1988-01-12CITY OF MOUND
MOUND, MINNESOTA
AGENDA
MOUND CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
7:30 P.N., TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1988
COUN~T[-~~S
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Pledge of Allegiance
Approve the Minutes of the December 22, 1987, Regular ·
Meeting Pg. 4-12
Resolution Designating the Official Newspaper for 1988 Pg. 13-16
Resolution Appointing the Acting Mayor for 1988 Pg. 17
Resolution Appointing Acting City. Manager for 1988 Pg. 18
Resolution Appointing Council Representatives for 1988
to the following: Planning Commission, Park Commission .
and Cable T. V. Commission Pg. 19
Resolution Designating the Official Depositories for
1988
Resolution Approving the Purchase of a $20,000 Bond
for the City Clerk Pg. 22
Resolution Approving the Purchase of a $20,000 Bond
for the City Treasurer/Finance Director Pg. 23
Resolution Authorizing Transfer from the General Fund
to the Area Fire Service Fund Pg. 24
Resolution to Transfer $23,947 from the Liquor Fund
and $23,947 from the General Fund to the 1987
Sealcoat Project Pg. 25
Reappointment of Chuck Champine to Cable. T.V. Commission
Comments & Suggestions from Citizens Present
Bid Award: Shoreline Protection and Rip-Rapping
Project
Resolution Authorizing the City Clerk to Execute an
Order for Removal of a Hazardous Building at 5444
Tonkawood Road
Pg. 20-21
Pg. 26-32
Pg. 33-51
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Revised Resolutions for.Case #87=679 and Case #87-680
A & B - Resolutions #87-217 & 87-218
Pg. 52-56
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Set Public Hearing Date for the Vacation of a Utility
Easement on the Burton Property - Lots 4 & 10, .~
Block 12, Seton - SUGGESTED DATE: FEBRUARY 9, lg88
18. Licenses:
Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church - Charitable
Gambling - No Council action is necessary if you
do not have a problem with the State issuing a
License
Pg. 57
Tree Removal License - Eklunds Tree Service
4229 Co. Rd. 10 N.
Watertown, MN. 55388
Pg. 58
19. Payment of Bills
Pg. 59-75
20. INFORHATION/HISCELLANEOUS
A. Department Head Monthly Reports for December, 1987 Pg. 76-106
B. Memo from the Police Chief dated December 30, i~987, .~
regarding the squad care fire Pg. 107
C. Letter dated January 4, 1988, from the City Attorney
regarding Doe v. City of Mound and former Police
Chief Bruce Wold and Sgt. Bill Hudson. This case
began a few years ago and has finally ended with our ~
Police Department being cleared.
Pg. 108-109
Summary of Municipal Response to LMCD Legislative
Program
Pg. 110-112
Lake Level, Flow & Precipitation Summary for
November, 1987, as published for the Minnehaha
Creek Watershed District
Pg. 113-114
School District #277 has formed a Committee to do
some.comprehensive planning for the .short-term and.
long-term regarding school facilities. Representa-
tives from Mound, Minnetrista, Orono and Spring Park
met with this Committee last week to provide input
regarding city-owned facilities and future uses.
Focus was placed on facilities that are
recreationallZ oriented. Discussion included
Northwest Tonka Lions concept of building a
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softball and/or baseball complex in Minnetrista.
The Committee will be meeting further and will be
drafting a report for the Board of Education for
their consideration this Spring.
NLC Annual Congressio. nal City Conference, Washington,
D.C. - March 19-22, 1988. .IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND,
CONTACT FRAN ASAP REGARDING ARRANGEMENTS. The
City of Mound is a direct member of NLC and has
taken an active role in NLC matters over the past
several years·
REMINDER: TEAM BUILDING/GOAL SETTING SESSI.ONS -
January 22, 1988 .- 5:30 P.M..- 1.0:00 P.M..&
January 23, 1988 - 7:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. -
Lafayette Club
Minutes of LMCD Mayor's Meeting of December 19,
1987
Attached is an agenda for the League of Minnesota Cities
upcoming legislative conference to be held February' 16,
1988, at the St. Paul RadisSon Hotel. 'Also attached is
a copy of the proposed policies a~d. priorities for the'
legislative session, as developed by League committees,
that will be discussed'at the legislative conference. If
you are interested in attending, please let Fran know
ASAP.
Pg. 115-116
Pg. 117-166
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December 22, 1987
MINUTES - MOU#D CITY COUNCIL - DECEMBER 22, 1987
The City Council of Mound,.Hennepin County, Minnesota, met in regular session
on Tuesday, December 22, 1987, at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers at 5341
Maywood Road, in said City.
Those present were: Mayor Steve Smith, Councilmembers Don Abel, Liz Jensen,
and Skip Johnson. Councilmember Phyllis Jessen arrived at 8:30 P.M. Also
pr.esent were: City Manager Edward J. Shukle, jr., City Clerk Fran Clark, City
Attorney Curt Pearson, City Engineer John Cameron, City Planner Mark Koegler,
Building Official Jan Bertrand, Park Director Jim Fackler and the following
interested citizens: Lawrence &Ione McLane, Holly Lovseth, Ted Anderson,
Luther Hoese, Ronald Gehring, Douglas & Janet Nelson, Mark Anderson, Bryant &
Cindy Belgarde, Barry Schneider, John Kuhlman, Steven & Shirley Spraguer, Paul
Jereczek.
The Mayor opened the meeting and welcomed the people in attendance.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
MINUllES ".
MOTION made by Abel, seconded by Jensen to.approve .the minutes of the
December 8, 1987, Regular Meeting, as presented. The vote was unanim-
ously in favor. Motion carried.
PUBLIC HEARING: DELINQUENT UTILITY BILLS
The City Manager reported that the amount is down to $2,579.88.
~he Mayor opened the public hearing. There was no response. The Mayor closed
the public hearing.
jOhnson moved and Abel seconded the following resolution:
RESOLUTION t87-212
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE DELIKQUENT UTILITY BILLS
IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,579.88 AND AUTHORIZING THE
STAFF TO SHUT-OFF WATER SERVICE FOR THOSE ACCOUNTS
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
PUBLIC HEARING: PROPOSED STORM SEWIER AND STREET IMPROVEMENT ON DRUMMOND ROAD
BETWEEN AMHURST LAND AND DEVON LANE
The City Engineer explained that the storm sewer estimated cost is $12,400 and
upgrading Drummond Road to a 16' width for the 300 feet now traveled would
cost approximately $11,700. He is recommending the storm sewer improvement,
but only recommending paving that portion fAom Amhurst Road east to the
proposed catch basin. The cost of paving this portion of Drummond would be
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approximately $1,000 and should be charged to the parcel
building permit, Lots 11 & 12, Block 11, Devon.
applying for the
The Hayor opened the public hearing.
Janet Nelson, Lots 6 &. 7, Block 12, Devon, stated there has been a
drainage problem since 1972. She would like to see a storm sewer if it
.would correct the problem and not injure the landscaping they have done
along the unimproved road.
Luther Hoese, Lots 8 & 9, Block 12, Devon, stated he is not in favor of
either of the storm sewer or road improvement. He felt he would not
benefit.
Paul Jereczek, Lots 17-20, Block 11, Devon, stated that he needs to use
this unimproved road because of the topography of his lots which front
on Devon and have approximately 40 steps to the house. He did not feel
he would benefit from the storm sewer imp..rovement.
Steve Spraguer, 4817~Hanover Road, stated he would have no benefit from
either the'storm sewer.or the ~street imprOvement.·
Irene Dixon's son, Lots 4 & 5, Block 12, Devon, stated there was no
benefit for her from the storm sewer or the street improvement.
Mr. Kassen, Lots 11 & 12, Block 11, Devon, would like to have the street
improvement adjacent to his lots.
The Hayor closed the public hearing.
There was discussion on vacating unimproved Drummond Lane, retaining utilities
and a walkway easement for the City lots (13 & 14, Block 11, Devon). There
was also discussion on putting in the storm sewer improvement, the small alley
next to Lots 11 & 12 and blocking off the remainder of unimproved Drummond
Road.
Councilmember Jessen arrived at 8:30 P.M.
MOTION made by Smith to move ahead with the 16' street improvement of
Drun~nond Road next to Lots 11 & 12, Block 11, Devon, but not to do the
storm sewer improvement. The motion died for lack of a second.
Jessen moved and Johnson seconded the following resolution:
RESOLUTION ~87-213
RESOLUTION ORDERING THE STORM SEWER IMPROVEf(ENT,
THE MINIMUM STREET. IMPROVERENT OE DRUMMOND ROAD AD-
JACENT TO LOTS 11 & 12, BLOCK 11, DEVON, A~D
PREPARATION OF PLARS AND SPECIFICATIONS
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The vote'was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING THE CITY .CLERK TO EXECUTE ORDERS FOR REMOVAL OF HAZ-
ARDOUS BUILDINGS
A. EARL & CHARLOTTE BLOCHER, 59XX FAIRFIELD ROAD.
The Building Official explained the situation.
Jessen moved and Johnson seconded the following resolution:
RESOLUTION #87-214
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN
ORDER FOR REHOVAL OF..A_HAZARDOUS BUILDING AT 59XX
FAIRFIELD ROAD - PID ~23-117-24 42 0086
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
B. CHARLES R. JONES, 4852/4854 EDGEWATER DRIVE
The Building Official' explained the situation.
Smith moved and jessen seconded tlhe following resolution:.
RESOLUTION #87-215 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN
ORDER. FOR REHOVAL OF A. HAZARDOUS BUILDING .AT
4852~4854 EDGEWATER DRIVE - PID ~13-117-24 44 0071
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
CASE ~87-678: JEFF.&,EARL BAKKEN, LOT 5 & PART OF LOT 4, BLOCK 2, REARR...OF
BLOCK 12, ABRAHAH LINCOLN ADDITION TO LAKESIDE PARK, PID ~13-
117-24 34 0018, VARIANCE FOR ACCESS TO PUBLIC STREET FOR.52XX
LYNWOOD BLVD.
The City Planner explained the request. The Council agreed with the Staff's
recommendations.
Abel moved and jensen seconded the following resolution:
RESOLUTION i~87-216
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A VARIANCE TO ESTABLISH A
BUILDABLE LOT FOR LOTS 5.AND PART OF LOTS 4, BLOCK
2, REARRA~GEI~ENT OF BLOCK 10,, ABRA]JAR LINCOLN ADDI-
TION TO LAKESIDE PARK, PID J13-117-24 34 0018, P &
Z CASE #87-678
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
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CASE ~87-679: RONALD :S.. GEHRING~ LOTS-5 & 6, BLOCK-13, THE HIGHLANDS, PID
t23-117-24 .31 0053,- MINOR SUBDIVISION-OF LAND, 29XX WESTEDGE
BLVD.
The City Planner'explained the request.
Abel moved and Jensen seconded the following resolution:
RESOLUTION f87-217 RESOLUTION TO CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING COHMISSION
RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVE THE FINAL MINOR SUBDIVI~
SION OF LANB.-FOR.LOTS--5 & 6, BLOCK 13, THE. HIGH-
LANDS, PID tZ3-117-Z4 31 0053, P & Z CASE t87-679
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
.CASE #87-680: LAWRENCE.& IONE HC LANE. 5346 PIPER_ROAD, LOTS.40, 41 AND N 1/2
OF LOT 42, WHIPPLE SHORES, PID t25-117-24 21 0111'~ VARIANCE AND
SUBDIVISION OF LAND
The City .Planner explained the request. After discussion, A.2. was deleted
and replaced .with the'following:. ·
"2. Applicant shall prepar.e and record' easements. ~or utilities."
A.6. was added as follows:
"6. If the shed on Parcel B is below the flood plain, it must be
removed."
Jessen moved and Abel seconded the following resolution:
RESOLUTION t87-218
RESOLUTION TO CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOHHENDATION AND APPROVE A PRELIMINARY HINOR-SUB~-
DIVISION AND VARIANCE OF LOT WIDTH FOR .LOTS 40, 41
AND THE NORTH 1/2.1FRONT.AND_ REAR_.OF 42, WHIPPLE
SHORES; PID..12_5-117-24 21 0111, (5346 PIPER ROAD),
P & Z CASE #87-680 A & B
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
PLANNING COHMISSION APPOINTMENT & REAPPOINTMENTS
Johnson moved and Jensen seconded the following resolution:
RESOLUTION t~87-219
RESOLUTION APPOINTING KEN SNITH AIiD REAPPOINTING
WILLIAH MEYER AND BRAD SOHNS TO THE PLANNING**CON-
MISSION - ALL THESE TERMS EXPIRE DECEMBER 31, lggO
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
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December 22, 1987
COMMENTS & SUGGESTIONS FROM CITIZENS PRESENT
There were none.
DOCKS ADJACENT TO THE LOST LAKE SUBDIVISION
The Park Director explained the background. The Park Commission recommended
approval of 9 additional dock sites adjacent to the Lost Lake Subdivision on
Lost Lake. There are three conditions outlined by the City Attorney as
follows:
1. The docks should not be dedicated to only residents of the Lost
Lake Subdivision, rather open to all Mound residents.:
2. The Mound City Dock Ordinance should control the dock sites.
3. Develop a plan for access, location of docks and other public
usage.
MOTION made by Jensen, seconded by Abel to table this item until the
January 26th Meeting so that research can be done to determine whether
there is. an agreement in the subdivision that allowed no docks. The
vote was 4 in favor with Jessen voting nay. Motion carried.
APPROVAL OF-~988 COMMONS DOCK SITE MAP WITH ADDITION OF 6 HEW DOCK SITES
The Park Director stated that the Park Commission has recommended adding the
following 6 dock sites: ..-
Z in Woodland Point ~ #01200
i on Carlow - #31630 ...
4 in Lagoon Park/Sinclair = #61190
· - #61215
= #61240
- ~61265
Jes~en.moved and Jensen seconded the the following resolution:
RESOLUTION ~87-220 RESOLUTION TO APPROVE 1988 COMMONS DOCK SIllE NAP
WITH THE ADDITION OF 6 HEW SITES
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried,
PARK COMMISSION APPOINTMENT
Johnson moved and Jensen seconded the following resolution:
RESOLUTION 187-221
RESOLUTION.APPOINTING STEPHEN BURKE.TO THE PARK
COMMISSION - TERM EXPIRES DECEI~BER 31, 1990
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
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December 22, 1987
CITY OF MOUND vs. HAGEDORN
The City Manager explained the background of this lawsuit and that the Staff
recommendation is to settle this lawsuit for $1,000.
MOTION made by Jessen, seconded by_Abel to accept the settlement offer
from Mr. Nagedorn's attorney of $1,000. The vote was unanimously in
favor. Motion carried.
DISCUSSION - LEGAL SERVICES'- PROSECUTION
MOTION by Smith, seconded by Abel to direct the City Manager t~ adver-
tise for bids for prosecution services in Finance and Commerce and Bench
and Bar of Minnesota.
The Council discussed the motion; the quality of service the City is
receiving; the experience of the present prosecutor.
The vote was one in favor with Abel, Jensen, Jessen and Johnson voting
nay,. Motion failed. -
RENEWAL OF RECYCLING CONTRACT
The City Manager recommended renewal of the contract with Supercycle for 1988
in the amount of $1,430.00 per month.
Johnson moved and Smith seconded the following resolution:
RESOLUTION ~87-222 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RENEWAL OF RECYCLING CON-
TRACT WITH SUPERCYCLE FOR 1988
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
PAYMENT OF BILLS
MOTION made bY Jessen, seconded by Abel to approvethe payment of bills
as presented on the pre-list in the amount of $98,922.46, when funds are
available. A roll call vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
PUBLIC WORKS OUTSIDE STORAGE SITE
Councilmember Abel suggested that the Staff look into the possibility of pur=
chasing property adjacent to the new publiE works facility site that is cur-
rentlx-for sale. He asked that this be checked into and discussed at the
January 26th meeting.
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LOSTLAKE STORAGE SITE
MOTION made by Smith, seconded by Abel to place a For Sale sign on the
Lost Lake Storage Site. The vote was 4 in favor with johnson votibg
nay. Motion carried.
NEW LICENSE APPLICATIONS
MOTION by Smith, seconded by Jensen to authorize the issuance of and En~
tertainment Permit and a Dinner-Dancing Permit-to The Jock Club, 5241
Shoreline Blvd. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
INFORMATION/MISCELLANEOUS
A. November 19.87 Financial Report as prepared by John Norman,
Director.
B. Park Commission Minutes of December 15, 1987.
C. Planning cOmmission Minutes of December 14,·'1987.
D. Hennepin County Member at Large 1988 Appointments.
Finance
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Notice and Order for Hearing pertaining to NSP's application for an in-
crease in retail rates.
REMINDER: Christmas Party, December 19th, Phyllis Jessen's.
HARK YOUR CALENDARS - Friday, January 22, 1988 and Saturday, January 23,
1988 - Goal Setting Team Building Session.
Friday January 22, 1988
5:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M.
6:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M.
7:30 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.
Saturday~ january 23, 1988
7:30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M.
8:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
Cocktails
Dinner
Meyers Briggs Instrument
Interpret Results
Team Building Exercises
Adjournment
Breakfast
Team Building/Goal Setting
Lunch
Adjournment
The Consultant is Barbara Arney, a well known and respected facilitator
for local government and private organizations.
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The Council, City Manager and Department Heads will participate in both
the Friday evening and the Saturday sessions. Location for the sessions
is tentatively set for the Lafayette Club. That will be confirmed soon.
In addition, the consultant wants to conduct interviews of all par-
ticipants on Thursday, January 7th. Approximately 30-45 minutes is
needed per'participant. She will be at City Hall beginning in the early
afternoon of January 7th meeting with aepartment heads. I have arranged
it so that Councilmembers could stop by on their way home from work in
.the late afternoon. If there is a problem, I will try to reschedule
these interviews for a different date and/of time. Let me know.
NOTION made by Abel, seconded by Jensen to adjourn at 10:40 P.N. The
vote was unanimously in favor. Notion carried. .
Edward J. Sh. ukle, jr., City Manager
Fran C. Clark, CMC, City Clerk
BILLS ........ DECEMBER 22, 1987
Batch 7121
Batch 7122
39,889.97
59,032.49
Total Bills
98,922.46
January 12, 1988
RESOLUTION NO. 88-
RESOLUTION DESIGNATING ..,
TIlE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR 1988
BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Mound, Min-
nesota, does hereby designate the official newspaper for the
City of Mound for 1988.
The foregoing resolution was moved by Councilmember
and seconded by Councilmember
The following Councilmembers voted in the affirmative:
The following Councilmembers voted in the negative:
Mayor
Attest: City Clerk
The
Our office is located at
2310 Commerce Blvd., Mound, Mn. 55364
Phone: 472-1140
The
Pioneer
To: Mound City Council
Re: Appointment of Official Newspaper
Dear Councilmembers:
As you make your appointments for the coming year, we ask that you con-
sider re-appointing The Laker as your city's official newspaper.
The Laker is published each Monday, and the deadline for legal notices
is 10 a.m. the precedihg Wednesday. Our rate for publication of legal no-
tices will remain the same as it was in 1987.
We have enjoyed working with you in the past and we look forward to con-
tinuing to do so. Thank you for your consideration.
Associate Publisher
The Laker.
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Box 82 · 2310 Commerce Blvd.
Mound, Mn. 55364 · 472-1140
To: City of Mound
Re: Appointment of official newspaper
Jan. 6, 1987
Dea~ City Council Members:
It's that time of year again, time for us to thank you for having chosen The Laker as Mound's
official newspaper in the past and to ask that you consider selecting us to continue in that role
in 1987.
The Laker, with a total home-delivered circulation of 8,400-plus, provides blanket coverage
of the Westonka area: including every mailing address in Mound (except when we -- or the post
office - goof and miss somebody), Our office is located at 2310 Commerce Blvd. in downtown
Mound.
our rate for legal notices is $4.54 per column Inch for initial insertions, and $3.03 per column
inCh for subsequent publicat!ons..That.$4.54 rate .can also be expressed as $2.27 per square
inch (our colUmns are 2 inches Wide) or 45 cents per line. Expressed as a line rate, however,
the figure is meanit~gful only when considered
For example, our 45 cent-per-line rate is the same as a 33.75 cent-per-line rate in a publica-
tion which uses columns 1~2 inches wide. That's because the longer the line, the fewer lines
needed for a given body of information. -
We will furnish up to two affidavits of publication per legal notice at no extra charge. If more
than two affidavits are needed, additional ones are 50 cents each.
Our deadline for legals is 4:30 p.m. Wednesday for the following week's publication. They
may be mailed to or dropped off at our office, or give us a call and we will pick them up.
Thanks again for considering The Laker.as Mound's official newspaper. We have enjoyed work-
ing with the city over the years ~'nd look forward to continuing to do so.
Sincerely,
Bill Holm
Managing Editor,
The Laker
MINNESOTA SUBURBAN NEWSPAPERS
December 21, 1987
City Council
City of Mound
5341 Maywood Road
Mound, Mn. 55364
Dear Council Members:
We would appreciate your designation of the Westonka Sailor to be
your official newspapers for the year 1988.
The new rate structure for legals effective January 1, 1988 will
be:
1 column width
49.7 cents per line - first insertion
27.2 cents per line - subsequent insertions
This new rate is based on our new column width of 11.5 picas com-
pared to our former width of 9.3 picas. This represents more than
a 20% increase in line length.
We will provide, at no additional charge, two notarized affidavits
on each of your publications. Additional notarized affidavits, on
request, will be furnished at 35 cents each.
Ail publications should reach this office by Wednesday a.m. pre-
ceding our Monday publication. However, we would appreciate re-
ceiving any large quantities of legals or any lengthy legals at an
earlier time.
In order to expedite our services to you, it is requested that you
direct your publications to the attention of Meridel Hedblom,
Legal Publications, 7401 Bush Lake Road, Edina, Mn. 55435.
We appreciate being considered as the official newspaper for the
City of Mound.
Very truly yours,
MINNESOTA ~SUBURBAN NEWSPAPERS
L. J!~/Canning ~-~
Publisher
L3C/mc
Publishers of Current Newspapers, Sailor Newspapers, Sun-Current Newspapers and Focus Newspapers
7401 Bush Lake Road · Edina, 'Minnesota 55435 · (612) 831-1200
January 12, 1988
RESOLUTION NO. 88-
RESOLUTION APPOINTING -
ACTING HAYOR FOR 1988
BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Mound,, Min-
nesota, does hereby appoint Acting Mayor for the year 1988.
The foregoing resolution was moved by Councilmember
and seconded by Councilmember
The following Councilmembers voted in the affirmative:
The following Councilmembers voted in the negative:
Mayor
Attest: City Clerk
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January 12, 1988
RESOLUTION NO. 88-
RESOLUTION APPOINTING ACTING CITY MANAGER FOR 1988
BE IT ~ESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Mound, Min-
nesota, does hereby appoint Francene C. Clark, City Clerk, as the Acting City
Manager for the year 1988, if the City Manager is disabled, incapacitated,
away on city business or away on vacation. If both the City Manager and the
City Clerk are disabled, incapacitated, away on city business or away on vaca-
tion then John Norman, Finance Director, is hereby appointed as Acting City
Manager.
The foregoing resolution was moved by Councilmember
and seconded by Councilmember
The following Councilmembers voted in the affirmative:
The following Councilmembers voted in the negative:
Mayor
Attest: City Clerk
January 12, 1988
RESOLUTION NO. 88-
RESOLUTION APPOINTING
TO THE PARK COHNISSION; TO THE
PLANNING CONHISSION; AND TO THE
CABLE T. V. COHHISSION AS COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES FOR 1988
BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Mound, Min~
nesota, does hereby appoint the following Councilmembers as Council Repre-
sentatives to the following City Commissions for 1988.
to the Park Commission
to the Planning Commission
to the Cable T. V. Commission
The foregoing resolution was moved by Councilmember
and seconded by Councilmember
The following Councilmembers voted in the affirmative:
The following Councilmembers voted in the negative:
Mayor
Attest: City Clerk
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January 12, 1988
RESOLUTION NO. 88-
RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE OFFICIAL
DEPOSITORIES FOR 1988
BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Mound, Min-
nesota, does hereby designate the following banks~and financial institutions
as official depositories for the City of Mound in 1988:
State Bank of Mound
First Minnesota
First Bank
American National Bank of St. Paul
Marquette National Bank
Norwest
Dain Bosworth, Inc.
Kidder, Peabody & Co.
Offerman & Co., Inc.
Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood
Prudential-Bache
Minnesota Municipal Money Market Fund
MerrilQ Lynch
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City's deposits shall be
protected by. Federal Deposit Insurance and/or collateral in accordance with
MSA Chapter 118.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Treasurer is hereby
authorized to open or continue an account or accounts with said institutions
on such terms as required by said institutions in the names of the City, and
to deposit, or cause to be deposited in such account or accounts, any monies,
checks, drafts, orders, notes or other instruments for the payment of money,
upon compliance by said depository with this resolution and the law in such
case provided.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the designation shall continue in
force until December 31, 1988, or until written notice of its revision or
modification has been received by said institution.
The foregoing resolution was moved by Councilmember
and seconded by Councilmember
The following Councilmembers voted in the affirmative:
The following Councilmembers voted in the negative:
Mayor
Attest: City Clerk
January 12, 1988
RESOLUTION NO. 88-
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PURCHASE .OF A
$20,000 BOND FOR THE CITY CLERK
BE IT ~SOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Mound, Min-
nesota, does hereby authorize the purchase of a $20,000 bond for the City
Clerk, Francene C. Clark.
The foregoing resolution was moved by Councilmember
and seconded by Councilmember
The following Councilmembers voted in theaffirmative:
The following Councilmembers voted in the negative:
Mayor
Attest: City Clerk
january 12, 1988
RESOLUTION NO. 88-
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF A
$20,000 BOND FOR THE CITY TREASURER/FINANCE DIRECTOR
BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Councill of the City of Mound, Min-
nesota, does hereby authorize the purchase.of a $20,000 bond for the City
Treasurer/Finance Director, John Norman, for 1988.
The foregoing resolution was moved by Councilmember
and seconded by Councilmember
The following Councilmembers voted in the affirmative:
The following Councilmembers voted in the negative:
Mayor
Attest: City Clerk
January 12, 1987
RESOLUTZON NO. 88-
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING Ti~SFER FROH THE GENERAL FUND
TO THE AREA FIRE SERVICE FUND
WHEREAS, Resolution #81-394 created a Special Revenue Fund called
the Area Fire Service Fund to account for operation of the Fire Department;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Mound entered into fire contracts with five
surrounding municipalities; and
._ WHEREAS, Mound's share of the total cost of fire service is
$156,085 for 1987; and
WHEREAS, $38,886 of Mound's share is provided by special tax
levies which are credited directly to the Fire Relief Fund and Fire Equipment
Certificate Fund; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that t.he City Council of the City
of Mound, Minnesota, does hereby transfer $117,199 from the General Fund to
the Area Fire Service Fund.
The foregoing resolution was moved by Councilmember
and seconded by Councilmember
The following Councilmembers voted in the affirmative:
The following Councilmembers voted in the negative:
Councilmember Johnson was absent and excused.
Mayor
Attest: City Clerk
January 12, 1988
RESOLUTION NO. 88-
RESOLUTION TOTRANSFER $23,947 FROH THE LIQUOR FUND
AND $23,947 FROH THE GENERAL FUND TO THE 1987
SEALCOAT PROJECT
WHEREAS, Resolution 182-46 approved the plans and specifications
for a five year sealcoating of the streets in Mound; and
WHEREAS, the 1987 Budget called for sealcoating expenses to be
funded equally between the Liquor Fund and the General Fund revenues; and
WHEREAS, The 1987 Sealcoat Project costs consist of the following:
Mc Combs $ .1,354
Mueller 11,076
Allied 35,334
Publishing 125
TOTAL $ .47,894
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Mound~ Minnesota, does hereby approve transfers of $23,947 each from the
Liquor Fund and the General Fund to the 1987 Sealcoat Project.
The foregoing resolution was moved by Councilmember
and seconded by Councilmember
The following Councilmembers voted in the affirmative:
The following Councilmembers voted in the negative:
Councilmember johnson was absent and excused.
Mayor
Attest: City Clerk
CITY of MOUND
MOUND; MINNESOTA 55364
(612) 472-1155
January 7, 1988
TO:
FROM:
RE:
ED SHUKLE, CITY MANAGER
JIM FACKLER, PARKS DIRECTOR
1988 SHORELINE PROTECTION PROJECT
The City of Mound engineer, John Cameron and myself have
inspected the:bid submitted by Widmer Brothers for the
1988 rip rapping' project on the Devon Commons.
We found that they have met all of the criteria set
forth in the bid proposal and recommend that the City
Council give their approval for Widmer Brothers to
commence work.
The project will cover 1,510 ln. ft. of shoreline at a
cost of $21,693.50.
JF:ls
An equal opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, or handicapped status
in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs and activities,
January 12, 1988
RESOLUTION NO. 88-
RESOLUTION TO AWARD THE BID FOR THE SHORELINE
PROTECTION & RIP-RAPPING PROJECT TO THE.LOW _
BIDDER, WIDHER BROTHERS, IN THE AHOUNT OF $21,693.50
WHEREAS, pursuant to an advertisement for bids (in the C. onstruc-
tion Bulletin and The Laker) for the Shoreline Protection & Rip-Rapping
Project, bids were received, opened and tabulated according to law on January
5, 1988, at 10:00 A.M. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, and the following
bids were received complying with the advertisement:
1. Barber Construction $ 30,800.00
2. D.H. Blattner & Sons $ 71,715.00
3. Contracting Services $ 21,741.00
4. Dock & Lift Service $ 29,995.00
5. Larson Excavating, Inc. $ 68,399.00
6. Minnetonka Portable Dredging $ 29,785.00
7. Northern N $ 23,499.00
8. Seacom $ 65,920.00
..9. Sunram Landscape $ 24,775.00
10. Widmer Brothers $ 21,693.50
WHEREAS, it appears that Widmer Brothers in the amount of
$21,293.50 is the lowest responsible bidder; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ~SOLVED that the City Council of the City
of MoUnd, Minnesota, does hereby award the bid for the Shoreline Protection &
Rip-Rapping Project to Widmer Brothers in the amount of $21,693.50.
The foregoing resolution was moved by Councilmember
and seconded by Councilmember
The following Councilmembers voted in the affirmative:
The following Councilmembers voted in the negative:
Councilmember johnson was absent and excused.
Mayor
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December 18, 1987
Ms. Jan Bertrand
Building Official
City of Mound
5341 Maywood Road
Mound, Minnesota 55364
Re:
Susan McQueen property at 5444 Tonkawood Road,
Mound, Minnesota
Dear Jan,
As per your request that the City commence hazardous
building proceedings for the demolition Of the buildings on the
McQueen property, I enclose my proposed City Council Order for
Demolition.
If you find this document to be in order, please submit it
to the City Council for approval. If the Council authorizes this
action, please have the Clerk sign six copies of the demolition
order. Five copies should be forwarded to me and the last copy
should be retained in your files.
If McQueen does not comply with the demolition order we will
petition the District Court for an order authorizing demolition
of the buildings. After demolition has been accomplished, we
will petition the Court for an order approving the City's costs
incurred in enforcing the City CoUncil demolition order, and
ultimately we will be submitting various special assessment
documents for purposes of collecting the City's expenses with the
real estate taxes.
Very truly yours,
WURST, PEARSON, LA~SON,
UNDERWOOD & MERTZ
Craig M. Mertz
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CITY OF MOUND
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDER FOR REMOVAL OF HAZARDOUS BUILDINGS
To: Susan J. McQueen a/k/a Suzanne J. McQueen, formerly known as.
Susan Jane Palesotti, and Mae McQueen.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City of Mound has
determined that the structures owned by you on the premises
described on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof,
are hazardous buildings as defined by the laws of the State of
Minnesota, said determination being based upon the following
facts:
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14)
15)
16)
severe unrepaired fire damage,
heating plant inoperable,
roof fire damaged,
basement blocks in poor condition with Cracked floor,
fire damaged windows with rotting sashes,
masonry chimney in poor condition,
load bearing walls in poor condition,
nonload bearing walls in fair condition,
interior wall surfaces water damaged and fire damaged,
storage shed is dilapidated with no floor and roofing
is approximately one-half (1/2) off,
storage shed doors are open to rodents and shed is full
of debris,
unsafe stairway to upper level of dwelling,
the buildings cannot be locked to prevent unauthorized
entry,
the dwelling is structurally unsound and floor members
are weak and missing due to fire damage,
second floor ceiling height does not meet code,
the buildings are unoccupied and unattended,
17)
the electrical wiring is fire damaged and the
electrical service is disconnected,
and
18) the premises are littered with debris.
Said buildings constitute a hazard to public safety because
of physical condition, dilapidation, dangers of fire, unsanitary
conditions, and inadequate maintenance.and that by reason of the
above facts, the buildings so situated on the above-described
premises constitute hazardous buildings within the meaning of
Minnesota Statutes Section 463.15 to 463.26.
THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that the above-described
premises and buildings be made safe and not hazardous to the
general public, welfare and safety by being razed within thirty
(30) days from the date of service of this order upon you, said
razing to include removal from the premises of all personal
property, fixtures and debris, the filling of all excavations to
grade with clean fill, disconnection of utilities, cutting sewer
and water lines at the curb, regrading~the premises to match
existing terrain, and the capping of any well and/or septic
system serving the subj.ect buildings in accordance with state
regulations.
Unless such corrective action is taken to comply with this
order within the time herein specified or an answer is served
upon the City Clerk within twenty (20) days from the date of the
service of this order upon you, a motion for summary enforcement
of this order will be made to the District Court of Hennepin
County and the costs of such enforcement, including without
limitation, the City's filing fees, service fees, attorney fees,
and witness fees shall become a lien against the real property on
which the subject structures are located.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Dated: By: ......
· Fran clark,' City. Clerk
5341 Maywood Road
Mound, Minnesota 55364
(612) 472-1155
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EXHIBIT A
Lots Fifty-Three (53), Fifty-Four (54), and Fifty-Five (55),
Block Three (3), Lakeside Park A.L.' Crocker's 1st Division,
according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office
of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE
CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN ORDER
FOR REMOVAL OF A HAZARDOUS BUILDING
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MOUND CITY COUNCIL:
The attached Order For Removal. Of A Hazardous Building
setsforth in detail the facts 'which determine that. the
structure is a hazardous building. The City Clerk is hereby
authorized and directed to execute said Order and shall work
with the City Attorney to s~rve said Order on all interested
parties.
A copy of said Order marked Exhibit A is attached hereto and
made a part of the resolution.
Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk
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CHECK LIST
HAZARDOUS .AND SUB-STANDARD BUILDINGS
An inspection form should be filled out relating to the premises.
This is necessary to show and state the specific substandard
portions and items relating to the structure which we want the
council to order repaired.. Pictures are helpful and should, be
taken if at all possible.
.The findings of the inspection report are incorporated in a
resolution to be presented for the council's consideration
calling for an enforcement order. Special attention should be
paid at this phase'of the proceedings to any questions relating
to personal property which may be on the. site, and if personal
property is on the site, the owners should be ordered to remove
it or it may be'necessary for the City to sell it'before it .can
proceed with the order.
Service of the council resolution and enforcement ord. erm. ust'be
made by personal service .on all of the following:
a. C~.~ne r ~
b. Tenants
c. Any lien holders. (The owner has 20 days to answer the
council' resolution. )
A copy of the resolution containing the enforcement order must
be filed, with the clerk of District Court at least five days
prior to the filing of a motion to enforce the order.
The City must file a notice of lis pend. ens with t~e County
Record~er or Registrar of Titles noting the pendency of these
proceedings ~escribing wi{h reasonable certainty the lands
affected and. the nature of the order. (If the City drops the
action, it shall withir~ ten days remove the notice of lis pendens.)
