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[ i , illiill ~ League of Minnesota Cities ,,~ - Cities Bulletin Number 16 June 28, 1994 Law prohibits gifts to local officials Duke Addicks and Joel Jamnik give a gift to a local official. A local or may provide goods or ser\lices to a 1 official may not accept a gift from an city, $uch as engineers, fiscal advisors, Effective August I, two provisions interested person." contractors, attorneys, sales representa- tives, etc. of a new law (Chapter 377) will This sounds simple but it isn't. But virtUally 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 Minnesota Statutes 471.895. financial interest in a decision that a officials should not accept a gift from It slates 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 defines local official to mean "an Members prioritize major city problems elected or appointed official of a county or a city or of any agency, authority. or instrumentality of a county for policy adoption process See Gifts, page 7 Duke Addicks A majority of cities voting (51 percent) consider unfunded man. Calendar, budget At the League's annual confer. dates to be the most serious problem ence in St. 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- Calendar 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 facing issue. To help clerks. we have cities, and the percentage of ciries 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 10-1l. Page 3 - Building plans advance Page 5 - LMC 2000 Route to: . The LMCIT board approved partial LMC Futures Committee OKs I ownership in the new LMC building strategic planning process , i