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~ . . CITY OF ARDEN HILlS JmOlANOOM TO: Mayor and oounci ,.......hAnl FRCH: Dorothy A. Person, city Mministrator DATE: March 25, 1993 SllBJEC'r : tll;ldate of Legislative Issues last week I attended the League of Minnesota Legislative Conference. '!he following is an update on 1Jl.~ legislation that could affect the City of Arden Hills: L Salary Freeze: '!he Governor's proposal to freeze the local goverrnnent salary is in process. '!he proposal includes a factor that if local government does in=ease ccmpensation for 1994 and also proposes a tax in=ease, the City must hold a voter ratification election. IMC is pointing out the effect of the union negotiations that are mandated and pay equity. state Auditors bill also advocates limiting severance payments for . top managers of local government. IMC cancern is that the negative effect regardirg the cities ability to approve high quality managers and the affect on possible in=ease in litigation. 2. ~ Meetings: Minnesota Newspapers Association is proposing a penalty for violating the open meeting law from $100 to $700. The second half of this proposal is the prilnary concern in that attorney fees and costs would be granted to the newspapers or others who successfully sue public officials. 3. Wetlands: Legislation has been introduced to delay the effective date of permanent :rules to January 1994. The legislation would also equalize the replacement ratio at 1: 1 regardless of the type of property under the current law. Wetlands =ently in urban areas by 2:L 4. House File 458 provides for county prosecution of municipal ordinances in Olarter and Rules. The county attomey would prosecute all misdemeanors, gross-misdemeanor, etc. under the county attomey's office rather than through local attorneys. The IMC position is that this will became a more expensive option to tax payers due to differences in ordinances, which will result in lower service. .