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1986-01-27 CC Agenda/PacketCITY OF ALBERTVILLE ALBERTVILLE, MINNESOTA 55301 PHONE: 497-3384 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA JANUARY 27, 1986 CALL MEETING TO ORDER APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES SPECIAL BUSINESS a. Transfer of General Fund Cash to new Budget Catagories--Park and Fire Departments. b. Possible donation to the STMA Senior Graduation Party. DEPARTMENT BUSINESS a. Administration •- Resolution Designating Depository of Public Funds.. - Appointment of an alternate to the Joint Powers Board. - Discussion on what to do with -the old copier. - Charges for photocopies - Additional telephone service features: - -Call Waiting -Call Forwarding -Conference Calling -Speed Dialing b. Planning Approval of plan and building permit for a twin home in the Barthel Addition --Barthel Construction. k Ch\1lb� Appointment of Bill Praught to the Planning Commission to fulfill Pat Walsh's Appointment. c. Legal • - The Valerius Petition for Annexation. - Extension of the Administrative Internship position. - Job Discription for the Administrator's position. Authorization to advertise the opening. e. Engineering - Update on the progress at the Wastewater Treatment Facility Site. Make our City........ Your City We invite Home, Industry, Business w. wtS-sword.. n.ds..ws Owed s s PEM r-.l ia..rr 107-1 MMWD" Ob. 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Shall pay on demand all deposits msnt on demand, isitlr acewredI '-'ak and pay on demand all time depoSiM therein► With GON" d Interest, at or after the Snd of the psriodS for which the Same shall be dopes": dPPVwd and adopted on Os ...........................................................day of......................................................................., it......... at a........xag.ul.ax................................. j of Me City of Albertville .................................................. of said....iC.i.ty.................................I........................ duly held by a majoitty rota of an the member ............................... the sane. dow. Clark. -VOTE: One or mars dgw4toria may be dal jnated at sans time. nU may be used by county, city, rittajs, taom, or sehoot &Ortat; and after odopliow should be dined by the pm Wm , oh ,,m,,, or 01har PvWdImj ofJlesr, of the body adopttwj tt, attested by the clerk and )tled with him; and U should be P"hsd it go tsar a ngrtrw. n 1 e � 140 4 e n MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL HOARD 165 Metro Square Building 7th and Robert Streets St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 In the Matter of the Petition of Certain Persons for the Annexation of Lands located within Wright County, Minnesota. --N--------------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------- TO; Council of the City of Albertville Box 131 Albertville, Minnesota 55301 PETITIONERS STATE: 1. That we, the undersigned, are all of the owners of the following-desoribed property lying in the Town of Otsego, County of Wright, State of Minnesota: Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 369 Township 121, Range 24 That said property is unincorporated, abuts upon the limits of the City of Albertville, and is not included within any other municipality. That said property is unplatted and does not exceed 200 acres in area. The acreage of such area is 61.11 acres. PETITIONERS REQUEST: That pursuant to M.S. 414.0331 said property be annexed to and included within the City of Albertville. DATED: Alfred Valerius Arthur Valerius Gilbert Valerius Martha Valerius by Alfred Valerius, her attorney -in -fact CITY OF ALBERTVILLE n n ALBERTVILLE, MINNESOTA 55301 PHONE: 497-3384 INCOME RECIEVED KEVIN LIDBERG 17.50 SEWER ACCOUNTS 229.00 DON'S AUTO 12.00 HACKENMUELLER'S, INC. 12.00 ALBERTVILLE BAR 227.00 152 CLUB 42.00 DON CORNELIUS 6.00 FRANKFORT TOWNSHIP 1,441.00 OTSEGO TOWNSHIP 3,133.78 TOTAL BILLS TO BE PAID 5,120.38 ST. MICHAEL INSURANCE CLERK TREAS. BOND 50.00 FHA POSITION BOND 50.00 BUSINESS AUTO POLICY 3,861.00 FRIST TRUST ST. PAUL G.O. IMP. BOND 10-1-79 55,949.95 G.O. T.I.F. 1984-A 13,577.50 G.O. SEWER 1984-A 17,326.25 G.O. IMP. BOND 1985-A 22,961.48 NATIONAL CITY BANK G.O. IMP. BOND 15,997.75 STRINGER BUSINESS SYSTEMS 58.00 NEWMAN SIGNS 2.74 VEHICLE REGISTRATION 74 DODGE 33.25 73 FORD 33.25 75 CHEV 33.25 69 CHEV 33.25 FRANKFORT TOWNSHIP 500.00 VIKING SAFETY PRODUCTS 8.43 CROW RIVER NEWS 267.30 MINNESOTA COPIER 50.00 HACKENMUELLER'S, INC. 7.89 BARCO (BLADES) 263.20 'KEN LINDSAY 562.67 MAUREEN ANDREWS 472.60 MEYER, NELSON AND MILLER 1,005.00 MEYER-ROHLIN (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) WASTEWATER TREATEMENT FACILITY 34,983.31 S&L EXCAVATING 9,330.62 BUFFALO BITUMIOUS 5,257.21 182,675.90 Make our City........ Your City We invite Home, Industry, Business OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY Y sa WASHINGTON, D.C. 20226 17N. DIRECTOR ��OFFICE Of REVENUE SHARING 9401 E STREET. N.W. COLUMMA FLAIA January Be 1986 REF: 5132-RL Dear Chief Executive Officer: On November 25, 1985, President Reagan signed legislation [Public Law 99-1601, which authorized funding for Entitlement period 17 (October 1, 1985-September 30, 1986) of the Revenue Sharing Program. Entitlement Period 17 (EP17) is the last entitlement period authorized in the 1983 renewal of the Revenue Sharing Program. The legislation submitted to the President appropriated $4,185,000,000 to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for payments to local governments during EP17. This amount is approximately an 8.35 percent reduction from the amount appropriated for EP16 (October 1, 1984-September 301 1985). In accordance with the requirements of the legislation, the entire 8.35 percent reduction will be withheld from the final payment of EP17. Entitlement Period 17 Amount Since funding for EP 17 was not appropriated until late November 1985, there was not sufficient time to advise you of the amount of your EP17 entitlement prior to the January 1986 payment. Fie plan, however, to distribute the "Recipient Account Statement" to all governments in late January, and this form will include the amount of your EP17 entitlement, information describing the data used to calculate your allocation, and any adjustments from prior entitlement periods. It should be noted that because this is the final period of the Program, the EP17 entitlement information provided in the Recipient Account State- ment is preliminary and may be revised during the entitlement period. Entitlement Period 17-First Quarter Payment On January 8, 1986, we made the first of four quarterly payments for Entitlement Period 17. The remaining payments for EP17 are scheduled for April 7, July 8 and October 7, 1986. Your January payment was made directly to a designated bank or other financial institution if you have so authorized. Otherwise, your government's payment was in the form of a check. - 2 - Unfortunately, some governments were not paid at the regularly scheduled time because they did not submit a State- ment of Assurances (SOA) Certification Card for EP17, or adjusted tax and intergovernmental transfer data for fiscal year 1983 and/or fiscal year 1984 on time. All forms received at the Office of Revenue Sharing and processed prior to December 60 1985 were accepted for the regularly scheduled January payment. If