Minnetonka is governed by a city council, with the mayor presiding over meetings. A variety of boards and commissions support and advise the city council. The city manager oversees day-to-day city operations, executing the decisions of the city council through the city’s departments and staff. The city code of ordinances is the codification of the decisions councils have made over the years about how the city should be run.
The mayor and council members are each elected to four-year terms: elections are held in odd-numbered years and are staggered between mayor and at-large seats in one election and the four ward council members two years later.
