for reelection. In 2021, while leaving a Pride Day event, a car containing Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins was surrounded by protesters who blocked her from leaving until she signed a list of demands, which included not interfering with the occupied George Floyd Square and the resignation of Mayor Jacob Frey. Jenkins was stuck for over 90 minutes before signing the list so she could go. In July 2022, City Council Member Michael Rainville said during a meeting with his constituents that he was going to go to a mosque in Northeast Minneapolis to "meet with Somali elders and tell them that their children can no longer have that kind of behavior," in response to incidents on the 4th of July in Downtown Minneapolis, in which groups of people were seen launching fireworks at buildings and other people. His comments drew criticism, including from fellow City Council Members, who attempted to censure him. Jamal Osman, Jeremiah Ellison, and Aisha Chughtai, the City Council's three Muslim members, issued a statement calling Rainville's comments "incorrect," "inappropriate," "disturbing," and "dangerous." Rainville has since apologized for the comments. Electoral system In 2006, Minneapolis voters approved the use of the single transferable vote for its municipal elections. The first use of ranked-choice voting was in the 2009 municipal election. However, since the City Council uses single-member districts, the single transferable vote functions the same way as instant-runoff voting. This system of voting is commonly known in the United States as ranked choice voting. Each member's term is normally four years, and there are no limits on the number of terms a member may serve. In 2020, however, voters approved a plan to amend the city charter to establish city council elections in 2021 and 2023 for two-year terms instead of the regular four-year terms, with four-year term elections restarting in 2025. The amendment also granted the ability for the city to use this method whenever regular city council elections do not fall in a year ending in a 3 in order to comply with a state law designed to require city council elections in years ending in 2 or 3 after a census. Salary Council Members have a base salary of $106,101 in 2021. Raises for council members and the mayor are based on "averaging out the increases included in the union contracts they approved the previous year." In 2018, all Council Members were paid