you have not received the SOA package or submitted the appropriate tax and transfer data, please call our Intergovernmental Relations Division for replacement forms. Some governments were not paid because the amount of their allocation for Period 17 is less than the $200 minimum for a twelve-month period required by the Revenue Sharing Act, or because they have voluntarily waived their entitlement payments. Another group of governments were not paid because they have not met the audit, public participation, or civil rights provisions of the legislation. These governments either have not submitted required audit reports, have not responded to requests from either the Audit or Civil Rights Divisions concern- ing possible noncompliance, or have been found in noncompliance with the Revenue Sharing regulations and have not not yet complied. If you did not receive your payment in January and do not know why your government is not being paid, please write or call our Intergovernmental Relations Division (202) 634-5200 for more information and assistance. Audit Commentary Mailed A revised Audit Commentary was mailed in mid -November to local governments wh ch receive $25,000 or more in Revenue Shar- ing funds annually. These governments are subject to the audit requirements of the Revenue Sharing Act and will find the Com- mentary to be a useful explanation of the technical aspects of the audit requirements. Handicapped Regulations Must Be Fully Implemented By October 1986 Governments are reminded that structural changes necessary to make Revenue Sharing funded programs or activities accessible to the handicapped must be completed as soon as possible but not later than October 17, 1986. The Revenue Sharing regulations do not require a government to make every facility fully accessible to the handicapped. Rather, structural changes are required only as a last resort where no other method is available to pro- vide appropriate access to Revenue Sharing funded programs or activities. - 3 - Many government officials are asking if they must continue to budget money to complete structural modifications since the authorization for the Revenue Sharing Program expires on Septem- ber 30, 1986. As long as a recipient government receives and uses Revenue Sharing funds, it must continue to comply with all of the restrictions and prohibitions contained in the Revenue Sharing Act and regulations. Appropriate enforcement of all Program requirements will continue after the termination of the Program. Davis -Bacon Wage Determinations On January 31 1986, the U.S. Department of Labor ceased the monthly publication of general wage determination in the Federal Register. The Government Printing Office (GPO)_ now has available for purchase an annual-ilbcument, General Wage Determinations Issued Under the Davis -Bacon and Related Acts. The annual publication will contain current wage eterminations. Thereafter, the GPO will issue weekly updates to subscribers by first class mail. Updates also will be published on a weekly basis in the Federal Register. For governments not wishing to purchase a subscription, the publication and updates will be available at all 80 Regional Government Libraries and many of the other 1,400 Government Depository Libraries across the nation. Inquiries regarding the availability and cost of this new publication should be directed to the Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Order Desk, at (202) 783-3238. For additional information concerning these new procedures contact Mr. Alan Moss, or Mr. Ronald Merten, U.S. Department of Labor, Division of Wage Determinations, at (202) 523-7531. Should you have questions regarding the Revenue Sharing program, please call our Intergovernmental Relations Division at (202) 634-5200. Sincerely, Michael F. Hill , ILW La rson Publications Inc. 33 Second St. N. E., Box 296 Osseo, Minnesota 55369 (612) 425-3323 Don R. Larson, president Carole J. Larson, vice president Jan. 21, 1986 Mayor and City Council City of Albertville 5964 Main Ave. N.E. Albertville, Minn. 55301 Dear Mayor and City Council: Thank you for again designating the Crow River News as your official newspaper. Deadlines and procedures for legal notices are the same in 1986 as they were in 1985. The deadline for notices is 3 p.m. Thursdays for the following Tuesday's edition. You may drop off your notices at the News office, Security State Bank Building, St. Michael, or mail to: Box 286, Osseo, Minn. 55369. Notices received after the deadline will be held for the following week's edition. Notices are published once unless otherwise specified. If you need a lengthy ordinance published, please contact us to make arrangements for publication. Lengthy ordinances may require additional production time. Whenever we may be of assistance to You, please contact us. PUSLISHIRS Oft *CROW an= NrWS NORTH St. Midleol *CROW KIVU NWS SOUTH Rockford *DILANO RAGLI Delano Sincerely, David Pedersen Crow River News *OSSIO MAPLI GROVII PRM Osseo and Maple Greve *CHAmPUM DAYTON PROS Champlin *STIARNS MORRISON BNMP%ln ARMnY and HeIdIneord munow SIACON Melrose 4 inne A NEWSLETTER FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS MINNEGASCO WON'T HAVE RATE INCREASE I s or year. Minnegasco has announced that it will not have a rate increase in Minnesota through this winter's heavy heating months. This marks the third consecutive year that Minnegasco has not had a general rate increase in Minnesota. Minnegasco's last general rate increase in Minnesota was in July of 1982. The decision, part of a continuing effort by the company to keep natural gas competitively priced in the marketplace, was the result of ongoing expense management 7,000 NEEDY HELPED BY HEATSHARE More than $1,600,000 has been distributed from the HeatShare fund since it was established in n WELCOME TO "MINNEGASCO This is our first issue of: Minnegasco—A Newsletter for ,Public Officials:' The newsletter was designed to enhance communications between Minnegasco and government officials in our three -state service area of Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota. We hope you find this news- letter —and future newsletters — informative. programs throughout Minnegas- co's three -state service area. Because of those expense manage- ment efforts, and the decreased cost of natural gas at the wellhead, Minnegasco's customers have seen their annual natural gas bills decline over the past three years. The annual natural gas bill of a typical Minnegasco residential customer in Minnesota currently is $764—down $55 since May of 1984, and down $60 since May of 1983. The typical Minnegasco customer uses about 140,000 cubic 1982 to help 7,000 needy residents in Minnegasco's three -state service area pay their heating and energy - related bills. HeatShare is a cooperative effort of The Salvation Army and Minne- gasco, Inc. HeatShare is funded by pledges from Minnegasco's customers, suppliers and employees, and is administered by The Salvation feet of nature ga p That annual bill includes natural gas used for both home and water heating. Effective December 27, Minnegasco will implement another price reduction for its customers —the result of a purchased gas decrease from Northern Natural Gas Company, Minnegasco's major supplier of natural gas. That reduc- tion will amount to a savings of about $26 annually for the typical residential customer, and