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Labor Force Data
<br /> November 1997 November 1996
<br /> Civilian Unemployment Civilian Unemployment
<br /> Labor Force Rate Labor Force Rate
<br /> Hennepin County 666,171 1.9% 648,260 2.6%
<br /> Ramsey County 286,550 2.0 278,851 2.8
<br /> Mpls./St. Paul MSA 1,674,895 1.9 1,631,287 2.7
<br /> State of Minnesota 2,684,357 2.5 2,620,334 3.5
<br /> Source. Minnesota Department of Economic Security. 1997 data is preliminary.
<br /> Summary of City Building Permits
<br /> Residential
<br /> Total Permits Commercial/Industrial Single Family
<br /> Year Number Value Number Value Number Value
<br /> 1998 (to 1-31) 8 $ 1,641,400 2 $1,189,000 6 $ 452,400
<br /> 1997 302 9,953,478 57 6,453,578 245 3,499,900
<br /> 1996 226 10,496,600 45 8,542,400 181 1,953,200
<br /> 1995 205 2,764,940 56 1,745,140 2 1,099,800
<br /> 1994 222 1,635,000 31 539,500 2 1,046,500
<br /> 1993 258 2,365,280 47 1,388,480 1 976,800
<br /> 1992 229 2,445,015 10 878,400 8 190,000
<br /> 1991 197 2,654,350 21 615,250 19 1,218,000
<br /> 1990 183 4,110,450 17 633,500 28 2,748,000
<br /> Commercial development figures include several large building permits. $411,500 for Apache
<br /> Commons, $432,100 for a Unocal station, and S3,019,800 Cub Foods at Apache Plaza. In addition,
<br /> permits in the amount of$1,043,500 were issued for the remodeling and repairing of the middle/high
<br /> school and for remodeling and repairing the middle/high school library. The City was issued a permit
<br /> in the amount of S3,000,000 for building the new city hall/community center complex. The City
<br /> contributed $1.2 million in cash and financed the remaining $2.6 million with tax increment financing
<br /> revenues which will cover the cost of the community center complex and reimburse the City the $1.2
<br /> million in cash by February 1, 2010.
<br /> Education
<br /> Independent School District 282 ("ISD 282") is headquartered in the City. The City constitutes
<br /> 85% of ISD 282's valuation. ISD 282 has a 1997/98 enrollment of approximately 1,394 in
<br /> kindergarten through grade 12 and employs a total staff of 152, of which 103 are teachers and
<br /> administrators.
<br /> Parochial education is available at St. Charles Borromeo School, which has approximately 380
<br /> students in kindergarten through grade eight for the 1997/98 school year.
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<br /> GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND SERVICES
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<br /> ! The City has been a municipal corporation since 1946 and is a statutory City operating under
<br /> the council-manager plan. The City Council is comprised of the Mayor and four Council
<br /> members, all elected at large. The current Council members are:
<br /> Expiration of Term
<br /> Clarence J. Ranallo Mayor December 31, 1999
<br /> Dennis Cavanaugh Member December 31, 2001
<br /> Jerome Faust Member December 31, 1999
<br /> George E. Marks Member December 31, 1999
<br /> Brian Thuesen Member December 31, 2001
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