If the property owners or other interested, parties do not answer,
the City then brings on a motion before the District Court for
the enforcement of the council's ord. er. ~,~e then submit
affidavits and other data necessary for the court to enter its
order.
Contested cases are tried by the court under the rules of civil
procedure. The one ad. vantace is that the case has priority and
moves ahead of other cases on the calendar.
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C I'TY OW I~UND
7AEPORT OF INSPECTION ?£LATIVE TO HAZAREkQUS 2%ND DD~GEROUS .B_UILDING(S) AT
MOUND CITY OF MOUND
SITE ADDP~ESS 5444 Tonkawood Road
DATE 11-13-87
WHAT INSPECTED
PRINCIPAL USES
USE ZONE
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Fi re damaged house
Single family dwelling with §he~
R-I Single family FIRE ZONE N/A
Lots 53, 54 and 55, Block 3, A. L. Crocker's 1st Division~ Lakeside
Park; PID No. 13-117-24 32 0069
OWNER
Mae McQueen
ADDRESS
· OWNER
58~1 North 81st Street, Scottsdale, AZ
Suzanne Jane McQueen'
PHONE
ADDRESS
OCCU'PAN TS
3678 B Cry. Rd. 10E,..Cha§ka, MN. 55318
vacant
PHONE 448-7988
ADDRESS
HEIRS
Property is in probate,
PHONE
ADDPE.~S
GUA RDZ AJN
PHONE
ADDPZSS
L I EN - H OLDE P.S __
PHONE
ADDP~Ess
PHONE
CONSTPUCT/O-"~ OF BUILD-~NG Wood frame,'concrete block basement.
'. NO. OF STOPiES
2
TYPE OF HEA. TING PLANT Gas
r;,~HrF ~,..-.CHA~]r-AL EQ%'TD,.'£~,'T Not 'op. erable '
BUILDING INSPECTION
(HAZAPDOUS & DANGEROUS)
TRIC LIGHTING AND WIRING
CONDITION OF ABOVE
None - fire damaged and service disconnected.
KIND OF ROOF Wood with rolled and compm~ltlnn ~ph=!t.shlng!es
CONDITION OF ROOF 'Fi re d~maged - holes' ,oatehe~t
CONDITION OF BASEMENT Poor - blt~cks and floor cracked.
Poor - glass broken, fire damaged, some sash rotting.
CONDITION OF WINDOWS
ADEQUATE LIGHT AND AIR PROVIDED Okay
CONDITION OF' SILLS
Poor
CONDITION OF CHIMNEYS
ATTIC: HOW USED
CONDITION OF FOUNDATION WALL
CONDITION OF BEARING WALLS
DITION OF NON-BEARING WALLS
CONDITION OF EXTERIOR WALLS
?
CONDITION OF PLU~iBING
Masonry.chimney'poor condition with luminum liner ~k:_,y ~
See' basement.
Poor
Fal r
F~ir to poor
~ee below
CONDITION OF OTHER SANITARY FACILITIES ?
CONDITION OF COOKING EQUIPMENT FI redamao~ed.
MUNICIPAL WATER X WELL
CONDITION OF INTERIOR, LATH AND PLASTER, ETC.
TYPE D_ND CONDITION OF FIRE PROTECTION EQUIP~~tENT OR FACILITIES
ML~ ICIPAL SEWER X
Water damaqed and fire damag~rl
None
DI_~ENSION OF BUILDING
Unknown - appear to meet Zoning minimums.
SETBACKS , FRONT REAR
.SIDES
DISTANCE FRO~ OTHER BUILDINGS 20 feet +
RY, S IN GENE?J~-L The'building was extensively fire damaged Nov. 18. ]986..' Fir- ri~.n~rtrnen
imates $45,000; the appraised value in 1986 was $19,700.; it was virtually impossi.bJa to
around inside to determine how much the plumbing would be damaged, but all fixtures are in ~oo~
condition;~the storage shed is dilapidated with no floor~ roofing is approximately half off4
shed type doors are open to rodents and full'of debriS; unsafe stairway; low ceiling upstairs.
PAGE THREE
BUILDING INSPECTION
(HAZA.W/)OUS & D.~A]GEROUS)
LIST SEPARATELY ALL PEPJMITS ISSUED FOR BUILDING
BUILDING Rite Roofing & Bldrs. HEATING
HRA
PLUMB IN G
5970 - 82 New roofing and sheathing 82-107 ~?.b¥Or-'7'
1982 Minnetonka Electric installed 100 AMP electric service and circuits.
1982 Curt. B. Bee installed plumbing throughoUt for maintenance.
CONCLUSIONS: IS BUILDING A FIRE HAZARD? Yes ~HY !t is not secured from
vandals; boards and windows have Seen remOved,
IS BUILDING A HAZARD TO PUBLIC SAFETY? Yes WHY
unsound; floor members are weak and missing from the fire.
The building is structurally
IS BUILDING A HAZAP. D TO PUBLIC HEALTH No WHY _
RECOmmENDATION: CHECK OldIE
X -REPAIR (LIST ALL REAPIRS REQUIP-ED) New floor joists, new wall
portions, stairways to basement and upstairs, raise roof to 7 foot 6 inches minimum
ceiling height, support walls, wiring, plumbing and electric fixtures and circuits,
RE~.OVAL
WERE PHOTS TAKEN? No.
'IF .SO, ATTACH COPIES TO THE REPORT.
PAGE FOUR
BUILDING INSPECTION
(HAZAPDOUS & DANGEROUS)
OF ALL INSPECTORS WHO INSPECTED THE PREMISES AND FILED REPORTS:
Carol Sallstrom, Hennep.in County Planning and Development Office - prior to the fire;
Don Bryce, Fire Chief; Jan Bertrand, Building Official; Curt Ha§fors, Electrical
Inspector - prior to the fire.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BY
ATTOP~NEY REVIEW
ATTORNEY ACT ION
COb'N C IL HEARING
~IL ACTION
BUILDING POSTED
ORDER SERVED
TI¥~E FOR COMPLIANCE
HOW SERVED
DATE
DATE
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FILED WITH.CLERK OF COURT
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CRAIG M. MER~
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WURST, PEARSON, LARSON, UNDERWOOD & MERTZ
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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402
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November 17, 1987
Ms. 'Mae McQueen
5851 North 81st Street
Scottsdale, Arizona 85253
Re-
Fire .Damaged House at 5444 Tonkawood Road,
MoUnd, Minnesota
Dear Ms. McQueen:
This .office represents the City of Mound. The City .has
asked us .to commence-prpceedings for the destruction of the
above-referenCed house .and for assessment of the City's
demolition costs.
The building official, Jan Bertrand, called me and advised
me that you had requested copies of portions of my file on this.
I enclose the following items:
1. Inspection Report,
November 18, 1986 letter from Jan Bertrand addressed to
William McQueen.
If you wish to avoid demolition of the building and
assessment of costs, you must work out a clean-up agreement with
Jan Bertrand within 10-days of the date of this letter.
Very truly yours,
WURST, PEARSON, LARSON,
UNDERWOOD & MERTZ
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Craig M. Mertz
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COUNT~ OF HENNEPIN
UNIFORM CITATION NO. D~S~R~CI COURT
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agree to respond to this citation and understand t ~at if I lail to do $o within 7 days, increased
~enalties will be assessed and a warrant will l~e issued for my arrest. If a warrant is issued, a
penalty of $30 will be added to the fine,
)EFENDAN~S SIGNATURE
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CITY of MOUND
MOUND, MINNF$OTA 55364
November 18, 1986 (612) 472-1155
Mr, ~illiam McQueen:
4985 Minneapolis A~enue
Mound, MN. 55364
Rei 5444 Tonkawood Road, Mound, Minnesota
Dear Sir:
Our office is receiving complaints ~egarding your property at 5444
Tonkawood Boad in the City'of Mou~d.
You will need to remove all debris from the site and properly secure
the buildi.ng or remove, it within 48 hours as per Uniform Building
Code 2.03.
The openiggs-withln ten feet ~f grade shall be covered.with i/2 inch
exterior, grade plywood:secured with ga.lvanized 8d..box nails or equal,
The plyw6od shall' be accurately cut to.fo?m a snug ~it inside of the
openipg casings, and sill, The panels shall be securely installed by
nailing all edges with nail spacing.not to exceed 12 inch on.center,
All openings less than 4 feet by 8 feet shall be covered'with a single
piece of plywood,
YOU ARE [URTHER NOTIFIED that i.f you fail '~o comply with this order
before November 21, 1986, I will cause the accumulation of debris, etc.
to be.removed and secure the building to-eliminate the. hazardous condi-
tions and the cost thereof.will.be assessed against the aforesaid
· premises and collected, ln the:manner provided by said Code of Ordinances
'Section 60,50 - 60,52, inclusive,
! need to discuss with.you the necessary removal of the building within
ten (]0).days, The structure is substandard and in an unsafe condition'
under the provisions of'the State Building Code, Section 203. No Occu-
pancy' of the building wi]] be permitted until necessary repairs are
completed,
If ! can"be of any further:assistance or you have any question regarding
this compliance order, please call me.
Your~ truly__..
Jan Bertrand
Building Official
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Ms. Jan Bertl'and
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CITY OF MOUND
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Mound.,' Minnesob. 55364
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.. .~.lil:.:..-i .:, t~.ouse on
Tor:kawood, ar.,d has been deserted for :_--;everal rnont.hs. There is also a car
Parked out .front.,' wtli.ch his not been moved in rnont.hs..Every window in
tl'~e house has been broken, and i'm sure t.he place is a rea! haven I'or rodents
ar:d other animals. It. also appears tr,.~ be a threat to tY:e safety of ally children
· ,,,'.,:t:o may in:,'~.<tfo'::,f~ it as tJ-~ ::;tep'.:: appear ir> t::,s
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Minneapolis, Minnesota 55441
612/553-1950
FROM:
Date:
Subj:
City Council and Staff .,~/
Mark Koegler, City Planner
January 7, 1988
Proposed Amended Resolutions (87-679 & 87-680)
Enclosed, please find 2 resolutions pertaining to cases 87-679 and 87-680.
The purpose of these resolutions is to clarify that the City's intent in
approvinG each of these lot splits was to waive the subdivision requirements
found in Section 330 of the Mound Code of Ordinances. Approval of these
resoultions is recommended.
RESOLUTION NO. 88-
RESOLUTION SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION NO. 87-217 TO
CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
TO APPROVE A WAIVER OF SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 330:185 OF THE MOUND CODE OF
ORDINANCES FOR LOTS 5 AND 6 , BLOCK 13, THE HIGHLANDS;
PID# 23-117-24 31 0053; (P & Z CASE # 87-679)
WHEREAS, an application to waive the subdivision requirements
contained in Section 330 and under Chapter 462 of the Minnesota State
Statute and all proceedings have been duly conducted thereunder; and
WHEREAS, an application to waive the subdivision requirements
contained in Section 330 of the City Code has been filed with the City of
Mound; and
WHEREAS, said request for waiver has been reviewed by the Planning
Commission and the City Council; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that there are special
circumstances affecting said properties such that the strict application
of the ordinance would deprive the applicant of the reasonable use of his
land; and that the waiver is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment
of the substantial property rights; and that granting the waiver would not
be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to the other property
owner s.
'NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council, the City of
Mound, Minnesota; the request of the applicant for the waiver from the
provisions of Section 330 of the City Code and the request to convey the
property of less than 5 acres, described as follows: Lots 5 and 6, Block
13, The Highlands; PID # 23-117-24 31 0053.
A:
It is hereby granted to permit the conveyance in the following
manner as per Exhibit "A":
parcel A: The South 65 feet of Lots 5 and 6, Block 13,
The Highlands
Parcel B: Lots 5 and 6 except the South 65 feet, Block 13,
The Highlands.
B. Upon the further following conditions:
All utility service connedtions and easements shall be
reviewed by the City Engineer and his recommendations
followed as per his letter dated December 11, 1987.
2. Driveway and utility entrances from County Road 44
will require Hennepin County permit approval.
Ce
It is determined that the foregoing conveyance will constitute
a desirable and stable community development and it is in
harmony with adjacent properties.
RESOLUTION 88-
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The City Clerk is authorized to deliver a certified copy of
this re~olution to the applicant for filing in the Office of
the Registrar of Deeds, or the Registrar of Titles of
Henneptn County to show compliance with the subdivision
regulations of the City.
This lot conveyance is to be filed and recorded within 180
days of the adoption date of this resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 88-
RESOEUTION SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION NO. 87-218 TO
CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
TO APPROVE A WAIVER OF SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 330:185 OF THE MOUND CODE OF
ORDINANCES AND A VARIANCE OF LOT WIDTH FOR LOTS 40,
41, THE NORTH 1/2 FRONT AND REAR OF 42, WHIPPLE
SHORES; PID# 25-117-24 21 011 (5346 PIPER ROAD)
(P & Z CASE NO. 87-680 A & B)
WHEREAS, the conveyance of Lots 40, 41 and the North 1/2 front
and rear of 42, Whipple Shores has been submitted in the manner required
for plazting of land under the City of Mound Co'de of Ordinances, Section
330 and under Chapter 462 in the Minnesota State Statute and all proceedings
have been duly conducted thereunder; and
WHEREAS, an application to waive the subdivision requirements
contained in Section 330 of the City Code has been filed with the City of
Mound; and a lot width variance has been requested for the R-1 Single
Family Residential District; and
WHEREAS, said request for waiver has been reviewed by the Planning
Commission and the City Council;and
~EREAS, it has been determined that there are special circumstances
affecting said property such that the strict application of the ordinance
would deprive the applicant of the reasonable use of his land; and that the
waiver is ~ecessary for 'the preservation and enjoyment of the substantial
prdperty rights; and that granting the waiver would not be detrimental to
the public welfare or injurious to the other property owners.
NOW THEREEORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of
Mound, Minnesota; the request of the applicant for the waiver from the
provisions of Section 330 of the City Code, and lot width variance; Lots
40 and 41; the Northerly half of Lot 42 described as follows:
Beginning at the Northeasterly corner of said Lot 42; thence in a
Northwesterly direction along the Northerly line of the ~ot to the
shore of Lake Minnetonka; thence in a Southerly direction along the
shore of Lake Minnetonka to a point which is equally distant from the
Northwesterly and Southwesterly corners of the lot; thence in a
~outheasterly direction to a point in the Easterly line of said 16t
distant 15 feet from the Northeasterly and Southeasterly corners of
the lot; thence in a Northwesterly direction along the Easterly line
of said ~&t"to point of beginning. (Since the description does not
define clearly the Southerly line of said property, for purposes of
this survey, said line is assumed to be a straig-ht line drawn Westerly
from the midpoint of the Easterly line of said Lot 42 through an
existing iron marker distant 232.30 feet Westerly by the end of an
existing fence.)
A. It is hereby granted to allow waiver of subdivision requirements
and variance subject to the following conditions:
HEARING NOTICE
CITY OF MOUND
MOUND, MINNESOTA
NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED VACATION OF CERTAIN
PERPETUAL EASEMENT OVER PART OF LOTS 4 AND 10,
BLOCK 12, SETON
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City Council of the City of
Mound, Minnesota,wiill meet in;the Council Chambers, 5341 Maywood Road,
at 7.:30 P.M. on Tuesday, February 9, 1988, to consider the vacation of
the following desccibed easement:
A perpetual easement 10 feet in width for public sewer and other
utility purposes, including the right to open, 'lay out, construct,
maintain and service the same and the right to;remove trees, brush
and soll therefrom, over,.under and across Lots 4 and 10 In Block
12 of Seton,.according to the plat thereof on file and of record
in the office of the Registrar of Ti.tles in and for said county,
the centerline of said easement being the East. line of said. Lot 10.
'Such persons as desire to be heard with reference to the above will be
heard at this meeting.
F~an Clark, CMC, City Clerk
Publish in The Laker January 18, 1'988 & January 25, 1988
RESOLUTION 88-
Non-conforming portions of the garage and principal
structure on Lot A as shown on Exhibit 1 shall be
removed.
2. Property owners shall provide and record all necessary
utility easements.
3. Lot B will be assigned 1 park charge at the current
applicable amount, but not less than $300.
4. The applicant shall prepare and submit a new drawing
showing conforming lot width On Lot B and appropriate
5. This lot conveyance is to be filed and recorded within
180 days of the adoption date of this resolution.
6. If shed on Parcel B is below the flood plain, it must
be removed.
The City Clerk is authorized to deliver a certified copy of
this resolution to the applicant for filing in the Office of the
Registrar of Deeds, or the Registrar of Titles of Hennepin
County to show compliance with the subdivivision regulations
of the City.
For January 12, 1988 Council Meeting
January 7, 1988
GAMBLING LICENSE -- Class A (Bingo, Raffles, Paddlewheels, Tipboards,
Pull-tabs)
Renewal - New License Period 3-1-88 to 2-28-89
Our Lady of the Lake
2385 Commerce Blvd.
Mound, Minn. 55364
THIS APPLICATION WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE CHARITABLE GAMBLING CONTROL
BOARD AND IF APPROVED BY THE BOARD WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS FROM
THE DATE OF RECEIPT (12-30-87), UNLESS A RESOLUTION OF THE LOCAL GOVERN-
ING BODY IS PASSED WHICH SPECIFICALLY DISALLOWS SUCH ACTIVITY AND A COPY
OF THAT RESOLUTION IS RECEIVED BY THE CHARITABLE GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD
WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ABOVE DATE.
OTHER GAMBLING LICENSES IN MOUND ARE:
Class A - American Legion #398
Class B - Northwest Tonka Lions
AT: The Jock Club
VFW Post #5113
Page 2 -- January 12, 1988 Council Meeting
NEW LICENSE APPLICATION
Tree Removal - License Period 1-1-88 to 3-31-88
Eklunds Tree Service
4220 Co. Rd. 10 N.
Watertown Minn. 55388
BILLS ...... JANUARY 12, 1988
BATCH 7123
BATCH 7124
SuperAmerica Dec gasoline
Metro Waste Control Commission
Jan Sewer
Serv
56,662.50
59,131.89
633.71
25,263.01
TOTAL BI LLS
141,691.11
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VENDOR INVOICE DUE H(3.D
NO. INVOIL'E ~ DATE DATE (;TAll.~
ALI. ST~ FIFCTRIC
A0399
ASHCO
BO549
PF~E-PAID
1105188 1105188
V~ TOTAL
PRE-PAID
11O5188 1105188
VENI)DR TOTAL
PRE-PAID
1/05/88 1/05/88
PRE-PAID
1105188 1105188
PRE-PAID
1/05/88
BELLBOY CORFt]RATIDN VENDOR TOTAL
I)0580 PRE-PAID
1/05/88 11O5188
BILL CbqiU{ OIL CDi~P~Y ~ TDTAL
C(YT'y20 PRE'PAID
1/05/88 1/05/88
PRE-PAID
I/O5/88 1/O5/88
CITY OF MOUND VE]qI~]R TOTAL
C1001 PRE-PAID
I/O5/88 1/05/88
COM~ISSIONEB OF REVENUE VENDOR TOTAL
Dl152
'DAIN ~SW~TH, INC
D1211
~B~ IHD~SDN
D121'9
DELBERT RUDOLPH
PRE-PAID
1105188 1/05/88
VENDDR TOTAL
PRE-PAID
1/05/88 1/05/88
VENDDR TOTAL
PRE-PAID
1/05/88 1/05/88
VENDOR TOTAL
PURCHASE JOURNAL
CITY OF MDL)~
128.39
128.39
4,250.00
4~,.,0.00
1,364.83
1,666.8:1
1,666.81
2,802.39
2,802.39
5834.03
769.32
769.32
769.32
22.37
22.37
28.52
15.44
43.96
4,893.04
4,893.04
'27.00
27.OO
27.00
I35.00
2~.00
35.00
35.00
34. O0
34.OO
DESCRIPTION
PdEPAIR P~U< LOT
JFd~.-CD
d~Ui.-CD
LIQ
LIQ
JRNL-CD
LIQ
,JRM_-CD
REPLEN P/C
JRNL-CD
ORAL B(]ARJ)-P/C
SUFq:q. IES P/C
~-CD
NO~ SALES TAX
J~'IL-CD
ERR-BAL DUE WIPE
,.EU, L-CD
MICROFILM PESOLUTIDNS
MI~DFILM :1~3 REPORTS
JR~L-CD
~ C(]NTFtACT HDU~
JRNL-CD
01-4280-4200
1010
PRE-PAID
128.39
DATE 1/
TIME 10;:
27,°33 12/~
01-2300-OOO0
1010 42~.00 27908 12/1)
71-7100-9510 '.
1010 1364.83
71-7100-9510
I010 1666.81
27904 12/lj
27~18 12/Z
71-7100-9510
1010 2802.39 27924 12~
OI-I~.,O-O(XX)
1010 769.32
71-7100-2200
1010 22.37
43.96
01-4140-3110
01-4140-22OO
1010
48~.04
71-35~-0000
1010
27.00
84-1(790-0000
1010
385.00
01-4020-4260
01-4140-4260
I010
34.00
01-43~0-31OO
I010
27913 12/~
27905 12/L~
27~'7
27915 12/Y
27949 12~
27932
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VE]qlX]R
~.I~I~ HR
11O5188
PRE-PAID
11O5188
HOLO
STATUS
1/05/88 1/05/88
PRE-PAID
Ell PHILLIPS & SONS
G1870
GERALD BABI)
G1972
1/05188 11O5188
VENDO~ TOTAL
PRE-PAID
11O5188 11O5188
~.~lC~ TOTAL
PRE-PAID
11O5188 1/O5/88
PRE-PAID
1105/88 I/O5/88
GRIGGS COOPER & CO~Y ~ TOTAL
PURCHASE ,JOURNAL
CITY OF MOUND
AMOUNT DESCRIPTION
77.0~ LIQ
1.54- DISC
75.52 ,..IRJ~.-CD
276.~ LID
~6.52 WI~
10.83- DISC
732.37
739.74 LIQ
336.70 WI~
18.16- DISC
1,05.~.~ JPJ4.-CO
1866.17
277.20
SI.60
558.80
DABB-MILEAGE
FIRE]iEN-MI~
JRt~.-CD
1,103,89 LIQ
2~.70 WINE
75.50 MIX
27.72- DISC
11.25 FRT
1,369.62 JRNI.-CD
1,33%38 WI~
26.79- DISC
11.70 mT
1,324.29 JPJ(L-CD
2693.91
71-7100-9510
71-7100-95~0
I010
71-7100-~510
71-7100-9520
71-7100-9560
1010
71-7100-~10
71-7100-9520
71-7100-fro60
1010
22-4170-33~0
22-4170-3340
1010
71-7100-~510
71-7100-9520
71-7100-9~40
71-7100-f~0
71-7100-9600'
1010
71-7100-9520
71-7100-9560
71-7100-9600
1010
~1,50 PRE-PAID 256.50 PfU)P TAX 01-4320-5310
1/05/88 1/05/88 2~J.50 JRI~.-CD 1010
4.94 BAL DUE PROP TAX
4.94 JF~.-CD
261.44
69.40 DEF COMP SHALE 12/12PR
69.40 JRNL-CD
69.40 DEF CD~-5~ 12/26PR
69.40 ~RNL-CD
138.80
)L~)( CO TREASU~iER
PRE-PAID
1/05/88 1/05/88
VEI~I~]R TOTAL
FlUE-PAID
1/05/88 1/05/88
PRE-PAID
1105188 1105188
I2301
ICMA RETIRemENT CORP VENDOR TOTAL
J2579 FIUE-PAID
65~.~ LIQ
1,151.98 WI~
25.27- DISC'
1,815.96 JRiI_-CD
01-4320-5310
1010
01-4040-1400
1010
01-4040-1400
1010
71-7100-9510
71-7100-9520
71-7100-9560
1010
PRE-PAID
A. MDU~
75.52
732.37
1369.62.
1324.29
4.94
69.40
69.40
1815.96
DAlE 1/05/
TIME I0.20.
CI-ECK
CHE~ ) DATE
27922 12/21/
27925 12/22/
27947 12/29/
27952 12/30/
27919 12/21,
27945 12/~,
27914 12/17
27~o6 12/30
279O9 12/17
27955 12/31
279~ 12/2~
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PURCHASE
CITY DF HDUNI)
AHDUNT DESCRIPTION
JOURNAL
A~ N~
~ATE 1/0.
TI~ 10.2~
PRE-PAIl) CHE::
PR~-PAID
1/05/88
dDHNSON BROS WHOLESALE LI* VENDOR TOTAL
PRE-PAID
1/05188 11O5188
~ PA~ET~ CDII~Y VENDOR TDT~
~121 F~E-PAIB
!/05/88 !/05/88
I'~NARD'$ ~ TOTAL
I'13320 Ft~-PAID
1/05/88
lin DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY VENITJR TOTAL
I'I3370 PRE-PAIl)
U05/88 U05/88
tin POLLUTION CONTROL AGENC VENI)DR TOTAL
!~3520 FI~E-PAID
1/05/88 1/05/88
~-PAID
1/05/88 1/05/88
MDUN1) PDSTliAST~ VENI)OR TOTAL
F.'~, 50 PR-PAID
1,665.57 LIQ
613.96 WIG
29.4b- DISC
2,240.07 JR,-CD
133.20 BAGS
1~.20 JRNL-CD
I~.20
180.00 IST Ail) KIT8
1~.00 ~-CI)
180.~
3.00 DUPL LIC PLAT
3.00 JPJ~L -CI)
3.00
60.00 REGISTR-KIVISTD-PPD
60.00 ~-CD
55.80 Fl~STG-Wll~ Bills
~.80 PDSTS-WTR BIll8
111.60
25.94 FEF~JENI~ Fq3STAC~E
~.~ ~tJENI~ POSTAJ3E ~T~
17.~ ~I~ F~T~
.66 ~I~ ~T~E ~T~
90.18 ~ISH ~T~
5.59 ~I~ ~T~
10.~ ~I~ ~ST~
24.~6 ~I~ ~T~E
~.~ ~I~ ~T~
67.~3 ~I~ ~T~E HE~
54.~ ~I~ ~STA~
~.~ ~4I~ ~ST~E
67. ~
4.52 ~I~ FQST~E
12.~ ~ISH ~T~E
~.21 P~TA~-SECT 8
2.~ ~I~ ~TA~
3,~ ~t~I~ ~ST~E
17.~- ~LENISH F~TA~
600.00 ~-CD
711.&O
I04,~ PE~ 12/l~R
71-7100-~510
71-7100-~20
71-7100-~-'~:,0
1010
71-7100-2200
1010
22-4170-2270
1010
01-4140-4100
1010
78-1285-0000
1010
7~-7300-3210
78-7800-3210
1010
01-4070-3210
01-4020-3210
01-(~0-3210
01-40~0-3210
01-40~0-3210
22-4170-3210
71-7100-~10
01-43~-~10
01-4350-2210
01-4190-3210
73-7300-~10
78-7800-~10
01-41~-~I0
01-4280-~0
01-4270-~10
01-41~0-~I0
01-4030-~10
66-6000-~I0
01-43~-2110
I010
73-7300-1440
2240.07 2?946 12/~.
1~.20 2795~) 12/21
180.00 27~17 12/2;
3.00 27912 12/11
~.~ 27926 12/Z
111.~ 27~16 12/2
600.00 279;'9
P/~E 4
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PURCHASE JOURNAL
CITY OF ~
RTE 1/05,,
TIME 10.20,
DESCRIPTION
PRE-PAID [;~
1/05/88 1/05/88
151.59 PERA 12/12PR
93.41 PERA 12/12PR
365.78 PERA 12/12PR
84.73 PERA 12/12PR
1,829.~ PERA 12/12PR
49.84 PERA 12/12PR
63.32 PERA 12/12F~
143.59 PEP~ 12/12PR
4&.87 PERA 12/12PR
2,~'~3.2~ ,.IRll.-CO
78-7800-144~
71-7100-1440
01-4280-1440
01-419O-1440
01-4140-1440
01-4290-1440
01-4040-1440
01-40~-1440
01-4340-1440
1010
2933.29 27910 12/171
nE-PAID
1/05/88 1/05/88
100.22 PERA 12/28PR
188.06 PE~A I2/26PR
107.56 PERA 12/26PR
332.74 PERA 12/26PR
87.01 PERA 12/26F~
1,893.36 PERA 12/26PR
46.54 PER~ 12/26PR
63.3'2 PERA 12/26~
143.58 PtERA 12/26PR
46.87 ~ 12/2~R
3,009.26
73-7300-1440
78-7800-1440
71-7100-1440
01-4280-1440
01-4190-1440
01-414.0-1440
01-425'0-1440
01-4040-1440
01-4090-1440
01-4340-1444)
1010
3(X)9.26 27~ 12/31,
PERA
VENDDR TOTAL 5942.55
F~KE-PAID
1/05/88 1/05/88
1,020.14
805.66
28.48-
1,797.32
LIQ
WINE
DISC
dR~I.-CD
71-7100-~510
71-7100-9520'
71-7100-9560
1010
1797.32 27921 12/21,
PR]E-PAID 340.75
3.43-
1/05/88 1105188 337.32
WINE
DI~
~NI.-CD
71-7100-~2O
71-7100-9560
1010
~7.32 27948 12/29
QL~qLITY WINE & SPIRITS VE]qIX]R TOTAL 2134.~
R4200 PRE-PAID 27.15 1987 BAL DUE 01-4140-3610
1/05/88 1/05/88 27.15 JPJ~.-CD 1010
'27.15 27950 12/30
R L YOUNG[~AHL &' ASS~]CIATES VENDOR TOTAL
27.15
S45~ F~UE-PAID
1/05/88 1/05/88
175.~ FICA 12/l~R
25,5.04 FICA 12/12PR
157.15 FI~ 12/1~
362.11 FI~ 12/l~R
142.56 FI~ 12/12PR
8.3.05 FICA 12/12PR
?.23,~ FI~ 12/12PR
241.54 FICA 12/1~R
83.98 FICA 12/1~R
78.~ FICA 12/12F1~
4.35 FICA-ME]) 12/12PR
28.87 FICA-NED 12/12PR
7.98 FICA-MED 12/12~
1,844,~2 dP~CD
73-7300-1440
78-7800-1440
71-7100-1440
01-4280-1440
01-4190-1440
01-429O-1440
01-4040-1440
01-409O-1440
01-4140-1440
01-4340-1440
01-4020-1440
01-4140-1440
71-7100-1440
1010
1844.~ 27911 12/1l
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PURCHASE JOURNAL
CITY OF ~
bATE 1/~
TIMiE 10.2C
NO. INVOI~ {~MBR {)ATE I)ATE ~TATU~
AMOUNT I)E~f~tlPTION
PRE-PAID CHEC
PRE-PAID
1/05/88 1/05/88
l&8.&O FICA 12/26PR
316.39 FICA 12/26PR
180.95 FICA 12/26PR
335.70 FICA 12/26PR
146.38 FICA 12/26PR
78.29 FICA 12/26PR
216,20 FICA 12/26PR
241,54 FICA 12/26PR
84,~0 FICA 12/26PR
78.86 FICA 12/26PR
28.4B FICA-HED 12/26PR
10,43 FICA-HEI) 12/26PR
1,B36.72 JiU4.-CD
73-7300-1440
78-78(X)-1440
71-7100-1440
01-4280-1440
01-4190-1440
01-42~1440
01-4040-1440
01-4090-1440
01-4140-1440
01-4340-1440
01-4140-1440
71-7100-1A40
1010
188~.72
27~54 12/3
STATE BA. Nt<OF MOUND
VENDOR TOTAL 3731.64
94510 PRE-PAID 44.~ CODE BOOKS 01-4140-3510
1/05/88 1/05/88 44.50 JRNL-CD 1010
27921 12/~
STATE DF MN-I)DCUMENTS VENDO~ TOTAL
44.50
S4540 PRE-PAID 15.00 EXAM FEE-KIVISTD-PPD 78-1285-0000
1/05/88 1/03/88 15,00 dP, NI.-CD 1010
15.00
27927 12/2
STATE TRF_AJSURER ~ TOTAL
W5520 PRE-PAID
1/O5/8B 1/o5/B8
15.00
8.00 CHAM3ER MTO
8.00 CHAMBER MTG
8.00 CHAJ~ER M'[6
' 24.00 ,,I~tL-CD
01-4140-4120
01-4~)40-4120
01-40~)-4120
1010
24.00
27~ 12/1
WESTD{~<A CHAMBER OF COMHER VENDO~ TOTAL
24.00
Z6044 PRE-PAID ~.34 REFLIN~-PARTIAL-WINE PEP, MIT
1/05/88 1/05/88 33.34 JFd,{L-CO
01-3111-0000
1010
33.34
27907 12/I
D'¥INCI'8 VENDOR TOTAL
Z6045 PRE-PAID 450.00 1987 OFFICERS PAY 22-4170-1370
1/05/88 1/05/88 4.50.00 JRNL-CD 1010
450.00
ALVIN DPITZ VF. NIOR TOTAL 450.00
' Z6046 PRE-PAID 350.00
1/05/88 1/05/$'8 350.00
1987 OFFICEF-d3 PAY
JiUI.-CD
22-4170-1370
1010
50.00
279'~ 12/;
MIF_J'i~L:I. SAVAGE ~ TOTAL 350.0<)
Z6047 PRE-PAID 350.00 1987 OFFICERS PAY ~-4170-1370
1/05/88 1/05/88 350.00 JR)i-CD 1010
27~ 12~
~qEGORY JO~_~ON
VE~ TOTAL
350.00
Z6,048
PRE-PAID
1/05/88
1/05/88
300.00 1987 OFFICERS PAY
300.00 JRNL-CD
22-4170-1370
lOlO
~0.00
27~7 12/;
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VENDOR INVOICE fide HOLD
ND. INVOICE NMBR DATE DATE STATUS
DWAYNE PLATZ~ VENDOR TOTAL
Z6049 PRE-PAID
1/05/88 1/05/88
BARRY PALM VE]tDD~ TOTAL
Z6050 PRE-PAIl)
1/05/88 1/05/88
LARRY HEITZ VENIE)R TOTAL
16O51 PRE-PAIO
1/05/88 1/05/88
DAVID BOYD VEND~ TOTAL
Z6052 PRE-PAIl)
1/05/88 1/05/88
JD)~ BEAUCHAMP VENDOR TOTAL
Z6053 PRE-PAIO
1/05/88 1/05/88
sTEVE ERICKSDN VENDOR TOTAL
Z60S4 PRE-PAIO
1/05/88 1/05/88
DAVIl) CARLSON VENDOR TOTAL
PRE-PAID
1/05/88 1/05/88
TEO STALLMAN VEN[~3R TOTAL
Z60~ PRE-PAID
1/05/88 1/05/88
B & l) IJNDE~G~'DL~ VENDOR TOTAL
.Z60b'7 PRE-PAID
1/05/88 1/O5/88
EUGENE BERENT VENFJDR TOTAL
TOTAL ALL VENDORS
PURCHASE JOURNAL
CITY DF MDUNI)
AMOVNT DESCRIPTION
300.00
300.00 1987 OFFICERS PAY
300.00 1987 DFFICEtFj PAY
300.00 ,J~.-CD
300.00 1987 OFFICERS PAY
200.00 1987 OFFICERS PAY
200.00
200.00 1987 OFFICERS PAY
200.O0 JRNL-CI)
20O.00 1987 OFFICERS PAY
200.00 JRbE.-CI)
200.00 1987 OFFICERS PAY
14,479.09 REFUND-BURTON ESCROW
14,479.09
14479.0~
25.52 REF1JND-OVE~PDWTR BILL
5.01 REFU~I)-DVERPI) WTR BILL
30.53
30.53
56,662.50
22-4170-1370
1010
22-4170-1370
1010
22-4170-1370
I010
22-4170-1370
1010
22-4170-1370
1010
22-4170-1370
1010
22-4170-1370
1010
01-2300-0967
I010
73-3740-O000
78-3740-0000
1010
DATE 1/00/
TIlE 10.20.
