STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-FIRST MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETIETH SESSION
PROPERTY TAX AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Drazkowski, Chair of the Property Tax and Local Government Finance Committee, officially called the meeting to order at 8:17am on April 11th, 2018 in room 10 of the State Office Building. A quorum was present.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
DRAZKOWSKI, Steve, Chair
HERTAUS, Jerry, Vice Chair LOONAN, Bob
LOEFFLER, Diane MARQUART, Paul
ANDERSON, Paul NELSON, Michael
BARR, Regina NEU, Anne
CARLSON, Andrew RARICK, Jason
ERICKSON, Sondra WHELAN, Abigail
FRANKE, Keith YOUAKIM, Cheryl
LIEN, Ben
Representative Anderson, P. moved the minutes from March 28th, 2018 be approved. THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED.
HF3238 (Murphy, M.) Adjustment for previously reduced local government aid provided.
Representative Nelson moved HF3238 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Testifiers:
John Mulder, City Administrator of Hermantown
Representative Nelson renewed his motion that HF3238 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF4131 (Murphy, M.) Additional local government aid adjustments provided.
Representative Lien moved that HF4131 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Representative Lien moved the HF4131A1 Amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifiers:
John Mulder, City Administrator of Hermantown
Representative Lien renewed his motion that HF4131, as amended, be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF2544 (Hansen) Lilydale; onetime adjustment provided.
Representative Youakim moved that HF2544 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Representative Youakim moved the HF2544A1 Amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifiers:
John Diehl, Assistant mayor of Lilydale
Representative Youakim renewed her motion that HF2544, as amended, be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF3482 (Anderson, S.) Hennepin County; cities authorized to receive a portion of transportation and sales and use tax to spend on roads and bridges within city limits.
Representative Barr moved that HF3482 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Testifiers:
Kelli Slavik, Mayor of Plymouth
Mark Steffenson, Mayor of Maple Grove
Jim McDonough, Ramsey County Commissioner
Jan Callison, Hennepin County Commissioner
Emily Murray, Association of Minnesota Counties
Representative Barr renewed her motion that HF3482 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF3493 (Anderson, P.) City aid appropriation increased.
Testifiers:
Blaine Hill, City Administrator of Morris
Sam Hansen, City Manager of St. James
HF3776 (Loon) Metropolitan congestion management component of the corridors of commerce program created, metropolitan fiscal disparities program reformed, and payments to the trunk highway fund provided.
Representative Loonan moved that HF3776 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Testifiers:
Pat Mulqueeny, President of Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce
Patrick Hynes, Municipal Legislative Commission
Keith Carlson, Minnesota Inter-County Association
The meeting recessed at 10:03am.
Chair Drazkowski called the meeting back to order at 3:04pm.
Representative Erickson moved the HF3776A3 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Loonan renewed his motion that HF3776, as amended, be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF3493 (Anderson, P.) City aid appropriation increased.
Representative Anderson, P. moved that HF3493 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Testifiers:
Gary Carlson, League of Minnesota Cities
Patricia Nauman, Executive Director of Metro Cities
Representative Anderson, P. renewed his motion that HF3493 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF3830 (Bahr) Local sales taxes included in the calculation of city aid.
Representative Whelan moved that HF3830 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Representative Whelan moved the HF3830A1 Amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifiers:
Gary Carlson, League of Minnesota Cities
Bradley Peterson, Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities
Representative Whelan renewed her motion that HF3830, as amended, be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:58pm.
Representative Steve Drazkowski, Chair
Lucas Knese, Committee Legislative Assistant