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1994 top issues <br /> The League of Minnesota Cities has <br /> • Contents eight priority issues for the 1994 <br /> legislative session. We will include <br /> Action alert--Annexation deal close 1 this list every week with a page <br /> Action alert—Landfill bill in trouble,call your°representative.. 1 number after the issue if we Include a <br /> Mandate alert--Bill would require minimum wage story. <br /> for on-call employees I <br /> State Aid to Cities Preserve 1994. <br /> Contest for"good ideas"to improve lobbying 2 <br /> level and seek additional funding for <br /> Audit exemption for small cities and towns progresses 3 future years for LGA and HACA. <br /> Cities testify 3 <br /> City officials meet in St.Paul <br /> 4 page 4 <br /> Training -. 4 • <br /> Local Government Trust Fund - <br /> Best practices review audit gets Senate committee OK 4 Stabilize the LGTF and resolve the <br /> House Tax Committee considers LGA bill 4 current shortfall./page 4 <br /> Bill Summaries B1 <br /> Municipal ads Inside back cover <br /> • Open Meeting Law-Clarify require- <br /> ----- — ments and permit defense of alleged <br /> Contest for "good ideas" to violations. .. <br /> improve lobbying Annexation-Preserve 1992 annex- <br /> Duke Addicks ation amendments,expand cities <br /> The League of Minnesota Cities Legislative Advisory Com- <br /> ability to annex urban or urbanizing <br /> areas, and control growth in nonurban <br /> mittee is'seeking"good ideas"to improve the League's legislative/ areas:/page 1 y <br /> • congressional policy adoption and lobbying process. <br /> The goals of the Legislative Advisory Committee are to <br /> ensure maximum member participation and ownership of the Landfill Cleanup- <br /> Establish new <br /> policy adoption and lobbying process and to ensure effectiveness program separate from Superfund tii <br /> at the state and federal levels. clean up closed municipal landfills. <br /> If you have a"good idea"please send it to Duke Addicks, /page 1 <br /> director of intergovernmental relations at the League. <br /> The person submitting the best"good idea"as judged by the Public Employment Labor Rela- <br /> Legislative Advisory Committee,will win a free registration to the tions Act- Reform PELRA's interest <br /> League's annual conference and be recognized for their contribu- arbitration provisions to balance the <br /> tion at the annual meeting.0 <br /> bargaining power of essential and <br /> nonessential public employees. <br /> The Cities Bulletin is a publication of the League of Minnesota Cities and <br /> includes an update of state legislative,administrative,and congressional actions that affect <br /> cities.It also includes reviews of metropolitan area issues by the Association of Metropoli- Development/Redevelopment- <br /> tan Municipalities.The Cities Bulletin lists authors of bill summaries and some articles by - <br /> RemOVe the aid penalties on TIF for <br /> their initials. <br /> Joel Jamnik-ii manufacturing and redevelopment <br /> Sarah Hackett-SH districts;obtain additional funding for <br /> League legislative staff members are available to answer your questions concernpollution clean-up. <br /> ing legislation relating to cities. <br /> Transportation Systems Funding''- <br /> Executive Director Editors Typesetting and design Increase funding for roads and transit <br /> Jim Miller Jean Mehie Goad Gayle Brod( by extending the sales tax to gasoline; <br /> Tim Busse Laurie.Athletic or increase the gas tax and estihlisb <br /> dedicated revenue for transit. <br /> • League of Minnesota Cities. 1.190 I.rxingkm Avenue North.St. Paul.MN 551 2b Ark <br /> 1.1,4„,,:(ljI I'),I too.las:('i'1.mo0072. I'm 01214Q11-0010,1800-02S 1122.plus your city code T047 Printed on recycled pnpnr <br /> Page 2 LMC Cities Bulletin <br />