will reduce the average annual natural gas bill to $738. Army. The program assists people on low and fixed incomes who do not qualify for government assistance. HeatShare funds were used to help the needy pay their heating bills (natural gas, fuel oil, electric, propane, etc.), make emergency repairs to furnaces, and to repair windows and doors for better heat retention. SOMROCK ELECTED PRESIDENT OF MINNEGASCO John D. Somrock has been elected President and Chief Operating Officer of Minne- gasco, Inc., the natural gas distri- bution company of Diversified Energies, Inc. (DEI). His appointment was effective s August 1. som► ck Somrock, 43, succeeds Albert D. Etchelecu as President of Minnegasco. Etche- lecu, 47, was elected Chairman of the, Board of Minnegasco and continues as the company's Chief Executive Officer. Etche- lecu also is President and Chief Executive Officer of DEI. Somrock is a native of Minne- sota and has been with Minne- gasco for 17 years. Prior to this promotion, he was Senior Vice President of Operations. Somrock is based at the compa- ny's headquarters in Minneapolis. IDENTIFYING A NEED.. . MEETING A NEED As the number of senior citizens' programs increased in the Minne- apolis area and its surrounding suburbs, Minnegasco saw a poten- tial challenge there for the senior population: Transportation needs. How were the seniors to get to the centers and their programs? What about other transportation needs? Many of the citizens for whom programs are designed are no longer able to drive a car or use public transportation by themselves. Through its corporate contributions program, Minnegasco set out to see if we could help. We called upon our fleet manager, who could coordinate the purchase of two large vans, to be donated to the Senior Citizens Centers of Minneapolis. The center's staff is working with many multiple senior residences and the various senior citizen centers to coordinate maximum use of the vehicles. The vans will be large enough to carry up to 11 passengers and are equipped with hydraulic lifts to accommodate wheelchairs. They are to be primarily operated on natural gas, which is also being furnished by Minnegasco, but they can also use regular gasoline. When both vans are in use as planned, over 1000 seniors will be able to be a bit more independent than before. mINNEGASCO EMPLOYEE SAVES A LIFE WITH CPR SKILLS In 34 years for Minnegasco Meter Reader Joe O'Brien it was the first time he had been called upon to use his CPR skills. While on the job, the veteran employee came through in saving a South Minneapolis man's life when the latter suffered cardiac arrest on Sept. 4. O'Brien had cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training at Minnegasco several years ago. On his route, O'Brien saw a small group of people gathering around a construction worker who was on the ground. Someone called out, "Does anyone know CPR?" Joe quickly stepped forward and applied pressure to the man's chest, while another breathed into his mouth at O'Brien's command. In a moment, the man began regaining consciousness. He had been unconscious for a minute or two, O'Brien estimates. The man's earlobes and fingertips had turned blue, he had stopped breathing and he had no heart beat. "It's not likely he would have pulled through, unless someone would have done something;' recalls Joe. In a few minutes, the area's fire department arrived and took over in assisting the man, who is in his 50's. "They did a great job;' said Fire Captain Richard Will, whose squad handled the call. "The man is a former heart surgery patient, so it was especially critical." NATURAL GAS: WHAT IS IT? - Natural gas is used in more than 40 million homes in the United States. It is one of the safest and most reliable home heating fuels available. - Natural gas is primarily methane with small amounts of other hydro- carbons. It is colorless. It is odorless. Because it is odorless, Minnegasco adds a chemical agent to the natu- ral gas that it delivers to customers' homes and businesses. The chemi- cal produces a distinctive odor that can be detected when even the slightest amount of natural gas escapes into the air. - Natural gas is non-polluting. It burns clean —producing only heat, carbon dioxide and water vapor when burned with proper air mixtures. - Natural gas is not toxic or poison- ous. It is lighter than air. - Natural gas is easily compressed, and will liquify when cooled to —260°F. Minnegasco liquifies natu- ral gas in the summer and stores it in liquid form for use during extremely cold winter days. - Compressed natural gas can be used as a vehicle fuel. Minnegasco currently operates 86 of its company fleet vehicles on compressed natural gas. /'IN LIU FACTS Af3UU I MINNEGASCO CUSTOMERS' ATTITUDES TOWARD MINNEGASCO For the past three years, the national survey firm of Yankelov- ich, Skelly and White has been asking Minnegasco's residential customers to grade the company on the services that it provides. This year's survey showed that about 90 percent of Minnegas- co's customers rate it highly for providing effective, reliable and friendly service. "While that may sound good, we aren't satisfied;' said John D. Somrock, President and Chief Operating Officer of Minne- gasco. "We want every contact that we have with our customers to be a positive one." To help achieve that goal, the company has implemented addi- tional programs that make it easier for customers to do business with Minnegasco, and that enhance the quality of serv- ice that Minnegasco provides: • "Bank Pay was established to make it easier for customers to pay their bills. Bank Pay allows customers to have their banks electronically transfer funds /� from their checking or savings accounts to pay their monthly bills to Minnegasco. • A consumer roundtable was established to solicit customer input and to foster better communications and under- standing between Minnegasco and its customers. • Implementation of the new Customer Information System (CIS) was completed through- out Minnegasco's three -state service area. CIS allows the company to respond faster and more effectively when custom- ers call for information about their natural gas bills or for energy -related information. About 750 Minnegasco custom- ers in Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota participated in the most recent survey. Customers said Minnegasco is a company that cares about its customers, can be trusted, and that contributes to the quality of life in the communities in which it does business:' Minnegasco is the 13th largest natural gas distribution company in the United States. In addition to its natural gas distri- bution operations, Minnegasco engages in non -regulated businesses of selling and servicing heating and cooling equipment and appliances. Minnegasco serves about 585,000 residential, commercial and indus- trial customers in Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota- 530,000 are residential, and 55,000 are commercial and industrial. Of those customers, 434,000 are in Minnesota; 37,000 are in South Dakota; and 115,000 are in Nebraska. In 1984, Minnegasco's natural gas sales to industrial and commercial customers represented 54.7 percent of the company's total sales. The company's natural gas supply situation is excellent. The compa- ny's two natural gas suppliers — Northern Natural Gas Company and KN-Energy, Inc. —have