Over the weekend, the supplemental budget bill conference committee approved its report, which cuts LGA and MVC by $52.5 million in 2010 and $56.5 million in 2011.
LGA runs reflecting conference committee report now available
Posted March 29th 2010 in LGA, State budget
CGMC Summer Conference, August 18-20
[ August 18, 2010 to August 20, 2010. ] Save the date for CGMC’s 2010 summer conference, which will be held August 18-20 (please note that this is a revised date). This year’s conference will be held in scenic Winona. Please make every effort to join us for this important time to discuss state policy and how it may impact decision-making at the local level. Registration materials for CGMC [...]
Posted March 22nd 2010 in CGMC Events
Governor line-item vetoes $319 million, BDPI funding survives
Earlier today, the governor issued his line-item vetoes of the state’s bonding bill. $319 million in projects—mostly those deemed to have questionable statewide impact—were eliminated from the bill. The governor’s letter to legislative leaders detailing these reductions can be found here.
Funding for the Business Development Public Infrastructure (BDPI) grant survived the governor’s veto pen. The allocation amounts [...]
2010 Labor & Employee Relations Seminar
[ May 27, 2010; 9:30 am to 4:00 pm. June 10, 2010; 9:30 am to 4:00 pm. ] The Labor Committee will be sponsoring two seminars again this year from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. as follows: Thursday, May 27, 2010 in New Ulm and Thursday, June 10, 2010 in the Park Rapids lakes area. Registration materials are available here.
The seminar topics include the following:
Using non-regular employees to your advantage
Effective performance evaluations
Contracting local [...]
Posted March 5th 2010 in CGMC Events
2010 Bills to Watch: Annexation & Land Use
New information is available on the Annexation & Land Use page regarding important bills to watch during the 2010 legislative session. If you are interested in sound land use planning and an efficient annexation process, please review these bills and follow their progress over the next few months.
Posted March 2nd 2010 in Annexation & Land Use
