Minn. Stat. § 374.08: JUDGES TO APPOINT BUILDING COMMISSION.

As soon as practicable after the city council and the county board decide to proceed with the construction of a joint courthouse and city hall building, an advisory courthouse and city hall building commission of nine members shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the judges of the district court of the judicial district of which the county may be a part, not acting in their judicial capacities, to be selected as follows: two members from the membership of the city council; two members from the membership of the county board; and five members at large who shall be landowners and residents of the county, one of whom shall reside outside the limits of the city.