abun- dant reserves that assure secure long-term natural gas availability. Minnegasco is a company of Diver- sified Energies, Inc. (DEI), a Minne- apolis -based energy services corporation. DEI is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol: DEI. In addition to Minnegasco, DEI's other companies and operations are: • Dyco Petroleum Corporation: Oil and gas exploration and production. • Cai Dive International, Inc.: Subseas oilfield services. • E.F. Johnson Company: Mobile communications and electronic components. • DEI Energy Systems, Inc. (ESI): Energy measurement. • Minneapolis Energy Center, Inc. (MECI): Energy management. • The Preserve of Eden Prairie, Inc: Land development. CIS GIVES FASTER SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS During 1984, Minnegasco completed implementation of a new Customer Information System (CIS) throughout its Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota service area. CIS is a state-of-the-art computer system that stores and updates bill payment records and natural gas usage data for all of Minne- gasco's 585,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers. CIS is centralized at Minnegas- co's headquarters in Minneapo- lis. Through a network of on-line terminals, Minnegasco employ- ees can instantaneously access information for customers who call with questions about their natural gas bills, service contracts, or other energy - related matters. "Our customers' time is valua- ble;' company officials said. "?he new system eliminates customer inconvenience of having to wait for information — and just makes it easier for our customers to do business with us." The system also allows Minne- gasco to implement expense management measures that will help in the company's overall efforts at maintaining stabilized natural gas prices for custom- ers —without jeopardizing qual- ity of service to customers. One of those expense manage- ment measures is the closing of 13 of Minnegasco's 22 offices in Minnesota between September 1 and December 1, 1985.Offices are being closed in Benson, Blue Earth, Le Sueur, St. James, Little Falls, Glencoe, Sleepy Eye, Morris, Belle Plaine, Sauk Centre, Litchfield, Pipestone, and New Prague. Customers currently served through those offices will be served through a centralized Customer Information Response Center in Mankato. Customers affected by the closings have been notified and have received toll -free telephone numbers and other information regarding the Response Center. "It's always hard to close down an office;' a company official said. "We've been in some of those communities for a lot of years:' In Nebraska and South Dakota, all accounting and billing opera- tions have been centralized into CIS in Minneapolis. Minnesota Association of Small Cities 8Q LL T :veteran -ram! ] U 01 -, . ll�L.��---1�f1 wM s 611 Iowa Avenue, Staples. Minnesota 56479 January, 1986 FROM THE DESK OF MAYOR MILTON A. ARNESON, ROSEAU V.P. Region 1 Since the August issue of Small Talk, your Small Cities Board has bean involved in Regional Meetings, 19BB Legislation, Membership, the dw- lopment of the Minnesota Center for Small Communities, City Insurance, to mention just a few of the issues of importance to Smell Cities. Our maior disappointment was the cancellation of our Minnesota Association of Small Cities Annual meeting and Workshops. Lack of pre- registration forced cancellation. Our workshops involved a number of our Minnesota Representatives and Senators, a wall as State Department Heads, and out of sate speakers, and indications from pre -registrations wan that our guests would haw out numbered the number attending from our small cities, thus it would haw been highly inappropriate to hold the meeting. As you read this, think about your city, you as city mayors and council persons need to be updated on what is going on in the Legislature, to get involved, to hew the opportunity to confront our leaders and policy makers. Now how can this best be done? If we are unable to generate enthusiasm for Workshops and the Annual Meeting, if we are unable to get our small cities out for Regional meetings, what kind of meetings should be conducted to get you involved and informed. Region 1 held its Regional meeting in September and with five (5) cities attending, the discussions were lively end informative. 1 appreciate te`pose who took the time to attend the Regional meeting and those who ,olunteered to serve their regional Small Cities a Assistant Vice President Membership Chair, Legislative Chair, and Communications Chair. Their names are identified in this issue of Small Talk. Your Board is continually searching for ways to improve our communications with each of our Smell Cities. We solicit your idea. After all this is your Association, the MAOSC exists only because of Small City needs and concerns, and your right as a Small City to be treated fairly and with equity on all issues relating to Cites in Minnesota. We are concerned as to whether you are receiving your copy of Small Talk, was publish 5,000 copies of each publication, six times a you. It is sent to every Small City addressed to the City Clerk, with 6 copies, one copy for the Mayor and each of the Council and one for the City Clark. With regards to the survey on City leeem a we sent each city in the August issue of Small Talk, I'm sorry to say only five (5) cities responded. Either you did not receive that issue of Small Talk, or the issue isn't as grow as your MAOSC Board was led to believe. We only send surveys when there is and expressed concern on the put of some Small Cities, and we need to know your concerns in order to effectively legislate FOR YOU, THE LEADERS OF OUR SMALL CITIES. As was proceed into 1986, may our endeavors and envolvement increase, may the success and knowledge gained enhance the ability of the Mayors and Councils to better serve their city, an may we, together, dedicate ourselves to a rural Minnesota full of opportunities and resolve. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALLI REGIONAL MEETINGS , The Board of Directors and our Legislative Liaison haw held and are scheduling Regional Meetings to update Small Cities on the legislative issues and Small Cities Activities and to hold elections. To date Regional meetings have been held in the majority of the Regions, however some scheduled meetings had to be cancelled due tq,Winter Weather, currently those cancelled are being rescheduled. Those Regions where meetiggs were held, elected city leaden to designated Regional positions. ?heir willingness to serve the Small Cities of their Region and throughout Min- nesoa is deeply appreciated. FROM THE DESK OF MYRT WEGENER, LEGISLATIVE LIAISON MAOSC: Guidelines haw been established for the Revenue, Finance, and Tax Commissions for the Veer 1986. The Tax Policy Group has been charged with the overall responsibility for recommendations and alternatives for a comprehensive tax package. The Chairman is Tom Triplett, Revenue Com- missioner. Individual turns will study specific area of taxation among which is o team studying Property Tax and Local Aids Policy. This team is headed by John Haynes, An't Commissioner of Revenue. This Team is charged to consider a comprehensive reform and simplification of the property tax and local aid system with the goal of: 1. Reducing the number of classy of property 2. Reducing the tendency of any aid program to encourage property tax increases. 