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t <br />i <br />s <br />n <br />r <br />Rep. Michael Beard, chair of the Transportation Policy and Finance Committee and a member of other committees of inter- <br />est, including the Energy Subcommittee, addressed the group at the MMUA Winter Legislative Conference. <br />• APPA Legal Seminar (November 6 -9, 2011 — Memphis, • Rochester – billing issue <br />Tennessee) <br />Joint Action Agency Annual Meetings <br />• Virginia — IRRRB appointments <br />• Willmar — support on MPCA permit issues <br />Central Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (October <br />27— Springfield) Tours of Local Facilities <br />• Missouri River Energy Services (May 10 -11 —Sioux Falls) <br />• Northern Municipal Power Agency (May 18 —Thief River <br />Falls) <br />Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (October <br />13- 14— Bloomington) <br />Information Requests, Information requests fielded by the <br />Government Relations staff in 2011 included: <br />• Austin —facility information from study on construction <br />• Breckenridge — Impact of WAPA on rates <br />• Delano — organizational issues, rates <br />• Elk River — rates, wholesale power issues, compensation <br />• Grove City — rates, utility governance <br />• Grand Rapids — utility organization issues <br />• Hutchinson — compensation <br />s Janesville — rate review <br />• Lake Crystal — rate review <br />0anesboro — dam repair grant <br />• Owatonna — inquiry on tax exemption <br />• Marshall <br />• Brainerd <br />• Buffalo <br />• Thief River Falls <br />Legal Seminar. In 2011, Bill Black put together the first <br />MMUA Legal Seminar, Dec. 2 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in <br />Plymouth. Twenty -five attendees from member cities and <br />law firms attended. Presentations included disaster man- <br />agement, property law, employment law, government data <br />and open meetings, utility billing issues and utility finance. <br />Attorneys in attendance earned continuing legal education <br />credits approved by the Minnesota State Bar Association. <br />_o <br />House Taxes Committee Chair Greg Davids, seated at right, <br />visited with constituents Deb and Stu Smith of Spring Valley. <br />Pictured in the background are Bill Wroolie (standing) and <br />Lee Klein. <br />2011 Year in Review - 7 <br />