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POSITION STATEi•lENT-41LINICIPAL LEGISLATIVE COMMiSSION <br />Structural and Organizational Changes . <br />at the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission <br />fhe Municipal Legislative Commission strongly supports legislative <br />action to restructure the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission and its <br />operations. The iunicipal Legislative Commission has followed and <br />participated closely in the Boland Commission Study of the Metropolitan <br />Agency and strongly supports the adoption of legislation which accomplishes <br />♦„�_ n,.,inr rhinOns. <br />1. The Municipal Legislative Commission Feels it is essential that <br />constituent communities be given membership on the Metropolitan Waste <br />Control Commission. We suggest that a certain number of seats, at <br />least 50 percent, be reserved for individuals representing the <br />constituent communities. It is our firm belief that accountability <br />can only be enhanced when the communities which ultimately pay the <br />bill for services of the MWCC have representatives on the Commission. <br />2. The Municipal Legislative Commission strongly encourages efforts <br />in future contract years to align the MJICC wage settlements with those <br />of the State of Minnesota and other metropolitan agencies, and suggests <br />that 1.4WCC bargaining units be placed under the jurisdiction of the <br />State of Minnesota. Major contracts at the M41CC expire in 1984 and <br />we believe it is essential that bargaining strategies be adopted <br />immediately for this change. We further believe that the legislation <br />must address the spiraling costs of wages and fringe benefits which <br />currently exist at the MWCC and have the potential of drastically <br />increasing the operating costs of this agency beyond what we, the <br />constituent communities, deem appropriate. <br />• <br />