PRE-PAID CHE~
~ CLEO( J DATE
3OO.OO 27~'J8 12/29~
3OO.0O 27939 12/29,
300.0O 27940 12/29~
200.00 27941 12/29~
200.0O 27942 12/29,
200.00 27943 12/29.
200.00 27944 12/29
14479.09 271~23 12/21
30.53 27951 12/3C
PAGE 1
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INVOICE DUE HOLD
ND. INVOICE II~BR I)ATE ))ATE STATUS
AOO60
AOISO
AL GE~DI_I) WELglNG
BO600
BLACKDWIAK AND ~N
B0640
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
VB~DDR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
BOTTLING SERVICES INC--BSI VENDOR TOTAL
B0660
B~MAN DISTRIBUTION
B0680
BRA[FDF~ ROY
B0730
BRYAN RI3CK F~DDUCTS
CO,.,°,ZO
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/,.~ 1/07/88
VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
VE'NDD~ TOTAL
1/07/~ 1/07/88
PURCHASE ,JOURNAL
CITY DF ~
AMDUNT DESCRIPTION
&8.96 OFFICE SUPPLIEE;
200.27 CHAIR MATS OFFICE SUPPLIES
162.27 VCR STANI}-DFFICE SUPPLIES
14.93 OFFICE SUPPLlES
15.91 OFFICE SUPPLIES
16.92 OFFICE SUPPLIES
6.78 OFFICE SUPPLIES
91.96 CHAIR MAT--OFFICE SUPPLIES
91.96 CHAIR MAT--OFFICE SUPPLIES
1.93 OFFICE SUPPLIES
671.89 JRt~.-CD
671.89
50.00 TIRE & I~EEL
60,00 RUBBER BELT
110.00 JR)'~.-CD
110.00
45.25 DEC GARBAGE
45.25 JRNL-CD
45.25
27.50 DEC MIX
27.50 JI~L-CD
27.50
118.43 PARTS
118.43 JRNL-CD
118.43
7.00 TRAFFIC MTG
7.00 JF~,L-CD
447.33 DEC E13CK
447.33 J~NL-CD
447.33
1,023.27 DEC SALT
1,023.27 JR[i-CD
CARGILL SALT DIVISION VENDOR TOTAL 1023.27
CF~70 96.72 AD FOR BIDS
1/07/88 1/07/88 96.72 JRt~_-CD
CHAPIN PUBLISHING CD VENDOR TOTAL 96.72
C0725 40.00 USE DF TRASH PU~
ACCOUNT NL~R
01-4O40-21O0
01-4090-2100
01-4140-21O0
01-4190-2100
01-4340-2100
01-4280-2100
71-7100-2100
73-7300-2100
78-7800-2100
01-4070-2100
01-4340-2300
01-4280-2310
2040
71-7100-3950
2O40
71-7100-95A0
01-4290-~I0
L'~O
01-4140-4120
2O4O
73-7300-2340
2O4O
01-42E~)-2340
2O4O
01-4;~,0-3510
2040
78-7800-42O0
TIME
D'ECK I ~;
P,~E 2
~-C02-01
VENDO~ INVOI~ ~ HOLD
NO, INVOICE NMBR DATE DATE STATUS
1/07/881/07/88
CITY OF SPRING PARK VENDOR TOTAL
C~3~
1/07/88 1/07/88
L'I~Y'S S~'ETY EQUIP INC VEI~I~ TOTAL
C0940
1/07/88 1/07/88
CLE~N STEP RENTAL VE~)R TOTAL
C0%0
CDAST TO I~ST
C0970
COLA ~O'l'rLI N~
C1020
CONCEPT'MICROFILM
C1'024
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDOR TOTAL
i/o7/88 ~/o7/88
VF_J~OR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/E~
VENDOR TOTAL
1107188 1107/88
CD~(IE L SILLERUD, DUM VENDOR TOTAL
'C1090
COPY EQUIPMENT INC
CliO0
COPY DLPLICATING PRODUCTS
DI170
DAKOTA RAIL INC
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDD~ TOTAL
1/07/~ 1/07/88
UENDDR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDO~ TOTAL
PURCHASE JOURNAL
CITY DF MOUND
AMi]LmNT IESCRIPTIDN
40.00 JR~L-CD
40.00
215.00 li. DVES
215.00 JP~L-CD
215.00
25.30 DEC RUG RENT
43.35 DEC RUG RE]f[
68.65 JRNL-CD
4.41 DEC SUPPLIES
19.66 DEC SUPFtlES
143.46 DEC SUPPLIES
98.74 DEC SUPPLIES
31.23 DEC SUPPLIES
59.27 DEC SUPPLIES
6.79 DEC SUPPLIES
363.56 JRM.-CD
309.70 DEC MIX
3O9.70 dP, M_-CD
309.70
63.93 MIC~I]FICHE FILM
63.93 JRNLoCO
35.00 EYE EXAM:REX
35.00 JRNL-CD
585.00 PLANIMETER
55C5.00 JRNLoCD
585.00
16.80 COPIER MAIN'[
16.80 JRNL-CD
16.80
459.75 ~ LEASE TO 1/15/88
153.25 RR LEASE TO 1/15/~'
613.00 JRt~-CD
613.00
22-4170-2200
2O40
01-4320-4210
71-7100-4210
2O40
40-6000-22(X)
78-7800-2200
78-7800-23~
22-4170-22(X)
73-7300:22(X)
01-4320-2200
01-4340-2200
2040
71-7100-9540
2040
01-4020-4260
2040
01-4140-4100
01-1285-0000
73 -7300-3950
2O4O
40-12b.5-0000
01-1285-0000
2d)40
PRE-PAID
DATE 1/05
TIME 15.30.
CFED
CHECK ~ DA'H
~mm mmmmm
PACE 3 PURCHA SE JOURNAL DATE 1/07
AP-C02-01 CITY OF ~DUND TI~ 15,3~
VE)4DOR INVOI~ DUE HOLD PRE-PAID
NO. INVOICE ~R DATE DATE STATUS AJ'K1)NT DESCRIPTION ACCOUNT NU)'BER AMOUNT CHECK
Dl1~0 ~8.70 METER~ 73-7300-2300
1/07/88 1/07/88 258.70 JR~.-CD 2040
DAVIE~ WATER EQUIPMENT UENDDR TOTAL ~8.70
D1200 3,404.62 DEC BEER 71-7100-S530
1/07/88 1/07/88 3,404,62 JFU~.-CD 2040
DAY DISTRIIIFFING CD VENIX)R TOTAL 3404.62 ..
~1211 150.00 MICROFILM RESOLUTIONS 01-~020-4260
150.00 JRNL-CD 2O40
D~ ~
D1240
DEPENDABLE SERVICES
D1280
1/07/88 1/07/88
VF_NDDR TOTAL
1/07/Gl 1107188
VB~OR TOTAL
15<),00
47.00 DEC GdEU)AGE 01-4320-2750
47.00 ,.II~.-CD ~
47,00
1/07/88 1/07/88
DICTAPHONE VENDOR TOTAL ~,00
90.00 88 KAINT 01-1285-0000
90.00 JRNq.-CI) ~40
D12<)1 120.00 SH IEI_[E; 01-4140-22(X)
1107188 1/07/88 120.00 ,.EUi.-CD 2040
DIVERSIFIE]) ARTS CD.ANY
D1320
VENDOR TOTAL 120.00
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDOR TOTAL
D(]NA~ BRYCE
Ei420
413.00 DEC CHIEF 22-4170-1370
413,00 JRNL-CD 2040
413.00
1/07/88 1/07/88
EAST SIDE BEVERAGE ~VENDOR TOTAL 384.75
3,584.75 DEC BEER 71-7100-9S30
3,~4.75 JR~.-CD 2040
F1641 I64.40 DEC MIX 71-7100-9540
1/07/88 1/07/88 164,40 ~NL-CD 2040
VD~DOR TOTAL 164.40
1/07/88 1/07/e~
FI_AHERTY'S HAPPY TYME
F1690
59.~ DEC MIX 71-7100-7540
213.42 DEC MISC 71-7100-51~0
273.35 JRNL-CD 2040
FC~JR STAR BAR SUPPLY VENDDR TOTAL 273.?~
F1720 12r2.00
1/07/88 1/07/88 ~32,00
FRANk MADDEN ~ AS~C VENDOR TOTAL 1C~.C)O
RESEARCH 01-43~-4100
JRhL-CD 2040
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VENOOR Ik~OICE DUE HOL~
NO. INVOICE ~BR DATE DATE STATUS
PURCHASE
CITY DF MDUNO
JOURNAL
AJiDL~,FF ~S~RIPTI~ ~ ~
PRE-PAID
AMOUNT
DATE 1/07,
,TIME 15.30.
OlEO
CHECK ! DATE
Gl801
~ST MFG CORP
Gl810 ·
GAYLE BURNS
01870
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENI)D(~ TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
GERALD BABB VENDOR TOTAL
H2020
1/07/88 1/07/88
HAF'PY'S POTATO CHIPS VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
· H$~tM(]N GLASS VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
HECKSEL MACHINE SHOP VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/°,,8 1/07/88
HENN CD DEPT DF PROPERTY T VENODR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
HENN CD SHERIFFS DF. PT VENDOR TOTAL
. ~160
1/07/~ 1/07/88
HENN CD TREA~RER .VENDOR TOTAL
I2311
1/07/88 1/07/88
IML - OHIO STATE L~4IVERSIT VENDOR TOTAL
I'..x'~O
1/07/88 1/07/88
INTERNATL CD~FRNC BLDG DF* VENDOR TOTAL
4.79 FRT-SIGN MACHINE REPAIR O1-4~L)-23&O
4,79 JRNL-CI) 20¢0
4.79
7.08 MILEAGE 01-4090-3240
%08 JR~L-CO 2040
7.08
208.37 DEC ~/~U:JHALL 22-4170-1370
208.37 JP, NL-CO 204.0
208.37
b"7.~ DEC MISC 71-7100-~
57.33 ,~L-CD 2040
57.33
167.27 REFLACE WINDSHLD-~ CiClF~ 01-4140-~10
167.27 JRNL-CD : 2040
167.27
1~.~ STEE'l.-(12 01-43~0-2300
I~.50 JRI4.-CD 2040
153.50
11.06 POSTAL VERIF 01-4060-3210
11.06 JRNL-CD 2040
11.06
68.77 NOV B~,ING FEE 01-4110-4~
68.77 JRII_-CO i 2040
68.77
516.00 NOV PRISONER BOARD 01-4110-4250
516.00 JRNL-CD 2CuPO
516.00
58.86 TRAINING BOOKS 22-4170-~%280
58.86 JR~I.-CD 2040
~ Ot
14.35 HAI~BODK 01-4190-4170
14.35 JRNL-CD 2040
14.35
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INVOICE DUE HOLD
ND. INVOICE NM~R DATE DATE STATUS
12370
1/07/88 1/07/88
INTERNATL CITY MG~T ASSN VENDOR TOTAL
12400
1/07/88 1/07/88
ISLAND PARK, 5T~l-l]_l.Y VENDOR TOT6L
1/07/88 1/07/88
JANET ~ERTRAND VENDDR TDTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
JOHN EWALD I I I VENDOR TOTAL
J620
1/07/88 1/07/88
JUDITH A FISHER VENDOR TOTAl.
LCx~IO
1/07/88 1/07/88
LAND EQUIPMENT INC YENDDR TOTAL
L2'Y21
1/07/88 1/07/88
LDREN KDHI~N UENDDR TOTAL
L2740
1/07/88 1/07/88
LUTZ TREE SERVICE VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/~ 1/07/88
MARK VII DISTRIBUTOR UE)IDDR TOTAL
M3060
1/07/88 1/07/88
MARTIN:S NAYARRE 66 YENDDR TOTAL
PURCHASE JOURNAL
CITY OF ~
45.75
45,75
45,75
25,00
18,00
47,43
161.30
70,~5
S~Z2,68
322,68
15.00
15.00
15.00
60.00
60,00
21.30
11.32
32,62.
32.62
245.38
245.38
245.38
840. O0
840. O0
840.00
3,780.00
450.00
4,230.00
4~0.00
7,~8.00
7,098.00
7098. O0
20.00
20.00
20.00
DESCRIPTION
BOOKS
JRNL-CD
TOW
RESLRF~ IU]TORS
CHOKE RELAY
SI]II]NOlO
ALIGN-ENGI~ ANALYSIS
MTG EXP
~NL-CI}
REPAIR GLASSES
JRhL-CD
CSI TRAINING
dRNL-CD
FILTEF?J-TI~
JRNL-CO
DEC INSPECTIONS
JRb&-CD
T~.E REMOVALS
FF._MOVE TREE-NORTHEF~) RD
dRIlL-CD
DEC BEER
JRNL-CD
SERVICE CALL
JRI~.-CD
01-4140-3510
73-7300-42O0
01-4140-3810
01-4140-3810
01-414.0-3810
01-4140-3810
2O40
01-4190-4120
2040
01-4140-2240
2040
01-4090-3340
01-409~-4110
2O40
01-4340-3820
204O
01-4190-3100
01-4340-5110
78-7800-4200
7!-7100-7530
2040
01-4140-4240
~40
~-PAID
AMOU~
DATE
TIME 15,3C
PAGE
¢~-C02-01
PURCHASE JOURNAL
CITY DF MDUND
~TE 1/07/
TIME 15,~0.
VENDOR I~DICE [aJE HOLD
ND. INVOICE N)'tBR DATE DATE STATUS
AMOUNT DESCRIPTION
PRE-PAID D-ECP.
ACC(TiNT ~ AMOUNT CHECK t DATE
I~',kn,69
1/07/88 1107188
20.00 START CAR
20.00 .JRNL-CD
01-4140-4240
~TT'S AUTO ~RVICE
VENDOR TOTAL
20.00
405.03 OXYGEN BDXS
405.03 JRNL-CD
01-414O-5000
2040
MEdIC, AL OXYGEN & E~IPMENT VENDOR TOTAL
M3150
1/07/~ 1/07/88
METRO FONE COItMUNICATIONS VENDOR TOTAL
405.03
29.85
29.85
29.85
JAN PAGE~ RENT
JRNL-CD
01-12"85-0000
2O4O
M3240
MINN COMM
1/07/88 1/07/88
UE)IDOR TOTAL
45.00 88 MAINI'
45.00 88 M, AINT
90.00 JRNL-CD
90.00
73-1~-0000
78-1285-0000
MII~EGASCO
· 1/07/88 1107/88
VEN9OR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
203.71 DEC GAS
305.59 DEC GAS
218.22 DEC GAS
727.52 JRlt-CD
727.52.
322.65 RESERVE BEh~IT DINNER
32'2.65 JRNL-CD
01-4280-3720
73-7300-3720
78 -7800-3720
2O4O
01-414O-2200
2O4O
MINNETO~A MIST VENDOR TOTAL 322.65
~89 30.30 CLEANER
1/07/88 1/07/88 ~.~ JRNL-CD
I'~ C~WAY FIRE & SAFE'FY VE~OR TOTAL 30.~
~470 44.20 WATER SABLES
1/07/88 1/07/~ 44,20 JRNL-CD
22-4170-2270
204O
73-7300-3100
2O4O
.MN VALLEY TESTING LABOP. ATO VENDOR TOTAL
M3490
1/07/88 1/07/88
44.20
3,929.75 DEC SALARIES
6~.50 DEC DRILLS
1,000.00 DEC MAINT
5,~?~.25 J~.-CD
22-4170-1390
22-4170-1380
22-4170-3190
2040
MOUND FIRE DEPARTMENT
VENDOR TOTAL
55~.25
299.08 DEC ELECTRICITY
61.6,3 DEC FIECTRICITY
370X~ DEC ELECTRICITY
307,76~ DEC ELECTRICITY
187.~ DEC ELECTRICITY
1,026.~9 DEC ELECTRICITY
01-4280-3710
01-4340-3710
01-~320-3710
71-7100-3710
22-4170-3710
73-7300-3710
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VEN~O~ INVOICE ~UE HOLD
NO. IN'~ICE NM~R RTE RTE STATUS
1/07/88 1/07/88
NORTHERN STATES POWER CO VENDOR TOTAL
P4000
1/07188 1107/88
PEPSI COLA/TUP BOi'[LING VENDOR TOTAL
P4040
PITNEYB~SI~
P4~60
1/07/88
1/07/88
VE]~OR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
~A DISTRIBUTING CO VENK)DR TOTAL
P4090
1/07/88 1/07/88
POWER BRAKE EQUIPMENT CO VENDOR TOTAL
P4113
1/07/88 1/07/88
PUMP & METER SERVICE INC VENDOR TOTAL
R4249
ROAD RESCLmE INC
R4258
RD~T CLUEVER
'R4~O
RDNALD MA~CHk'E
R4290
RON'S ICE COMPANY
R4310
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENIX]R TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDOR TOTAL
ROYAL ~:OWN B~'ERAGE
PURCHASE JOURNAL
CITY DF ~
1,344,81
3,597.40
3597.40
~SQ:~IPTI~
DEC ELECTRICITY
328.25 DEC MIX
328.~ JR]t-CD
328.25
268.00
364.75
364.75
2,84-4.~ DEC BEER
2,844.30
2844.30
262.50 POLAR F~]WER
262.50 ,JRhl.-CD
262.50
23.78 SWIVEL
23.78 dF~IL-CI)
23.78
329.16
3~29.16
329.16
376.75
9.96
386.71
386.71
150.00 DEC ASST CHIEF
150.00 ~NL-CI)
150.~
101.80 DEC I~
101.80 JRNL-CD
101.80
114.40 DEC-MIX
114.40 ~NL-CD
114.40
1 QTR POSTG MTR RENT
88 MAIL MACH MAINT
JRM.-CO
1ST AID SUPFU_IES
dR)i-CO
VIDEO T~E COONCIL MT~
MATERIALS
JPJ~.-CD
78-7800-8710
2O4O
71-7100-9540
2O4O
01-I~-0000
01-1285-0000
2O4O
71-71~-9530
2O40
01-42~-2250
204O
o1- 2 o-23oo'
01-41~-2270
01-~030-$100
OI-40~-~'~(X)
2O4O
22-4170-1370
2O40
71-7100-~J0
204O
71-7100-9.~0
2O40
PRE-PAID
AMOUNT
~TE 1/~"
TIME 15.J:i
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~ INVOICE ~ HOLD
NO. INVOICE NMBR DATE DATE STATUS
PURCHASE
CITY OF MOUND
AMOUNT DESCRIPTION
JOURNAL
PRE-PAIO
AMOUNT
DATE 1/07j
lIME 15.30,
R4315
RUSTIQUE DECORATING
S4430
STATE BANK, OF
S4590
S~ ELECTRIC CO
S4600
S~IEICHER'$
S46~0
SUPER CYCLE
T4770
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/~ 1/07/88
VENgOR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
I'HDRPE DISTRIBUTING CD VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/,.~
I~IFTY SNYDER DRUG NO4
T&o60
TOIqI-GTONE PIZZA
VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
YEN[OR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/~
T4700
TD~Q( ~ COUN~FRY FOODS V~DDR TOTAL
T4980
1/07/88 1/07/88
60.48 PAINT
60.48 JRNL-CD
60.48
130.85 DOG LIC APPL
130.85 J~.-CD
130.85
4.25 10-11-12 WATER STUBS
4.2~ 10-11-12 WATER STUBS
8.50 JR,-CD
8.~0
152.00 REPAIR UG SPLICE
152.00 ~-~l. -CO
152.00
108.75 MOUTH BAF~IER
108,75 JR~.-CO
108.75
1,050.00 DEC SERVICES
1,050.00 dRNL-CD
1050.00
7,393.65 DEC BEER
~0.50 JAN BEE~
7,964.15 dFC-CD
7964.15
42.78 PICTURES
88.87 FILM
131.65 JRNL-CO
131.65
28.00 DEC MISC
28.00 JRNL-CD
28.00
46.86 TOWELS-TISSUE
46.86 d~NL-CD
46.86
24.12 DEC MIX
24.12 JR~.-CD
22-4170-2200
2O4O
01-4140-2200
2O4O
73-7300-3210
78-7800-3210
2O4O
01-4280-4200
2O40
01-4140-2200
2040
01-4270-4200
71-7100-9530
71-1285-0000
22-4170-2200
01-4140-2100
71-7100-9550
2O40
22-4170-2200
2040
71-7100-~,.~0
2O4O
CITY OF MDUND
ND. I~OICE NI~dR OAT DATE STATUS
~IN CITY HD~ ~I~ ~
U5050
UNIFORMS UNLIMITED
V5190
VENI)OR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENI)OR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/1~)
24.12
120.00
72.00
504.00
696,00
I)ESCRIPTI~
LIVE TRAP
UNIFDRtI-~
N~ CONSULT-I.I_.
NOV CONSULT-CDDDON
NOV CONSULT
dRNL-CI)
01-414O-2200
01-4140-224O
2O40
01-4190-3100
01-4190-3100
01-4190-3100
2O4O
VANEK]P, EN-~ZARI)-STALLINGS ~,~ENIX]R TOTAL 696.00
~24O
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENI)OR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
~TER PRODUCTS CDfiP~Y VE]qD[ff~ 'TOTAL
~.38 HOSE-~IL ASSEHB
65.38
61.~ PIPE DOPE
61.~ JRNL-CD
61.~
2O4O
73-7300-2300
2O4O
1/07/88 1/07/88
01-41q30-2310
2O4O
WAYZATA AUI'O SE)~VI~ VENDOR TOTAL
W5550
WESTDNI.CA FIRESTD~ VE]IDDR TOTAL
21.00
21,00
21.00
REPLACE VALVE STEM
J~NL -CD
01-4280-2310
2O4O
WS560
1/07/88 1/07/88
28.00 SOFTSOAP
4.14 DIST WATER
3.38 SPDDNSWAllER
17.94 SALT
53.46 JRNL-CD
01-4320-2200
OI-4040-2'Z(X)
01-4020-~00
78-7800-2200
2O4O
~STDN)~ FOODS
VE-ND~ TOTAL
53.46
W~80
1/07/88 1/07/88
66.00 DEC GARBAGE
66.00 ,JRlt-CD
01-4340-3750
2O40
b,ESTDN)CA ~NITATIDN
VENDOR TOTAL
66.00
1/07/88 1/07/88
243.75 DENBIGH
243,75 JRNL-CD
73-7300-4200
204O
WIDER IN'C
VEND(IR TOTAL 243.75
WT670
1/07/88 1/07/88
110.00 JACKET-HYLA,~
1 I0.00 JRkL-CD
01-4140-~40
2040
7¢
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WILLIAMS STORE INC
~490
WM ~ l~ & SONS
X5750
XEROX CORPORATION
Z5850
ZAO('S INC
ZS$70
ZIEGLER INC
TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDDR TOTAL
1/07/~ 1/07/88
VENDO~ TOTAL
1107/88 1107188
VENDOR TOTAL
1/07/88 1/07/88
VENDOR TOTAL
1107188 1107188
VENDOR TOTAL
TOTAL ALL VEN[~]RS
PURCHASE JOURNAL
CITY DF MOUND
A,MDUNT DESCRIPTIDt
110.00
530.90 CONC~t-TE SA~
1,896.06 BUO(SHOT-SEALCDAT
2,426.96 .JR~-CD
2426.96
1,174.00 DEC PROSECUTION
1,174.00 JRHL-CD
1174.00
170.47 dAN PYMl'-5600
401,47 ,J~NL-CI)
401.47
47.80 SUPPLIES
61.85 CHAIN-HOOKS
109.65 ,.RNL-CD
109.~5
113.79' FILTERS
113.79 J~-CD
113.79
59,131.89
A~COUNT ~
01-4280-2340
27-58(X)-234O
204O
01-4110-3120
2O4O
01-4320-3800
01-1285-0000
01-42~0-2250
73-7300-2200
01-4~d0-2310
PRE-PAID
AmOtkr[
DATE 1/07,
lI~ 15.30,
LEN HARRELL
Chief of Police
MOUND POLICE
5341 Maywood Road
Mound, MN 55364
Telephone 472-3711
Dispatch 544-9511
EMERGENCY 911
TO:'
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Ed Shukle, City Manager
Len Harrell, Chief of Police
Monthly Report for December, 1987
II.
STATISTICS
The police department responded to 522 calls for service during the month
of December. There were 27 Part~I offenses reported. Those offenses
included 2 criminal sexual conduct, 4 burglaries, 17 larcenies, and 3 vehicle
thefts.
There were 51 Part II offenses reported. Those offenses included 5 child
abuse/neglect, 11 criminal damage to property, 1NSF/forgerychecks, 1 liquor
law, 7 DWI's, 2 simple assaults, 2 domestic'asSaults' 6 harassment com-
plaints, 5 runaway/incorrigibility, andl0 public peace.
'The patrol division issued~268 aduIt citations~and '16 juvenile citations.
The~268 adult citations included 154 parking violations. An additional 75
warnings were issued during the month. . .
Three adults were arrested in felony situations and four juveniles. There
were 13 adults arrested for misdemeanorsand six juveniles arrested for
misdemeanors.
The department assisted in eight personal injury accidents and 11 property
damage accidents. There were 28 medical emergencies and 67 animal complaints.
Surrounding agencies requested mutual aid assistance 20 times during the
month.
Property valued at $13,299 was stolen during December; $5,504 worth of
proPerty was recovered.
INVESTIGATION
Sgt. Hudson investigated 10 child protection matters in the month of
December. Those 10 cases accounted for almost 60 hours of investigative
time. Other cases investigated included possession, of stolen property,
burglary, snowmobile theft, auto theft, arson, worthless check, assault,
larceny, and a liquor background.
Off. Truax received recognition for his work in recovering two stolen snow-
mobiles and the arrest of two juveniles for the thefts. Officer Truax also
linked a third theft to his suspects and closed a case for a neighboring
agency.
There were nine formal complaints issued in December. The complaints
included 2 individuals charged with criminal damage to property (gross
misdemeanor) and DWI, 1 assault, I barking dog, 2 driving after suspension,
and 2 DWI's. An additional complaint was issued charging on two counts
criminal sexual conduct in the first degree against an individual charged
earlier with criminal sexual conduct. The case involves an adult male and
an additional elementary school age victim.
III. MANPOWER
Officer Steve Grand has been assigned to the position of investigator
effective January 11, 1988. Off. Grand achieved the high score in both
the written test and oral board. Off. Grand will be working with the
schools to develop a drug prevention program and crime prevention programs
with the children. Off. Grand will also be responsible for assisting in
child protection matters and other investigations as needed.
Off. Huggett continues to work with a field training officer and appears to
be progressing nicely. It is expected that he will be ready to assume a
shift on his own in four to six weeks.
Officers used eight days of comp-time, seventeen holidays, four sick days,
and ten vacation days in December.
IV.
There was an above average amount of overtime due to the Christmas and
New Years holiday. Officers also earned overtime for several court appear-
ances, late breaking cases, and covering for si~k officers.·
TRAINING
Officers attended trainings in emergency medical response, hazardous
materials, achieving excellence in law enforcement, pursuit driving, human
relations, and firearms. These schools accounted for 205 hours of training
time.
In addition, five reserve officers accompanied officers to driving school
and attended the one day session.
V. POLICE RESERVES
The reserves donated 323.5 hours to the department and community in
December. The unit consists of 10 active members and one member on a
leave of absence.
The reserves assisted in three transports, two dances, and eight hockey
games. Officers rode with regulars a total of 120 hours.
PART I CRIMF~ o ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ADULT.
Homicide
Cfi ~1 Sexual Conduct 2
Robbery
Assault 1 1
Burglary 4 1 1 1
Larceny 17 1 1
Vehicle Theft 3 1 1
~rson 1
TOTAL 27 2 5 ., 3
PART II CRIMF~' .
Child Abuse/Neglect 5 2 2
ForRer¥/NSF Checks 2 .
Criminal Damage to Property 11 2 1
Weapons
Narcotic Laws
Liquor Laws 1 1
DW~-- 7 7 6
Simp--re Assault 2 '2 1
Domestic Assault 2 1 I 2 2
Domestics (No Assault)
Harassment ' 6' 3
Runaway/Incorrigibility/Truancy 5 1 3
Public Peace 10 1 2 5 5
All Other O~fenses
TOTAL 51 6 12 19 .13
PART IIIi&~PART IV
Property Damage Accidents 11
Personal Injury Accidents 8
Fatal Accidents 0
Medicals 28
Animal Complaints 67
Mutual Aid 20
0 _ General Investi ations ~_~_388 ....
TOTAL 522
TOTAL ACTIVITIES 600 6 14 24 16
POLICE/CRIME ACTIVITY REPORT
MONTH January YEAR 1987
GENERAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY THIS THIS YEAR LAST YEAR
MONTH TO DATE TO DATE
Hazardous Citations 82 1,172 1 ;'561
Non-Hazardous Citations 17 519 668
Hazardous Warninms 42 417 685
Non-Hazardous Warnings 37 868 1,311
Verbal WarninRs 66 858 -
"~ 154 497 738
Parking Citations
7 104 127
DWI
OVER . 10 6 75 96
Property Damage Accidents 11 99 96
Personal Injury Accidents 8 36 29
Fatal Accidents 0 0 0
Adult Felony Arrests 3 44' . . 52
Adult Misdemeanor Arrests 14 281 447
Adult Misdemeanor Citations 15 86 97
4 59 50
Juvenile Felony Arrests
Juvenile Misdemeanor Arrests 6 120 175
Juvenile Misdemeanor Citations 3 50 58
Part I Offenses 27. 374 363
Part II Offenses 51 770 866
.Medicals 28 218 168
Animal Complaints 67 1,128 1,205
Other Public Contacts 388 5,442 5,043
.... ' ..... 1,036 13,317 13,849
TOTAL
29 521 777
Assists
27 520 527
Follow-Ups
City , -- MOU~rD Month DEC~V~BER 19 87
CITATIONS
ADULT
I or OUi
More than .10~ BAC
Careless/Reckless Driving
Driving After Susp. or Rev.
Open Bottle
Speeding
49
No DL or Expired DL i
Restriction on DL 1
Improper, Expired, or No Plates 12
Illegal Passing I
Stop Sign Violations
7
Failure to Yield
Equipment Violations
H&R Leaving the Scene
No Insurance 5
llegal or Unsafe Turn 1
the Centerline '
Park,lng.ViolationS 154
Crosswalk 4
Do9 Ordinances
Derelict Autos
MisCellaneous Tags 4
TOTALS' j 268'
WARNINGS
N° Insurance'
JUV
1
I
6
3
2
16
12 2
Traffic 25 2
Equipment 26 2
,Crosswalk
Animals 3
Trash/Derelict Autos
Other 3
J 69 6
TOTAL
I
ARRESTS
Felony
Misdemeanor
PROPERTY LOSS/RECOVERY SUMMARY
B i kes
ITEM
Snowmobiles
Boats, Motors', Trailers
Clothing
Currency, Notes, Etc.
Jewelry g. Precious Metals
Guns
Home Furnishings
Radio & Electr6nic Equipment
Vehicles $ Vehicle Equipment
Miscellaneous
TOTAL
STOLEN
$ 4,100
25
3,762
:19
2,295
868
2,230
$13,299
RECOVERED
$ 215
4,100
19
3OO
7OO
170
$5,504
MOUND POLICE RESERVES
MONTHLY HOURS
MONTH~c. YEARner?
OFFICER
'l
~ ~. ~ll ~1[~,~ ~t¥ /~l~ ~1/~~ ~ ~ TOTALS
ACT I V I TY
EMERGENCY
C~LL
OUT
RESERVE SQUAD ,/.~
~OMMUN ITY SERVICES :~.~ ~' ~'
I
HOCKEY/FOOTBALL GAMES
INSTRUCTION X .
RIDE ALONGS
ADMINISTRATIVE
MONTHLY MEETING
ACTIVITYS FOR MONTH
2 Dances at Community Services
St. Cloud Driving School
8 Hockey Games
3 Transports
OFFICERS
R5 thompson,Sgt. R16 Niccum
R6 Hawks, Sgt. R17 ~anthei
Rll Romaln RI9 Nelson
R12 Smith R23 Vogel
R13 Meiwissen R24 Stahlbusch
R14 Svoboda ^--
LEN HARRELL
Chief of Police
OFFICER
R. Hawks
J. Manthei
R. Meuwissen
D. Niccum
S. Smith
C. Stahlbusch
D. Thompson
R. Vogel.
AMT.
MOUND
MOUND POLICE
5341 Maywood Road Telephone 472-3711
Mound, MN 55364 Dispatch 544-9511
EMERGENCY 911
POLICE RESERVES
SEVERENCE
DECEMBER 1987
DEPOSITED
6.50
39.00
6.50
13.00
1'3. OO
19.5o
6.50'
BALANCE
242.00
90.OO
32.50
160.00
45.5O
46.O0
343.00
330.00
TOTALS
lO4.0o
989.00
RUM: 6-JAN-88
CF$03
IMARY ISN'S ONLY!
~CIlVITY CODES:
NO
ALL
ACT
CODE ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
09000
09001
09002
09004
09008
09012
09014
09015
'016
09018
09019
09020
09022
SPEEDING
J-SPEEDING
NO D/L, EXPIRED D/L
RESTRICTED D/L
ILLEGAL PASSING
OPEN BOTTLE
STOP SIGN
J-STOP SIGN
FAILURE TO YIELD
EQUIPMENT VIOLATION
J-EQIPMENT VIOLATION
CARELESS/RECKLESS
EXHIBITION DRIVING
09023 J-EXHIBITION DRIVING
09024
09030
09051
OSlOO
09140
09200
1210
09211
09220
ILLEGAL/UNSAFE TURNS
CROSSWALK VIOLATION
J-ALLOWING INCOMPETENT TO DRV
PARKING/ALL OTHER
ND PARKING/WINTER HOURS
DAS/DAR/DAC
PLATES/NO-IMPROPER-EXPIRED
J-PLATES/NO-EXPIRED-)MPROPER
NO INSURANCE/PROOF OF
INSTALLATION NAME -- MOUND POLICE DEPARTMENT
ENFORS
CALLS FOR SERVIC~
ACTIVITY ANALYSIS BY PATROL AREA
12/OI/B'/ THRU 12/31/87
........... PATROL AREAS ...........
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
14 13 .. 11 9
I 4 I
1
I 2 4
I I I
1
4 I
I I
3
!
I I 9 2
I1 8 45 15
2 I 2
I I 2 6
2 I
l
55
2
I 4
PAGE
TOTAL
49
I
1
1
7
3
1
6
2
l
3
1
4
1
14
140
5
12
3
5
RUN: 6-JAN-88
CFS03
PRIMARY ISN'S ONLT~
ACTIVITY CODES:
NO
ALL
INSTALLATION NAME -- MOUND POLICE DEPARTMENT
! I ! ! !
ENFORS
CALLS FOR SERVICE
ACTIVITY ANALYSIS BY PAIROL AREA
]2/01/B? THRU 12/3I/BI
PAGE
ACT
COOE ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
........... PATROL AREAS ...........
lO 20 30 40 50 60 10 BO 90 TOTAL
09240 CHANGE OF DOMICILE
09301 LOST PERSONS
09312 FOUND ANIMALS
09313 FOUND PROPERTY
09314 FOUND VEHICLES
09430 PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENTS
09440 H/R PERSONAL INJURY ACC.
09450 PROPERTY DANAGE ACCIDENTS
09451 H/R PROPERTY DAMAGE ACC.
09562 CAT BITES
09563 DOG AT LARGE
09565 DOG LICENSE
09730 NEDICALS
09750 FIRES
09800 ALL OTHER/UNCLASSIFIED
09801 DOMESTIC/NO ASSAULT
09900 ALL HCCP CASES
'09904 OPEN DOOR
09930 HANDGUN APPLICATION
09935 LIQUOR BACKGROUND
09945 SUSPICIOUS PERSON
09980 WARRANTS
09990 HISC. VIOLATIONS
2 5
3 2
3
1
1
I I 3
1
I 2 4
I
3
2
6
1
1
1
9
3
6
28
2
6
S
4
1
CFS03
INARY ISN'S ONLY?