3. Increase local accountability. Clarify what is a state government re- sponsibility and what is a local responsibility. 4. Reduce effective tax rates on those clay of property which currently have extremely high effective tax rates. 5. Redesign aid programs so that the State can control and budget for the costs of the programs. S. Use the Latimer Commission report as a guideline. We will keep you posted on the team activities. State Aids - There is still a battle going on between the Legislature, Ad- ministration and the Small Cities. The Small Cities went Sate Aids settled In 1986 session, the Revenue Department and the Tax Department want to wait one more year. The Legislature has failed to fullfill their promise to the 700 Small Cities to straighten out the Sate Aids mess during the 1983, a 1984, and 1985 interims. At this time we have temporary alineme t formula with Mpls. and St. Paul. We worked on this the pat sumntar, all that is needed now is for the Legislature to do its part. We need mayors and Council from the 700 cities to scream for help from their hone town Legislator. Remember, next year is election year. Nothing will be ac- complished without YOUR HELP. Gas Tax - In order to get the Legislature to help Cities under 5000 get a fair then of the Gas Tax, the some as cities OVER 5000, Small Cities will again have to talk to Legislator. As soon as you all take part and help, this can become a reality. Small Cities will continue to pros for fairness in dis- tribution. , Insurance - Small Cities oreworking on a solution to the High Insurance rates Small Cities are facing. A notice will be published as won a we have something concrete. This may be as soon as January 15,1986. Minnesota Center For Small Communities - A report by Dow Fricke, Executive Director of Minnesota Townships is included in this issue, and I agree with Deve that 1986 will be a new ere for Small Cities and Town- ships in Minnesota. The creation of the Minnesota Center for Small Com- munities is exciting. Deve and 1 haw long dreamed of working together and we look forward to it being a reality. We have spent a lot of time this fsN contacting Foundations in Minnesota for funds to operate this new organi- zation. On December 18, 1985 we met with Foundation people who were looking for projects to assist rural Minnesota, and rural governments. The interest of the Foundations is tremendous and exciting. We will have more information nal soon. A Happy and Prosperous Now Year to All - Myrt Wagemar FROM THE DESK OF HOWARD NELSON, LEGISLATIVE LIAISON, MAOSC. Let me point to a few interesting comments mede at two House Sub - Committee hearings which particularly attracted my sttantion, namely the P.C.A. Tads Force of the House Local and Urban Affairs Commits desired by Rep. Becklin, and the House Appropriationrsub-eommittm on fees and Dedicated Revenue chaired by Rap. Virgil Johnson, hearings which were held this fall and early winter. Then is a real need to "stnemline" the grant process. M.P.CJL review time for grant applications have run as long as twelve (12) and fifteen (15) months (the State Board of Health has 3 weeks). Then has ban a lack of consistency in M.P.C.A. reviews. Too often the M.P.C.A. communications were oral either at the meetings or by telephone but not confirmed in writing. Communications were with the consulting anginser but net with the municipality. Some cities say "the M.P.C.A. hall taken punitive action to penalize cities who do not knuckle under to orders or demands." Chairman Becklin said based on their several hearings reports, then is a real lack of communications for one thing. Notwithstanding the above criticisms "the motives and the people of M.P.C.A. are good" said one party, "but the grant process needs to be simplified." Ninety percent (90%) grant cities compete with cities getting fifty percent (50%) or no grant at ell for industry. It was suggested that a screening committee review changes in M.P.C.A. specifications for con- struction. To "certify that then will never be any overflow in the system" and "if then is, grant funds are withdrawn", "ws can't guarantee that" sated one witness. A financial consultant stated "assuming sewn (7) Veers from beginning of grant applications to grant funding" (and some take longer then that) 'It might have been cheaper for the city to ban gone ahead on their own." Or. George Harrison (see story elsewhere in this issue) reported on the C.C.B.A. process (Chemical, Coordinate, Bonding, Absorption) rather briefly, but he did explain how this type of waste water treatment plant could be constructed for an approximate cost of eighty cents I&SO) per eel par day capacity as compared with seven dollars ($7.00) or eight dollars ($8.00) per gal per day cost for the conventional biological type sswege treatment plants (ponds), that is about ten percent (10%), In other words a 90% savings in costs of construction (Conservatively I would say a 76% reduction could be achieved). He explained how an experimend pilot C.C.B.AI plant has been in operation in Sentes, California for about 18 months with very favorable results. The operations and management can be handled at greatly reduced costs. From the dots obtained, it is projected that at a Clarifier Retention Time of less than 60 minutes, a 95% reduction in suspended solids (ss) and a 90% reduction in biological oxygen demand (bod) should be achievable. Total phosphates were reduced by 95% and total nitrogen by 43%. Additionally, the water recovered Is of recreational quality, is fishable and swimable, and the aggregate which Is derived from the solid waste is valuable for use in concrete, and other uses, as compared to the accumulated sludge from conventional plants which is becoming a greater problem as time goes on. (Isn't it time a pilot plant Is constructed in Minnesota?) Pat Fe" at Testimony at the M.P.C.A. hearing on faas to dim charge water were In opposition or a request for delay In Implanantation. According to Information available, neighboring wta do not charge a fee. We, in the MAOSC, stated we object to a charge for ilk arginng water, the permit fess. Asked If our city charges fen, the answer was 7 for sewer and water, however, for that he we deliver the water and tf ohs sewage away from each party served. Privatketiawisrivatization of Waste Water tmounent was discussed, the statement was made that a Ism-purchm agreement is often atbactM and a buy back privilege should be another douse. In such an arrangement as print@ ownership, operation and management, the private vendor mamas most of the ds kL A number of legal obstacles apparently exist to privatization and Ispiolo- tion would have to be enacted. Currently federal law provides that grant money can go only to a publicly owned facility. It was indicated that Insurance would probably be a greater problem for Municipal owned facility than print@. A system should be approved ofu performa n stonderds edy. Construction standards and design must not be controlled or regulated by an agency of government. Agency regulation on design and construction dendards leads immediately to harassment and delay In im- plementation on the premise that they an improving the facility. This has been a problem with regulatory agencies of government In many areas. It only serves to give the agency an opening for "make