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~` ""~"~' STATE OF MINNESOTA -- ~,~ , .~, , ~;~ '~ ~ ~~'. OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR F SUITE 500 ~"` ~ ~ 525 PARK STREET (651} 296-2551 (Voice) REBECCA OTTO SAINT PAUL MN 55103-2139 (651.) 296-4755 (Fax) state.auditor@state.mn.us (E-mail) STATE AUDITOR 1-800-627-3529 (Relay Service) June 1, 2011 Dear City Clerk/Finance Officer/County Auditor: In 2010, the Legislature created the Council on Local Results and Innovation. In February 2011, the Council released a standard set of ten performance measures for counties and ten performance measures for cities that will aid residents, taxpayers, and state and local elected officials in determining the efficacy of counties and cities in providing services, and measure residents' opinions of those services. By February of 2012, the Council must create comprehensive performance measurement systems for cities and counties to implement in 2012. Cities and counties that choose to participate in the new standards measure program ----. may be eligible for a reimbursement in LGA, and exemption from levy limits. Participation in the standard measures program by a city or a county is'volunt Counties and cities that choose to participate in the standard measures program must officially adopt the correspondin 10 erformance benchmarks developed by the Council, and implement them in 2011. They will be required to communicate the resu is of t e measures to their residents the following calendar year. A county or city that elects to participate in the standard measures program for 2011 is eligible for a reimbursement of $0.14 per capita in local government aid, not to exceed $25,000 and is also exempt from levy limits under sections 275.70 to 275.74 for taxes payable in 2012, if levy limits are in effect. In order to receive the per capita reimbursement in 2011, and levy limit exemption for calendar year 2012, counties and cities must: / File a report with the Office of the State Auditor by July 1, 2011. This report will consist of a declaration approved by the city council or county board stating that the ci'ryfcounty has adopted the corresponding 10 perforrnaiice nieasur°es developed by the Council. Annual reporting will be required by the cities and counties that participate in the program. By July 1, 2012, cities and counties will be required to report to the OSA that they have adopted both the performance benchmarks, and the performance measure system released by the Council in February of 2012. A declaration will be required that the city/county has reported or will report the results for calendar 2011 of the 10 adopted measures to its residents before the end. of calendar year 2012. To meet the reporting requirements for 2011, a copy of the declaration in a PDF format can be attached to an email and sent to gid@osa.state.mn.us. Beginning next year, the Office of the State Auditor will be using the State Auditor's Form Entry System (SAFES) for the local performance measurement and improvement program reporting. An Equal Opportunity Employer