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MINNESOTA Department of Revenue Property Tax Division Mail Station 3340 St. Paul, MN 55146 -3340 Phone (612) 296 -5141 Fax (612) 297 -2166 April 22, 1996 TO: ALL CITY CLERKS, ADMINISTRATORS, MANAGERS; AND FINANCE DIRECTORS -' RE: CERTIFICATION OF LOCAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR LOCAL PERFORMANCE AID PAYABLE IN 1997 Laws 1996, Chapter 471, Article 3, Section 48 provides for a new state aid for all qualifying counties and cities beginning in calendar year 1997. This new aid is called Local Performance Aid (LPA). In order to qualify for this new aid, your city must have a system of performance measures for services provided by the city, and must regularly compile and present these measures to the city council at least once per year. If there is currently no system of performance measures in place, your city may still qualify for this aid if it is in the process of developing and implementing a system of performance measures. However, eligibility based upon being in the process of development may not be used for more than two consecutive years. For the purpose of the enclosed certification form, "in the process" may include having the subject of performance measures on the agenda of the city council. The city should then use the time period between this year's certification and next year's certification to develop basic measures such as "workload," unless it has already moved beyond this stage. The second year of "in the process" must be used to move to a higher level of performance measurement, such as measuring efficiency and effectiveness. All cities should be able to qualify to receive LPA in the first year of the aid program. This new aid will be determined as follows for calendar year 1997: The total amount of aid available for cities is $441,735 plus $1 times the most recent population of each qualifying city. A per capita aid amount is then determined by dividing the total aid available by the total population of all cities that qualify for the aid. Each qualifying city would then receive an aid amount based on its population times the per capita aid amount. It should be noted that the $441,735 is appropriated from the general fund, and the additional amount ($1 times the most recent population of each city) is a permanent reduction in each city's homestead and agricultural credit aid (HACA). The HACA reduction applies whether or not the city is eligible to receive LPA. Distribution of this new aid will be based on yearly certifications for each qualifying city. Cities will be required to submit an annual certification in order to receive LPA payable in calendar year 1997 and subsequent years. LPA will be paid in two equal installments on July 20 and December 26 of each year, beginning in 1997. Qualifying cities will receive a certification of their 1997 LPA by July 31, 1996. An equal opportunity employer (continued) Page 2 TDD: (612) 215 -0069