ACTIVITY CODES:
NO
ALL
INSTALLATION NANE -- MOUND POLICE DEPARTMENT
! I I I f I
ENFORS
CALLS FOR SERVICE
ACTIVITY ANALYSIS BY PATROL AREA
17/ol/8'/ THRU I2/31/87
PAGE
ACT
CODE ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
........... PATROL AREAS ...........
10 20 30 40 50 60 lO BO 90 TOTAL
09992
09993
09994
A535I
A5352
A5354
A5502
16D
B)43D
B3434
B)164
I3060
J3500
L3031
L7017
M5350
M2701
~3050
~3070
MUTUAL AID/BIO0
MUTUAL AID/6500
MUTUAt AID/ ALL OTHER
ASLT 5-1NFLICTS ATTEMPTS HRM-HANDS-ADLT-FAN
ASLT 5-INFLICTS ATTEMPTS HRM-HANDS-ADLT-ACQ
ASLT 5-1NFLICTS ATTEMPTS HRM-HANDS-CHLD-FAM
ASLT 5-THRT BODItY HARM-UNK WEAP-ADtT-ACQ
BURG i-OCC RES FRC-U-UNK WEAP-UNK ACT
BURG 3-UNOCC RES NO FRC-D-UNK WEAP-UNK ACT
BURG 3-UNOCC RES NO FRC-D-UNK WEAP-COM THEFT
BURG 3-UNOCC NRES FRC-N-UNK WEAP-COM THEFT
CRIM AGNST FAM-MS-NEGLECT OF A CHILD
TRAFFIC-GM-DRIVE UNDER INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR
TRAF-ACCID-GM-AGGRAVATEO VIOLATION
TRAF-ACCID-MS-DRIVE UNDER INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR
CSC 2-UNK ACT-GUARDIAN-UNDER 13-F
CSC 4-UNK ACT-SPOUSE-18 OLDER-F
LIQUOR - POSSESSING
RUNAWAY
FALSELY IMPERSONATING ANOTHER
DISTURB PEACE-MS-DISORDERLY CONDUCT
D{STURB PEACE-MS-VAGRANCY
DISTURB PEACE-MS-PUBLIC NUISANCE
I I 1
I
I 1
1
I I
2
I
.1
i
1
3
3
3
1
I
1
I
I
I
3
RUN: G-JAN-88
C~S03
PRIMARY ISN'S ONLY)
ACTIVITY CODES:
NO
ALL
INSTALLATION NAME -- MOUND POLICE DEPARTMENT
ENFORS
CALLS FOR SERVICE
ACTIVITY ANALYSIS BY PATROL AREA
1210~187 THRU ~213~187
ACT
CODE ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
........... PATROL AREAS ...........
lO 20 30 40 50 60 lO 80 90
N3170
N3190
03602
P]I20
Q3205
DISTURB PEACE-MS-WIRETAPE-BUG
DISTURB PEACE-MS-HARRASSING COMMUNICATIONS
OBSENITY-MS-INDECENT-EXPOSURE-TO ADULT
PROP DAMAGE-MS-PRIVATE-UNK INTENT
PROP DAMAGE-MS-PUBLIC-UNK INTENT
PROP OAMAGE-MS-BUSINESS-UNK INTENT
STLN PROP-HS-POSSESS-UNK PROP-$250 LESS
T2159 THEFT-$251-$2500-FE-FRM MOTOR VEHiCLE-OTH PROP
T4021 THEFT-S250 LESS-MS-FRM BUILDING-MONEY
T4029
T4059
T406l
T4099
T4159
U3016
U3286
V1'024
V2024
W3120
Z3110
THEFT-$250 LESS-MS-FRM BUILDING-OTN PROP
THEFT-$250 LESS-MS-FRM YARDS-OTN PROP
THEFT-$250. LESS-MS-FRM MAIL-MONEY
THEFT-$250 LESS-MS-FRM SELF SRV GAS-OTH PROP
THEFT-$250 LESS-MS-FRM MOTOR VEHICLE-OTH PROP
THEFT-MS-BY CHECK-S250 LESS
THEFT-MS-SHOPLIFlING-$250 LESS
VEH THEFT-FE-OVER 2500-SNOWMOBILE
VEH THEFT-FE-$251-$2500-AUTO
VEH THEFT-FE-251-2500-SNOWHOBILE
WEAPONS-MS-DISCHARGE-PISTOL-NO CHAR
SEX RELTD-MS-SOL)CII-PROST-UNK AGE
1
2
PAGE
TOTAL
3
6
1
1
I
!
1
i
4
I
6.
2
!
I
1
REPORT
TOTALS:
86 54 121 87 It0 7 9 I
415
RUN: 1-JAN-B8 INSTALLATION NAME -- NOUND POLICE DEPARTMENT PAGE' I
OFFOI ' ' ° ° ' °
ISN'SONLY! NO E NFORS
DiSPOSiTION CODES: ALL
ACTIVITY CODES: ALL OFFENSE ACTIVITY BY DISPOSITION
GRID: ALL 12/01/87 THRU 12/31/B1
/ ................OFFENSES CLEARED ................. /
ACTIVITY CODE/ OFFENSES ACTUAL .... BY ARREST .... BY TOTAL PENCE,..
DESCRIPTION REPORTED UNFOUNDED OFFENSES PENDING ADULT JUVENILE EXCEPTION CLEARED CLEARED
A5)51
ASLT 5-INFLICTS ATTEHPTS HRM-HANDS-ADLT-FAM
A5352 1
ASLI 5'INFLICTS ATTEMPTS HRM-HANDS-ADLT-ACQ
A5354 2
ASLT 5-1NFLICTS ATTEMPTS HRM-HANOS-CHLO-FAN
A5502 l
ASLT 5-THRT BODILY HARM-UNK WEAP-ADLT-ACQ
I
I-OCC RES FRC-U-UNK WEAP-UNK ACT
B3430 1
BURG 3-UNOCC RES NO FRC-O-UNK WEAP-UNK ACT
B3434 1
BURG 3-UNOCC RES NO FRC-D-UNK WEAP-COM THEFT
B3164 1
BURG 3-UNOCC NRES FRC-N-UNK WEAP-COM TNEFT
13060 3
CRIN' AGNST FAN-MS-NEGLECT OF A CHILD
JZSO0 3
TRAFFIC-GM-DRIVE UNDER INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR
J2700
TRAFrACCID-GM-AGGRAVATEO VIOLATION
J3500 3
TRAF-ACCID-MS-DR)VE UNDER INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR
L3031 l 2-UNK ACT-GUARDIAN-UNDER 13-F
CSC 4-UNK ACT-SPOUSE-18 OLDER-F
M4104
LIQUOR - POSSESSING
I 0 I
I 0 '1
0 2 0 0 2 lO0.O
0 0 0 0 0 .0
0 0 0 I I 100.0
0 0 0 I I 100.0
0 0 0 I I 100.0
i 0 0 ' 0 0 .0
I 0 0 0 0 .0
0 I 0 0 I 100.0
I 0 0 I I 50.0
0 2 I 0 3 100.0
0 I 0 0 I I00.0
0 3 - 0 0 3 100.0
I 0 0 0 0 .O
I 0 0 0 0 .0
0 0 I 0 !
100.0
RUN: 1-JAN-SD INSTALLATION NAME -- MOUND POLICE DEPARTMENT PAGE 2
OFFOI
PRIMARY ISN'S ONLY? NO E N F 0 R S
DISPOSITION CODES: ALL
ACTIVITY CODES: ALL OFFENSE ACTIVITY BY DISPOSITION
GRID: ALL 12/01/87 THRU 12/31/87
/ ................OFFENSES CLEARED ................. /
ACTIVITY CODE/ OFFENSES ACTUAL .... BY ARREST .... BY TOTAL PENCE,..
DESCRIPTION REPORTED UNFOUNDED OFFENSES PENDING ADULT JUVENILE EXCEPTION CLEAREO CLEARED
M5350
RUNAWAY
M7701 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0
FALSELY IMPERSONATING ANOTHER
N3030
DISTURB PEACE-MS-DISORDERLY CONDUCT
I 0 I 0 0 0 I I 100.0
N3050 I 0 I 0 0 0 I I I00.0
DISTURB PEACE-MS-VAGRANCY
N3070 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 lO0.O
DISTURB PEACE-MS-PUBLIC NUISANCE
N3170 3 I 2 0 2 0 0 2 100.0
DISTURB PEACE-MS-WIRETAPE-BUG
N3190 6
DISTURB PEACE-MS-HARRASSING COMMUNICATIONS
03602 1
OBSENITY-MS-INDECENT:EXPOSURE-TO ADULT
0 6 5 0 0 I .1 16.6
0 I I 0 0 0 0 .0
P31iO 9 0 9 1 0 0 2 2 22.2
PROP DANAGE-MS-PRIVATE-UNK INTENT
P3120 I 0 I 0 0 I 0 ! 100.0
PROP OAMAGE-MS-PUBLIC-UNK INTENT
I 0 i I 0 0 0 0 .0
I 0 I 0 0 : 0 I I !00.0
P3130
· PROP DAMAGE-MS-BUSINESS-UNK INTENT
Q3205
STLN PROP-MS-POSSESS-UNK PROP-S250 LESS
T2159 i
THEFT-$251-$2500-FE-FRM MOTOR VEH]CLE-OTH PROP
0 I I 0 0 0 0 .0
T4029
THEFT-S250 LESS-MS-FRM BU)LDING-OTH PROP
I 0 I I 0 0 0 0 .0
T4021
THEFT-$2§O LESS-MS-FRM BUILDING-MONEY
I 0 I I 0 0 0 0 .0
mm
RUN: 7-JAN-88
INSTALLATION NANE -- MOUND POLICE DEPARTMENT
PAGE- 3
OFFOi
ISN'S ONLY) NO E N F 0 R S
DISPOSITION CODES: ALL
ACTIVITY CODES: ALt OFFENSE ACTIVITY BY DISPOSITION
GRID: ALL t2/01/87 THRU 12/31/81
/ ................OFFENSES CLEARED ................. /
ACIIVIIY CODE/ OFFENSES ACTUAL .... BY ARREST .... BY IOIAL PERCEL.
DESCRIPIION REPORTED UNFOUNDED OFFENSES PENDING ADULT JUVENILE EXCEPTION CLEARED CLEARED
T4059
THEFT-S250 LESS-~S-FRK YARDS-OTH PROP
4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 .0
T4061 I 0 i ! 0 0 0 O .0
THEFT-S250 LESS-~S-FRK ~AIL-~ONEY
T4099 2
THEFT-t250 LESS-HS-FR~ SELF SRV GAS-OTH PROP
T4159 6
THEFT-S250 LESS-HS-FRH HOTOR VEHICLE-OTH PROP
0 2 Z 0 0 0 0 .0
0 6 6 0 0 0 0 .0
U3016 2 0 2- 0 ' O' 0 .2 2 I00.0
CHECK-S250 LESS
U3286 I 0 I 0
T~EFT-~S-SHOPLIFTING-$250 LESS
0 1' . . '0 I 100.0
V1024 I 0 I I 0 0 0 0 .0
VEH THEFT-FE-OVER 2500-SNOWMOBILE
V202l I 0 I I 0 0 0 0 .0
VEH THEFT-FE-$251-$2500-AUTO
V2024 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 0 I 100.0
VEH .THEFT-FE-251-2500-SNOWMOBILE
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0
W)I20
WEAPONS-~S-DISCHARGE-PISTOL-NO CHAR
I 0 I I 0 0 0 0 .0
SEX.RELTD-~S-SOLICIT-PROST-UNK AGE
TOTALS - 78 4 74 39 15 ? 13 35 47.2
75 YEARS
CITY OF MOUND
5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND, MN 55364 (612) 472-1155
january
TO:
FROM:
RE:
4, 1 988
ED SHUKLE, CITY MANAGER
GENERAL COMMENT
In December, a lot of time was spent on preparation for the Black
Lake Dredge; rip rapping project and the 1988 capital outlay
purchases to be made for the parks maintenance equipment and
playground equipment.
We.are still looking into the joint sum~er playground programming
with We~tonka Community Services.
COMMONS DOCK
The mailing of dock permit renewals was done on December BOth.
All permit holders from 1987 will receive an application form, a
LMCD fee description form and a general information update. The
renewals are due back before March 1st and accepted through March
with a late fee. Any renewal applications received in April will
not be processed. All open dock sites (those not renewed) are
re-issued to new applicants, on a first come first serve basis,
beginning January 4, 1988. This process is quite time consuming
due to the amount of information that has to be reviewed on each
application.
TREE REMOVAL
We had trees trimmed of dead, wood and low branches at Clover
Circle Park, Three Points Park, Depot and Waterside. Only one
tree was removed at the end of Galaway Road. Three stumps were
removed from Brighton Boulevard and one on Bluebird Lane.
Only one tree complaint was registered and th-at was processed as
a hazardous removal to the property owner.
PARKS
The weather has not been good for the making of ice rinks.
Currently, we have begun the flooding of small rinks at Clover
Circle Park, Three Points Park, Highland Park and Doone Park.
JF:ls
TO: City Manager, Members of the City Council and Staff
FROM: 3an Bertrand, Building Official
SUBJECT: December, 1987 bionthly Report
May all of us in the Planning/Inspection Department wish you and yours a very
Happy New Year! We have had one Planning Commission Board of Appeals meeting
on December 14, 1987. I have attended two City Council meetings on December
8th and 22nd. Marge has attended the Park Commission meeting. There were
21 working days in December and two holidays. I have taken eight vacation
days; Marge has had some minor surgery which required some time away for sick
leave. We plan to be in full force during January.
The following inspections were conducted during the month of December:
~Site~Inspections
Footing Inspections
Framing Inspections
-'24
Insulation Inspections
Drywall Inspections
Final Inspections
6
'22
Progress-Insertions
· . 7
Erosion/Grading
Housemoving/Demolition
~Heating Inspections
Plumbing Inspections
10
5
Fire Sprinklers/Fire Code 1
Complaints 1
Total 96
This list of inspections does not include the 33
by the substitute inspector during my absence and
for new home construction.
inspections for our Department
0 ~blueprint plan review
The monthly report for November was submitted to the City Manager during the
month. The Planning Commission reports were submitted to the Commissioners.
The Planning Commission referred three zoning cases to the City Council
for action; two subdivisions and one variance. The Planning Commission requested
two reappointments and one renewal appointment to the board. The Commission
reviewed their work rules and status of the Comprehensive Plan.
December Monthly Report
Page 2
During December, I worked.with the City Prosecutor to update him on the status
of serveral complaints pending Court action, submitted three hazardous building
reports for City Council action to approve demolition, and sought legal
coun.~tl to possibly revise the City Code to provide established fees for minor
subdivision park dedication. One citation was issued during the month.
A review of the escrow accounts were made with John Norman and John Cameron
to determine which accounts will be carried over into 1988. The status of
the Planning/Inspection Department was made to determine how close the budget
has met our needs. John Norman informed me that we will'be over budget by
a small percent but' our revenue is over the a~ticipated income by a considerable
amount. I purchased the new planimeter for the Planning/Inspection Department;
it is a.great convenience to me! Thank you for the capital outlay!
The. city vehicle is running very well after the repairs of last month. I just
needed the normal gasoline fills in December.
I met with the representative from Contel this month to discuss their next
phase of remodeling for the building on the east side of Commerce Boulevard.
This will involve adding offices, removing the former switching area, and
a general face lift. I have discussed some upcoming plans for remodeling for
the 2020 Commerce Blvd., Senior Building,and met with John Cameron on the Public Works.
I met with Ed to discuss the comparable worth study which was done for me
several years ago. I attended the monthly staff..meeting. I attended a North
Star'Chapter I.C.B.O. meeting which gave the inspectors a review and training
'on soils by. Twin City Testing and All-Weather Wood Foundations bY the
National FOrest Products'Assoc.~.Western Wood Products, and American ~lywood Assoc. -
The total number of building permits issued in December was ]5 with a
valuation of $ 646,566. The valuation figures are attached on the Building
Activity Report for November.
In addition, Marge has prepared the monthly calendar for the December city
meetings' and events. Marge has arranged appointments for inspections of building,
plumbing, and the substitute building inspector. Marge has prepared the Park
Commission Agenda, written the minutes for Planning and Park. M@rge arran§ed the
staking out for 3 burials and handled the purchase of 2 graves in December; brought
the cemetery records up-to-date and furnished a list of changes to the City. Engineer
so that the cemetery maps could be updated.
~Si~e inspections include the review of the Planning Commission requests and
requirements, site inspections for floodplain verification for mortgage companies,
complaints and follow-up to co'de compliance such as, no building permit, re-check
of exterior storage compliance, review status of various sites for the City
Prosecutor, preconstruction meetings at the site for building permit applicants
or realtors, fire damage and periodic commercial inspection updates.
e~Heating inspections during the construction of project are included under the
framing and final inspections of the buildi0g. The heating installations
mentioned are for separate equipment being placed in homes and businesses.
DEMOCRACY IS LIKE A RAFT. It won't sink, but you'll always have your feet wet.
Quoted by Russell Long in The Washingtonian
:':~as ta~k/~
spr~nK,er
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~Gn'.h ~ December _ ~1~m7 -m
,.,,,~ ........... ~.~ I 5 t 5 I 522.766. 74 [ 6,705.725.
............. i I i I ~ t 376 ooo
~-~,~.., (Twinhomes) j J I . 2 I ~c5'00O'
j i 5) s2 ,766.
80 I 7,176,725.
121,300.
TION'S & ALTE~ATiON$ P,,mil~
'~ Ot~.l Norr Re slcientia, I J ]
TOTAL t.~.Oh,'T~ AND
YEAR TO DATE
,d,.CO.~VE R S ,. O N$J wv~,~r
1 J
Total Conversions
~ o t ~6
17 j 296
IpERt,~..TS. It<$sECT!O;,'~
30 2-32,401.
227. 11,855,395.
2,500.
646,566.
569,90(
A33,955.
9,~74,375.
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Mound, ,Minnesota Y~z
[BE DEP;~R?,. -~;T REPORT FOR M0~'i~K OF V,r.Z~-- /~
DRILLS & ~.~Ih~fENA~;CE . FiP£ & ~ESCUZ
iRr~4E;* iDA?fiE DX~ DRiL~ DRI~ M~iN. TOT~ HO~LY
/~//~ /~/~/ WAGES WAGES HOD~S ~ WAGES
..J' Andersen
· /~
C. Anderson
S.. Bryce. / / ,~ /~ ~ ~..,.'~ ' ~ 6. O0 ~ ,/. ,','. ---
B. Erickson
S. Eriekson
L. Heitz
C. Henderson
G. Johnson
~;. Kleeberger
E.'Landsman
R. Marschke ~ ,/ ~ .[ ~ ~ /~~ "~ 6.25 ' ~'~.
.
~. Op~tz ~ ~ ~ /g~ ~ ~ ~.00 /~_
B. Palm / ~ ~ //~ ' ~ ~ 6.00 /.~'--
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6.00
6.00
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,~ONTH OF
NO. OF CALLS
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EMERGENCY
M'TONF~ BEACH - F!EE
EMERGENCY
M!NXETR!STA - FIRE
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//2
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FALSE ALARM
NO, OF HOURS - MOUND FIRE
EMERGENCY
- MT~ BCH FIRE
EMERGENCY
TOTAL
-M'TR~STA F~S
EMERGENCY
- ORONO FI RE
EMERGENCY
-TOTAL
- SHOREWOOD F~RE
EMERGENCY
TOTAL
-SP. PARK FI~E
TOTAL
-~UTUAL AID .EIRE
EMERGENCY
TOTAL
TOTAL EMERGEHCY HOURS
~,JTUAL AfD RECEIVED
MOUND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
Discipline and Team ~7ork
Critique of Fires
prcLPlannlng &.Inspections
~ools
Hand
Wearing
Films
First
U~e of
& Apparatus Identifying
Extinguisher Operation
Protective Clothing
Aid and ResCue Operation
Self-Contalned Masks
MOUND', MINNESOTA 55364
D R I L L R E P 0 R T
Time
Date
Pumper Opcr~tlon
Fire Streams & FrlctJon Loss
ilouse Burnl
Natura! S Prop.~,e (;,ns Talk
& Dcmonstr~t i(,ns
La'dder Evol ution.~
Salvage Operations
Radio Opcratio.s
iIouse Evolutions
Nozzle & IIose All
Inhalator Operation
NOTE: Hou'fs' Training
MiscellaAeous £_.-~_.
Paid × Excused
U.o×c'Us;.d
0 l~ic~ent, Not Fald
~/~. J Andersen
~/j_ J Babb
· ~./j_ J Beauchamp
;'/J_ D Boyd
~l/j_ D Bryce
~ '.S Bryce
~ D Carl son
~W~ M David
~ B Erickson
~/(~ S Erickson
'~. J Garvais ';//..z. M
'~//j_~"L He i tz ..... 'g..Y~_ G
~/O~ C Henderson ~//~L_ D
;//~- G Johnso~ ~/~ T
~//~ M Kleeberger ~/~ M
~1~ B Landsman '~/~ R
~//~ R Marschke ~ T
~//~ a Nafus .~ T
~/~ M Nelson ~.W
~A Opitz -, ~ M
%~ B Palm ~/~R
~//~ G Palm ~/~l
Palm
Pederson
Platzer
Rasmussen
Sayage
St~llman
Stallman
Swenson
Swenson
Tob~y
Williams
Williams
MOUND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364
D B i L L B [ P 0 R T
Disclpline and Team Work
Critique of Fires
preZP1annJ ng &.Inspections
T°ols & Apparatus Identifying
Hand Extinguisher Operation
Wear|rig Protective Clothing
Films
First Aid and ResCue Operation
U~e of Self-Conta~ned Masks
Pumper Operation
Fire Stremns & Friction Loss
·
lIous¢ Burn|
Natural 1; Prop.~t~e f, ns Talk
La~der EvolutJon~
Salvage Op.er~t i o.s
Radio Opcratio-s
House Evolutlo--¢
Nozzle & llose Allln,,ce
T~me
Inhalator Operation
.HouYs Training Paid X_. Excused X_
Uncxcuscd 0 P~csent,
..-~.ll~j Andersen
--~-~J~l~'l'TAn-d'e rs 0 n"
~ ~ Babb
~u~ D ~o~d
~I/~D Bryce
~/~',s Br~c~
~D Carl son
S Collins
~J/~ M David
~I/~B Erickson
~/~ S Erickson
-~ ~/~_ O Garvais
'~'/~-L H e i t z
~Z~/J_C Henderson
~I/J-~G Johnson
~J IIj--M K1 eeberger
~l/~ B Landsman
gl/~R Marschke
~/~M Nels0n
~l/~ A Opitz
~/~ B Palm
~l/~ G Palm
DATE
MOUND FIRE DEPARTMENT
TOTAL MAINTENANCE FOR
; ~ J. Andersen
~ //~ G. Anderson
"~ .._ J. Babb
~ ~ J. Beauchamp
~ D. Boyd
~ 'D. Bryce
~ S. Bryce
~ D. Carlson
Z'?z- s.~ Collin~
2~ ~. ~avi~
Z B. Erickson
~ S. Erickson
Z~ J. Garvais
~% ~..e~z
~ C. Henderson
~& O. Johnson
M. Kleeberger
B. I~ndsman
R. Mar schke
_ J. Nafus
MEN ON DUTY
Z
M. Nelson
A. Opitz
B. Palm
G. Palm
M. Palm
G. Pederson
D. Platzer
T. Rasmussen
M. Savage.
T. Stallman
T. swenson
W. Swenson
R. Williams
T. Williams
TOTAL MONTHLY HOURS //5'
CITY OF MOUND
75 YEARS
5341 MAY~NOOD ROAD MOUND, MN 55364 (612) 472-1155
January 6, 1988
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Ed Shukle
City Manager
Geno Hoff
Street Supt.
December's Activity Report
We had some problems with our street lights on Commerce~Blvd., we thought
that we had a purmatroll go bad so we called in Stern Electric to {eplace
them. After we did that we discovered that we had more problems, we had
a short in the underground cable. We didn't think that Stern's could
handle the job because he hasn't the equipment to trace the cable or to
dig it up. We decided to call Collins Electric to do the repair work.
This is the company that installed the street light system. Collins started
the 9th and finished on the lOth. They located the break in front of the
new bank, they removed two sections of sidewalk and some sod to expose
the calbe so it could be repaired. They came back the next day and
poured new sidewalk and relayed the sod. (It's going to cost a few bucks.)
We have been busy keeping our roads in good winter driving condition. We
sanded 7 times this month and plowed once, 6" on the 24th. That was the
first 6" snow fall since Janary of 86. We started at 3:00 a.m. and finished
at noon
On the 22nd and 23rd the Street Dept. helped repair a sewer main break on
Northern Rd. It took alot of time and material to make the repairs. The
main is below lake level so we had alot of extra pumping and digging to do.
When the main was repaired we hauled in 32 loads of sand fill and 5 load of
1~" binder rock to fill the hole. This is one good example way we need the
large piles of materials on hand.
We mixed 340 tons of salt sand this month and applied about 450 tons, we have
about 900 tons in the stockpile.
STREET MATERIALS PURCHASED
365 tons buchshot
292 tons sand
59 tons 3/4 dust
36 tons 1½ binder rock
47 tons salt
CEMETARY
Staked out 4 graves and 2 stones. We had some vandalism, someone stole
some Christmas wreaths, broke off 75 lath that we use for marking graves
and tipped over some grave stones. They must have had the Christmas spirit.
75 YEARS
CITY OF MOUND
5341 MAY~NOOD ROAD MOUND, MN 55364 (612) 472-1155
January 6, 1988
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Ed Shukle
City Manager
Greg Skinner
Water & Sewer Supt.
December's Activity Report
In December we pumPed 23,040,000 gallons of water. There were 2 water main
breaks, 8 turn-offs for non-payment , 22 final readings, 9 outside readers
installed and 9 new accounts.
The stuck meters, pumphouse maintenance and meter reading took up the bulk
of the month for Bob. I have been putting most of my time in the new
building with John Cameron, along with snowplowing and sidewalk cleaning
with Street Dept.
SEWER DEPT.
The Sewer Dept. has helped with meter reading this month. We started this
month service work for our compressors in the lift stations. We had one of
our pumps come back from Tri-State that was installed back in the lift
station. This pump required a major overhaul.
On December 22 we had a leaky sewer gate valve on Northern Ln. This took
2 days to complete. The problem was too little space to work in. We had
Lutz Tree Service come in to t~ke down a big Ash tree so we had more room
to work in. It took approximately 32 loads of sand fill to cover it back
up. I estimated the cost for this to run over $3,000. The cost of parts
to repair the valve was $5.00
75 YEARS
CITY OF MOUND
5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND, MN 55364 (612) 472-1155
January 6, 1988
TO: Ed Shukle
City Manager
FROM: Joyce Nelson
Recycling Coordinator
SUBJECT: December's Recycling
The City renewed their contract with Supercycle for 1988 at a cost of
$1,430 per month. This month I will be getting ah~ld of apartment
managers and explain how Supercycle has sent up programs in other 'apartment.
complexs and how they have worked out. I think I will use the brochure
with a flyer insert to inform the residents how recycling works and
where to find their drop-off bins.
Last month there were about 6 misses, Monday I called Supercycle and
they came back out and picked up the misses. If you know of anyone
that is missed please have them call right away so i can get their
name on the list to be picked up.
December's pick up was 13.3 tons and 327 households.
75 YEARS
CITY OF MOUND
5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND, MN 55364 (612) 472-1155
January 7, 1988
TO:
Ed Shukle
City Manager
FROM: Greg Bergquist
Mechanic
SUBJECT:
December's Activity Report
December was a mix of shop activities, starting out the month with
normal service on all vehicles to the end of the mo~th with keeping
equipment running.
Much of my shop time was lost this month because of the weather.
Unlike the person who previously held this position part of my duties
include sanding and plowing for the Street Dept. This along with
helping out other departments, answering phone complaints when others
aren't available and filling out reports makes it very difficult at
times to complete all tasks. Thanks to help from others we do manage
to keep things running. I'd like to thank Joyce for helping me thru
out the year with the paperwork and ordering she helps me with, this
makes my job much easier.
75 YEARS
January 4, 1987
CITY OF MOUND
5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND, MN 55364 (612) 472-1155
TO: CITY MANAGER
FROM: CITY CLERK
RE:
DECEMBER MONTHLY REPORT
There were 2 regular Council Meetings in December with 16 resolutions.
There was preparation before the meetings and. items to deal with after
the meetings.
There was a full day Optec Ill P (our new voting'equipment) meeting to
discuss how the elections for the cities that had them went this Fall.
It was a very interesting session and a number of things will be changed
before we use the machines in 7988. The Secretary of State's Office
was represented and all changes were cleared with them.
I have been working on the 7 tax forfeit parcels and this will come
before the Council in January.
I continued to work on the property files and now just have some items
to clear up with the City Engineer on particular properties. Then it
will just require upkeep on the system.
-We have contracted with a person to come in an do microfilming for us.
I have had this person start with the 1960's and work forward. After
this is completed and an index system is set up for the old minutes
and resolutions, they will be sent to the State Archives for them to
store the originals.
fc
CITY of MOUND
5341 MAYWOOD ROAD
MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364
(612) 472-1155
January 4, 1988
T'O:
FROM:
RE:
ED SHUKLE, CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL
JOEL KRUMM, LIQUOR STORE MANAGER~/~
DECEMBER 1987 MONTHLY REPORT
December was an exceptional month considering we had such a good
December in 1986, when sales were $84,368. This year, in
December, we did' $85-,4.54. .We were $1,100 up .over last December
despite the fact that th'ere was an extra Friday's day of business
in 1986. Why the good showing? I guess that selection, service
and value go along way in establishing a solid basis on which to
build a business. We consistantly still have the lowest overall
prices in the Lake Minnetonka area. You would be surprised at
the number of customers who come from Delano, Watertown, St.
Boni, Spring Park, Orono and even from Wayzata and Excelsior to
shop the Mound Liquor Store.
Both Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve were record breaking days.
On Christmas Eve sales were $9,143, breaking our previous high of
$7,600. And on New Year's Eve, sales were $10,368, surpassing
the mark of $9,900 set in 1984.
For the year, the store had $850,279 in gross sales. Last year
we had $822,631. Thus, we were up $27,647. The goal I presented
to you last March, in my yearly report, was to have sales in 1987
exceed those in-1986 by $25,000 to $30,000 in order to maintain
our current healthy profit margin. I state that we have
successfully accomplished our goal.
JK:ls
At, equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate onthe basis of race, color, nahona origin, or handicapped status
In ?,6. admlgsioR or access to or treatment or emplo?ment in, its programs and acti,.,t~es.
January 6, 1988
CITY of MOUND
5341 MAYWOOD ROAD
MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364
(612) 472-1155
TO:
FROM:
RE.:
ED SHUKLE, CITY MANAGER
AND 'CITY COUNCIL
JOHN NORMAN, FINANCE DIRECTOR
DECEMBER FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT
INVESTMENTS
The following is December investment activity.
Balance 12-1-87 $7,799,454
Bought:
CP 7.65 Due 1-04-88 Dain 299,896
CP 7.80 Due 8-01-88 Piper 285,055
.CP 7.85 Due 1-04-88 Piper 130,075
CD 7.70 Due 5-13-88 Marquette 199,144
CP 7.70 Due 5-27-88 Marquette 11.9,449
CP 7.80 Due 3-01-88 Marquette 294,861
CP 7.90 Due 6-17-88 Piper 288,078
BA 7.80 Due 5-31-88 American Nat'l 263,711
CP 8.30 Due 1-04-88 Piper 350,566
Matured:
FNMA 10.2 American Nat'l (485,000)
CP 7.3 Marquette (400,127)
CD 6.85 First Minnesota
Balance 12-31-87
$9,045,162
We received the second half tax settlement from Hennepin County
($916,619) and one-half of the local government aid and homestead
credit from the State ($347,334) during December.
COMPUTER UPDATE
We spent many hours working on a conversion-from LOGIS utility
billing system to our new computer system. A computer program
was developed to convert the LOGIS data (name, address, account
number, balance forward) to the new system. This saved us from
having to manually key in all the data into our new system. We
managed to bill the utility customers on the stand alone system
in December. Lois Sandquist has worked hard during this
conversion process the past two months. Payroll and special
assessments will be converted in early 1988. We will then be
totally off of LOGIS. /O~
J N ' 1~'~ e~.a~ oppor*,unity Emp;oyer :hat does not discr,m,n¢:e O~ the basis Of race. Color. nat~c, na~ C. rlgiR, or hand~cacped status · ;¢ the admis~:;oa or access to or treatment or employment ;r,. itspro~,a~, ~.~ ~*~,~ actwn;Es
INTEROFFICE MEMO
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Ed Shukle, City Manager
Len Harrell, Chief.~
Vehicle Fire
DATE
December 30
On December 25, 1987, squad 842 caught fire and was a total loss..
Officer McKinley was with an individual at the office and his car
was idling in the parking lot with Rex in the squad.
Off. Limond had stopped in, while off duty, and as he was leaving,
observed smoke and fire coming from the squad. Off. McKinley was
able to retrieve Rex, but was unable to extinguish the fire. The
Mound Fire Dept. responded, but the vehicle was a total loss.
Other equipment lost in the fire included a shotgun', radar HR12,
county radios, city radio, u'niform items, and canine equipment.
The first aid equipment in the trunk was recovered undamaged.
I have notified the. insurance company and John Norman of the.loss.'
I ordered replacement equipment and have two different car dealers
.tracking a replacement vehicle for the department.
A. THOMAS WURS?, P.A.
CURTIS A. PEARSON, ID.A.
OAMES D. I_ARSON, P.A.
THOMAS F. UNDERWOOD, P.A.
CRAIG M. HERTZ
ROGER U. FELLOWS
LAW
WURST, P£AR$ON, LAR$ON, UNDERWOOD & M£RTZ-
IIOO I~IRST BANK PLACE WEST
HIN N EAPOLI$, HINN £$OTA
January 4, 1988
Mr. Ed Shukle, City Manager
City of Mound
5341 Maywood Road
Mound, MN 55364
Re:
Doe v. City of Mound
and Officers Wold and Hudson
Dear Ed:
I am enclosing herewith a copy of a letter from Rolf E.
Gilbertson, defense lawyer for the Home Insurance Company,
defending the City of Mound and Officers Wold and Hudson
regarding the case of Doe v. City of Hound. The letter in-
dicates that the plaintiff had appealed this case to the Circuit
Court of Appeals in St. Louis and the insurance company was
of the opinion that it would cost them in excess of $3,500 in
attorneys' fees and costs to defend that appeal. They therefore
have agreed to a Settlement in the amount of $3,500 Wbi.ch removes
any possibility of the Cityland/or our employees being found
negligent or liable. They are in the process of receiving the
releases and the court approved minor settlement, and with those
documents this matter will be finally put to rest.
I would say that the settlement is tantamount to a complete
and total vindication of the actions taken by the City's police
officers in the matter.
CAP:Ih
Enclosure
cc: Sgt. Bill Hudson
Very truly your~
.'/ .~ / ~ ' .. .~+~.~..
