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AMM POLICY POSITION COMPARISON WITH METRO GOVERNANCE BILL,SF201S/HF1276 ISSUE AMM POLICY POSITION; ADVISORY COUNCIL BILL POSITION, CONSISTENT AMM METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE TASK FORCE REPORT PAGE NUMBER wITH AMM PHILOSOPHY PAGE CITATION POLICY 1.RE-ENERGIZING THE Met Council should become visionary,big picture oriented and Provides no direction to Met Council to No MET COUNCIL: reduce the amount of time and effort spent on minutia and detail, become big picture oriented.It makes the VISIONING, Policy VII-B;elaboration provided in report.(Pages 2,3,and 9) Council an operating agency,meaning ELIMINATING MINUTIA the Council would not have the time to be "big picture"oriented. 2.SEPARATION OF The Met Council must continue to be a planning and Eliminates the operating agencies and No PLANNING AND coordinating body.Regional policies and/or programs should be incorporates their functions directly into IMPLEMENTATION implemented and/or operated by operating agencies and/or the Met Council.After 18 months,the (OPERATIONS) general purpose units of government.Policy IV-C-1;report staffs and agency budgets would also be emphasizes importance of maintaining a separation between incorporated directly into the Met planning and operations.(Pages 3,6 and 9 Council. Art.2 Sec.2-3 es 13-1 3. RELATIONSHIP TO Retains Metro Agencies to implement Council policy. Eliminates all implementing agencies and No METRO AGENCIES Strengthens the Council's authority over the agencies,making it puts their operating functions directly easier for the Council to provide oversight and direction with less under Met Council control.After 18 time spent in daily management.Policy VII-A-1,A-3;report months their budgets and staffs would specifically recommends that the structure of MWCC and the also be integrated.(Art.2,Sec.2-3, MPOSC remain as is except chairs appointed by the Council. pages 12-15) (Pages 6-7) 4.COUNCIL EXECUTIVE Chief of staff appointed by and reports to full Council(like a city Chief of staff appointed by and reports to Yes DIRECTOR manager).Policy VII-B•(pages 8-9 full Council. Art.2 Sec. l page 12 S.SELECTION OF MET Direct election,non-partisan.Policy VII-A-3; (Pages 8-9) Direct election,non-partisan.(Sec.7, Yes COUNCIL MEMBERS page 8 6.ELECTION Refers to election procedures in Metropolitan Governance Task Provides no direction for public financing No PROCEDURES Force Report.Policy VII-A-3;public financing;special nor for special nominating procedures. nominating procedures included in election process.(Pages 8-9 Sec.8,9 10•pages 9-10 7.COUNCIL CRAM Elected from membership;basically a presiding officer.Policy Elected from membership;basically a Yes NOT FULL-TIME VII-A-3;(Pages 8-9) presiding officer.(Sec.11-12;pages 10- 11 CONCERNS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO POLICY: 1.Based on current operating budgets and staffing levels,the Met Council would have approximately 4,000 employees and an annual operating budget of more than$300 million. 2.After 18 months,there would be no separate agency budgets and money raised for one purpose could be used by another except where expressly prohibited by law.Even during the 18-month transition period funds could be moved around based on a three-fourths majority vote of the Council members. 1