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forms of compensation of a person employed by a statutory or home rule charter city, county, town, <br /> school district, metropolitan or regional agency, or other political subdivision of this state,..." One <br /> of these bills set the salary cap not to exceed the commissioner of finance; another set it at not to <br /> exceed 95 percent of the salary of the governor; and the third bill did not specifically set a percent <br /> (has not yet been determined) but set compensation at not exceeding the salary and the value of all <br /> other forms of compensation of the governor. <br /> Another possible bill to affect cities would increase minimum wage requirements at no less than $5 <br /> an hour beginning October 1, 1996, and at least $5.50 an hour beginning October 1, 1997. <br /> Safety <br /> It was decided at our last TUG Safety Committee the group would create a book of resources, <br /> definitions and time lines cities could follow in the enactment of safety related functions. The group <br /> determined there are so many regulations required by OSHA... cities simply have no idea how to put <br /> them all into place. We will also be creating safety videos for training purposes. <br /> Bill Summaries <br /> Local economic development authority changes <br /> This bill would change the powers of local economic development authorities to allow up to 30 year <br /> bonds(currently 20), remove existing restrictions on repayments for advances by an authority, allow <br /> cities to appropriate money from any sources for EDA use (currently limited to $50,000 annually) <br /> and establish local development organizations, which include housing and redevelopment authorities, <br /> EDAs and private consultants. <br /> Cost-sharing for mandates <br /> This bill proposes an amendment to the state Constitution requiring the state to share in the costs of <br /> new mandates on local governments. No formula is included in the bill. <br /> State public housing bonds <br /> The bill would appropriate funds to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for grants to local units <br /> of government to build multifamily public housing from bond proceeds sold by the state. <br /> Property tax freeze for senior citizen homeowners <br /> In this bill there would be a property tax freeze for homeowners 65 years or older. Other taxpayers <br /> would pay higher taxes as a result. <br /> Increase in levies reflect market value <br /> This bill would require that any increase in a county, city, town or special taxing district levy to be <br /> levied against the market value of each parcel rather than the net tax capacity. <br /> Dawn <br />