City Attorney
,,,tOSEPH A. MAUN
I~IrRLYN C. GRtrEN
LAWRENCr j. HAYES
JEROME S. SIMON
JOHN C. JOHANNESON
BRUCE G. ODLAUO
ALBERT A WOODWARD
GARRETT E. MULROONEY
WILLIAM J. HASSlNO
M. MICHAEL NONAHAN
CHARLES BANS
BARRy A. GERSICK
GEOFFREy p. JARP[
RICHARD M. OAAL$WYK
MAUN, GREEN, HAYES, SIMON, JOHANNESON AND BREHL
ATTO R N £Y$ AT LAW
SAINT PAUL
4. O~, ST. PETER
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA SSlO~'
TELEPHONE:
MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE
MIN NEAPOLI~ MINNESOTA
TELECOPIER:
LARRY S. GUTHRIE
ROLF tr. GILBERTSON
BETH I~. COLTON
NANCY BURKE HUPP
JAMES G. WIrlHHEYER
PHILIP T. COLTON
LONN¥ D. THOMAS
GORDON J. APPLE
THOMAS J. PUFF
RUTH SlLSETH HARCOTT
STEVEN E. RAU
PATRICIA A. COMEFORD
PAUL F. BEGG$
~USAN SORRELL KELLY
R£.LY ~o St. P-aul
December 29, 1987
Mr. Curtis A. Pearson
City Attorney
City of Mound ·
WURST, PEARSON, LARSON, UNDERWOOD
& MERTZ
1100 First Bank Place West
Minneapolis, MN'55402
Re: Doe v. City of Mound, et al
Dear Mr. Pearson:
As you know, we obtained dismissal of all claims against
the City of Mound and Officers Wold and Hudson at the
district court level. On appeal, the Home Insurance Company
has settled all claims in the amount of $3,500, which
represents less than the amount it would cost to complete
the appeal. We will provide copies of the executed
Pierringer release and order approving mi~or settlement once
theY are received.
Very truly yours,
Rolf E. Gilbertson
REG/bas
LAKE MINNETONKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT
402 EAST LAKE STREET WAYZATA. MINNESOTA 55391 TELEPHONE 612/473-7033
FRANK MIXA, EXECUTIVE DIRECI~R
BOARD MEMBERB
l~bor! r~Rscop. Chairman
Orono
Wally Clevonger. Secretary
Mark Wesllund. Treasurer
Way?ara
Marvin Bjorlin
'~bnka B,'3y
Jan Boswi,kol
Millnelo,ka Beach
Richard J. Garwood
De~phaven
Peter Hill
Victoria
Spring Park
Richnrd Nelso~l
Robert K. Pillsbury
Mound
Robert E. Slocum
Woodland
Isior
TO:
Member Municipalities
Member Mayors
DATE: January 5, 1988
Attached is the summary of the municipal,
responses to the LMCD legislative program.
Sincerely,
LAKE MINNETONKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Executive Director
FM:jm
att: summary
c/att: Weekly News
Minnetonka Sailor
The Laker
//dP
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Lake Minnetonka Conservation District
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
LMCD Legislation
1. The District should receive authority to set fees and require permits
for watercraft use of Lake Minnetonka to support Lake-related programs.
The District should request authority to assess a property owner to
recover costs for removal of dilapidated docks, boats, other structures,
or fallen trees from the Lake.
3. The District should have review authority for any research or other
project having Lake impact.
'4.
The District should request that its authority be extended to provide
for planning, funding, acquisition, development, ownership and operation
of lauching facilities and other means of public access to the Lake.
5. The District should request per diem and expense allowances for Board
members.
6. The Lake Minnetonka Conservation District levy should be exempted from
municipal tax levy limitations.
'Other Legislation
7 The District should receive boating safety funds for planning, research
and regulation.
Ail agencies and political subdivisions of the state should be required
to notify the District prior to conducting research on Lake Minnetonka
and to keep the District informed about the progress and results of
such research.
10,.
The District should request that both boating safety funds and their
allocations to high activity areas be increased by the legislature.
The District should request that boating safety and other state and
county funds allocated to the Water Patrol be increased and distributed
by usage and activity to support an expanded program.
11.
The District should request that Lake maintenance funding for the county
be supported from boating safety or from other special funds established
by the state and county, and be increased. ~
12. The District should request regional funding for public access facilities.
13.
The District should request that the boat registration procedure should
be updated, be made more efficient, and that license fees should be
increased.
11-13-87
II9.
MEMO
TO: Minnehaha Creek Watershed District Board of Managers
FROM: Eugene A. Hickok and Associates
DATE: December 17, 1987
RE: Lake Level, Flow and Precipitation Summary for November 1987.
Lake levels in Lake Minnetonka have stabilized at approximately 928 in November
as illustrated by the attached graph and lake elevations. There has not been
any discharge from Lake Minnetonka to Minnehaha Creek since November 17, 1986.
Minnehaha Creek at the Browndale Avenue Dam in Edina has maintained flow
throughout October. This is shown by the monthly flow summary.
The 30 year average precipitation for November at the National Weather Service
station in Maple Plain is 1.46 inches. The actual precipitaiton recorded in
Wayzata for November was 2.37 inches. A summary of precipitation follows.
PRECIPITION SUMMARY
Maple Plain
November
Actual 30 Year Average
* 1.46
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Intern'l Airport November 2.07 1.29
Wayzata November 2.37
*Unavailable at the time of this report
MONTHLY FLOW SUMMARY
November 4, 1987
November 18, 1987
Grays Bay
(cfs)
Browndale Avenue Dam
(cfs)
0 15.5
0 24.5
//3
Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
I~ke Mtka Water Elev~f.~ons - 1986--1987
9 ~D'O0
9~.80
9~.60
9~.40
929.20
928.60
928.40
929.20 -
922.00 -
927.~0 -
927.60 -
927.40 -
927.20 -
927.00
25-Jan-87 11 -. Aucj--87 27-Fe_~-88
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MINUTES OF THE
L.M.C.D. MAYOR'S MEETING
MINNETONKA COMMUNITY CENTER
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1987
An informal meeting of the Mayors and/or their
representatives of communities composing the Lake
Minnetonka Conservation District was held at the invitation
of the City of Minnetonka. This is a follow-up to subjec~
matter discussed at previous meetings hosted by the cities
of Mound and Tonka Bay.
Those in attendance:
Bob Rascop, Mayor, Shorewood & Chair, LMCD
Jim Grabek, Mayor, Orono
Bill Humphrey, Mayor, Wayzata
Wally Clevenger, Mayor, Minnetrista
Jerry Rockvam, Mayor, Spring Pakr
Gerry Schmieg, Mayor, Victoria
Bob Pillsbury, LMCD, Minnetonka
Peter Hill, LMCD, Victoria
Gen Olson, Senator, 43rd District
Dirk DeVries, Representative, Metro Council
jaCk Mauritz, Staff, -Metro Council
Larry Don~in, Mayor, Minnetonka -
Also in attendance were Dave Cochran, Tom Maple,
representing The Sailor Newspapers, Ms. Wright.
and
LMCD Chair Rascop reviewed with the group proposed changes
to their legislative program. Items effecting enabling
legislation which numbered six will be deleted leaving
seven points that will be pursued. These, along, with the
matrix suggested by Senator Olson at the September meeting,
summarizing the municipal response will be distributedto
'member communities.
Discussion ensued after Dirk DeVries' comments and
observations. At the conclusion, the consensus was to
instruct our respective LMCD representatives as follows:
To delay execution of the contract preparing the
Manaqement Plan for Lake Minnetonka, and to request
full funding for same from the Metropolitan Council.
To change the RFP, requesting completion within a
time frame of less than three years and as close to
one year as practicable.
MINUTES OF L.M.C.D. MAYOR'S MEETING
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1987
PAGE Two
Se
(Continued)
Rather than discuss the rationale for above within the~
minutes, those communities not in attendance are invited to
contact any of the above for clarification.
The meeting adjourned at approximately 11:15 A.M.
League of Minnesota Cities
183 University Ave. East
St. Paul, MN 55101-2526
(612) 227-5600 (FAX: 221-0986)
1988 LMC/AMM LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16
Program in brief
Location: St. Paul Radisson Hotel, Kellogg Boulevard
8:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Opening General Session
'The State of the Cities - 1988#
Cities' fiscal concerns will be examined in light of proposals
to overhaul the state's property tax system. City officials
will hear from state and legislative officials.including
John Tomlinson, Commissioner of Revenue
Senator Douglas Johnson, Chairman, Senate Tax Committee
Representative Gordon Voss, Chairman, House Tax Committee
Representative William Schreiber, House Minority Leader
A panel of city officials will question both lawmakers and the
Commissioner of Revenue on their outlook on state-local fiscal
issues. Get your questions ready, too!
12 Noon Luncheon
#Cities' Legislative Agenda in 1988#
senator Roger Moe, Senate Majority Leader
Representative Robert Vanasek, Speaker of the House
1:30 p,m. Legislative Issue Briefings - Two Concurrent Sessions
Levy Limits/Local Government Aid
Tax Increment Financing
2:00 p.m. Small Group Strategy Sessions
City officials with a special interest in a particular issue will have
an opportunity to discuss lobbying strategy and involvement in efforts
to secure a favorable outcome for the issue at the legislature.
Veterans Preference
Optical Scan Voting Equipment
Wastewater Treatment Construction Supplemental Grants
Fiscal Disparities
Return of Excess 2% Police Aid to PERA
OVER
These informal discussions will put you in touch with League legislative
staff and fellow city officials to put together action plans aimed at
helping the League win the day for cities on these key local government
concerns.
3:00 p.m. City Day on the Hill
Shuttle buses will be available to take city officials to the Capitol
and return. Plan now to meet with your legislators and let them know
where cities stand (together!) on key legislative issues!
5:30 p.m. LMC/AMM RECEPTION FOR LEGISLATORS AND STATE OFFICIALS
Open to City officials registered for the conference and to state
lawmakers and appointed officials.
LMC 1988 Legislative Conference
Tuesday, February 16, 1988
Radisson St. Paul Hotel
11 East Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
Registration
City (Please print or type)
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Name Title
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Registration fee: $50.00 advance, $60.00 on-site
Check enclosed in the amount of $
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Advance Registration Deadline -- Wednesday, February 10, 1988.
Fee includes conference registration, luncheon, and evening reception with legislators invited.
Mail to Gayle L. Brodt, League of Minnesota Cities, 183 University Avenue East, St. Paul, MN 55101.
t'~[-~ R,~di~.~on' Hotel St. Paul
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(612~
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League of Minnesota Cities
183 University Ave. East
St. Paul, MN 55101-2526
(612) 227-5600 (FAX: 221-0986)
December 30, 1987
TO:
FROM:
RE:
Mayors, Managers,~lerks
Donald A. Slater, tive Director
League of Minnesota Cities 1988 Legislative Policies
I am very pleased to transmit to you a copy of the League's 1988
Legislative Policies.
The League of Minnesota Cities owes a great debt to the dedicated
city officials who worked as members of the League's policy
committees on the 1988 legislative policies. They spent many hours
developing the policy document which was ultimately voted on at the
policy adoption meeting in St. Paul.
We also had significant participation in the policy process from
those city officials who participated in the regional meetings. At
each of the'regional meetings the officials considered controversial
issues from each of the policy committees and voted their preference
on these significant questions. This result was considered by the
policy committees as they completed the final drafting of the
proposed 1988 legislative policies.
I feel, therefore, that this year's policy has had very broad base
participation by Minnesota city officials. It is truly a grassroots
document reflecting the concerns and aspirations of city leaders from
throughout the length and breath of Minnesota.
At the policy adoption conference delegates were asked to rank the
"A# priorities in terms of their view of which #A" priorities were
the most important. Those which achieved the highest point scores
are as follows: RS-2, Local Government Aid and State Funding to
cities; RS-I, Property Tax Reform; DS-l, Tax Increment Financing;
LUEET-1, Wastewater Treatment; and RS-3, Elimination of Levy Limits.
The League will, of course, continue to give the .#A# priority
policies the treatment they merit but will also be mindful of the
indication of highest priority by the city officials attending the
policy adoption meeting.
The League is currently soliciting city official participation in the
1988 policy committees. A flyer on this subject is enclosed for your
utilization. We encourage all city officials who can possibly spare
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the time to sign up for one of the League legislative committees and
return the form to the League office in St. Paul. This year we are
looking for methods to increase participation by elected officials in
the League committees. We are also interested in attempting to
schedule at least one meeting of each committee outside of the
metropolitan area at a location generally more convenient for city
officials from greater Minnesota. Please note that the sign-up form
asks whether a city officials could participate as a member of the
policy committee should meetings occur on Saturdays.
The officers on the Board of Directors as well as the League staff
remain very interested in improving the policy process. Should you
have any comments or recommendations, please forward them to me and I
will be very interested in taking account of your observations as we
strive to improve the policy development activities of the League of
Minnesota Cities.
DAS:rmm
Calling all city officials
Now is the time to sign up for legislative committees
Would you like to help shape the League's legislative policies
and priorities? The involvement of local officials is a key
component of the League's legislative success. Local officials
contribute to this success by identifying issues, studying and
recommending solutions, voting on legislative policies at the
Legislative Policy Adoption Conference~ and through personal
contact with their legislators. LMC legislative policies have high
credibility with legislators because they know that the policies
are determined through the involvement of many local officials.
The League encourages elected and appointed officials from
throughout the state to sign up for a committee. There are six
legislative committees dealing with different subjects. The
committees are:
GENERAL LEGISLATION AND PERSONNEL discusses tort liability
and insurance, purchasing authority, open meetings, mandates,
charitable gambling, licensing of contractors, competitive bidding
issues, personnel, PERA, emergency medical services, veterans'
preference, and military leave issues.
LAND USE~ ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT~ AND TRANSPORTATION covers
wastewater treatment, solid and hazardous waste, ground and surface
water management, land use (planning, annexation, eminent domain,
and adverse possession), energy conservation, and transportation
issues.
REVENUE SOURCES deals with
law, local government aid, and
issues.
municipal finance, property tax
audits and financial reporting
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES discusses general development issues
including tax increment finance, industrial development bonds,
redevelopment, economic development authorities, and housing.
ELECTIONS AND ETHICS deals with election and ethical issues,
such as voter participation and a uniform election day policies for
example.
FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE handles issues in conjunction with the
development of the National League of Cities national municipal
policy. Policy areas are fiscal, development, environment, and
transportation.
In May, 1988, the League's president will appoint new legislative-
committee members. The committee appointments are for a two-year
period (1988/89) that coincides with the state's biennium.
Everyone requesting to serve on a legislative committee will
definitely be placed on a committee. The League strives to achieve
balanced representation on each committee so we can't guarante you
will be placed on the committee of your first choice, but every
effort will be made to do so.
To apply for a legislative committee, please fill out the form
below and return it to Lynda Woulfe, League of Minnesota Cities,
183 University Avenue East, St. Paul, MN 55101.
PLEASE RANK YOUR PREFERENCE FROM 1 (FIRST) TO 6 (LAST).
I would like to serve on:
Development Strategies
Land Use, Energy, Environment
and Transportation
Revenue Sources
Elections and Ethics
Personnel and Public
Safety
Federal Legislative
I would be able to meet on Saturday.
I would NOT be able to meet on Saturday.
Name
Address
Title
City, Zip
Home phone ( ) Work phone
Return to Lynda Woulfe, League of Minnesota Cities, 183 University
Avenue East, St. Paul, MN 55101.
League
oJ: Minncsoto Cities
.for Icgisletiv¢ end odministretiv¢
action
183 University Ava E.
St. Paul. MN 55101
(612) 227-5600
I
* 1987 League of Minnesota Cities
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FOREWORD
One of the most important purposes of the League of Minnesota Cities is to serve as a vehicle
through which cities can define common problems and develop policies and proposals to solve
them.
To accomplish this purpose, the League has a four-step process:
First, legislative study committees of city officials study the issues and propose policies to
address issues. They assign priorities according to importance.
Second, the League develops legislative issue papers and discusses them at the League's
regional meetings. City officials attending regional meetings vote on which position the League
should take on each of the legislative issue papers. These votes are brought back to the policy
committees for their consideration in develophtg the proposed policies and priorities.
Third, the League's Legislative Committee reviews the policies and priorities and makes any
changes the committee members deem necessary. The Legislative Committee consists of the
LMC Board of Directors and the chairs of the legislative study committees.
Fourth, representatives of all member cities meet at the annual Policy Adoption Meeting to
adopt the policies. Amendments to the policies are possible with a two-thirds majority of those
voting on the issue.
The policy statements attd legislative proposals itt this publication are the result of that
process. They provide the LMC Board of Directors and staff with guidance when testifying before
legislative committees and taking other actions with legislative or policy implications.
Priority designation of the policy is itt parentheses at the end of the policy title. The' study
committees developed the priorities and the Legislative Committee and metnber cities reviewed
them attd, bt some cases, modified them.
The priorities give additional guidance to the LMC Board and staff in intplementing the
League's legislative program.
"A' priority indicates a major issue, where the League would introduce legislation or would
work actively with other groups to seek new laws and regulations.
"B" priority indicates items that are important to cities but where the League would probably
spend substantially less tithe unless the legislature or other groups mounted a major effort to
which LMC had to respond. While the League might initiate legislation on "B" priority items,
· these would b e relatively non-con troversial items, or those where most of the research has already
been completed.
"C' priority btdicates items where the League would respond only when other groups raise the
issue.
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LMC LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITI'EE MEMBERS
Development Strategies
Mary Anderson, Mayor, Golden Valley -- Chair
Stephen Townley, City Administrator, Madison -- Vice Chair
Clark Arneson, Economic Development Director, Chaska
Chuck Canfield, Councilmember, Rochester
Jerry Carrier, City Administrator, Lexington
Dave Childs, City Manager, St. Anthony
John Fitzgerald, Councilmember, Prior Lake
John Frohrip, Community Development Director, Sauk Rapids
Andrea Hart, Assistant Legislative Liaison, Minneapolis
A.J. Johnson, City Manager, Montevideo
Dennis Kraft, Economic Development Director, Shakopee
Mark Lenz, City Administrator, Mahtomedi
Rick Lewis, Assistant Administrator, Cottage Grove
Diane Lynch, Intergovmental Relations, St. Paul
Robert Museus, Clerk Administrator, Rushford
Rick Mussett, Community Development Director, Bloomington
Bruce Peterson, Community Development Director, Willmar
Neil Ruddy, City Administrator, Redwood Falls
Jim Salk, Councilmember, St. Cloud
David Thompson, Councilmember, Golden Valley
Ken Tischart, Mayor, Red Lake Falls
'Kurt Ulrich, Community Development Director, Champlin
David Unmacht, City Manager, Prior Lake
Craig Waldron, Economic Development Director, Roseville
Dennis Welsch, Planning Director, White Bear Lake
Elections and Ethics
Larry Bakken, Councilmember, Golden Valley -- Chair
Carol Carlson, Director of Admin. Services, New Hope -- Vice Chair
Karen Anderson, Councilmember, Minnetonka
Gary Bastian, Councilmember, Maplewood
Dana Bright, Councilmember, New Brighton
Rob Grasslln, City Clerk, St. Cloud
Carole Grimm, City Clerk, Rochester
Dixie Johnson, Councilmember, Detroit Lakes
Evelyn Kjos, City Clerk, Burnsville
David Mack, Clerk Treasurer, East Grand Forks
Betty McCollum, Councilmember, North St. Paul
Joyce Mercil, Director of Elections, Minneapolis
Mary Mueller, City Clerk, Apple Valley
Elaine Niehoff, Councilmember, Melrose
Doris Nivala, Clerk Treasurer, Ham Lake
Steve North, Assistant City Manager, Roseville
A10lson, City Clerk, St. Paul
Marty Pinkey, Councilmember, Moorhead
Ruth Rasmussen, Councilmember, Austin
Joanne Student, Council Secretary, Columbia Heights
Evelyn Woulfe, City Clerk, Bloomington
General Legislation and Personnel
Pete Stolley, City Administrator, Northfield -- Chair
Joanell Dyrstad, Mayor, Red Wing -- Vice Chair
Richard Abraham, City Administrator, Lake City
Linda Barton, City Manager, Burnsville
Dennis Bible, Director of Labor Relations, Minneapolis
Lynn Boland, Personnel Director, Apple Valley
Pat Bonniwell, Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer, Dassel
Frank Boyles, Assistant City Manager, Plymouth
Ralph Campbell, Cable Administrator, Minneapolis
Richard Carlquist, Police Chief, Plymouth
Michael Casper, Clerk Treasurer, Breckenridge
John Christenson, Mayor, Good Thunder
Wayne Courtney, Mayor, Edina
Dan Donahue, City Manager, New Hope
Jerry Dulgar, City Manager, Anoka
Brian Holzer, Fire Chief, Burnsviile
Bill Joynes, City Manager, Golden Valley
Melvin Kilbo, Chief of Police, Orono
Gary Klaphapke, City Administrator, Fairmont
Scott Larson, Clerk Administrator, Cambridge
Larry Lee, Assistant City Manager, Bloomington
Orville Mertz, Fire Chief, Rochester
Kent Michaelson, Personnel Director, Bloomington
Ron Moorse, Administrative Assistant, Roseville
Robert Norton, General Services Director, Winona
John Pe~erson, Councilmember, Lindstrom
David Pokorney, City Administrator, Chaska
Robert Schoefer, City Administrator, Inver Grove Heights
Ryan Schroeder, Assistant City Manager, Robbinsdale
Norm Schroeder, City Administrator, Staples
Robert Swanberg, City Administrator, Renville
William Thompson, Fire Chief, Coon Rapids
Robert Woefel, Councilmember, Redwood Falls
Betty Zachmann, Clerk Treasurer, Winsted
Land Use, Energy, Environment, and Transport
Brian Gramentz, City Administrator, Winstcd -- Chair
Jim Andre, City Manager, Roseville
Bill Barnhart, Local Liaison, Minneapolis
Gary Berg, City Planner, Brooklyn Park
Frank Furlan, Mayor, Chisholm
Jim Genellie, Administrative Assistant, Hopkins
Joseph Grillo, Community Development Director, Blaine
Mark Grimes, Planning Director, Golden Valley
Gary Hale, City Administrator, Biwabik
Tom Hallorah, Building Official, Rochester
Dayle Johnson, Mayor, Battle Lake
Neil Johnson, Public Works Director, Brooklyn Park
Lilias Jones, Clerk, Wolverton
Roger Knutson, City Attorney, Lakeville
Russ Langseth, Public Works Director, Bloomington
Dean Massett, Council Administrator, Red Wing
Steven Mielke, Community Development Director, Hopkins
Kenneth Murphy, Counciimember, Thief River Falls
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Bruce Nelson, Executive Director, ALAgD, Alexandria
Stcvcn Schwankc, City Planner, Eagan
Blair Tremcre, Planning Director, Plymouth
Kathcrlne Trummer, Councilmcmbcr, South St. Paul
Revenue Sources
Duane Knutson, Mayor, Fertile -- Chair
Liz Witt, Councilmember, Mendota Heights -- Vice Chair
Duke Addicks, Legislative Liaison, Minneapolis
John Anderson, City Manager, Shakopee
Bill Bassett, City Manager, Mankato
Mary Lou Beckman, Mayor, Lake City
Ed BurrelI, Roseville
Charles Darth, Director of Intergovermental Relations, Brooklyn Park
· Walter Fehst, City Manager, Robbinsdale
Steve Hard, Councilmember, Falcon Heights
Sam Houston, Mayor, St. Cloud
Barbara lrvine, Councilmember, Hanover
Robert Johnson, City Administrator, Montgomery
Richard Johnson, City Manager, Blaine
Darrel Johnson, Finance Director, Winona
Diane Lynch, Intergovernmental Relations, St. Paul
Tim Madigan, City Manager, Waseca
Dean Nyquist, Mayor, Brooklyn Center
Craig Rapp, City Manager, Hopkins
Al Ringsmuth, Mayor, waite Park
Mark Sauter, Councilmember, Waconia
Mark Siever, City Administrator, Dayton
Hank Sinda, City Manager, New Brighton
Dan Vogt, City Administrator, Shorew0od
Richard Waataja, Clerk Treasurer, Cook
James Willis, City Manager, Plymouth
Federal Legislative
Steve Cramer, Councilmember, Minneapolis -- Chair
Pete Solinger, Councilmember, Rochester -- Vice Chair
Cynthia Albright, Councilmember, Duluth
Jim Krautkremer, Mayor, Brooklyn Park
William Gill, Mayor, Northfield
Millie MacLeod, Councilmember, Moorhead
Carl Meissner, City Administrator, Cottage Grove
Bruce Nawrocki, Mayor, Columbia Heights
Nell Peterson, Councilmember, Bloomington
Clarence Ranallo, Councilmember, St. Anthony
Jim Scheibel, Councilmember, St. Paul
Betty Sindt, Councilmember, Lakeville
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Foreword ....................................................... '. ........................................................................................................................... i
Committee Members..~ ......................................................................................................................................................... ii
Development Strategies
DS4. Tax Increment Financing (A) ................................................................................................................................. 1
DS-2. Economic Development Authorities (A) ............................................................................................................
DS-3. Community Development Principles (B) ............................................................................................................ 1
DS-4. Development Financing (B) ................................................................................................................................... 2
DS-5. Municipal Service Districts (B) ............................................................................................................................ 2
DS-6. Housing (B) ................................................................................................................................................................ 3
DS-7. Economic Development Funds (B) ...................................................................................................................... 3
DS-8. Tax-exempt Status of Land Held by Cities for Development (C) ............................................................... 3
DS-9. Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program (C) .............................................................. 4
Elections and Ethics
EE4. Uniform Local Government Election Day (B) ................................................................................................. 4
EE-2. Campaign and Finance Disclosure (B) ............................................................................................................... 4
EE-3. Voting Equipment (B) ............................................................................................................................................ 5
EE-4. Election Day Registration and Administrative Improvements (B) ............................................................. 5
EE-5. Conflicts of Interest/Incompatibility of Office (B) ........................................................................................ 5
EE-6. Recall of Local Elected Officials (B) ..................................................... :. ........................................... , .............. 5
EE-7. Initiative and Referendum (B) ........................................................................................................ :...: ................. 6
EE-8. Mail-in Balloting (B) ............................................................................................................................................... 6
EE-9. Optional Poll Hours (C) ........................................................................................................................................ 6
EE40. City Election Campaigns (C) ....................................................................................................... ; ....................... 6
General Legislation and Personnel
GLP-1. Veterans' Preference (A) ...................................................................................................................................... 6
GLP-2. Minnesota Public Employment Labor Relations Act (A) ........................................................................... 7
GLP-3. Open Meetings (B) ................................................................................................................................................ 8
GLP-4. Tort Liability and Insurance (B) ....................................................................................................................... 8
GLP-5. Mandates (B) .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
GL?-6. Purchasing Authority of Plan B Managers (B) ............................................................................................. 9
GLP-7. Government Training Service Funding (B) ..................................................................................................... 9
GLP-8J Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) Benefits, Financing,
and Administration (B) ....................................................................................................................................................... 9
GLP-9. Local Government Pay Equity Act (B) ......................................................................................................... 11
GLP-10. Time And Distance Residency Requirements (B) .................................................................................... 11
GLP41.
GLP42.
GLP43.
GLP44.
GLP45.
GLP46.
GLP47.
GLP48.
GLP49.
GLP-20.
GLP-21.
One Class of Beer/Wine In Grocery Stores (B) ......................................................................................
Firefighter Certification (B) ........................................................................................................................... 12
Military Leaves (B) ............................................................................................... -. ........................................... 12
Workers' Compensation (C) ........................................................................................................................... 12
Modifications to the State Building Code (C) .......................................................................................... 12
Social Investing (C) ......... ~ ................................................................................................................................ 12
Emergency Medical Services (C) .................................................................................................................. 12
Towing of Abandoned Vehicles (C) ............................................................................................................. 13
Joint Powers Act (C) ........................................................................................................................................ 13
Cable Communications (C) ............................................................................................................................ 13
State Licensing of Contractors (C) ............................................................................................................. 13
Land Use, Energy, Environment, and 3~'ansportation
LUEET-1. Wastewater Treatment (A) ....................................................................................
LUEET-2. Land Use, Planning, and Annexation (A) .................................................. iii..iiiiiii.iiiiiii..i.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii la
15
LUEET-3. Transportation (A) ...........................................................................................
LUEET-4. Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (B) ................................... ii....~iiiii.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'~'~iiii" 16
18
LUEET-5. Ground and Surface Water Management (B) ...................................................................................... 19
LUEET-6. Pesticides and Other Hazardous Materials (B) ................................................................................... 20
LUEET-7. Eminent Domain Law (C) .................................................................................................................. ~ ...... 20
LUEET-8. Energy Conservation (C) ........................................................................................................................... 20
Revenue Sources
RS4. Property Tax Reform (A) ..................................................................................................................................... 21
RS-2. Local'~overnment Aid and State Funding to Cities (A) ............................................................................ 22
RS-3..Elimination of Levy Limits (A) ......................................................................................................................... 23
RS-4. Sales and Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Extension (A) .................................................................................... 24
RSo5. State Administrative Costs (B) ......................................................................... : ................................................ 24
RS-6. Stability of State Revenues (B) .......................................................................................................................... 25
RS-7. Sales Ratio Issues (B) ...........................................................................................................
25
RS-9. Interest Limits on Municipal Bonds and Special Assessment Financing (C) ........................................ 26
RS-10. License Fees (C) ...............................................................................................................................
RS-II. Railroad and Telephone Taxation (C) ......................................................................................... iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 26
26
RS-12. Tax-Exempt Property (C) .................................................................. . ................. : ............................................... 26
RS-13. Local Option Taxes (C) ...................................................................................................................................... 27
RS-14. State Audits and City Financial Reporting Requirements (C) ........ : ............................... : .................... i... 27
Federal Legislative .
FL-1. Federal Tax Policy Modifications ....................................................................................................................... 27
FL-2. Homelessness .................................................................................................................................... j ..................... 28
FL-3. Extension of Medicare Coverage Requirements ............................................................................................ 29
FL-4. Mandates .................................................................................................................................................................. 29
FL-5. Rural Development Priorities ............................................................................................................................. 29
FL-6. Underground Storage Tank Regulations .......................................................................................................... 30
FL-7. Pipeline Safety ........................................................................................................................................................ 30
FL-8. Clean Air Act Compliance .................................................................................................................................. 31
FL-9. Essential Airline Service ...................................................................................................................................... 31
FL40. Cable Television Regulation Issues .................................................................................................................. 32
FL41. Regulation of Incinerator Emissions ................................................................................................................ 32
FL42. StormWater Permits ............................................................................................................................................. 33
FL-I3. immigration Forms for Election Judges ......................................................................................................... 34
FL44. Low- and Moderate-Income Housing .............................................................................................................. 34
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Development Strategies
DS-1. Tax Increment Financing (A)
The legislature should recognize that tax incre-
ment finance (TIF) is the cornerstone of redevelop-
ment and economic development programs through-
out Minnesota2 The legislature shouM preserve TIF
rather than seeking ways to curtail and limit
municipal TIF authority.
Cities have the responsibility for the physical
conditions and the development of the state's ur-
banized land. Tax increment finance is virtually
the only tool available to cities for positive inter-
vention to arrest the spread of blight and slums
and encourage sound economic development.
Moreover, since cities have the responsibility for
preserving and maintaining the state's physical
development, cities must have the authority for
discharging that responsibility. TIF is indispen-
sable to cities in order to execute that
responsibility.
Tax increment finance has permitted cities to
plan and. carry out housing, and economic develop-
ment projects on their own initiative. It represents
the most feasible and effective legal strategy which
is currently available to cities to preserve and im-
prove their physical and economic environment.
In view of the dramatic reductions in federal as-
sistance for development and housing, tax incre-
ment finance remains one of the few options avail-
able for cities to promote growth and development
in their cities.
The League opposes volume limits or penalties
for municipal use of tax increment finance. Should
the legislature decide that particular tax increment
finance practices should be modified, those prac-
tices should be dealt with through specific
proposals rather than the establishment of a
volume limitation. The League also opposes the
granting of a project veto to other taxing jurisdic-
tions.
DS-2. Economic Development Authorities (A)
The League supports legislation which would
provide city economic development authorities with
the same power and authority as certain cities have
been granted in special port authority acts.
The League believes that it is unfair and un-
reasonable to grant greater authority and power to
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some cities in the economic development field and
requests the following legislative changes accord-
ingly:
Authorize all cities to designate economic
development areas anywhere within their
jurisdiction, not as present law provides,
requiring that economic development areas
be contiguous and meet the tax increment
finance redevelopment/blighted area test.
Authorize the issuance of debt with respect
to project activities within economic
development districts without a referen-
dum.
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Authorize a separate levy of .75 mills for
economic development purposes.
Authorize the economic development au-
thority to build buildings or structures on
land owned by the authority.
DS-3. Community Development Principles (B)
The LeagUe supports legislation which continues
state assistance to cities for community and
economic development. Technical assistance should
be furnished by the appropriate state agencies to aid
cities in promoting local development activities. '
The State of Minnesota enacted major initiatives
in the economic development field during the 1987
session of the Legislature. The State created a
Greater Minnesota Corporation, expanded the au-
thority of the Community Development Division
of the Department of Trade and Economic
Development, and provided significant new fund-
ing for these activities. The legislation establishing
these initiatives provides great flexibility to the
state in implementing these new and expanded
programs. The state faces many choices in bring-
~ng the programs into operation. The cities of
Minnesota urge the legislature and the governor to
recognize city governments as the foundation of
economic development, and establish a partner-
ship with cities in the mutual objective of improv-
ing and encouraging economic activities in Minn-
esota.
We believe that cities should have representa-
tion on the board of directors of the Greater
Minnesota Corporation. We also believe that the
Department of Trade and Economic Development
should establish a committee of elected city offi-
cials to review local project proposals and advise
the Department on the appropriate participation
by cities with the Department in economic
development programs.
Minnesota cities have traditionally been respon-
sible for their own economic growth. During the
'60s and '70s, cities promoted development through
the use of industrial revenue bonds, tax increment
financing, and housing (or mortgage revenue)
bonds. Substantial federal grant programs supple-
mented local resources. The economic realities of
the 1980s require even greater efforts by cities in
community and economic development. As federal
assistance disappears, cities are forced to become
more creative in the use and leveraging of available
resources.
Community and economic development legisla-
tion should respond to the following concerns:
1. Protection of cities' ability to finance capi-
tal improvements;
Management of economic growth to maxi-
mize cities' existing capital investment;
Revitalization of cities reversing the trend
'of dispersion of population and economic
activity;
Recognition and allowance for the great
differences between cities, regarding their
stages of growth and development,
demographics, and types of economic ac-
tivity within and adjacent to their borders;
and
The legislature should enable the Small
Business Finance Agency to package
"projects which are approved by local city
councils into larger industrial revenue
bonds.
DS-4. Development Financing (B)
The League supports the continued use of in-
dustrial development bonds and other tax-exempt
instruments as development tools.
The following principles should apply to the al-
location of tax-exempt development authority:
A maximum of Minnesota tax-exempt
development allocation authority being
retained by municipalities;
2. The maintenance of local discretion and
flexibility in development decisions; and
3. The minimization of state control of local
development decisions.
Tax-exempt financing allows cities to undertake
a diverse range of activities to prevent economic
deterioration, to attract new businesses and jobs,
to retain existing businesses and jobs, and to main-
tain and strengthen the local tax base.
Pending federal tax legislation would substan-
tially change the applicability of tax-exempt
development financing. Should the state become:
involved in designing a new system appropriating
tax-exempt bond authority to cities, the League
recommends that the above three principles apply,
in general, and that the League be centrally in-
volved with the governor and the Legislature in
fashioning an equitable system.
DS-5. Municipal Service Districts (B)
The League supports legislation which wouM al-
low cities to create municipal service districts.
