''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% ''114''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.6% ''3,079''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.1%''' ''4,388''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.3% ''502''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.5% ''2,320''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.1%''' ''4,007''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|11.4% ''811''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|29.9% ''2,678''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''46.9%''' ''4,198''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|23.2% ''2,075''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.8% ''3,622''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.2%''' ''4,285''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% ''0''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.5%''' ''4,229''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|48.5% ''3,982''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% ''0''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.8% ''3,078''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''48.2%''' ''3,820''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.0% ''987''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.7% ''4,055''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.1%''' ''4,258''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% ''185''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.8%''' ''4,247''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.7% ''3,387''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% ''117''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.1% ''2,576''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.2%''' ''2,978''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% ''154''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.0% ''2,243''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.9%''' ''3,220''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.1% ''5''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1960 United States presidential election|1960]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55.0%''' ''2,855''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.8% ''2,327''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% ''135''
|}
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