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1 <br />s- <br />Contents <br />1995 legislative session comes to an end .................................. 1 <br />4M Fund update ......................................................................... 3 <br />LMC Policy Committee. Sign-up Sheet ..................................... 4 <br />LMC Policy Committee Members ............................................. 5 <br />Training/Conferences ................................................................. 6 <br />1995 Law Summaries ........................................................... LS 1 <br />Municipal ads ............................................................................ 7 <br />LMCIT'at the conference ........................................................... 7 <br />The Cities Bulletin is a publication of the League of Minnesota Cities and includes <br />an update of state legislative, administrative, and congressional actions that affect cities. It <br />also includes reviews of metropolitan area issues by the Association of Metropolitan <br />Municipalities. <br />League legislative staff members are available to answer your questions concern- <br />ing legislation relating to cities. <br />Executive Director Editor Typesetting and design <br />Jim Miller Tim Busse Gayle Brodt <br />League of Minnesota Cities, 3490 Lexington Avenue North, St. Paul, MN 55126 <br />Phone: (612) 490-5600; (&00) 925-1122; Fax: (612) 490-0072; TDD: (612) 490-9030. <br />Page 2 <br />1995 League of Minnesota Cities <br />Action Agenda • <br />See 1995 Law Summaries. <br />Unfunded Mandates -Oppose additional <br />unfunded mandates and allow cities not to <br />comply with current unfunded mandates. <br />Local Government Aid -Maintain LGA <br />at a constant, inflation-adjusted level and <br />increase LGA levels to decrease the <br />reliance on the property tax. <br />Homestead Agricultural Credit Aid <br />Growth -Reinstate the HACA household <br />growth adjustment factor and apply an <br />inflationary adjust factor similar to LGA. <br />Transfers of LGA and HACA to <br />schools -Protect city aid programs from <br />further transfer to school aid programs. <br />Growth Management and Annexation - <br />Restrict development outside city bound- <br />aries, facilitate annexation of urban <br />property, and maintain city authority over <br />services provided to townships. <br />TIF Penalties -Eliminate the LGA/ • <br />HACA aid penalty for TIF use and <br />reauthorize use of TIF on scattered site <br />housing. <br />Personnel -Reform the arbitration <br />process and veterans preference dis- <br />charge procedures. <br />Telecommunications -Preserve local <br />authority over rights of way and require <br />state licensing of telecommunications <br />providers to ensure public service and <br />use. <br />Transportation -Increase revenue <br />.sources for transportation programs, and <br />grant city. authority to raise funds if <br />necessary, eliminate all nontransportation <br />use of highway funding. <br />Workers' Compensation - Makc <br />Minnesota's system competitive. with <br />neighboring states. <br />• <br />Printed on recycled paper <br />LMC Cities Bulletin <br />