Cities should be allowed to finance the types of im-
proventents listed bt M.S. 429.021 (relating to the
construction, replacement, and maintenance of
such things as streets, sidewalks, gutters, storm and
sanitary sewers, waterworks systems, street lights,
and public malls, parking or courtyards). Both ser-
vice charges and ad valorem property taxes should
be available to finance services or capital improve-
ments in the district.
Recent court decisions concerning special as-
sessments have made it more difficult for cities to
use special assessments to finance public services
and improvements. The Minnesota Supreme Court
has interpreted the state Constitution to require
not only that a special assessment project
~specially benefit' affected parcels of property, but
also that the city be able to prove that the market
value of a property will increase in direct relation
to the amount of the special assessment applied to
that property.
This interpretation has created particular
problems for several important city functions.
First, it is more difficult to assess all (or even part)
of a capital improvement project to repair or
replace, as opposed to'newly built improvements.
This hinders cities from meeting the widely recog-
nized need for maintenance of the existing public
infrastructure.
Second, cities' ability to finance annual operat-
ing and maintenance costs of some services to
property through the use of special service charges
is either unclear or non-existent under current law.
The only current financing alternative to special
assessments or service charges is the general
property tax. But it may not be desirable to use
the general property tax to finance some capital
or operating expenses. For example, if a road is
used almost exclusively by people living in one
corner of a city, it may be bad public policy to re-
quire the cost of replacing that road to be borne
by all the property in the city. This is especially
true if the property in the rest of the city has al-
ready been assessed for similar improvements.
Or, if the central business district or mall of a
city benefits from more frequent snowplowing or
street cleaning, better lighting, etc. it may not be
good policy to have all the city taxpayers share in
those expenses.
DS-6. Housing (B)
The League of Minnesota Cities supports legisla-
tion that preserves and improves the financing tools
available to cities for the construction and
rehabilitation of housing.
Federal tax reform legislation as well as sub-
stantial cuts in HUD housing programs have dealt
a severe blow to many cities' housing efforts. State
legislation preserving existing tools such as tax ex-
empt finance, interest rate write down, and taxable
options in tax increment and revenue bonding are
more important than ever.
In addition, new state legislation providing cities
with new resources must be considered. The Ur-
ban Revitalization Action Program is an example
of the new city/state partnership in housing that
has. a state-wide potential. Cities recognize that
incentives for the construction and rehabilitation
of housing form a vital part of city redevelopment
efforts and serve the housing needs of its citizens,
especially those of low and moderate incomes.
The League also supports new legislation which
includes specialized opportunities for small com-
munities to participate in state housing and
development programs.
The League, in general, supports amendments
to Chapter 462C, necessary to further assist cities
in using housing revenue bond programs, both as
a redevelopment tool and as a way to provide
housing for lowand moderate-income households.
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As for the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
(MHFA) program, funds should be targeted to
cities in a manner consistent with local plans and
programs. The MHFA should continue to improve
its procedure whereby representatives of a diverse
group of cities, chosen in consultation with the
League, can participate in targeting funds to cities.
DS-7. Economic Development Funds (B)
The League supports legislation authorizing
cities to use general funds or bond proceeds to es-
tablish funds for the promotion of economic
development activities within the city.
Recently, cities have sought special legislation to
establish special funds intended to be used to
promote economic growth within their com-
munities. These 'capital seed funds' are financed
either through general fund monies or general
obligation bond proceeds. Cities have used them
for the purposes of making grants, loans, and other
development activities.
DS-8. Tax-Exempt Status of Land Held
by Cities for Development (C)
The League.supports granting unlimited tax-
exempt status to property held 'by cities and their
political subdivisions for later resale to promote
economic development.
Up until recently, almost all property owned by
political subdivisions was granted tax-exempt
status. In 1979, the Legislature changed the law to
provide that property held by a political subdivi-
sion of the state for later resale for economic
development purposes would be considered a
public purpose, and therefore tax-exempt for a
maximum period of three years. In 1984, the legis-
lature revised the statute, providing tax-exempt
status for a period of eight years in most situations
and granting an exemption for an unlimited period
of years if the property is held for housing
programs or is classified as "blighted landN under
state law.
The 1984 law provides that the property will be
taxable if the proper.ty is acquired for economic
development purposes, and building or other im-
provements are constructed after acquisition of
the property, and if more than one-half of the floor
space of the buildings or improvements available
for lease to or use by a private individual, corpora-
tion, or other entity is leased to, or otherwise used
by, a private individual, corporation, or other en-
tity.
The overall intent of the statute is to create an
incentive for political subdivisions to engage in
economic development activities, as well as to
promote moving the property back onto the tax
rolls. Unfortunately, it does not fully recognize
that the process of developing industrial and
economic growth, rehabilitating, or building
housing may extend over a long period of time.
The uncertainty caused by the vague provision
on improvements and leasing of one-half of the
property discourages cities from being active in es-
tablishing and maintaining local development cor-
porations, from retaining as much control as pos-
sible over their economic development and
planning process, and from being selective as to
the type of development which may occur in the
city.
Cities have every incentive to get property back
on the tax rolls as soon as possible. Therefore, the
League recommends that the provision concerning
one-half installation of improvements be deleted
or at the very least clarified, and that the eight-
year limit on tax-exempt status be removed.
DS-9. Small Cities Community
Development Block Grant Program (C)
The League supports the state's continued ad-
ministration of the Small Cities portion of the
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG}
program. The League also supports the continua-
tion of the set-aside of federal funds for economic
development grants and augmented state appropria-
tions to supplement the federal funds set-aside. The
League discourages any legislative attempt to deal
statutorily with complex, specific program criteria
that are best handled administratively.
The Small Cities CDBG program should con-
tinue as a source of funding which encourages
cities .to develop viable communities by providing
decent housing and suitable living environments
and expanding economic opportunities, principally
for purposes of lowand moderate-income, in com-
pliance with congressional intent. The state should
maintain the CDBG program balance between
cities' economic development needs and the needs
of lowand moderate-income people. Cities should
retain maximum flexibility in determining how to
carry out CDBG program objectives.
Elections and Ethics
EE-1. Uniform Local Government
Election Day (B)
The League opposes the designation of a uniform
local government election day.
Home rule charter cities currently have the au-
thority, through their charters, to designate when
they want to hold their local elections. Statutory
cities may establish either an odd or even yea?
November election date.
Decisions affecting only local units of govern-
ment should be made at the local level unless an
overriding state interest can be demonstrated. The
League believes that there is no statewide neces-
sity to provide for a uniform local government
election day. However, if the Legislature enacts a
uniform local government election day, the follow-
ing features must be included:
1. Home rule charter cities should retain the
option of set. ting their own election date;
Municipal primary elections should con-
tinue to be optional;
All direct costs of state-mandated changes
and additions to present city election duties
should be paid by the state;
e
Decisions to combine school district elec-
tions and municipal elections should
remain with local cities and school dis-
tricts; and
Statutory cities should retain the option of
choosing the odd or even year for their
elections.
EE-2. Campaign and Finance Disclosure (B)
The League supports legislation which would
simplify the election process so that it would en-
courage rather than discourage candidates for local
office.
Distinctions l~etween types of campaign
committees and reporting requirements
should be eliminated.
The League opposes any state-mandated
requirement of candidates for city office to
file statements of economic interest.
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The League supports the current laws re-
quiring reporting of campaign expendi-
tures in cities over 20,000 population. The
League opposes the requirement for
smaller cities.
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To the extent permitted by the state and
federal Constitutions, individuals who ac-
tively seek to influence the nomination,
election, or defeat of a candidate or ballot
question through the expenditure of their
personal funds, or funds they solicit,
should be required to make reports to the
same extent as corporations, associations,
or persons working together.
Write-in candidates should be required to
report campaign expenditures in the same
manner as other candidates.
6. The League opposes campaign contribu-
tion limits for municipal elections.
EE-3. Voting Equipment (B)
The League supports present law permitting a city
the option of selecting which state-approved equip-
ment it determines will best suit its needs and op-
poses any state-mandated system of voting equip-
ment.
Cities' investment in voting equipment should be
protected. Certification of equipment should be
thorough and provide an assurance to cities that
the equipment will be usable for a long period of
time.
The League opposes state-mandated changes to
election law that are of no benefit to city elections,
makes equipment obsolete, costly to retrofit, or
difficult to administer.
EE-4. Election Day Registration
and Administrative Improvements (B)
The League supports voter registration prior to
election day and encourages legislation to improve
the current system of voter registration.
The following steps would improve the current
system:
Election day registration and voting should
be permitted, but not mandated, to take
place in adjacent rooms;
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Require public entities to make available
usable, adequate and appropriate facilities
for polling places. Polling places should be
subject to the approval of the election ad-
ministrator;
Certain penalties for election day infrac-
tions are so severe that they constitute a
barrier to effective enforcement of the law.
The League recommends that the laws be
reviewed and modified where necessary so
that the laws can be effectively enforced;
4. Permitting election judges to sign ballots
prior to sending out absentee ballots;
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Write-in candidates with less than five per-
cent of the total vote cast would need not
be listed on election returns; and
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The League supports clarification of ab-
sentee voting ballot requirements to assure
that all ballots are available according to
statutory requirements.
EE-$. Conflict of Interest/Incompatibility
of Offices (B)
The League supports an in-depth study of state
law as it relates to official conflict of interest and
incompatible offices in order to offer amendments
to the state legislature.
City officials work hard at maintaining the
public's trust and confidence. Avoiding conflict of
interest is critical to the public's perception of
good government.
Because of the importance of conflict of inter-
est, city officials want time to study this issue in
order to offer their recommendations to the legis-
lature during the next session.
EE-6. Recall of Local Elected Officials (B)
The League opposes state-mandated recall of city
elected officials.
Extending recall to all local governments is in-
appropriate and unnecessary because:
1. It is of limited usefulness under the Con-
stitution; and
It is already available to any city whose
citizens want to have recall provisions in
the charter; and
Existing statutes providing that an office is
vacated when the office holder is convicted
of a serious crime serves much the same
purpose.
The Minnesota Supreme Court has held that
recall is a form of removal from office. Since the
Minnesota Constitution provides that officers can
be removed only for malfeasance or non-feasanee,
recall can therefore only be used in those in-
stances. All cities have the option of adopting a
charter, and including recall provisions in their
charter. About one half of the charter cities have
done so. Because of the constitutional restrictions,
however, recall is very seldom used.
Further, where elected officials have been con-
victed of serious wrong-doing while in office, cities
have been successful in declaring the office to be
vacant under M.S. 351..02.
EE-7. Initiative and Referendum (B)
The League opposes state-imposed initiative and
referendum legislation.
The current system clearly works. Where the
citizens want initiative and/or referendum, they
can provide for it and can tailor it to their needs.
The legislature should not take it upon itself to im-
pose initiative and referendum on cities where
voters have not chosen to do so. Nor should the
legislature force cities which already have adopted
initiative and referendum to conform to a single
procedure which may not suit the individual city's
particular needs and the desires of its citizens.
Initiative and referendum are already available
to any city whose citizens desire those powers.
Voters of any city can choose to adopt a charter
and to include in that charter provisions for initia-
tive and referendum.
Of Minnesota's 855 cities, 108 have adopted
charters. About two-thirds of those charters
provide for initiative and referendum. Those
charters also vary in the procedures specified. For
example, how many voters must sign a petition in
order to force an initiative or referendum on an
ordinance.
EE-8. Mail-in Balloting (B)
The League supports mail-in ballotbtg for non-
candidate elections and encourages the legislature
to make the process available to all cities.
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Mail-in balloting has been successfully con.
ducted in several states and experimental mail-in
elections have been successful in Minnesota. The
all-mail balloting has shown an increased voter
participation as well as cost savings.
The legislature is encouraged to make the mail-
in balloting process available for special, non-
candidate elections for municipal and school dis-
trict elections.
The League encourages the legislature not to ex-
tend mail elections to candidates. In addition, w~
encourage rules to include safeguards for secrecy,
simplicity, and provisions for voters to return their
ballots either by mail or in person to the election
office.
EE-9. Optional Poll Hours (C)
The League opposes current law that mandates
all cities, regardless of their size, to have their polls
open 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for state elections.
Prior to 1983, cities under 1,000 population
located outside the,metropolitan area could, by
resolution, fLx the poll hours no later than 9:00 a.m.
for a state general election and no later than 5:00
p.m. for a state primary. This flexibility would
reduce costs to very small cities.
The League also supports legislation for
municipalities to set their polling hours by referen-
dum.
EE-10. City Election Campaigns (C)
The League supports extending income tax credits
or deductions for contributions to city election
campaigns.
Candidates should be encouraged to seek
broader backing from constituents. Extending in-
come tax credits or permitting deductions by using
criteria for state deductions should be permitted
for city election campaigns.
General Legislation and Personnel
GLP-1. Veterans' Preference (A)
L
The League recommends that the legislature
amend the Veterans' Preference Act to provide
that a veteran must select one and only one
hearing procedure rather than be able to re-
quest both a veterans' preference hearing and
a grievance procedure under a collective bar-
gaining agreement.
Current statutes entitle a veteran to at least two
different hearing procedures to challenge any dis-
ciplinary action. This is not only grossly inefficient
but may also be unworkable, since the standards
for court review of the decisions of veterans'
preference boards and grievance arbitrators vary
significantly.
The Minnesota Supreme Court, in a recent deci-
sion, also has indicated to the legislature that these
statutes need to be amended. The law should
provide for a selection of a single hearing
procedure and eliminate any requirement for
salary payment, pending the hearing when the
veteran does not request a hearing within 10 days
or when an impartial hearing body determines that
the dismissal was for just cause.
The League supports legislation providing
specific time lines to be followed by employers
and employees in the veterans' preference dis-
cipline or dismissal process, so that an
employee must provide notice of their intent
to 'appeal within 10 days and the hearing
process would be required to be completed no
later than 90 days following a proposed dis-
ciplinary or dismissal action.
Currently an employee has 60 days from the date
of the employer's notice of discipline or dismissal
to request a hearing. If a hearing is requested,
there are no time lines for holding hearings or ren-
dering decisions.
Under this current system, a termination deci-
sion can, and has, taken more than a year, during
which the employee receives full pay and benefits.
The result is extremely costly to cities, particularly
small cities, which often must hire replacement
workers for this period. The League's proposal to
provide a more expedited process would not in-
fringe on the employee's right to a hearing, but
would ensure a more efficient and cost-effective
procedure.
GLP-2. Minnesota Public Employment
Labor Relations Act (PELRA) (A)
The League recommends that legislation be
enacted that gives public employers the option
of either requesting arbitration within a
specific time or allowing essential employees
to legally strike.
Cities in Minnesota are very diverse in their
public employment practices. Their ability to deal
with employee strikes also varies greatly. The his-
tory of bargaining in the public sector has indi-
cated that if properly prepared for, even strikes by
~essential employees~ may not unduly threaten
public health and safety. In contrast, the prohibi-
tion of the right to strike has forced undue reliance
on arbitration, which usually has resulted in large
compensation awards to essential employees.
For these reasons, the League recommends that
legislation be enacted that gives public employers
the option of either requesting arbitration within
a specific time or allowing essential employees to
legally strike. Further, the League opposes any
other employee groups to be defined as essential
employees.
2.
The League recommends that the legislature
reinstate the previous definition of employees
covered by PELRA to persons employed for
more than 100 days in a calendar year.
The 1983 Legislature reduced the time period
that part-time employees must be employed before
they are considered employees covered by PE.LRA.
This has resulted in higher wages for some part-
time employees, and more Significantly, has
resulted in cities hiring fewer part:time
employees. Additionally, many employees who
view their work as temporary or transitory in na-
ture, have been asked to pay their fair share of
union dues, even though they receive no benefit
from union membership.
Experience with the law over the last two years
has indicated general dissatisfaction with the law
by every affected party except unions representing
primarily full-time employees.
The League opposes any changes in PELRA
which would permit public employees to refuse
to cross the picket lines of other city
employees, or would change the definition of
supervisory or confidential employees.
Supervisors of public employees should have
their management role acknowledged, and con-
tinue to have their status limited so they may meet
and confer. In no event should supervisory or con-
fidential employees be represented by an employee
organization which represents the employees they
supervise. Further limitation of the definition of
supervisory personnel would mean that in cities,
except city manager cities, no employees could be
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considered to be supervisory employees for pur-
poses of PELRA.
GLP-3. Open Meetings (B)
The League recommends that the Open Meeting
Law be amended to conform to the Data Practices
Act.
City officials strongly support the basic premise
of the Open Meeting Law--to assure the public's
right to be informed about the conduct of public
business. Experience with this law since 1974,
however, indicates clearly that there are areas
where the legislation should be amended in the
public interest. The League believes the most im-
portant instance where the public interest would
be better served by permitting a local governing
body to meet in executive or closed session, is
when information classified by the state data prac-
tices act must be discussed.
These instances include certain discussions
relating to employees "hiring" interviews, annual
reviews, and discipline or discharge discussions.
These situations under current law often require
the council to choose between violating either the
Open Meeting Law or the Data Practices Act. A
specific exception to the open meeting law shoUld
be provided for discussions of protected data.
Additionally, the League opposes any legislative
attempt to alter the recent court ruling that the
Open Meeting Law applies only to meetings where
a quorum of the governing body or its established
committees is present. The ruling clarified the law
which was'often viewed as applying to any meeting
between two office holders. Limiting the applica-
tion of the law to gatherings of a quorum or more
is a common sense approach to implementing the
statute and should not be altered.
GLP,4. Tort Liability and Insurance (B)
The League supports legislation reducing the ex-
posure of cities to civil lawsuits without unduly
restricting an injured party from recovering com-
pensation from negligent individuals and also
supports actions ensuring the availability and af-
fordabi!ity of insurance coverage for cities.
While many debate whether there has been an
"explosion," it is fairly well established that the
growth of tort litigation over the past several years
has resulted in increasing liability for governmen-
tal entities, private businesses, and individual
citizens. Additionally, business practices of in-
surance companies have played a significant role
in insurance pricing. The League supports
reasonable reforms addressing both sides of the
liability insurance issue.
The Municipal Tort Liability Act was enacted
in 1963 to protect the public treasury, while giving
citizens relief from the arbitrary, confusing, and
administratively expensive prior doctrine of
sovereign immunity with its inconsistent and irra-
tional distinctions between governmental and
proprietary activities. The Act has served that pur-
pose well in the past. However, courts frequently
forget or ignore the positive benefits secured to
citizens as a result of the Act, which includes
liability exceptions and limitations.
The special vulnerability of far-flung govern-
ment operations tO debilitating tort suits continues
to require the existence of a tort claims act, ap-
plicable to local governments as well as the state.
The League recommends:
Continuing our system of clearly defining
and limiting the scope of public liability
through legislation;
Modif3,ing state laws providing for punitive
damages. Punitive damages, intended to
punish and deter egregious conduct, have
not been effective because the standards of
applicability have been too vague. The
League does not oppose the total elimina-
tion of punitive damages, but would prefer
that the Legislature specify that punitive
damages may be awarded only when the
conduct involved manifests malicious and
flagrant indifference to safety, and place
monetary limits on such awards; and
Eliminating joint and several liability ex-
cept in limited circumstances. The fault-
based system of damage awards has ap-
parently eroded. In order to facilitate the
return to a fault-based system, joint
liability should be abolished in cases where
defendants have not acted in concert, and
a modified-comparative fault system
should be uged to evaluate the actions of
other persons involved with the injury and
assess damages, only in proportion to the
amount of each person's fault. At the very
least, the legislature should retain the 1986
modification to the comparative fault
statute that eliminates joint liability for
governmental defendants when they are
less than 35 percent at fault.
In order to protect any enacted legislation
from constitutional equal protection chal-
lenge, the legislature should establish ra-
tionals defining the problem being
addressed and the intent of the legislature.
GLP-5. Mandates (B)
The League opposes any additional mandates un-
less the legislature provides adequate revenue
sources to implement the law.
One of the most serious problems facing cities
is the' growth in the number and cost of federal-
and state-mandated programs, which substitute the
judgments of Congress and the State Legislature
for local budget priorities. Recent examples of
costly mandated programs include comparable
worth, employee right to know, legal compliance
audits, and newspaper publications. Special bills
to address this problem on an ad hoc basis have
not provided a permanent or statewide solution to
these problems.
The League therefore supports the continuation
and improvement of legislation which requires the
state to adopt a policy of deliberate restraint on
its mandated programs. This includes providing a
mandatory fiscal note identifying local government
costs on any new mandated programs when they
are introduced in the legislature, and a statement
of compelling statewide interest to accompany all
state mandates. The League further supports the
recently adopted Governor's Advisory Council on
State and Local Relations recommended guidelines
for mandating for the legislative and executive
branches.
Revenues or alternative revenue producing
mechanisms, other than the general property tax
subject to levy limits, must accompany new man-
dates. Also, the legislature should repeal obsolete,
unnecessary, and unduly restrictive mandatory
laws and rules.
GLP-6. Purchasing Authority of
Plan B Managers (B)
The League supports changing the purchasing au-
thority of city managers in Plan B cities from $1,000
to conform to the figures in the Uniform Municipal
Contracting Law.
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Currently the law allows Plan B city managers
to make purchases under $1,000 without council
approval. This provision has not been changed for
many years and inflation has seriously eroded the
utility of the provision. The law should be
amended to increase the figure to the dollar
amounts in the Uniform Municipal Contracting
Law which allows purchases under $15,000 to be
made relatively easily.
GLP-7. Government Training Service
Funding (B)
The League supports continued state financial
funding for the Government Training Service.
The Government Training Service (GTS) has
been invaluable in maximizing training oppor-
tunities while minimizing training costs for local
government officials and staff over the past ten
years. Both the need and the demand for services
are greater than ever during these times of tight
budgets.
GTS continues to respond on behalf of all local
jurisdictions in Minnesota by developing innova-
tive, low-cost alternatives and exploring cost-
effective deliver_y systems. The legislature should
continue state financial support for. GTS.
GLP-8. Public Employees Retirement
Association (PERA) Benefits,
Financing, and Administration (B)
The following principles should govern any
changes the Legislature makes in Public Employees
Retirement Association (PERA) and the other
statewide pension plans.
The League of Minnesota Cities opposes
modification of the *high five' formula.
The adoption in 1973 of the ~high five
year~ benefit formula for PERA has
provided very adequate pension benefits
for career municipal employees. Further
shortening of the averaging period would
create windfalls for some PERA members
and multiply opportunities for manipula-
tion of service and salaries to maximize
pension ben~fits without proportional
contributions to the fund.
Any increases in PERA benefits should
be granted only to the extent that
proposed contributions and current
reserves are sufficient to fully fund the in-
creases in the opinion of one or more
recognized pension actuaries who are in-
dependent of the PERA organization.
Any benefit increase or contribution
reductions permitted by excess reserves or
excessive current contributions or com-
binations of .thc two should be of such
amounts as to benefit thc employer and
employee equally as a percentage of over-
all employee salary.
PERA should not be authorized to create
any additional health care plans for retired
employees. However, direct transfer of
premiums from PERA to the Minnesota
Comprehensive Health Association or the
new statewide insurance plan should be
authorized at the request of any PERA
member from the member's own account.
The present PERA retirement system in
effect provides a cafeteria plan approach
to retirement benefits. Those who need a
spousal retirement annuity or life in-
surance coverage can purchase these
benefits from PERA, accepting ac-
tuarially reduced primary retirement
benefits. Retirees who are not eliglble to
remain in the group health insurance plan
of the local unit from which they are retir-
ing, can always use their retirement funds
to the extent they are adequate to buy
health coverage through the Minnesota
Comprehensive Health Association or the
statewide insurance plan when it is
created, for persons that are 65 years of
age and less. Persons 65 and over without
automatic medicare coverage can buy that
coverage at reasonable cost.
Legislation creating new, specially
· benefitted classes of employees, as in the
case of the newly created correctional
employees plan, should not be' imple-
mented because other groups of
employees can make equally compelling
arguments for inclusion.
If any increase in benefits is enacted for
pre-1973 retirees, the resulting costs
should not be paid from the PERA fund,
but rather should be financed by a direct
appropriation from the state general fund.
The LMC supports the continuation of the
Minnesota post-retirement investment
fund as a means of providing post-
retirement increases in the pension
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benefits of retirees under the statewide
pension funds.
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No money or funding should be trans-
ferred directly or indirectly from PERA
to less well-funded plans. Since integra-
tion of pension fund administration
mechanisms, or subjection of all funds to
the authority of a commissioner within
the state executive branch may lead to
combining the funds, the LMC opposes
any move toward the combinination 6f
administration of the three statewlde
pension programs. PERA funding should
not be put in jeopardy by refund of
employer contributions upon privatiza-
tion or disolusion of an employing unit.
The legislature should amend the present
provision on disbursement of the two per-
cent tax provision on automobile casualty
insurance to allow expenditures by the
recipient political subdivision of any
excess over the employer's share of police
retirement costs for any police depart-
ment purpose, instead of requiring pay-
ment to the PERA police and fire fund.
Since the PERA police and fire fund has
now essentially achieved full funding,
employers' and employees' contributions
should be reduced to an amount sufficient
to pay normal costs. Furthermore, the
employer (taxpayers) through payment of
more than 50 percent of contributions to
this fund is creating a surplus not needed
for pension purposes.
Individual local police and fire relief as-
sociations, with city consent, should be al-
lowed to merge into the PERA police and
fire funds only under the uniform policy
enacted at the 1987 session.
The League opposes any change in the
PERA Rule of 90 or the current early-
retirement reduction factor. PERA is the
only statewide pension fund with mem-
bers eligible for the Rule of 90 and with
a one-fourth percent pension reduction
per month under age 65 early-retirement
reduction factor. Members have provided
substantial service in reliance on these
beneficial and supposed permanent fund
features.
GLP-9. Local Government Pay Equity Act (B)
The League opposes legislative proposals to im-
pose penalties for failure to implement the studies.
Penalties would be premature and cities should be
provided with sufficient time to implement their
studies.
The League also supports legislation requiring
arbitrators to consider and comment on the results
of the employer's pay equity study, and other legis-
lation ensuring the ability of cities to maintain the
equitable compensation relationships required to
be implemented by the local government pay
equity act.
The 1984 Legislature required all local units of
government to conduct job evaluation studies and
to implement those studies in order to remedy sex-
based differentials in compensation. Cities have
expended a great deal of staff time and money in
undertaking the studies and seeking to implement
.the s.tudies. It has proven to be a complicated and
expensive process.
The primary issue facing cities, aside from fund-
ing the implementation, is ensuring the imple-
mented studies can be maintained. In negotiations
and settlements with most employees, the govern-
ing body is ultimately responsible for the com-
pensation provided to employees. If the governing
body, through a settlement with a particular
employee class, creates inequity as defined by the
statute, it will be responsible for that inequity and
ultimately will have to increase or freeze com-
pensation until equity is once again achieved.
This is not the case with essential employees or-
ganized under the Public Employment Labor
Relations Act. These employees, to the extent that
agreement with the local government cannot be at-
tained, have their compensation established
through mandatory binding arbitration. The end
result of the interplay between these statutes could
be that the overall level of compensation for all
employees, not just essential employees, will be set
not by the local elected officials required to raise
the revenues to pay for employees' compensation,
but rather by arbitrators.
The League strongly opposes any legislation
which has the effect of promoting this result,
strongly opposes legislation which excludes police,
fire, and other essential employees from the pay
equity act, and supports legislation which ensures
that local officials charged with setting property
tax levels also set local government employee com-
pensation levels.
GLP-10. Time and Distance Residency
Requirements (B)
The League supports legislation allowing cities in
the metropolitan area to enact reasonable area and
response time restrictions if there is a demonstrated
job necessity for certain employees to reside close
to the city.
In recent years the legislature has limited the au-
thority of cities and other local units of govern-
ment to impose residency requirements for their
employees. The legislature has recognized,
however, the need for insuring the ability of cer-
tain employees to be available to respond to emer-
gency situations.
In 1984, in the same bill which prohibited non-
metropolitan cities from enacting blanket
residency requirements, the legislature specifically
allowed non-metropolitan cities to enact
reasonable area and response time restrictions if
there were demonstrated job necessities for
employees to reside close to the city. Unfortunate-
ly, a drafting error prohibited metropolitan cities
from enacting these restrictions'. In 1985, the legis-
lature acted to allow metropolitan Communities .to
impose reasonable time and distance requirements
for volunteer firefighters.
The result of the 1984 and 1985 legislative ac-
tions is a situation where metropolitan com-
munities still cannot impose reasonable time and
distance requirements for their police officers,
paid firefighters, or any employee, with the excep-
tion of volunteer firefighters.
The League recommends that the legislature
grant metropolitan cities the same authority
granted non-metropolitan cities to impose
reasonable time and distance requirements where
the city can show a demonstrated job-related
necessity. Because these requirements must pass
this difficult test and directly affect the public
safety of the community, these requirements
should, under no circumstances, be considered as
mandatory subjects of collective bargaining.
GLP-11. One Class of Beer~ine
In Grocery Store (B)
The League opposes the establishment of one
class of beer and the off-sale of wine in other than
liquor stores.
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The establishment of one class of beer in Minn-
esota would cause substantial problems in controll-
ing the sale of beer in filling stations, grocery
stores, drug stores, and elsewhere where 3.2 beer
is presently sold. Also, 3.2 on-sale establishments
would be selling strong beer in competition with
on-sale liquor establishments and municipal liquor
stores.
GLP-12. Firefighter Certification (B)
The League opposes any state-imposed voluntary
or mandatory firefighter certification programs, but
supports the availability of technical and financial
assistance from the state for local or regional train-
ing programs.
Recent proposals to establish a state profes-
sional qualifications board charged with certifying
both voluntary and full-time firefighters, are un-
necessary to assure proper training of local
firefighters and could too easily be changed into
mandatory certifications programs.
The League supports efforts by the state to
make training programs more readily available for
local firefighters as well as financial assistance by
the state to encourage local governments to
provide additional training for firefighters.
GLP-13. Military Leaves (B)
The League recommends that the statutes be
amended to provide that when an employee is tem-
porarily absent because of short-term military ser-
vice, the employer pay only the difference between
military pay and the public pay, rather than the full
public salary.
Under current law (M.S. 192.26 and 192.261) a
city employee, as well as other public employees,
is entitled to leave with full pay and accrual of
seniority status and other benefits for all the time
the employee is engaged in short-term (15 days or
less) military service while receiving full military
pay. Cities, particularly those which must hire
part-time replacement employees when others
take military leave, suffer a significant financial
hardship not shared by private sector employers
who arc not required to provide short-term paid
military leaves.
Public employees should only be required to pay
the difference between the employees military pay
and their regular wage for this 15 day period. Any
longer leave period should be without pay and the
accrual of Seniority and other benefits should be
suspended for military leaves beyond 30 days. Cur-
rent law which provides for mandatory leaves and
reinstatement after wars, &dared emergencies,
active duty training, and duty training should be
changed to provide for mandatory leaves and
reinstatement only after wars and declared emer-
gencies. Employees should not be entitled to leave
and be reinstated for active or inactive training
duty.
GLP-14. Workers' Compensation (C)
The League supports the elimination of the
presumption that heart and lung ailments of police
and fire personnel arise from their employment, if
the employee has been an active smoker within the
two years prior to the onset of the heart or lung
aihnent.
Existing workers' compensation statutes create
a presumption that heart and lung ailments of
police and fire personnel arise from employment.
However, personal risk factors, such as smoking,
can be more significant in some cases than job-
related factors. For this reason, the League sup-
ports limiting the presumption to cases where the
employee can demonstrate limited personal risk
factors.
GLP-15. Modifications to the State '
Building Code (C)
The League supports the current ability of non-
metropolitan cities, counties, and towns to opt-out
of the inspection and enforcement responsibilities
mandated by the State Building Code.
GLP-16. Social Investing (C)
Without each employee's consent to other
priorities, public employee pension funds should be
invested solely for the purpose of maximizing invest-
ment return.
Investment management responsibility for
public employee pension reserves should be
removed from the state Board of Investment and
lodged in a politically independent board the mem-
bership of which is limited to persons qualified to
manage investment i~ortfolios for large pension
programs.
GLP-17. Emergency Medical Services (C)
The League supports the current statutory mini-
mum requirements for ambulance vehicles, equip-
ment, and at. tendants' training but opposes any ad-
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ditional reqUirements unless the state provides ade-
quate funding or funding sources.
Cities as a group are the single largest provider
of ambulance services in the state and form a vital
p, art of the network of emergency services. To
maintain and improve the emergency services net-
work for all residents of the state, the legislature
must provide funding for training and equipping
emergency medical personnel. State grants and
aids should be available to enable all cities to have
access to adequate emergency medical services.
Additionally, with the increasing interest in
paramedic services, the legislature should assist in
providing easily accessible training on a statewide
basis at minimum cost in order to meet ap-
propriate qualifications.
GLP-18. Towing of Abandoned Vehicles (C)
The League supports legislation clarifying the au-
thority of cities to impound abandoned motor
vehicles.
Minnesota Statutes 465.75 prohibits a private
vehicle tower from removing a motor vehicle from
private 'property unless he has the permission of
the owner of the vehicle or of the owner of the
property. While this statute intended to prohibit
hawkish towing companies from improper towing
practices is laudable, the ramifications of the law
go too far.
Cities are authorized to impound abandoned
motor vehicles and Minnesota Statutes 168B.04
provides a detailed process to accomplish the
removal of health hazards and eyesores. Unfor-
tunately, the recent legislative act could be con-
strued to prohibit cities from utilizing private
towers to remove and impound abandoned or
junked automobiles.
Cities could be forced to use its own employees
and equipment because it is not ~in the business of
towing.N The law should be amended by adding an
exclusion for private towers who act at the direc-
tion of a city following the procedures prescribed
in Minnesota law.
GLP-19. Joint Powers Act (C)
The League supports efforts to study the current
Minnesota Joint Powers Act and recommends that
the legislature refrain from enacting any ma]or
changes to the act, prior to completion of such a
study.
In conducting a review of the current act, the
League urges the Governor's Advisory Council on
State-Local Relations or the Legislature to con-
sider the policy behind establishing such boards
and the need to encourage cooperation between
governmental units. The main goal of the study
should be to encourage the use and establishment
of joint power boards.
GLP-20. Cable Communications (C)
The League supports continuation of the existing
Minnesota Statutes Chapter 238.
Cities in Minnesota enjoy among the most
modern and technically sound cable communica-
tions systems in the world, due to strong partner-
ships and commitments among cable operators and
federal, state, and local governments. These
relationships are defined at the federal level by the
Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, at the
state level by Minnesota Statutes Chapter 238, and
at the local level by local cable franchise or-
dinances.
In 1985, 'the Minnesota Legislature abolished the
Minnesota Cable Communications Board, an ap-
pointed body of the Department of Administra-
tion which promulgated and enforced' Minnesota
Statutes Chapter 238 and its accompanying rules.
This legislation codified some previously existing
board rules into statutory form~and reassigned
responsibility for the enforcement of Minnesota
Statutes Chapter 238 from the board to the com-
missioner of commerce.
Minnesota Statutes Chapter 238, in its present
form, is very important to local governments be-
cause it protects cities rights to enforce local stan-
dards and cable operator commitments for techni-
cal, construction, and programming performance.
No changes should be made to Minnesota
Statutes Chapter 238 until a thorough and coopera-
tive effort involving local and state government
and cable operators is completed. Such an effort
should include analysis of present federal and state
law and contemporaneous judicial and business en-
vironments.
GLP-21. State Licensing of Contractors (C)
The League opposes the state's takeover of trade
contractor licensing.
Licensing of general trade contractors and
various other activities has long been a local
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prerogative, and the mechanism for license review,
~ssuance, and enforcement is already in place. The
primary reason that local licensing has been sue-
cessful and therefore maintained at the local level
is that inspection and enforcement personnel
reside at thc local !¢v¢1, know thc area and ac-
tivities, and arc familiar with local ordinance and
restrictions, thus providing better and faster en-
forcement.