work" programs and an appearance of the need for a large staff and lots of paperwork. The MAOSC sated its support for enabling legislation for privatization of facilities for cities. Right now we an concerned with wan war and solid waste handling facilities and the prohibitive cost of construction, operation and management. PLANNING AND ZONING WORKSHOPS OFFERED Do you know what role appointed officials can take in zoning, land use and water control Issues? What are the constitutional rights of land owners? When do city, county and township powers end and legislative powers begin? The answers to these and other important questions will be addressed at these seminar which will mvaiw zoning authorities, soil water quality, land use planning, responsibilities and procedures. gin an tailored for people in leadership positions: city, county, township planning commissioners and officials, city and township boards of appeal and adjustment and people who deal with zoning boards and city councils. Authorities on than Issues will lead the sessions, including David A. Fricke, Executive Director, MAT; Robert Snyder, University of Minnesota Extension Land Economist; Gunner Isberg, Planning Con- sultant and author; Kim Bo wn, Soil & Water Conservation and Les Star, Planner, City of Coon Rapids. January 27 - Holiday Inn, North Mankato January 28 - Sunwood Inn, St. Cloud January 29 - Holiday Inn, Grand Rapids January 31- Earl Brown Center, St. Paul Campus Choose from four conveniently located daylong seminar= beginning at 9 a.m. The registration fa is $18 and includes noon luncheon. For mom Information contact the Office of Special Programs, 1612) 373-0725. BUSINESS DIRECTORY Please support theradvertisers who support your Small Talk Mu" city t�tlf'1q Consulting Engineering, Chemical Analyals and Construction Quality Contra Mankato Rochester St. Ckwd St. Paul (507WS-8211 (507►288-7060 (612)225-M14 (612*4"Wi SOIL EXPLORATION COMPANY MERGES WITH TWIN CITY TESTING President Norman E. Henning of Twin City Tasting Corporation (TCT). formerly known as Twln City Testing and Englrleering Laboratory, Inc announew the mareing of toll txploratlon Company ("01 with -ref effective October 1, 1948. The two firm@ have been OaFa6wies sister corporations since 1956. and from 1936 to 1958, SEC was a division of TCT. SEC, which has speclallzed In consulting geotechnlcal enginsering.Rd environmental studies, will continue to provide these services unor Is name of TCT. Other areas of testing services offered by the 15 , Jr Midwest locations of TCT Include: acoustics, chemistry, construction materials, consumer products, metallurgy, nondestructive testing and quality assurance programs. Also effective on October 1 Is the retirement of two principals - Robert F. Wittman, SEC Executive Vice President, associated with the firms for 34 years, and Albert C. Holler, TCT Vice President for Chemistry. with 37 years of service in the firms. z SMALL CITIES VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS OPPOSE CERTIFICATION 'We went to be professional, but we went to control that," Hoke acid after tha mosting. "We went to control our own destiny." The following article appeared in the Hutchinson Leader, December 3, 1986 and is reprinted with the permission of Wayne Kasich - Publisher. ,*�Ths Minnesota Association of Small Cities Board on December 14, 1986 went on record as opposing any proposal to develop mandatory THE HISTORY OF certification for Volunteer Fire Fightere. MINNESOTA STATE AIDS AREA FIREFIGHTERS OPPOSE CERTIFICATION PROPOSAL A decision by the Minnesota State Fire Chiefs' Association to require certification of firefighters has caused concern at area volunteer fire departments. The decision, made at the association's convention in October, overruled a stand taken last June by the Fireman's Association against the certification. More than 35 representatives from 16 area fire departments met Nov. 25 at the Hutchinson Fire Station to discuss the implications of the decision. What emerged were concerns about maintaining volunteers if special training is required, costs and consistency. The group voted unanimously to oppose the mandated certification. Robert Scheidt of Glencoe and Louis Groupmenn of Plato, president and secretary of the central Minnesota region of the Fire Chiefs' Association, will carry the concerns expressed to the next association meeting in January. Jerry Powelk, Lester Prairie fire chief and the regional representative, said the measure passed at the October conference because of a lack of volunteer chiefs. But he feels the question of certification should be- long to to firefighters. He questioned whether the Chiefs' Association oven had the right to make such a decision. Professional departments, such as those in metropolitan areas, went the certification so volunteer firefighters will be capable of filling any full-time openings. Although that makes sense, Powelk said, 'That ^doesn't fit our volunteer fire departments in rural Minnesota." The program simply would mean job security for the State Deport - Mont of Education, Hutchinson Fire Chief Butch Henke said. Currently, training and certification is left up to individual departments. Hutchinson conducts a one -day, rookie school that covers the basic techniques, rules and regulations. The candidate then works individually with captains and lieutenants. But the most common training is on the job. Hutchinson considered initiating a Firefighter I course through the vocational -technical institute for $85 per person, Assistant Chief Dick Popp told the group. But the class was merely preparation for certification by the state, and for $85 per person, the city's volunteer department figured it could do its own paperwork. "The cost was way out of line for what they were giving us." In the long run certification might be good, Dan Piepenburg of the Bowl Fire Department said "but right now it's been put on us by people we can't even talk to." Therefore, he said, he's against it because of a lack of information. The issue wasn't even on the agenda at the chiefs' meeting, Piepenburg said, and it was slipped in late in the afternoon. 'There were some hard feelings later in the owning." Another firefighter asked the group, "Are we against the certification? Is it around the comer? Do we let a state agency handle it and tell us what to do?" "If certification is going to make problems in rural Minnesota," Piepenburg said, '1Me better stand up and say so." Another local fire chief said that strict certification might mean a lack of volunteers. "I wouldn't have two guys on the department any more." The group agreed that testing is important but they trust the veterans of each department. A Vo Toch would ask someone to teach, Henke said, and chances are it would be someone from the local fire department. 