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I t I . The state should change public sector bargaining laws to restrain arbitration awards J 2 which exceed other internal class comparisons or outside cost of living limitations, 3 Overtime compensation I 4 . Congress should amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to eliminate its applicability to the I 5 public sector or at least recognize unique circumstances in the public sector such as I 6 accounting for all hours worked by salaried employees and allowing regular employees to 7 serve as volunteers, paid on-call firefighters, referees, coaches, and other community I 8 service-oriented positions. I 9 Compensation limits I 10 . The state should repeal or modify laws limiting local government employee compensation 11 levels to the Governor's salary. I 12 Data Practices .. 13 . In light of security concerns, the state should amend the data practices act to reclassify all I 14 employee address data as prjyate data. I 15 SD-6. Election Issues 16 Issue: Needed changes and improvements in absentee voting, voter registration, and the I 17 operation of our election process at the polls have not been enacted due to partisan differences over I 18 issues such as mail balloting. I 19 Response: The '97 legislature should develop a bipartisan election reform proposal that 20 simplifies absentee voting; provides more cities direct access to the statewide voter registration I 21 system; simplifies tabulation and repurting of votes cast for fictional or celebrity write-in .1 34 League of Minnesota Cities I " I ')"