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Longtime Minnetonka city manager John Gunyou told the city council Friday night that he would retire from the post he has held for 11 years on June 1.

Gunyou, a former state finance commissioner under Gov. Arne Carlson, took a turn in politics last year as DFLer Margaret Anderson Kelliher's lieutenant governor pick in 2010.

According to a release from the city, the city council "indicated" its interest in appointing Assistant City manager Geralyn Barone to replace Gunyou.