'They (individual departments) might as well be teaching their own." Those attending agreed that while they may not be in favor of cert- ification, they're open to standardizing training. Members expressed fear about possible involvement by the Legislature, affected by lobbyists for the professionals. The group agreed to seek exposure by sanding letters to local legislators, and to ask city councils and county boards to do the some. The dollars allocated to State Aids or Revenue Sharing es it is often celled, increased considerably in Minnesota in 1971. Two other States followed suit, Wisconsin and Michigan. The reason was to vet beck on Real Estate Texas which in 1971 were the highest in the notion. In 1971 the Legislature repealed the personal property taxes and also took the liquor and cigarette tax away from the Counties. The Legislature replaced this revenue loss with State Aids obtained from an humsess in Soles and Income Taxes. Because the increase in Sales and Income Taxes created income to the state in excess of what was anticipated, end because the income exceeded the amounts collected by counties on liquor and cigarette tax, and the state on personal property tax, there was a later reduction in real estate taxes. The real estate tax reduction helped cities who had very little industry to maintain the some quality of life as Cities with a lot of industry. From 1971 to 1980 State Aids were paid out on a per capita basis. All Cities were satisfied with this until Minneapolis and St. Paul lost popula- tion. In 1979 the Legislature approved a new formula bead on the 1979 mill rate, instead of population. So if a City spent a lot of money and had a high mill rate, it received a lot of State Aids. This formula was brought to the Legislature by the Longue of Minnesota Cities and Minneapolis. Today State Aids are still being paid on the 1979 millrete, and the LMC/Minnea- polls formula. Because of the unfairness in the LGA distribution formula the Minnesota Associatiop of Small Cities was organized. The goal was to attempt to bring some degree of equity to the 1979 formula. To date, 700 Cities out of 856 we not receiving their fair share of State Aids. The Legislature has prom- ised Small Cities for three years that the Tax Committees in both Noun and Senate would develop a new formula and so for they have not. In the 1985 Session the Legislature adopted a formula that Rep. Bill Schriber authored in the House. It was so bad the Tax Conference Com- mittee put a Sunset clause in the State Aids law for after lose. Since this happened Minneapolis and the Small Cities have boon working at a new formula based on population, mill rate, and assessed valuation. This is almost the some formula as the Small Cities started with in 1983. Every City in the State will have a copy of the new formula as soon a it is approved by the Board of Small Cities and the Minneapolis Council. All the 160 Cities who are doing very well now, will receive no less state aids then they are now receiving. If this becomes a reality soon, we will ask you to talk to your Legislator and insist that this new formula become law for 1986. Paying out state aids such as Minnesota is doing will only work if every City in the State gets their fair share. The Small Cities in Minnesota will continue to work for equity for all Cities on every issue, not only State Aids. MINNESOTA CENTER FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES The following is an excerpt from the Executive Director Report in the Minnesota Township News of November - December 1985. David A. Fricke is the Executive Director and granted permission to reprint. The Board of the Minnesota Association of Small Cities has been actively work- ing with the Minnesota Township Association to establish a center to assist small cities and townships in making small local governments vital. It is an exciting venture and all small cities should be elated over this develop- ment. "We will be bringing to reality a cooperative effort to crests the Minn- esota Center for Small Communities. My vision of Association activities in 1986 is highlighted by the creation of the Minnesota Center for Small Communities. Smell city and town officials in Minnesota have traditionally not had to cope with the frustra- tions of dealing with large bureaucracies. Today the likelihood is that city and township officials will be confronted with such unsettling aspects (Continued on next page) THE HISTORY OF GASTAX DISTRIBUTION IN MINNESOTA- IS IT FAIR? In 1956 a Constitutional Amendment to the Constitution of Minnesota was passed that distributed the Gas Tax to State and Local Governments as follows: Out of the total 100% of tax, 5% is set aside for disaster and research accounts in Cities over 6000, the remaining 95% of the total is divided up to give the State Highway Department 62%, County Highways 29%, and Cities over 5000 population 9%. The concern of Small Cities under 5000 population is - if it is right for Cities over 5000, why not Cities under 5000? Why the 5000 cut-off? There is a misunderstanding among County Commissioners and City Councils regarding the 29%. All Cities share in the County -State Aid (CSAH) Highway funds, but ONLY FOR County State Aid roads that go through or into their cities. The State funds their State owned roads within a City with STATE Aid monies (the 62%). Cities _Over 5000 population share in the 9% with 50% paid out according to population and 50% paid according to the needs on streets for schools, farm to market streets, etc. An important action took place in the 1983 Legislative Session that should be of special interest and concern to Cities under 5000 Five )cities whose population dropped below 0 00 continued to receive the amount of money from the 9% they ereceived when they were over 5000 population. Small Cities are saying that if it is right for the 5 cities who dropped below 5000 population to receive Gas Tax money, why not all cities in the State? If the Gas Taxes collected from every community in the State cannot be distributed to ALL THE CITIES, why should any City receive a share of the 9%? Cities under 5000 should have a share of the 9% that now goes to Cities over 5000, the real question is - considering the total population of the cities over 5000 versus the total population of the cities under 5000, could we muster sufficient votes on a change to the constitution to make the Gas Tax Distribution include ALL cities? OR as an alternative should the Smell Cities develop legislation to set aside the excise tax on automobiles to establish a fund which would distribute an amount of gas tax monies to small cities equivalent to what they would receive if the 9% were distributed to all cities. YOU, THE 759 SMALL CITY GOVERNMENT LEADERS, MUST DETERMINE THE FUTURE ON THIS ISSUE. A NEW SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM FOR SMALL CITIES REASONABLE AND EFFECTIVE George C. Harrison, a research chemist, formerly with 3Mhas found a way to convert raw sewage into construction blocks, roofing tiles, and other uses, and clean, yes clean, water. A pilot plant is in operation in California - the Santee Wastewater Reclamation facility. Efforts are underway to develop three (3) Pilot plants in Minnesota, one each in a city under 5000 population, one in a city 6000 to 50,000 population and one in a city over 50,000 population. Indications ere that these plants can be built for 15 to 20% of the construction costs of the traditional sewage dispoHslel system. Here's a ODEN ASSETS IN port on this system. RAW SEWAGE? Raw sewage a valuable natural resource? The some stinking stuff we pay to have piped away and treated? Right, because now we know what raw sewage actually is, waste water - ninety-nine gallons out of every 100 of which can be recovered, recycled, and reused. And in every million gallons of watts water floats a ton of waste material which we now know how to mold into useful construction