HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-06 Support for Metro Needs LGA ProposalCITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS
COUNCIL RESOLUTION
March 28, 2007
No. 07-06
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A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT OF THE METRO NEED LGA PROPOSAL
WHEREAS, the Legislature adopted the current Local Government Aid program in 1993 to address rising property taxes, and to assure that cities across the state maintained the ability
to adequately provide public services for their citizens;
WHEREAS, the Local Government Aid program was significantly modified during the state’s budget deficit in 2003 to help balance the state budget, resulting in significant losses in LGA
for cities across the state, and particularly to older and fully developed cities in the metropolitan area;
WHEREAS, LGA cuts have been restored to many greater Minnesota cities, but not to cities in the metropolitan area, resulting in significant LGA distributional disparities;
WHEREAS, the LGA program recognizes, through the existence of supplemental aids, that the formula does not fully address the needs of all cities;
WHEREAS, many older and fully developed metro area cities have unique needs such as aging infrastructure and housing stock, aging populations and diminished city revenues, making it
more difficult to provide adequate levels of public service;
WHEREAS, the “Metro Need” supplemental aid proposal (HF 1534/SF 1046) would target aid, through the use of socio-economic criteria, to older and fully developed metro area cities whose
needs are not adequately addressed by the LGA formula;
WHEREAS, the Metro Need supplemental aid also increases the LGA appropriation so as to assure the viability of all LGA cities;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Falcon Heights supports HF 1534/SF1046, the Metro Need LGA proposal that targets aid to older and fully developed metro area cities, and
increases the LGA appropriation to assure the viability of all LGA cities.
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Moved by: Talbot Approved by: ________________________
Susan L. Gehrz, Mayor
March 28, 2007
GEHRZ 5 In Favor Attested by: ________________________
KUETTEL Justin Miller
HARRIS 0 Against City Administrator
LINDSTROM March 28, 2007
TALBOT