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CITY OF PLYN=
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof. a id
ectal meeting of the City
Council of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota, was hili on tTie 28th day of
February , 1977 . The following members were present:
Mayor Hi de Councilmen Hunt Neils, Seibold and Spaeth
The fomembers were sen one
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Councilman Neils introduced the following Resolution and moved
its tion:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-118
PERTAINING TO THE ADDITION OF SELECTED
MUNICIPALITIES TO MINNESOTA'S MUNICIPAL FINANCE STUDY
WHEREAS, the 1976 Legislature appropriated to the State Planning Agency
$50,000 fnr a "study of local government fiscal problems, debt and fiscal
management"; and in September, 1976, the Legislative Advisory Commission
approved a $150,000 appropriation to expand said "STUDY" to a "broader
study of general conditions of local governance in Minneapolis and St.
Paul", and
WHEREAS, this so-called expanded "Study" eliminated all Minnesota
municipalities except Minneapolis and St. Paul from the "Study of local
government fiscal problems . . .", and
WHEREAS, the State Planning Agency, assisted by the efforts of fiscal
analysts and a professional research organization will only profile the
fiscal problems of two Minnesota communities representing only 17.5% of
the total State population and 34.5% of the seven county metro area popu-
lation, and
WHEREAS, the "Study" will discriminate against a majority of State
residents by not considering the fiscal, debt, and fiscal management problems
faced by their municipalities, and
WHEREAS, said "Study" could provide Minneapolis and St. Paul with an
unfair advantage if the results of it were used to solicit more State Aid
from future legislatures.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PLYMOUTH that the ':ity Council supports in general the concept of a study
of local government fiscal problems which would result in a representative
sampling of State municipalities and not just the financial problems of
Minneapolis and St. Paul;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature direct that the State
Planning Agency's study be enlarged by the addition of various suburban
municipalities, including Plymouth, and outstate municipalities to truly
reflect financial problems of Minnesota local governments.
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Resolution No. 77-118
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The motion for the adoption of the foregoing Resolution was duly seconded by
Councilman Seibold , and upon vote being taken thereon, the following
voted in favor t ereof: Mayor Hilde, Councilmen Hunt, Neils, Seibold and Spaeth.
The following voted againstoror abstain— None
Whereupon the Resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.