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MEMORANDUM DATE: April 5 , 1982 TO: Mayor and Councilmen Dave Childs , City Manager FROM: Carol Johnson, Finance Director SUBJECT: 1982 State Clerks Conference --------------------------------------------------------------------- The State City Clerks Conference was held in Moorhead, Minnesota this year. There were 197 clerks from all over the State in attendance. The conference consisted of sessions totalling 23-2 days . This year 's agenda included a half day session on Potential of Organization - Wide Records Management. I found this to be very interesting and concluded microfilming our records would certainly be beneficial due to our lack of storage space. The other half day session was on Motivatian of Self and Others . The speaker was a professor from the University of North Dakota and was a very dynamic person. The rest of the conference was divided into several mini-sessions of which the clerks could choose which ones would be most beneficial to their city' s needs . My first mini-session was on PERA. I was . very disappointed in it. It was not informational at all.. The second mini-session I attended was presented by the League of Minnesota Cities on their- Self-Insured insurance programs. . I do not- feel the hospitalization program would fit our needs .. The rates are much lower than. the Hennepin County program we now belong to, but-the benefits -under the League 's pro- gram are very poor. ' The- Leagues ' Workmen's Comp program is doing well and at the present they have 242 cities participating. The 1981 returned dividend has been averaging 250 of the cities ' premium. The third. mini-session dealt with city problems by population. This was very interesting. The bottom line seemed to indicate all cities have basically the same problems . There were people at the conference from the Secretary of State ' s office for a session on Elections and Election Law Changes. They had no information or maps at that time on the redistricting. The final session was an update on legislation affecting cities . Basically , the state cuts to the cities was reviewed. He informed • us that although the levy limit law will end after 1982 , a new- levy limit bill was passed that binds us for 1983 to the 1982 levy. This is the second year I have attended the State Clerks Conference. Along with the sessions being very informative, I feel the contact made among clerks representing the entire state is also an excellent learning process .