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L ( ~ ~ League of Minnesota Cities 1[[iE Bu1iietin Cities Number 16 June 28,1994 Law prohibits gifts to local officials Duke Addicks and Joe/ Jamnik give a gift to a local official. A local or may provide goods or services to a I official may nOl accept a gift from an city, such as engineers, fiscal advisors, EffectiveAugust I, two provisions interested person." contractors, attorneys, sales representa, of a new law (Chapter 377) will This sounds simple but it isn'L tives, etc. But vinually every resident of a prohibit almost every gift to local (city Who is an "interested person?" city could have a direct financial and county) officials. The law states that an interested person interest in a decision that a local The portion of the new law which '''"means a person or representative of a official could make. Until this issue is applies to local officials in all cities and person or association that has a direct clarified our advice is simple: local counties is MiImesota Statutes 471.895. financial interest in a decision that a ofl1cials should not accept a gift from It states that "an interested person may local official is authorized to make." not give a gift or request another to This certainly includes anyone who is anyone. . But who is a "local official?" The law defmes local offICial 10 mean "an Members prioritize major city problems elected or appointed official of a county or a city or of any agency, authority, or instnlmentality of a county for policy adoption process See Gifts, page 7 Duke Addicks A majority of cities voting (51 percent) consider unfunded man- Calendar, bndget At the League's annual confer- dates to be the most serious problem ence in SL Paul, member cities facing cities for which there are memo available soon completed ballots prioritizing the legislative and congressional major city problems for the policy solutions. July calendar in this issue adoption process. League policy The next most serious problem committees have been appointed and (40 percent) is that workers' The annual updates of the will begin meeting in July to propose compensation rates are not competi- Ca/enOOr of Important Dates and I solutions to these major problems tive with neighboring states. This is the Guidelines for Preparing City which can be implemented by considered to be an economic Budgets will be mailed to cities legislative and congressional action. development and redevelopment soon. The major problems faciog issue. To help cletks, we have cities, and the percentage of cities The third most serious problem included the July calendar in this voting for each problem, are as (39 percent) is the aid penalties in issue of the Bulletin. follows: See Policy adoption, page 7 See pages 10-11. Page 3 . Building plans advance Page 5 - LMC 2000 Route to: . The LMCIT board approved partial LMC Futures Committee OKs ownership in the new LMC building strategic planning process 1 i