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league of minnesota cities <br />May 24, 1985 <br />T0: Mayors, Manager, and Clerks ��� <br />FROM: Donald A. Slater, Executive Director �/ /u/•'/�/Y�I\�/ <br />RE: Proposed Amendments to the League of Minnesota Cities Constitution <br />Enclosed is the package of proposed constitutional amendments endorsed by the <br />League of Minnesota Cities Board of Directors for your review. <br />On May 16, the LMC Board of Directors unanimously approved a package of proposed <br />constitutional amendments for consideration at the annual meeting on June 13, <br />during the LMC 1985 Annual Conference. In keeping with the practice of prior <br />years, I am happy to transmit these amendments to you so that city officials may <br />be aware of amendments well before the annual meeting. <br />The most important of the amendments involves the dues structure, establishing a <br />rt of the <br />wnew three-yer ho attendedaLMC''ssannual meetingain Duluth in 1984uwill recall ethatytheofficials <br />schedule as 1984 <br />s be <br />with ServicesDues and proposed Committee <br />th setting theduess,beginning in1985. that the LMC Board f <br />The membershiprejectedrthis charged <br />proposal. <br />As a result, the Dues and Services Committee was called back into session to <br />develop a recommendation concerning the dues schedule. That committee <br />recommended a three-year schedule involving a 7.5 percent increase for 1986 and <br />a six percent increase for 1987 and 1988. <br />The Dues and Services Committee concluded, and the Board of Directors agreed, <br />that these increases would be the Ofnservicesum essary which theding for membershipedesires and <br />League to <br />maintain the quality and quantity <br />expects. The Committee understood that the proposed increase exceeds the <br />current rate of inflation, but reviewed the fact that tha League's budget is not <br />100 percent financed by dues income; and that a 7.5 percent dues increase is <br />necessary to produce a five percent overall funding addition. <br />rvices <br />nd goods <br />for <br />postageyandhprinting supplies)1,awhichnexceed umber othe ecurrent ainflation ( example <br />rate. <br />Finally, the Board has devoted additional resourcestcertain <br />activities in <br />response to member service demand, particularly,regional <br />ngs and <br />computerization. <br />-over- <br />!,r, 1 rj I (C, 121 r27-5OOO <br />