blocks. Sewage is a valuable resource) Let's put our sewage date into understandable number:. A town of 3,000 generates an acre-foot of sewage each day (sewage covering one acre to a depth of one foot). This amounts to a foot of waste water over seven city lots. Over one year, this daily waste water will ex- pand into a lake one mile long, five city blocks wide, and five feet deep. To find the size of a wastewater lake for the Twin Cities Metro Area, population 2,000,000, multiply the small-town lake by 700. That reeking lake of sewage, however, doesn't appear so aweso than we can separate the solids out of the liquid wastes and leave wat: Glean -- enough to drink. The idea is not as impractical as it might sound. We riow have the scientific, engineering, and economic know-how to reelaim water from sewage for irrigation, recreation, and - with a little more effort - ewn for drinking water. The process leaves a residue of solid materials. Including the materials used to treat the water, this solid matter, or sludge, can be used to mav-11 a construction aggregate for the building trades similar to cement blocks. A 100,OOO-11allon per day sewage plant at Santee, California, is now producing the aggregate. Research for the process was completed in Minnesota. Assets is Sewage Called CCBA (pronounced seebah), the name comes from the first letters of Chemical and Coordinate Bonding and Absorption. Clay, Alum, Glue. Here's how the process works. The first step in the CCBA process is to add a small amount of clay to the waste water. We use an amount of clay twice as heavy as the dry solids suspended in the water. Clay and sewage are mixed in a blender we call a "tea cup." The sewage, with clay dispersed throughout, moved to a second unit called a "sheet flow mixer." In the mixer, we add chemical alum and polymer polyscrylic acid, a super -glue base for attracting and binding particles. The sewage wastes react with the clay, alum, and polymer to produce organic particles which, in turn, absorb liquid organic wastes. Water carries the particles to a "decay gradient flocculator." Here particles grow in size before flowing into a settling tank. Clean water flows over the edges of the settling tank; the particles settle to the bottom to become "sludge." The overflow water is ready for final clean up or for pumping into natural bodies of water. The sludge is pumped to a filter, pressed into a "cake," and dumped into a mixer. More dry clay is added and, after mixing, the clay waste is pressed out through dies - much as spaghetti is made - and cut into pellet -size particles. After tumbling in a drum, the pellets come out round. The pellets are placed in a kiln and heated to over 2,000 degrees F. AU organic matter is completely destroyed long before the temperature reaches 2,000 degrees. At this high temperature, the clay becom►", ceramic pellet which incorporates both the common ash of burning the heavy metals sometimes found in waste water. So completely banded into the ceramic are these materials that water and the strongest acid conditions in nature will not extract them. Blocks and Tits. At this point in the CCBA process, almost all damaging elements of waste water and sludge are harmless to the environment. The pellets are lighter then stone pebbles the same size. In cement work, concrete blocks made from CCBA pellets are as strong, and much lighter, than standard concrete stool- renforced concretesacweightkL The f structures can be greatlyreduc d whenthepellets are used. Clay products made with CCBA pellets as filler are much lighter. They can be used to make fireproof roofing tiles. A rich brick color, the pellets make an ideal mulch around perennial plants. They can also be used to Wanket road meridians and to control wash on road embankments. When sewage has been transformed into clean water and pellets, there is nothing left to damage the environment. CCBA plants are smaller than sewage Plants using microbiology, such as the Metro Area waste water plants, to purify waste water. They are also simpler in design and less costly to build. Today, the science is at hand to change an enviromental nuisance, raw sewage, into a valuable resource. CCBA INFORMATION PACKETS AVAILABLE An informational packet describing CCBA plants and related activities is available from: CCBA Volunteer Committee, Attention: Bob Smith, 3rd W-995, First National Bank Bldg., St. Paul, MN 55101. A donation of fit it cover duplicating and ng costs sciencce clll be asses and inacivics clepacket ai^9n is suitable for use in high School public -policy decision making. An engineering report on the CCBA Santee, California, plant suitable for use by local government and sewage -shad officials and engineers it also available for a donation of $3. 1. _ - MAOSC OFFICERS k TM off leem and staff of your association are available to assist you on issues of concern to your city. PNose uses Nigh MAOSC BOARD MEMBERS MGM 1 Ifierw Rglaarl a Tray REGION a �eaN'eld? Ind w um ill _ 3 1 N earn, WI Will •>lla In 12e1 Naar some." Chindwin odow Soic Aat V.P. 1111418117 MY%ti VIVA REGION 2 W W Own KWON, hailNt REGION a !tit eaNww, CMA A6rMi,tha/r, MF VA NqW AM:6^ aql" V.P. REGION a �M• NNW MAaa G` ra` , swig+Vl. 1ai w. a5h 0. M. darlr, NN 1fN2 3 REGION 3 6aan6m haul A er141111, Rwanl V./. W40241M REGION to Nabs Vow. M,W I LYM". RO&" VA MGM 4 wilu$4m 0116 3R4w N71NI1 EIMI Nort Low%NNE SM • 31ti2 W? Nava a1aYW frank Cerr" NVA ■ewAds Iran, NN faAWLM • 284364ri7 REGION 11 Mlarfdd,, N M/aN. Ww v!. REGION 5 y� ra«rMM.RN arrtrN.lwaw OFFICE 1MN m (0) F. AWL Vplen, n1,Oil ,wNI 603 MINNESOTA CENTER FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES (Continued from WOW of running local government es the Fair Labor Standards Act, Dws Bacon Act, Hazerdoue Materials Storage regulations, Surface Water Management n Act, Agriculture Land Preservation Act, Shorsland Management Act, Rood Plan Management, Feedlot regulations, Solid Waste regulations, Public Employee Retirement, Employee Right To Know regulations, Veterans rights and labor negotiations. And all these issues and many more are dealt with on a hit and min beds because our inadequately - financed small governments do not haw the luxury of having full time staff to administrate Own the most simple tasks. Their relationship with an attorney, engineer, planner and program specialist in tenstive at best. To help small city and town officials handle these problems and take advantage of opportunities for the development of rural communities, the Minnesota Association of Townships and the Minnesota Association of Small Cities are responding to the needs of shall communities in Minn- Osots by creating the Minnesota Center for Small Communities - The Center will carry out programs of rural leadership development; do research on rural issues; provide technical assistance for local officials; coordinate mining and informationahering; and create state public owers- a n campaigns. ifucant private toundstiam and Best of all, the Center represents sign associate memberships. The first check to the Center for $1,000 was presented by Phillip Martin, General Manager of United Power Association. Discussion with the Blandin Foundation, McKnight Foundation, 3M and others have been initiated. This new center will provide a great opportunity for small communities in Minnesots." 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