Suggestions have been made to form a statewide
licensing authority and split the revenue among the
licensing agency and various municipalities with
the cities maintaining enforcement tasks. It is
questionable under this arrangement if either the
agency or municipalities would have enough funds
to accomplish the respective tasks. The current
proposals seem to overly complicate the existing
system which is effectively regulating the contrac-
tors and may result in a reduction of small con-
tractors who operate in only a limited number of
communities.
Land Use, Energy, Environment,
and Transportation
LUEET-1. Wastewater 'IYeatment (A)
The League supports continued state and federal
assistance, and alternative programs, which provide
financing for wastewater treatment construction
projects.
Clean water is vitally important to the citizens
of this country and particularly to residents and
visitors of Minnesota. Minnesota's cities remain
committed to improving water quality. Unfor-
tunately, the costs involved in providing cleaner
water are staggering. Because of the incredible
cost, it must be recognized that it is economically
impractical to immediately eliminate wastewater
pollution. Therefore, all levels of government must
take a reasonably balanced approach to solving the
wastewater pollution problem.
The ability of cities to comply with any clean
water program must be recognized as contingent
upon the availability of adequate funds for treat-
ment facilities. Since 1978, federal funding for the
wastewater treatment construction grant program
has been cut in half. Additionally, the federal
share of construction grants dropped from 75 to
55 percent in fiscal year 1985. The same budget
constraints facing the federal government exist at
the state and local level but to a greater degree
due to a limited income base. The League sup-
ported, and continues to support, state efforts to
establish a stable funding program with 80 percent
state/federal funding and 20 percent local funding.
General funding to support this program is essen-
tial, either from state bond's or general revenues.
Equalization Efforts. Cities which received
financial assistance between 1985 and 1987
were required to locally finance between 30
and 50 percent of construction costs. Cities
receiving grants both before and after this
period, received grants that allowed local
financing to be no more than 20 percent 6f
the project costs. Principles of fairness dic-
tate that these grant recipients receive a
small supplemental grant from the state to
reduce the local share to 20 percent, thus
equalizing the benefits among com-
munities.
The League also supports alternatives to
grant programs. Revolving loan funds are
acceptable financing alternatives to the ex-
tent that grant programs are not suffi-
ciently funded and the loan program is sup-
plementary., to, and not a replacement for,
grant programs. Any loan program should
take into consideration varying local finan-
cial capabilities.
The League supports efforts to eliminate
or minimize preliminary grant review
processes. The construction grants should
seek to encourage immediate construction
with minimal prior review by the Minne-
sota Pollution Control Agency and provide
reimbursement to communities on the
basis of proven performance in reducing
pollutants in wastewater effluent. The
program should be structured to the extent
practical to avoid discouraging privatiza-
tion and innovative treatment methods.
The League supports a full review by the
legislature of water quality permit fees and
opposes the imposition of these fees on lo-
cal units of government, to the extent that
the actual state's costs can not be specifi-
cally justified and only serve as an alterna-
tive means for the state to raise revenue.
If fees are determined to be properly im-
posed on governmental units, the fees must
be based solely on the cost of actually
providing governmental services to the
political subdivision, and private sector aI-
ternatives should be made available to
ensure minimal costs to local taxpayers.
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The League opposes efforts by either the
state or federal governments to institute
enforcement actions or impose increased
fees or charges against communities for
failure to meet effluent standards while at
the same time assigning these communities
a low priority on the needs list for state
and federal funding.
LUEET-2. Land Use, Planning, and
Annexation (A)
The League supports selected amendments to the
existing planning enabling statutes and opposes
proposals that restrict cities' current substantive
and procedural flexibility to address unique cir-
cumstances.
Minnesota's land use, planning, and annexation
statutes and regulations are essential to promoting
economic development, preserving environmental
resources, and ensuring the efficient delivery of
public services. Public policies which encourage
substantial development in non-urban areas and
which extend public services beyond existing juris-
dictions and service areas are wasteful and
counter-productive. Additionally, prime agricul-
tural land is a major natural and economic
~eso6rce and the state must include as a major ob-
jective, the preservation of prime agricultural land.
Particular attention should be given to the
problem of development and the delivery of
governmental services to urbanizing fringe areas.
State law should continue to encourage the
preservation of prime agricultural land and dis-
courage the development of such land outside
designated growth areas to be served by a city.
The League recommends:
That state statutes regulating annexation be
changed to make it easier for cities to annex
developed or developing land, within unin-
corporated areas designated as a growth
area by the annexing city. It is unfair to city
residents to have individuals avoid paying
their fair share for municipal services
provided by the city government by living
in the fringe area around a city; and
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That the statutes authorizing concurrent
detachments and annexations be reviewed
to determine whether it is appropriate for
individuals to petition the municipal board
to institute the statutory procedures. The
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League recommends providing for veto
power over the landowner's petition by the
affected cities.
The Governor's Advisory Council On State-
local Relations undertook a thorough review of the
state's planning and zoning laws. The league par-
ticipated in this study. A subcommittee of local
elected officials was formed to review the recom-
mendations developed by a technical committee,
composed of planning officials from townships,
cities, counties, regional development commissions
and the state. Those recommendations have been
collected in a report on land use legislation, and
draft legislation has been prepared, with introduc-
tion in the 1988 session probable.
In general, the League supports those sections
of the proposed legislation that preserve or provide
flexibility for cities to plan and regulate land uses
and opposes those sections of the law that limit a
city's ability to tailor procedures and controls to
meet local needs.
Specifically, the League supports the following:
Changing the requirement of undue
hardship to a more reasonable standard.
This w6uld loosen the current standard to
reflect common practice in granting
variances; and
Requiring the adoption of a comprehensive
plan in order to have zoning or other land
use controls. The comprehensive plan can
be used as a statement of goals, objectives,
and policies, and present and proposed land
use maps. Recent cases have called into
question the common practice of passing
ordinances without a supporting com-
prehensive plan. Metropolitan cities have
had this requirement for several years; and
should continue to be covered by the
Metropolitan Land Planning Act. Cities
would have a five year grace period, after
which failure to adopt a comprehensive
plan would invalidate all official controls.
The
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League strongly opposes:
Requiring the creation of a separate board
of adjustment. This requirement would un-
necessarily limit the authority of a city to
establish a structure that meets its unique
situation. In addition, smaller communities
may find it difficult to recruit board mere-
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bers. An intermediate appeal to the council
should be allowed by ordinance;
Prohibiting the practice of conditional
zoning. Conditional zoning provides added
flexibility and safeguards against changes
in development proposals. Cities should be
authorized to use conditional zoning at the
discretion of the local government;
Requiring that zoning controls be consis-
tent with the comprehensive plan. The
courts have used inconsistencies between
the plan and ordinances that almost in-
evitably result to compel rezonings. As a
result, the legislature clarified that zoning
ordinances will control in situations where
uses in the two documents are not consis-
tent. This apparently has solved the
problem and should be retained;
The fringe area growth proposal. This
proposal would allow any single local
government unit to force the creation of a
joint advisory board to review existing con-
trols that govern land within a quarter mile
of the city boundaries and existing controls
that govern land within two miles outside
the city' limits. Any two of three local
governments could force the creation of a
joint planning board which would serve as
a joint planning commission for the desig-
nated area. Board recommendations would
have to be acted on within 45 days by the
governing units represented on the board.
The-joint board should not have any ad-
visory or other authority within the city
boundaries since the purpose of the board
is to evaluate existing controls and make
recommendations on controls necessary to
properly manage fringe area growth; and
The language requiring the designation of
a chief administrative officer is vaguely
drafted and could lead to misunderstand-
ings regarding the internal administrative
structure in communities. The language
should be clarified to state that
municipalities must designate staff to
administer the official controls, but not to
imply that the individual(s) is the chief ad-
ministrative officer of the community.
LUEET-3. Transportation (A)
The League supports legislative action providing
an adequate and stable source of hlghway attd tran-
sit funding.
An efficient transportation system is a vital ele-
ment in planning for the fiscal, economic, and so-
cial development at state, regional, and local
levels. Since the agricultural and recreational
economy of the state and its cities are dependent
upon highway transportation, it is necessary to.
determine the long-range highway needs to assure
the vitality of the state's economy.
Furthermore, environmental concerns and the
need to conserve energy require that alternate
modes of transportation be utilized in meeting the
diverse needs which-exist in various communities
and regions of the state.
Governor Perpich and other political leaders
have listed the lack of an adequate transportation
funding program as the single biggest failure of
the 1987 Legislature. Funding inadequacy was al-
most assured when the governor proposed
suspending the transfer of the estimated $225 mil-
lion generated by the motor vehicle excise tax
(MVET) from the state's general fund tO the high-
way and transit fund. The legislature 'agreed with
the non-transfer of MVET and these MVET
funds, along with an approximate $700 million dol-
lar tax increase, used to balance the state's general
fund.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation
recently cancelled approximately $90 million in
proposed highway projects because of the shortage
in road funds. Many of the projects were in greater
Minnesota. Metropolitan projects were spared
somewhat because many qualify for additional
federal funds.
Additional road funding is necessary. The ad-
ministration has apparently abandoned as a pos-
sible source the transfer of the MVET. Tied in
with the funding issue are the issues of jurisdiction
studies and turnbacks, and potential constitutional
amendments regardin~g dedication of the motor
vehicle excise tax to tlxe highway fund and the cur-
rent allocation formula (62 percent to the state, 29
percent to the and 9 percent to cities over 5,000
population) for road funds.
Jurisdictional studies that attempt to establish
the level of use for particular roads (i .e. classify-
ing roads as collectors, arterials, etc) will soon be
completed. Some advocate the assignment of road
maintenance responsibilities to the level of govern-
ment that best matches the jurisdictional clas-
sification of the road. The League recommends the
following.
The League supports the continued
dedication of the sales tax on motor
vehicle sales for transportation purposes,
and advocates the prompt transfer of the
motor vehicle excise tax into the highway
user and transit assistance fund.
The Legislature has made some effort to
provide transportation funding recently
by increasing license fees and the gasoline
tax. The league opposes further increases
in the gas tax at this time.
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The League supports legislative efforts to
establish a system of direct appropriations
to cities under 5,000, either through a con-
stitutional amendment modifying the 62-
29-9 formula, or out of the current 29 per-
cent county share of the highway user
funds, or at least to the extent that
townships receive direct appropriations.
Mandatory state guidelines concerning
county use of road funds should be re-
quired to insure that all communities
within a county receive an equitable share
of these funds at the very least. Further,
the state should establish minimum
county funding participation requirements
for state and federal highway projects.
As an alternative to increased state fund-
ing, the possibility of reclassifying many
roadways in the state as to appropriate use
classifications and jurisdiction has been
studied and proposed. The increased cost
for cities to assume responsibility for
general maintenance and life cycle treat-
ment far exceeds the current financial
capacities of cities. Rather than saving
money, turnbacks merely make the
property tax payer -- rather than the users
-- responsible for financing highways. For
these reasons, no wholesale program of
highway turnbacks should be instituted at
this time.
Instead, . existing mechanisms for the orderly
turnback of roads should be fine tuned, including
increasing the level of funding in the municipal
turnback account, and prohibiting unilateral
revocations or turnbacks by road authorities unless
a hearing is held and the road is brought up to its
normal maintenance standards before the revoca-
tion is effective.
Other changes needed to facilitate turnbacks in-
clude:
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State aid rules should be changed to
allow counties to upgrade county state
aid highways using c.s.a.h, funds
prior to turnback with city concur-
rence and without penalty as cur-
rently imposed by the rules;
The League supports use of a portion
of the highway motor vehicle excise
tax to provide an adequate source for
turnback funds, and;
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The League supports allowing cities
to determine if a turnback road will
be designated as a state-aid road or
local street, and if the city chooses to
designate the road as a state-aid road,
this designation should not affect the
standard designation process, so that
developing cities will be able to con-
tinue to designate a percentage of
new road growth as part of the state-
aid system.
The special state bonding program should
be continued to provide funds for
counties, towns, and cities for the replace-
ment or repair of bridges.
Mass transit funding should remain a
priority for the state. Funding for the ex-
isting level of operation for mass transit
should be maintained at a fixed share for-
mula for local governments.
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The legislature should continue the Minn-
esota Department of Transportation as
the ride-share program coordinating
agency, and to provide adequate funding
for its contiriuation.
The possibility and feasibility of utilizing
existing railroad trackage as part of a
fixed guideway and/or light rail mass
transit system should be addressed. If ex-
isting railroad trackage/right-of-way are
petitioned for abandonment, these or
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portions thereof, should be preserved by
appropriate government agencies through
alternate public use, until rail systems
once again become economically feasible
or needed because of energy considera-
tions.
The legislature should restore the bikeway
grants program in order to promote safety
in a growing recreational activity.
The League opposes legislation allowing
truck tractor and trailer combinations of
up to 110 feet on Minnesota highways due
to the public entity and infrastructure cost
problems caused by these trucks, such as
off-tracking of rear wheels, acceleration
distance needs, and time and distance re-
quired for passing.
10.
The legislature should authorize cities to
establish, at their option, a road access
charge to be levied on an area or per lot
basis at the time the subdivisions are ap-
proved, similar to park dedication fees, or
on existing open lots when a building per-
mit is issued.
Growing communities are finding it increasingly
difficult to finance construction of facilities
needed for new residential, commercial, and in-
dustrial development. Assessment to developing
property for sewers and streets directly benefitting
that property is a long standing legal option, and
is the most prevalent method used.
However, there are often major streets that need
to be constructed leading to new developments.
Under current law, only the abutting benefitted
property can be assessed, and then only to the
degree of benefit, which in most cases is not nearly
enough to pay for an upgraded roadway that ser-
vices a ·larger population. The legislature has
recognized similar situations and authorized
charges to provide facilities not directly abutting
the affected property. The most common is park
dedication fees on a per unit or areas basis. The
MWCC sewer availability charge is another similar
fee.
LUEET-4. Solid and Hazardous Waste
Management (B)
The League supports state programs designed to
rninimize or eliminate the need to landfill solid and
hazardous waste.
The problem of regulating, controlling, and dis-
posing of solid and hazardous waste will be one
of the major environmental issues of the next
decade, both nationally and locally. Major state
legislation addressing this issue has been enacted
annually since 1980. These acts responded to the
concerns and issues raised by the League and local
government, and we commend the legislature for
its actions.
The existing waste management and control sys-
tem for the handling and disposal of hazardous
materials centralizes responsibility at the state
level, but requires the cooperation and support of
all levels of government. The system established
for solid waste is more diffuse, relying on cities to
control and regulate collection, counties to reg-
ulate or operate existing landfills, and the state to
coordinate responsibilities and plan for future dis-
posal needs. Both systems have been designed to
foster and encourage abatement, recycling, and
resource recovery for as much of the waste stream
as possible and then to assure environmentally
sound disposal for the remaining waste.
The system has not been entirely implemented
yet, but it appears to be working, and therefore the
League does not perceive a need for major changes
to existing legislation at the present time. But any
future legislation that may be considered should
enhance and not diminish the emphasis on these
concerns:
Effective Planning. To the greatest extent
possible, all levels and units of government
and the private sector shouId be invoIved
in all phases of planning and managing the
solid and hazardous waste streams to as-
sure a cost-efficient and environmentally
sound solid waste and hazardous waste dis-
posal system;
Alternatives to Landfills. The League
strongly endorses abatement, recycling,
and resource recovery activities and
programs to reduce the need for the land
disposal of waste. The goal should be to
reduce, to the maximum extent practicaI,
the need for land disposal of unprocessed
solid waste, and to totally avoid the land
disposal of hazardous waste.
The League would support the eventual
prohibition of disposal of unprocessed
solid waste in landfills, as cost-efficient
and environmentally safe alternatives are
developed and funding is provided to cities
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to implement their responsibilities. Man-
datory funds financed by tipping fees are
supported by the League if the funds
derived from the fees are used to pay for
closure and post-closure costs of landfills
in the political jurisdiction where the fee is
derived. Local control and management of
these funds must be provided for in any
financial assurance requirements.
Additionally, the amount required to be
raised locally should be set at a level that
recognizes the financial stability of cities
and the financing resources available to
cities;
Funding for Recycling, Reduction, and
Abatement Efforts. The League supports
alternatives to general taxes as sources of
financing conservation efforts. These al-
ternatives can include additional fees on
landfill or disposal facility users, as well as
state grants and loans. The legislature
should continue to fund educational efforts
on the subject of solid and hazardous
waste disposal, including alternatives for
the disposal of household hazardous
waste, such as those promoted by the
household hazardous waste reduction
project~
Financial Incentives for Recycling. The
League supports container deposit legisla-
tion and other efforts to provide a financial
incentive for individuals to recycle;
Clean-up of Hazardous Substance Loca-
tions. The clean-up and decontamination
of existing hazardous waste sites should
continue before there is further damage to
public health and environment. If a
responsible party can be identified, that
party should be liable for clean-up costs
and personal injury damages as defined in
law. If a responsible party cannot be iden-
tified, then the clean-up should be
financed by the state superfund;
Condemnation Awards. The League sup-
ports legislation ensuring that condemna-
tion awards to compensate for a taking of
polluted land are adjusted to accurately
reflect the fair market value of the land in
its polluted condition, rather than its fair
market value after pollutants are removed
by the acquiring authority; and
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Implementation of Federal Superfund
Community Right-to-Know Provisions.
Amendments to the federal superfund law
requires individuals and businesses pos-
sessing hazardous materials to report the
size and nature of their inventories to state
and local agencies.
The new law and subsequent regulations have
the potential for imposing significant costs on local
governments. These additional costs and ad-
ministrative burdens should be carefully
monitored and efforts made to reduce the impact
on cities, such as seeking to consolidate the report-
ing, recordkeeping, and inspection requirements.
Additionally, cities, as the likely first respondees
to any incident, should be given priority in es-
tablishing emergency response plans.
LUEET-5. Ground and Surface Water
Management (B)
The League supports legislation establishing a
framework and providing incentives for local
governments to adopt programs or plans aimed at
conserving Minnesota's ground and surface waters.
In order to safeguard the public'health and the
environment it is necessary to plan and manage
our water resources as a valuable state resource.
Many watershed districts, counties, cities, and
towns have done a good job of dealing with surface
and groundwater management issues and have the
authority and ability to continue to do so in a cost-
effective manner. These existing mechanisms
should continue to be used to the greatest extent
possible to address surface and groundwater
management problems, instead of establishing a
new system or creating new organizations.
Local units of government should retain the
basic responsibility for surface water manage-
ment, as they are the level of government closest
to the problem. In 1982, legislation required local
governments in the metropolitan area to adopt sur-
face water run off controls and regulations. In
1985, legislation encouraged similar steps to be
taken in the non-metropolitan area of the state.
Legislation passed in 1987 creating the Clean
Water Partnership, will provide financial and
technical assistance to local governments. These
statutes should be given sufficient time to work,
before additional programs or extensive changes to
existing programs are enacted by the legislature.
The possibility of intergovernmental conflict
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should be studied and dispute resolution mech-
anisms should be re-evaluated.
The legislature should provide additional funds
to further encourage cities and other local govern-
ments to undertake water planning activities. Spe-
cial levies should also be made available to fund
water management projects.
LUEET-6. Pesticides and Other
Hazardous Materials (B)
The League supports legislation requiring local
consent prior to state licensing of agricultural and
industrial chemical storage and distribution centers
and enablittg local units of government to regulate
the intra-city transportation, storage, and applica-
tion of pesticides and other hazardous materials.
Individuals and governments at all levels are ex-
periencing problems as a result of the use and
transportation of pesticides, herbicides, and
related chemicals by industry, farms, residences,
and others. The public health and safety concerns
raised by the use of pesticides and other chemicals
must be addressed. In one recent Minnesota sur-
vey, almost 30 percent of public water supplies and
over 50 percent of private wells were found to be
contaminat6d.
The Department of Agriculture is required by
current law to regulate the use and storage of
agricultural chemicals and any local regulation in
this area, with the exception of local licensing,
penalty, and enforcement. This pre-emption of lo-
cally established standards could lead to the grant-
ing of licenses by the state, for operations which
are a threat to the public health and safety of local
communities.
To protect against this eventuality, the Depart-
ment of Agriculture should be required to obtain
local consent prior to the licensing of any agricul-
tural chemical storage or distribution center. Also,
if the local government unit decides to regulate
agricultural chemicals, state regulation should
supplement, not pre-empt such regulation.
The League encourages tighter regulation of
agricultural chemical run-off from aerial spraying
and ground application that may affect water
quality, as well as research into the long-term ef-
fects of the use of agricultural chemicals on the
general population.
LUEET-7. Eminent Domain Law (C)
The League recommends that the legislature un-
dertake a comprehensive study of the eminent
domain statutes.
The League believes the entire eminent domain
process should be critically reviewed and stream-
lined. This examination should include a re-
evaluation of the advisability of an alternative sys-
tem of review of condemnation awards. For
example, a professional referee, a hearing ex-
aminer, etc., rather than a court; using a profes-
sional referee in lieu of three commissioners to es-
tablish the value of the land; the public purposes
for which the law may be used, including its use to
encourage economic development; the difficulty
posed by the existence of pollution on the con-
demned property; and the legality and feasibility
of collecting past property taxes on property in
stances where the award is substantially in excess
of the market value of the property for tax pur-
poses.
LUEET-8. Energy Conservation (C)
The League supports legislation providing incen-
tives for energy conservation in both the public and
private sectors.
Overall energy conservation strategies involving
the public, private, commercial, and industrial sec-
tors are being developed based on the rationale
that conservation efforts achieve the greatest
energy savings at the lowest cost. Much of these
efforts are receiving valuable assistance from the
state energy office.
The League believes that a city's individual
energy conservation strategy can be accomplished
if the legislature permits or establishes some of
the following measures:
Conservation Efforts. The League recom-
mends support of the use of bonding and
special levies by local governments for im-
plementation of energy conservation
measures, including building energy audits.
This authority would supplement the cur-
rent municipal energy loan program. The
legislature should also continue to en-
courage private sector conservation
through tax credits and other incentives
and should explore the possibility of ex-
panding incentives for earth-sheltered,
super-insulated, and underground develop-
ment.
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District Heating. The League supports ef-
forts to promote statewide applications of
district heating technology, providing addi-
tional funds or the ability to special levy
for conducting district heating feasibility
studies at the community level, ensuring
consideration of district heating potential
in the power plant siting process, and con-
tinuing use of the State District Heating
Bond Program for renovation of existing
district heating systems.
Energy Assistance. Rising energy costs will
continue to place a burden on the economic
vitality of communities in Minnesota. The
League recommends:
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continuation of the fuel assistance
program for low-income households,
with expanded services to train
recipients in energy conservation
practices and with a requirement of
recipient participation in weatheriza-
tion programs if the recipient is the
owner;
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support for weatherization programs
operated through cities, counties, and
CAP agencies, and;
continued support for the Minnesota
Housing and Finance Agency's loan
and grant program for home weat-
herization.
Local Regulatory Authority. Local govern-
ments are in the best position to assess lo-
cal needs and regulate energy consumption
within their communities. The League
recommends giving any municipality the
option to adopt and enforce an energy code
that may be more stringent than the state
building code for purposes of energy con-
servation.
Revenue Sources
RS-1. Property Tax Reform (A)
In enacting changes in the Minnesota property tax
system, including the cornplementary system of lo-
cal government aid and school aids, the League
recommends the legislature pursue policies which
meet the following conditions.
1. The impact of the proposal should be
thoroughly analyzed, not only for its impact
statewide, but also for its effect on in-
dividual communities, so that unfair and
disparate effects on individual cities are
avoided.
2.
Major shifts that increase disparities in tax
burdens among taxing jurisdictions should
not occur. Differences in property tax bur-
dens between neighboring tax jurisdictions
which provide similar services must also be
kept within reasonable limits. Such dis-
parities interfere with cities' abilities to
compete fairly for residents and economic
development.
All significant changes should be phased in
so that cities can adequately plan for needed
adjustments.
Local government aid, or an equivalent
program of sharing state revenue with cities,
should remain an essential component of
the property tax system. (See RS-2. Local
Government Aid.)
With respect to changes in the property tax
~tructure made by the 1987 Legislature, the
League urges that: 1) the potential short and
long term impacts caused by changes in the
homestead credit program be thoroughly ex-
amined before implemented; 2) tax lhifts
created by reducing the number of clas-
sifications be minimized; and 3) abrupt and
large increases in commercialJindustrial
property taxes should be avoided when the
small business credit is eliminated in 1989.
Property tax reform should not jeopardize
existing development districts whose financ-
ing is based on the current tax structure.
Such districts are financially dependent on
the mill rate and assessment ratios of the
current tax structure. Any tax reform should
recognize the cash flow and obligations of
existing tax increment districts. The impact
on enterprise zones must also be taken into
account.
Many significant changes in the property tax sys-
tem, particularly i.n classification ratios and the
homestead credit program, were made by the 1987
Legislature. Further changes may be considered
during the 1988 session.
For simplification, the 1987 Legislature con-
densed current property tax classes into five main
classes, effective for payable 1989. The League
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believes it is important to minimize the abrupt
changes that may occur in some local jurisdictions'
tax bases as a result the reduction in classifica-
tions.
The 1987 Legislature also made fundamental
changes in the homestead credit program, convert-
ing the program from a homeowners' property tax
credit to a grant program for local governments.
The League is concerned that the new 'homestead
credit replacement aid' program will sever the link
between the amount of homestead credit received
by homeowners and the reimbursements provided
to local governments for revenues lost through the
homestead exemption program. Under the new
program, the total homestead credit shown on
homeowners' tax bills will not equal the amount
of homestead replacement aid going to local
government units. In fact, if replacement aid to
cities is cut, local levies will likely have to rise to
make up for the lost aid. But this levy increase
would cause homestead credit amounts shown on
tax statements to actually increase since the
homestead credit will equal the homestead exemp-
tion times the local mill rate. The League is con-
cerned that cuts in the homestead credit
replacement aid could be easily made under this
new homestead credit design since the state will
nO longer be held politically accountable to the
taxpayer for cuts in the homestead credit replace-
ment aid program.
In the future, growth in a city's homestead credit
replacement aid will generally be limited to rises
in inflation. The League is concerned that cities
with growing needs, rising levies or with rising mill
rates will not necessarily receive additional assist-
ance from the new homestead credit design as they
did under the old design. It is also intended by the
new law that increases in the number of homes-
teads result in higher homestead replacement aid.
However, as presently drafted, the new law is not
likely to .uniformly,achieve that objective because
it uses changes in the ratio of exempted homestead
value to all propertY value as the escalator factor.
The current property tax system of aids and
credits has been criticized as over stimulating local
government spending. A paper prepared by Bell
and Bowman for the Minnesota Tax Study Com-
mission argued that state financial assistance to lo-
cal governments, particularly through the homes-
tead credit program, causes local spending and
taxes to be higher since local taxpayers are ins-
ulated from the full cost of local spending in-
creases. This paper, however, does not provide
firm evidence of such a causal relationship.
Nevertheless, this paper is used by some to argue
that all local governments--schools, counties and
cities--are not accountable for their spending deci-
sions. For cities, the accountability argument is
clearly illogical in the face of recent trends. City
property tax levels have been forced up, largely
due to declining federal and state assistance, not
because of rising city spending. Over the 1980-85
period, after adjusting for inflation, cities' net
property taxes (after homestead credit) rose 18.4
percent, while cities' expenditures actually
declined 2.4 percent. Over the same per.iod,
federal assistance to cities declined 19.3 peri:ent
and state assistance declined 7.1 percent. As a
result, cities have been forced to increase their
reliance on locally-derived revenue to a point
where they now depend upon their own sources for
nearly two-thirds of their revenue.
RS-2. Local GoVernment Aid and
State Fundlng to Cities (A)
The League supports continuation of the local
government aid (LGA) program as an essential
component of the state's property tax relief system.
The League reco. mmends that, at a minimum, the
LGA appropriation be increased annually to keep
pace with the rising costs of providing local govern-
ment services, as measured by the state and local
implicit price, deflator. Additionally, the increased
costs to cities caused by state and federal mandates
as well as the revenue shortage caused by federal
funding cuts (such as the elimination of general
revenue sharing) should be taken into account in
setting LGA appropriation levels.
The factors of inflation, the increased costs of
state and federal mandates and the large reduc-
tions in federal aid were ignored in 1987 when the
Legislature decided to freeze LGA payments, im-
pose a very stringent three percent levy limit, and
~mpose the six percent motor vehicle excise tax on
city purchases. These actions--combined with
declining property values in some regions of the
state and the $40 million loss of federal general
revenue sharing for Minnesota cities--have clearly
begun to jeopardize the continuation of many vital
city programs.
Local government aid should not be sacrificed
in any attempted reform of the state's property tax
structure. Last year, Governor Perpich recom-
mended that LGA, along with other property tax
relief funds, be directed solely to schools through
a new 'Education Credit .' Such a proposal would
have virtually abolished the state's role in provid-
ing property tax relief for city services and would
have led to a less equitable and less stable property
tax system. The League commends the legislature
for rejecting this proposal.
Local government aid is a major source of
revenue which complements cities' other sig-
nificant revenue source, the property tax. As such,
LGA must be distributed among cities in a way
which alleviates the problems inherent with
reliance on the property tax. Cities vary markedly
in their ability to raise revenue from property
taxes. There are also wide variations among cities
in their citizens' needs for services and the costs
of providing those services. A complementary
revenue source for cities is necessary precisely be-
cause a city's ability to raise revenue from the
property tax does not necessarily coincide with the
cost of the services which that city must provide
to its citizens. Therefore, the LGA formula should
reflect both the individual city's need and its local
revenue raising capacity.
The League has formed a technical committee
to review and respond to potential changes in the
LGA formula as they are developed by the legis-
lature, Governor, or any other group.
Cities are' critically dependent on state funding
to reduce property tax burdens in their com-
munities. Over the years, state appropriations for
local government aid have not kept pace with the
cost of providing services. The freezing of LGA
payments for 1988 will add to cities' fiscal stress.
Changes in the structure of the homestead credit
program may lead to further limits on property tax
relief for cities. Other economic challenges facing
cities include declining tax bases, cuts in federal
support (particularly the elimination of general
revenue sharing), costs growing faster than the
general inflation rate, and the need to implement
state and federal mandates.
It is important to put our current property tax
relief financing structure into some historical
perspective. Tax and government financing
reforms enacted over the past two decades
dramatically shifted the mechanisms for raising
revenue away from local governments and toward
the state. With passage of the 1967 Tax Reform
and Relief Act, the 1971 Omnibus Tax bill (the so-
called "Minnesota Miracle"), and later tax legisla-
tion, the state obligated itself to lower property tax
burdens by levying increased sales and income
taxes. The increased sales and income tax revenue
was to be used by the state to partially replace the
property tax. The state was to assume a larger
share of the costs of delivering local government
services. As a trade-off for providing aid to local
governments, the state imposed levy limits on local
governments and took away their authority to levy
local sales or income taxes. Local governments
were thus encouraged to rely more on state-
collected revenue.
Given the continued constraints placed on the
taxing abilities of local governments and the state's
original commitment to provide property tax relief,
the League believes it would be wholly unfair to
reduce state funding for local governments. The
maintenance of property tax relief should be a high
priority. Policy makers must recognize that any
cuts in funding for cities will likely result in higher
property tax levels and cuts in needed city ser-
vices. For nearly two decades, the state has ap-
propriately assumed a role in reducing property
tax burdens. A long-standing commitment for such
relief has been made to both the public and
municipalities. The state must not renege on that
promise.
RS-3. Elimination of Levy Limits (A)
The League recommends that the legislature
repeal the levy limit laws to enhance local account-
ability and allow cities to plan for and respond to
changing financial conditions,, particularly the
decline in federal and state aid, and the increasing
costs of mandates. The League also urges the legis-
lature to insure that the appeals process permitted
for the three percent levy limit be administered by
the Revenue Department in accordance with the
law.
Largely to compensate for expected rises in lo-
cal levies, the 1987 Legislature imposed an ex-
tremely stringent three percent levy limit on cities
for payable 1988. This levy limit, applied also to
small cities, is severely limiting cities' abilities to
compensate for cuts in state and federal financial
aid as well as making it nearly impossible to deal
with rising costs resulting from various state man-
dates, including comparable worth and the newly-
imposed six percent motor vehicle excise tax. Al-
though the legislature provided for an appeals
process allowing certain adjustments to cities' 1988
levy limit bases, i.t appears the Revenue Depart-
ment will not provide to cities the adjustments
which the law permits.
Despite assurances made during the legislative
session that tightened levy limits would only be im-
posed for one year, the new law actually imposes
additional levy limit restrictions in future years as
well. These additional restrictions include the ar-
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bitrary lowering of the five percent inflation cap
to three percent and the permanent inclusion of
smaller cities under the levy limit law. If such strin-
gent levy limits are continued, then the legislature
should continue to provide for an appeals process.
Levy limits have made it difficult for many cities
to adequately plan for, and respond to, changing
conditions. Federal cutbacks, rising insurance
costs, costs of comparable worth salary adjust-
ments, and other factors force cities to adjust their
budgets and levies. Levy limits prevent some cities
from using property taxes, as a source of revenue
to provide for adequate reserves or absorb in-
creased costs.
Local elected officials are accountable to the
public and should be entrusted to responsibly use
their taxing authority. Cities exist in a very
dynamic, changing environment. They are ex-
pected to quickly respond to changing federal
policies, state mandates, court rulings and market
forces, such as those affecting the insurance in-
dustry. Statewide limits artificially constrain the
options available to elected officials and are too
inflexible.
Given uncertainties in state and federal financial
aids, and th~ diverse problems and circumstances
faced by cities, levy limits are unworkable. These
limits are inconsistent with the principles of local
self-government and accountability and should
therefore be repealed.
RS-4. Sales and Motor Vehicle Excise
Tax Extension (A)
The League opposes forcing local governments to
pay the six percent sales and motor vehicle excise
tax on their purchases.
In 1987, the governor proposed extending the six
percent sales and motor vehicle excise tax to pur-
chases made by cities and other local government
units. While rejecting the sales tax proposal, the
legislature did accept the motor vehicle excise tax
plan, effective with city purchases of vehicles made
after May 31, 1987.
Forcing local governments to pay the state sales
tax amounts to one level of government taxing an-
other. This increased sales tax will directly result
in increased local property taxes. In defending the
governor's sales tax proposal, the Revenue Depart-
ment argued that the increased local costs caused
by the sales tax would be relatively insignificant,
and thuswould not necessitate increased property
taxes. I-Iowever, a special survey conducted by the
League demonstrated the governor's plan would
have cost Minnesota cities a very significant
amount--S32 million per year, twice the cost es-
timated by the Revenue Department. Given these
findings, it is clear that imposing the sales tax on
local government purchases would increase
property taxes.
RS-5. State Administrative Costs (B)
The League strongly opposes deducting state ad-
ministrative costs from funds appropriated for
property tax relief.
All state government costs should be subject to
the standard appropriation review process and be
funded directly by specific state appropriation, not
by a broad deduction from property tax relief
programs. While decisions on the necessary staff-
mg and funding levels for state agencies are made
by the appropriations committees, tax policy deci-
sions should be handled by the tax committees.
When state administrative costs are financed
through the local government aid (LGA) ap-
propriation, funds available for property tax relief
are reduced, defeating the purpose of LGA. In
1987, such state costs included the unprecedented
large sum of $419,200 to fund the state auditor's
office and certain Department of Administration
functions related to local government. In 1988,
$423,700 is due to be deducted from LGA alloca-
tions for the same purposes. In the case of the
state auditor's office, earmarked deductions from
LGA are being used to finance over 40 percent of
the auditor's state-appropriated budget, an inap-
propriate action in the League's opinion.
