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February 14, 2011 <br />To the Property and Local Sales Tax Division of the House of Representatives, Taxes Committee <br />and the Taxes Division on Property Taxes of the Senate Tax Committee, <br />Per the requirements of 2010 Minnesota Laws Chapter 389, Article 2, Sections 1 and 2, the <br />Council on Local Results and Innovation is submitting its recommended "... standard set of <br />approximately ten performance measures for counties and ten performance measures for cities <br />that will aid residents, taxpayers, and state and local elected officials in determining the efficacy <br />of counties and cities in providing services, and measure residents' opinion of those services." <br />The recommended model performance measures are attached. Local government and public <br />feedback was solicited on the proposed benchmarks. <br />The members of the Council include: <br />• Patricia Coldwell, Association of Minnesota Counties <br />• John Gunyou, City of Minnetonka <br />• Mark Hintermeyer, City of Moorhead <br />• Jay Kiedrowski, Humphrey School, University of Minnesota <br />• Katie Nerem, Blue Earth County <br />• Rebecca Otto, Minnesota State Auditor <br />• Jay Stroebel, City of Minneapolis <br />• Matt Stemwedel, City of Woodbury <br />• Wendy Underwood, City of St. Paul <br />• Tim Walsh, Scott County <br />• Ben Woessner, City of Pelican Rapids <br />The Council received no funding to conduct their work. Meeting minutes were taken by <br />volunteers, and the Office of the State Auditor posted all meeting materials and meeting dates on <br />the Office of the State Auditor website. All meetings were open to the public. <br />The Council sees value in having all counties and cities in Minnesota develop performance <br />measures that then use to manage their jurisdictions and having results of those performance <br />measures shared with citizens and property tax payers. Our recommended performance <br />measures should be considered examples to assist counties and cities in developing their own <br />performance measures. The Council was concerned about the misuse of these performance <br />measures by the legislature or others in the appropriation of funds or for comparisons among <br />counties and cities. The general performance measures recommended are simply inadequate for <br />those purposes. <br />The Council on Local Results and Innovation is proceeding to meet the additional requirements <br />of the statute, which is to "develop recommended minimum standards for comprehensive <br />