Furthermore, LGA funds are being used to
finance auditor and Department of Administra-
tion operations which do not relate to cities, but
to all local governments--counties, school districts
and townships. The LGA program is largely
designed for and used by cities. Other state
programs--county income disparity aids, school
aids-- largely benefit other units of local govern-
ment. The League believes it is wholly
inappropriate and .unfair to almost exclusively tap
city funds for programs which relate to all units of
local government.
In order to promote a cohesive and coordinated
state tax policy and provide for adequate review of
proposed state agency costs, it is recommended
that no state agency's administrative costs be
deducted from property tax relief funds. This will
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allow the tax committees to fully determine the
level of property tax relief to be provided.
RS4. Stability of State Revenues (B)
The League urges adoption of fiscal and revenue
policies that will stabilize state revenues and thereby
lead to more predictable funding levels for local
governments. Inevitably, the stability of revenues
flowing to local governments is dependent on the
stability of revenues flowing to the state. In this
regard, the League supports the establishment of a
permanent budget reserve equal to a minimum of
five percent of total state outlays. ~Is soon as pos-
sible, the reserve should be built up to a more ade-
quate level in excess of five percent of outlays.
The reserve should be built up during years of
economic prosperity and used only to protect the
state budget from unexpected economic
downturns, not for tax reductions or expenditure
increases. Such a budget reserve is necessary,
given the relatively volatile tax bases on which the
state currently relies (particularly the income tax
and sales tax), and the potential for error in
revenue and economic forecasting.
In recent years the uncertainty of the state-local
fiscal relationship has made short and long term
financial planning almost impossible at the local
level. During the earlier part of this decade, local
jurisdictions were left with severe revenue
shortfalls and cash flow problems because of the
sharp and unexpected decline in state revenue.
State aids to local jurisdictions were cut substan-
tially and aid payments were delayed, often in the
middle of the budget year, when compensating ac-
tion was nearly impossible. In addition, cities have
been unable to plan their budgets with any degree
of confidence given the major year-to-year changes
that have occurred in the overall funding level for
local government aid in the formula used to dis-
tribute local government aid, in levy limit laws, and
in state property tax relief programs. Cities need
to be able to rely on predictable revenue sources
that will be adequate to maintain the level of ser-
vices required by their citizens.
Should problems with. budget shortfalls persist
even. after establishment of a budget reserve, the
legislature should consider additional policy op-
tions to stabilize state revenues, including:
Broaden the sales tax base. Broadening the
sales tax base could lead to more stable
revenues;
Temporary suspension of indexing of the
state income tax structure or temporary in-
creases in other taxes (such as the sales or
income tax) in the event of a sizable budget
shortfall. The League supports the provi-
sion in current law requiring an automatic
increase in income and corporate tax rates
when the budget reserve is forecast to fall
below $150 million; and
Refrain from further income or sales tax
reductions unless it is certain that budget
shortfalls will not materialize.
RS-7. Sales Ratio Issues (B)
The League urges the legislature to require that
appraisals be used rather than a countywide
average, for determining the sales ratio in small
communities where few sales occur.
Various state formulas consider property tax
base valuation in distributing aid. Sales ratios are
calculated for each jurisdiction by comparing ac-
tual selling prices of properties to the estimated
market value assigned by the assessor. These sales
ratios are used to equalize assessed values so that
all local goyernments are treated fairly and not
rewarded or punished based on. their assessment
practices.
Sales ratios are thus important determinants of
the level of state aid received bY a community. Yet,
in small communities, there are often few sales in
a given class of property to permit an accurate
determination of a sales ratio. In these cases, a
countywide average is applied. The county
average, however, may be overly influenced by
sales in a larger regional center and thus may not
accurately reflect the experience of smaller cities.
RS-8. Equipment Financing (B)
M.S. 412.32 should be amended to allow all
Minnesota cities to issue "five-year equipment cer-
tificates'' in an amount not to exceed one percent
of the city's assessed valuation in any given year.
No reverse referendum provision should apply un-
less the city wishes to exceed the one percent limit.
Statutory cities in Minnesota have the power to
issue certification of indebtedness, payable in not
more than five years, to purchase capital equip-
ment (M.S. 412.301). If the amount of the certif-
icates exceeds one percent of the city's assessed
valuation, a reverse referendum provision applies.
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In 1983, the legislature granted similar financing
powers to Minnesota's home rule charter cities
(M.S. 412.32), without any reverse referendum
provision. However, the total principal amount of
the certificates (or 'capital notes') issued in a fis-
cal year is limited to no more than one-tenth of
one percent of the city's assessed value that year.
In many cities, this limit is prohibitively low, and
effectively prevents the city from making use of the
authority granted in this statute.
RS-9. Interest Limits on Municipal
Bonds and Special Assessment Financing (C)
The League commends the legislature for repeal-
ing interest rate limitations on municipal bonds and
special assessments and urges the legislature to
refrain from reimposing such limits in the future.
This action will enable cities to respond effectively
to whatever bond market changes occur as the result
of market forces or federal action.
The traditional way of financing most local
public improvements and facilities has been
through the issuance of bonds. But the public bond
market is undergoing change. Changes in federal
tax law will not only restrict local authorities in
their ability to issue some bOnds, but for the first
time could subject the interest earned on
municipal bonds to an alternative minimum tax.
As a result, interest rates may have to be higher
for the public sector to compete with private in-
vestments in the taxable bond market.
In addition, artificial ceilings on bond interest
rates do not hold down interest rates and may, in
fact, add somewhat to the costs of bond issuance
by the creation of additional legal and procedural
requirements. Interest rates in the bond market
fluctuate in response to a combination of economic
forces. Local officials must operate within the
realities of such a market. Whether or not there
is a statutory ceiling, local officials have every in-
centive to keep issuance costs as low as possible.
RS-10. License Fees (C)
The legislature should repeal all maxirnum fee
provisions relating to off-sale liquor, on-sale wine,
bottle club, fraternal club, and Sunday liquor
licenses, and allow cities to decide locally the ap-
propriate fee to charge for such licenses.
With few exceptions, the statutes granting au-
thority to issue licenses or permits do not specify
maximum fees. Cities should have the discretion
to set fees based on their own costs, needs and
standards. Case law provides ample limitations on
cities' power to set license fees by requiring that
revenues produced must be related to the cost of
issuing the license and regulating the licensed burl-
ness,
It is inappropriate for the legislature to set max-
imum fees for off-sale liquor, on-sale wine, bottle
club, fraternal club, and Sunday liquor license
fees. Cities have acted responsibly in setting on-
sale liquor license fees. It makes no sense to grant
them that power but deny them the power to. set
fees for off-sale liquor, on-sale wine, bottle dub
and Sunday liquor licenses. There is no evidence
to show that lifting the statutory cap would lead
to unjustified fee increases. Some reasonable in-
creases in off-sale license fees could be expected
since the statutory maximum fee has not been in-
creased in over ~30 years.
RS-Il. Railroad and Telephone Taxation (C)
A new formula should be adopted for the valua-
tion of railroad operating property for property tax
purposes. If the current gross earnings tax. levied on
telephone companies is replaced by a property tax,
such taxation should be consistent with the taxa-
tion of commercial/industrial property and, fur-
thermore, should be assessed and collected at the
local level. :
The existing system for taxation of railroad
operating property is not consistent with the taxa-
tion of other commercial and industrial
properties. The present formula values railroad
operating property at about 20 percent of the value
which would be determined by a local assessor
using generally accepted assessing principles. The
League recommends that a new system of property
taxation be established which would tax both rail-
roads and telephone companies operating in Minn-
esota in a manner consistent with the taxation of
the commercial and industrial properties.
RS-12. Tax-Exempt Property (C)
State, county, school district, city, regional
government, and other owners of tax-exempt
property (except houses of worship) should be re-
quired to reimburse cities for the cost of police, fire
and street services.
One of the glaring inequities in the Minnesota
tax system involves local services that are provided
free to tax-exempt property owned or used by the
state, counties, school districts, regional govern-
ment bodies, and by certain non-government or-
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ganizations. It is widely acknowledged that such
property directly benefit from government services
such as police and fire protection and street ser-
vices provided by cities. Since there is no legal
basis for claiming reimbursement for the costs of
such services, they are borne by the local tax-
payers. Furthermore, such property is con-
centrated in certain cities, resulting in a heavy and
disproportionate cost burden upon those cities.
Special assessments against state property
Current law (M.S. 435-19), provides for the col-
lection of special assessments from other
governmental jurisdictions. The law allows the
governmental unit which owns the property to
determine the amount of assessment to be paid,
as well as the timing of the payment. This is im-
practical since it often results in interim financing
by the local unit of government. Governmentally-
owned property should be assessed in a manner
similar to the assessment of privately-owned
property. Any law authorizing the state or other
governmental units to refuse to pay the assessed
amount, or determine the time and amount of the
payment, should be repealed.
RS-13. Local Option Taxes (C)
The League recommends that cities be given local
option to raise other non-traditional revenue
sources, such as sales taxes, to enhance local finan-
cial flexibility.
Local option taxes should supplement, not
replace, the traditional revenues of cities. Since
the legislature is continually restricting the ability
of cities to use the property tax as a source of
funding for city services, alternative revenue
sources to supplement existing sources are impera-
tive.
RS-14. State Audits and City
Financial Reporting Requirements (C)
The League supports continuation of the existing
auditing and financial reporting requirements for
cities. There is no need to require cities under 2,500
to follow more rigorous accounting requirements
than presently exist or to have annual audits. ~4ddi-
tionally, the state auditor should not be given the
power or responsibility to audit local governments
or their #zstrumentalities. The League supports re-
quirements that copies of local audits be sent to the
state auditor on a regular basis.
The private sector is fully competent to conduct
governmental audits and may be more economical
and practical than a state agency.
Minnesota has one of the most modern and
rigorous systems of oversight of municipal
finances in the nation. The state auditor currently
reviews annual financial reports of all cities. Cities
over 2,500 must have annual audits and the state
auditor has the authority to audit a city upon
receipt of a petition.
Federal Legislative
FL-1. Federal Tax Policy Modifications
1. Tax-exempt financing. LMC supports the prin-
ciple that municipal bond interest should be
tax-exempt. Severe restrictions on tax-exempt
financing in the 1986 Tax Reform Act have
resulted in higher bonding costs and potential
retroactive tax liability for cities. The League
urges congress to conduct a comprehensive
review of these restrictions and to restore the
authority of cities to use tax-exempt municipal
bonds. Further, the League supports a return
to federal fiscal policies that recognize cities'
authority to use such financing for Iow and
moderate income housing and-to encourage
development designed to maintain and create
jobs and improve the local economy.
The League also supports the removal of multi-
family housing bonds from the state-by-state per
capita volume limits imposed by the 1986 Tax
Reform Act. There must also be adjustments in
the limits placed on the eligibility and application
of the low income housing tax credit to the financ-
ing of such projects.
Finally, the League supports actions by the Na-
tional League of Cities to join in the lawsuit filed
by the National Finance Officers Association to
reverse federal tax reform provisions which impose
an alternative minimum tax on municipal bond in-
terest.
New reporting and arbitrage provisions can also
result in retroactive tax liability for cities. Restric-
tions that limit the' amount of investment earnings
that the city can receive on municipal bond
proceeds to a level no higher than the rate of in-
terest the city is paying on such bonds. These
restrictions can also result in rebates to the U.S.
Treasury and often present difficult and costly
record-keeping and computation functions at the
local level to avoid potential tax liability.
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Minnesota cities have experienced severe reduc-
tions in their authority to issue tax-exempt bonds
since the enactment of thc 1986 Tax Reform Act.
The limits placed on authority to issue tax-exempt
bonds represented a loss of 84 percent of previous
levels of bond activity in Minnesota. In addition
to problems caused by volume limits, further
restrictions on public purpose bond authority have
curtailed opportunities for public-private coopera-
tion in the development and management of
projects deemed to be in the public interest at the
local level. Loss of value of commercial and rental
properties is also viewed as a likely outcome of
tax reform as well as increased instances of aban-
donment of properties where returns on initial in-
vestments decline, or are made subject to federal
taxes.
The impact of federal tax reform on housing has
seriously eroded the ability of cities to continue to
provide affordable housing for low- and moderate-
income residents. The low-income housing tax
credit has proved to be largely unworkable in
providing needed multi-family housing in many
areas of the state. In the future, cities will be in-
creasingly faced with housing shortages as long as
such projects are economically unfeasible and un-
competitive with other private investment oppor-
tunities.
Federal/local fiscal policy issues for 1988.
LMC opposes FY'88 tax proposals to extend
Medicare coverage requirements to all cur-
rently exempt city employees and to impose
federal gas, excise and use taxes on city-
owned vehicles.
Shifting federal tax liability to local property
taxpayers is inequitable and an unreasonable im-
position on cities' responsibility to deliver basic
public services. Proposed new tax increases for
FY'88, under consideration by congress, are a
cause for concern. Such proposals fail to recognize
the legitimate role of cities in meeting public needs
at the local level in partnership with the federal
government.
As a result, cities are being increasingly forced
to rely on a narrow and more limited tax base to
meet such federal tax obligations while at the same
time depending on local taxes to support services
and programs to meet residents' needs and also to
comply with increasingly costly federal mandates.
FL-2. Homelessness
The League of Minnesota Cities encourages ac-
tions by congress to provide federal assistance to
cities for support and financing of low-incon, e
housing and response to the need for a national
policy to address problems of homelessness. The
League supports the bipartisan effort in congress to
provide assistance to cities to aid the elderly as well
as handicapped individuals attd families with
children who are particularly vulnerable attd in need
of housing and a range of support services.
The League continues to urge increased efforts
in the area of housing assistance and urges
congress to promote and insist on the maintenance
of low-income single and family housing, along
with renewed federal support for rural housing
programs to stem the migration of needy families
and poor to urban centers.
The League continues to support are policies to
end discrimination against the mentally disabled.
Review of Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilita-
tion Act, also supported by the National League of
Cities, is an important part of that effort. Exten-
sion of SSI eligibility to three months is also es-
sential for the homeless in order to give them care
in Medicaid fficilities.
The $355 million in FY'87 Supplemental Ap-
propriations is a beginning. Its immediate offer of
aid for a variety of programs, incIuding emergency
shelter, mental health subsidies, and health ser-
vices, and the creation of an Interagency Council
on Homelessness, increases federal participation
and coordination in response to this national issue
and provides cities with needed funds before this
winter.
Emergency shelter grants that enable cities to
directly receive federal funds are needed to begin
immediate renovation and conversion of needed
shelter facilities. Funds available to non-profit or-
ganizations for emergency food shelf and shelter
operations are also an important element of a na-
tional response to problems faced at the local
level.
Federal support'to meet the serious public
health and social problems posed by homelessness
underline the need to coordinate these responses
with programs and services sponsored by
community-based organizations, churches,
businesses, and private foundations. Such assist-
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ance must continue to be made available for a
combination of activities, including emergency as-
sistance, long-term support, and preventive
measures.
FL-3. Extension of Medicare
Coverage Requirements
The League of Minnesota Cities continues to urge
congress to provide a transitional period for exten-
sion of Medicare coverage for city employees who
are now exempt. The League opposes congressional
and administration efforts to impose immediate ex-
tension of such taxes and coverage requirements by
January 1, 1988, as a revenue raising policy for the
FY'88 federal budget.
Congress previously extended Medicare
coverage requirements to all newly hired state and
local employees, including election judges, begin-
ning April 1, 1986. Expanding such mandatory
employee tax and employer contributions to
remaining currently exempt employees increases
both payroll taxes and imposes additional costs on
cities for employer contributions and reporting re-
quirements.
· Imposition of such requirements after cities
have adopted their FY'88 budgets makes it ex-
tremely difficult to adjust personnel costs to cover
unanticipated tax payments.
While paid police and fire department personnel
are most affected by such changes, other seasonal,
part-time and temporary employees are also af-
fected. Many smaller cities have little flexibility or
fiscal capacity to adjust to such additional unan-
ticipated costs and reporting requirements. Addi-
tional difficulties can also be expected from the
requirement to extend such coverage requirements
to municipal election judges, many of whom are
already retired and whose employment is essential
for the conduct of elections which cities must
administer.
FL-4. Mandates
The League of Minnesota Cities continues to sup-
port reimbursement of cities for additional costs
imposed by congress, to meet national standards
and to comply with federal regulations. Congress
should support legislation that will provide pay-
ments to cities for any direct costs associated with
meeting such requirements.
Two legislative proposals, H.R. 1087 and S.585,
would provide such relief from the costs of man-
dates imposed after the date of enactment of the
bills. The League of Minnesota Cities joins the Na-
tional League of Cities in supporting approval of
such measures.
The League of Minnesota Cities also urges
congress to continue to provide a transition for im-
position of Medicare coverage for city employees.
Proposed action to extend coverage to all such
workers not currently covered, imposes a new
payroll tax on employees while increasing city ex-
penses for basic services.
Congress is currently considering a number of
proposals that would increase local government
costs. Among them are mandatory drug testing
(S-1041) which requires cities to test all transporta-
tion employees, including transit and sanitation
workers; parental and medical leave requirements
(H.R. 925); minimum health benefits (S.
1265/H.R. 2508), and mandatory medicare
coverage for all local employees.
Cities also face increased costs for public safety
as a result of emergency planning requirements in
Title III.amendments to Superfund, enacted by the
1986 Congress, as well as the threat of severe and
costly penalties for failure to comply with difficult
and confusing record-keeping and reporting re-
quirements.
When coupled with cut-backs in federal
programs for cities of as much 'as 70 percent and
the loss of General Revenue Sharing funds in 1987,
increased costs from federal mandates have a par-
ticularly serious and damaging affect on cities' fis-
cal capacity.
The federal government must direct increased
attention to ways in which such costs can be
reduced. Regulatory relief measures must be made
a part of the federal-local relationship.
FL-$. Rural Development Priorities
The League of Minnesota Cities continues to sup-
port the concept of targeted fiscal assistance to
cities as part of a federal response to the need to
assist rural cities to overcome the effects of the loss
of tax base and the decline in property values result-
ing from the agricultural crisis and the loss of in-
dustry and jobs in mining areas of Minnesota.
The League also urges congress to make rural
revitalization a priority and to provide needed
financing for public improvements and business as-
sistance and to enable cities to provide for public
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water facilities. Congress should also examine how
to better coordinate current federal programs for
rural areas and provide for the creation of rural
investment grant funds for development and main-
tenance of infrastructure. Federal projects to
provide for rural technology assistance and train-
mg as well as assistance to dislocated and un-
employed workers in such communities, must also
be funded.
The League welcomes the support of Senator
Sasser (Chairman of the Senate Governmental Af-
fairs Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and
Federalism) to examine the impact on cities of the
loss of of .General Revenue Sharing and to intro-
duce legislation designed to to provide needed
federal assistance to rural communities in a man-
ner similar to that first introduced as the Targeted
Fiscal Assistance Act of 1986 by Senator
Durenberger.
As in the past, city officials continue to insist
that federal aid to cities must recognize dif-
ferences among states and localities and to direct
funds to cities with the least fiscal capacity to meet
local needs. With the loss of over $40 million an-
nually in General Revenue Sharing, Minnesota city
officials are faced with the increasingly difficult
task of find alternative revenue sources to fund
basic services and maintain a local infrastructure.
It is imperative that the federal government recog-
nize its responsibility to assure access to a mini-
mum level of services at the local level and to as-
sist cities severely impacted by local and regional
economic declines.
The National League of Cities surveys and
Census Bureau information underscore the dif-
ficulties faced by cities in rural areas:
** percent of substandard housing exists in
locations beyond metropolitan areas;
** Unemployment rates nationally average
over nine percent in such communities;
percent of the nation's poor live in loca-
tions which include smaller cities.
FL-6. Underground Storage Tank Regulations
LMC supports efforts by the National League of
Cities to seek exemption for cities from the financial
responsibility regulations proposed by the U.S. En-
vironmental Protection Agency (EPA)for under-
ground storage tanks (USTS).
Sufficient evidence is available to demonstrate
that cities have the incentive, fiscal capacity and
financial stability required to enable them to
respond effectively to halt spills or leaks, dean up
contaminated areas and to take precautionary
measures to prevent such occurrences.
Cities, along with state and federal levels of
government, should be exempted from the
proposed EPA financial responsibility require-
ments for such city-owned or operated under-
ground storage tanks. If EPA does not offer cities
such an exemption, it is imperative that the Na-
tional League of Cities assist EPA in the develop-
ment of self-insurance criteria which would in-
dude cities.
City government is immediately accountable to
the public, and city officials are expected to deal
with emergencies. Most cities can and do routinely
establish contingency funds to handle unan-
ticipated costs associated with such occurrences.
For damages requiring expenditure of additional
funds for clean-up activities, cities have the author-
ity to tax, borrow and issue bonds to cover such
expenditures.
Along with NLC, the League of Minnesota
Cities supports. EPA proposed technical standards
designed to prevent leaks and to quickly detect
those that occur. Incentives for cities to comply
with such standards are sufficient and should con-
vince EPA to exempt them from financial respon-
sibility requirements.
FL-7. Pipeline Safety
The League of Minnesota Cities urges congress
to adopt legislation to require more stringent testing
procedures, increased community notification, in-
stallation of automatic shut-off valves and limita-
tions on construction of new liquid petroleum
pipelines within 150 feet of residential, hospital,
nursing home, school or correctional facilities or
other permanently inhabited facilities.
Of particular concern to Minnesota cities are
provisions in federal legislation that authorize im-
plementation of the state pipeline safety program,
including the certification of state pipeline inspec-
tors to conduct federal inspection duties for inter-
state pipelines located in the state. Cities' respon-
sibility for public safety also makes it important
that pipeline operators be required to provide city
officials with immediate notice of spills and emer-
gencies and that cities have accurate information
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on the location of pipelines located within their
jurisdiction.
Operators' responsibility to maintain corrosion
resistant protection of pipelines and to observe
regular testing requirements for possible
deterioration of pipeline materials is also critical
to the public safety of city residents.
FL-8. Clean Air Act Compliance
The League of Minnesota Cities urges congress
to extend the deadline for the attainment of Na-
tional Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
beyond December 31, 1987, for cities making a good
faith effort to comply with ozone or carbon
monoxide levels. If cities agree to additional pollu-
tion control measures aimed at reducing pollution
from mobile and stationary sources, congress
should also agree to lift sanctions which wottld have
previously been applied.
City officials recognize the importance of
preserving and protecting the environment and the
necessity of reducing air pollution in urban areas.
Cities have made diligent and continuing efforts to
implement State Implementation Plans (SIPs) to
lower air pollution levels. Despite those remedial
actions, many cities are likely to be out of com-
pliance with NAAQS requirements on December
31, 1987. Problems outside the immediate control
of individual city governments and difficulties
resulting from changes in compliance planning re-
quirements have complicated circumstances in
which cities must operate to solve air pollution
problems.
If cities have carried out actions and revised
measures called for, to reduce such sources of air
pollution, they should not be penalized by the loss
of needed federal funds or a ban on construction
or modification of utilities, industries, and other
facilities in nonattainment areas. In particular,
congress should refrain from imposing penalties
that would result in the withholding of wastewater
treatment construction grants in such instances,
and should allow cities experiencing growth to con-
tinue to receive federal assistance for essential
government functions. Congress should also adjust
the level of penalties to fit the severity of the con-
tinuing pollution problems in cities that fail to
implement measures to reduce such sources.
Many of the provisions providing for sanctions
in legislation currently under consideration are
counterproductive to the goals of the Clean Air
Act, and would unfairly penalize cities in non-
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attainment areas, regardless of what level of
government is responsible for failure to approve
implementation of an inspection and maintenance
program aimed at reducing motor vehicle emission
problems. Sanctions should be imposed on the unit
of government or agency directly responsible for
noncompliance.
The League also recommends that congress
retain current health-based ambient air quality
standards and refrain from including other factors
in the attainment of those required measures of
air quality.
Current problems encountered in implementing
NAAQS requirements suggests that these stan-
dards are imprecise and often cause cities to un-
derestimate measures that must be taken to com-
ply with current air quality pollutant levels for
carbon monoxide and ozone. New approaches per-
mitting cities to take specific actions to install ap-
propriate technology to reach attainment should be
supported.
Also of concern is the transport of air pollutants
from attainment to nonattainment areas. Such
conditions make it difficult for cities to meet
NAAQS requirements despite implementing pol-
lution control'measures. Unless such a jurisdiction
can prove that it is not contributing to ozone or
carbon monoxide pollution in a nonattainment
area, the unit should be required to install controls
on stationary pollution sources.
Further, the League views federal action as
necessary to reduce mobile sources of pollution.
More stringent motor vehicle emission standards,
along with development of alternative fuels and
regulations of gasoline vapor recovery systems, are
needed along with vigorous efforts to ensure that
motor vehicles comply with mobile source stan-
dards while vehicles are in use on city streets.
FL-9. Essential Airline Service
The League of Minnesota Cities supports the ex-
tension of the Essential Airline Service Program for
a period of 10 years beyond October, 1988, with a
level of funding of at least $40 million per year.
The program must continue to be funded until
1988 at the current level of support ($28 million),
until a revised program can be implemented. A
new Small Community Airline Service Program
should be established which would include a higher
level of basic service to foster and promote pas-
senger use and to enable cities to enhance services
by sharing the costs of those service improve-
ments. The program should maximize the poten-
tial of generating the capacity of such service to
handle increased long-haul traffic and to permit
new cities to participate in the program
The Essential Airline Service Program es-
tablished in 1980 to ensure that smaller cities
would continue to have air transportation services,
must be continued beyond 1988 for an additional
period of at least ten years. Federal funding to
support needed air carrier services must be avail-
able in an amount sufficient to sustain stable,
economic and reliable service.
A balanced air transportation system must
address the needs of all types of cities and require
an improved scheduling of air transportation for
small- and medium-sized cities as part of the na-
tional transportation system. The program must
help encourage development of self-sustaining air
service as well as to provide financial assistance
where support is needed. Both travel schedules
and equipment must be upgraded to foster com-
petitive fares and increased levels of traffic.
FL-10.' Cable Television Regulation Issues
The League of Minnesota Cities views with con-
cern recent court actions that restrict cities' author-
ity to impose franchise fees on local cable television
franchise operators. The League continues to #zsist
that cable television franchise fees are a revenue
source for use either in the getteral fund or for the
budget of the local regulatory agency or a combina-
tion of such purposes.
The League will view with interest upcoming
congressional hearings to review the the impact of
cable deregulation on the communications in-
dustry, scheduled to begin in October. The growth
of the cable television industry since deregulation
has been been impressive. But with that increased
wealth and power have come renewed concerns for
the public interest.
Cities are particularly aware of the importance
of the increased numbers of valuable public ser-
vices available solely through local cable television
franchise facilities. Because of these two continu-
ing basic areas of interest in cable television
operations, the League urges congress to maintain
sufficient authority for cities to require cable
franchise operators to notify and consult with city
officials when considering changes in rate struc-
tures and/or the retiering of cable services and
access to public, educational and government
(PEG) channels.
Cable television provides actual as well as
potential public benefits and as such, must con-
tinue to remain subject to local regulation as cur-
rently provided by federal law. Potential services
furnished solely through cable television technol-
ogy include such local operations as meter
monitoring, energy management, emergency
response and alerts, as well as providing a new
mechanism for public expression of viewpoints and
interest by local viewing audiences.
The League recognizes the limits placed on
cities' regulation of cable television operations by
the 1984 Cable Policy Act. It is also clear however,
that the Act affirms a legitimate role for cities in
such regulatory functions as requiring operators to
obtain local franchises; to specify public access
facilities and services; to require leased access; to
monitor performance quality; to act upon requests
for modifications, transfer applications and
renewal requests; to solicit franchises; to enact
consumer protection ordinances; to impose
franchise, fees; and to specify system design and
capacity.
It is also 6f interest to city residents that city
officials encourage service improvements and sup-
port public participation in the upgrading of ser-
vice delivery and quality of performance.
Of particular interest to cities is the continued
availability of government access channels (PEG).
Such facilities provide new ways to reach city resi-
dents with information and the means to under-
stand public policy issues affecting them.
These matters will be increasingly on the minds
of local officials as more local cable franchises
move to increase rates for basic services. The
League supports recommendations to the National
League of Cities to actively monitor those hearings
and developments in the cable television industry
that affect the interests of city residents and cable
television subscribers.
FL-11. Regulation of Incinerator Emissions
The League of Minnesota Cities urges caution in
the development of policy to address potential en-
vironmental hazards associated with mass burning
and other processes employed in resource recovery
(RDF) and incinerator operations. In particular, the
League urges EPA guidance on requirements to
operators of incinerators to install pollution con trol
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technologies to take into account the actual per-
formance and experience with currently applied pol-
lution control measures. There is a paramount need
for clear communication with cities and a
reasonable timetable for implementing new tech-
nologies to limit toxic releases and to adapt landfills
to accept incinerator ash.
In Minnesota, permits granted for mass burn
and RDF facilities require substantial application
of pollution controls to limit release of harmful
substances. To the extent that these latest efforts
in congress and at the Environmental Protection
Agency reflect the need for additional efforts to
protect the environment from serious affects of un-
regulated discharges, the League agrees that such
assurances should be obtained to the greatest ex-
tent possible to protect the health and well-being
of individuals, communities, and the environment.
While recycling and waste minimization policies
promote a healthy environment and can be utilized
to reduce the need for landfills, those approaches
alone cannot meet the demand for solid waste dis-
posal management.
According to a science advisory panel study of
current EPA methods of dealing with incinerator
emission issues, that agency needs to further ex-
amine actual human health risks from ash
produced from incinerator operations.
At the same time, legislation introduced in both
the House and Senate would regulate ash by-
products as hazardous waste under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, as well as to bring
municipal incinerators under Clean Air Act regula-
tion. Senate sponsors favor stringent regulation of
materials said to be toxic by-products of such mass
burning or resource recovery methods. Emission
limits on air pollutants such as particulates, acid
gases, heavy metals, sulfur and nitrogen oxides,
etc., based on best demonstrated achievable con-
trol technologies, would be required under the
Senate bill (S. 1565).
The House bill would require application of en-
vironmental regulation listed above for municipal
incinerators. Other legislation also introduced in
the Senate (S. 1566) would require EPA to develop
methods to test the toxicity of incinerator-
produced ash by-products as well as to test for
potential exposure. The objective would be to re-
quire local incinerator operators to report results
of ash testing and to develop plans to dispose of
the ash under provisions of the Resource Con-
servation and Recovery Act.
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Areas of concern for cities include the prospect
of expanded requirements ments to meet in order
to comply with Clean Air Act standards for new
potential pollutants identified by either Congress
or EPA. It is understood that proposals would ex-
pand the list to include as many as 26 new chemi-
cals and metals. Application of required new tech-
nology to existing as well as new facilities would
also be a serious matter of local concern for costs
and benefit to the environment. Phasing in of such
requirements for currently operating facilities
would be an essential modification of those re-
quirements.
It is encouraging to observe that proposals being
considered do include an updated timetable for
EPA action in the regulation of such air emissions.
Cities anticipating construction and operation of
such new facilities need timely and accurate in-
formation with regard to regulatory action in, or-
der to design operations to meet those require-
ments.
Other concerns which the League is monitoring
deal with the disposal of incinerator ash by-
products. Questions of potential liability for cities
under Superfund for clean-up of improper disposal
practices must be clarified and guidance provided
to assist cities in planning disposal methods.
FL-12. Stormwater Permits
LMC has supported measures'designed to reduce
pollution caused by point sources through the es-
tablishment of national pollution discharge stan-
dards and has urged that action be taken to regulate
industrial run-off and other stormwater point
sources which are deterrnined to be causing sig-
nificant pollution problems. In that regard, the
League continues to support the development of na-
tional guidelines to encourage states and cities to
take action to reduce discharges that exceed such
discharge standards.
Because of indications that additional cities in
urbanized areas may be required to comply with
the new program regulating storm sewer dis-
charges, the League urges the EPA to reflect suf-
ficiently on local circumstances in providing direc-
tion to state and local officials in adjusting
permitting requirements to fit local and regional
stormwater management planning priorities and to
provide a framework within which to address juris-
dictional and legal issues surrounding control of
nonstormwater run-off in those locations.
According to draft regulations, all municipalities
in designated urban areas would be required to
apply for stormwater permits by December 31,
1987, for all industrial stormwater discharges and
for stormwater run-off that discharges into the
waters of the U.S. It would appear that such re-
quirements would apply to systems serving popula-
tions between 100,000-250,000 in such census-
designated urbanized areas, potentially increasing
the number of affected cities in Minnesota.
Direct consultation with state and local officials
in both the development of EPA stormwater
management policy, as well as in the design of
state stormwater management plans, is necessary.
The League also continues to insist that federal
regulations take into consideration geographic
variables, costs and benefits of control measures,
and address the most serious pollution discharge
problems first.
While modification of proposed requirements
for virtually all cities to conduct costly permitting,
mapping, testing and reporting activities at
numerable outfall locations has been ac-
complished to limit federal regulations only to
locations in larger cities, it is apparent that
problems remain with the approach being
proposed for the program.
FL-13. Immigration Forms for Election Judges
The League supports a proposed revision of the
current Immigration and Naturalization Service
(INS) ruling which requires election judges to com-
plete INS Form 1-9.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of
1986 requires all persons employed after Novem-
ber 6, 1986, to complete an Employment Eligibility
Verification Form (Form I-9). INS interprets the
law to include election judges, even though they
may have worked in previous elections. ·
The INS is considering a revised ruling which
would exempt election judges from having to com-
plete Form I-9. The purpose of having each new
employee complete a Form I-9 is to insure that no
employer is hiring illegal aliens. Election judges
must be citizens and that requirement fulfills the
purpose of using Form I-9.
Unless the current ruling is revised, cities and
other political subdivisions will continue to have a
time-consuming burden of paperwork and record-
keeping which is not necessary to comply with the
intent of the law.
FL-14. Low- and Moderate-Income Housing
The League strongly supports strengthening the
role of the federal government in assisting cities to
meet the need for low- and moderate-income
housing. The federal government should encourage
cities to provide affordable and subsidized housing
and provide increased levels of funding to maintain
existing public housing stock.
Federal housing policy must include continua-
tion and increased levels of funding of affordable
housing and improvement in the feasibility of
utilizing Iow income housing tax credits to en-
courage private investment in such projects
financed with tax-exempt bonds.
Cities face serious difficulties in providing sub-
sidized and public housing for residents with
limited incomes. :Expiration of federal subsidies
and loss of tax preferences, it is feared, will com-
bine to produce rent increases~and the sale of ren-
tal properties, thereby further reducing the
availability of such units.
Rental assistance and rehabilitation of single
and multi-family units must be a priority for
federal housing assistance programs for 1988,
along with sufficient funds to assist cities to main-
tain existing public housing units. It is clear that
no single approach to housing needs is sufficient
in meeting the wide-ranging demand. Therefore, it
is necessary to develop a national housing policy
to reverse the the decline in federal housing assist-
ance that has been steadily withdrawn since 1981,
and to encourage a comprehensive approach to the
housing problems city officials have identified.
The League also urges congress to encourage
owners of low- and moderate-income housing to
retain such units and to provide incentives to main-
tain affordable housing rather than to sell or
redevelop such properties. Section 8 rental sub-
sidies must be extended for another 15-year period
to assist those who cannot afford the prevailing
rental rates.
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Congress must also remove multi-family housing
bonds from the state per capita volume limits on
tax-exempt bonding. In addition, federal housing
tax credits must be availabl¢~ for housing
rehabilitation activities as well as for projects
financed with federal grants and loan programs.
Further, federal housing programs must also aid in
stimulating construction of new affordable housing
as well as an increase in home ownership and the
rehabilitation of public housing units and provision
of housing for homeless individuals and families.
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