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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />I <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br /> <br />. Sufficient state and federal financial assistance should be provided to comply <br />with state and federal infrastructure requirements, particularly with regard to <br />sewer and water facilities. <br />. The option for cities to land apply bio-solids on properties outside their <br />boundaries must be preserved. The Legislature should amend Minnesota <br />Statutes section 115A.32-39 to reinstate the administrative procedure for the <br />resolution of bio-solids disputes, a procedure whose function was inadvertently <br />deleted during a recodification of the statutes. <br /> <br />In addition, the Legislature should provide greater Minnesota local governments <br />the same statutory protection afforded to those communities within the <br />Metropolitan Council'sjw:isdiction, found in Minnesota Statutes 9473.516, allowing <br />bio-solids to be disposed of in manners consistent with the MPCA's permits and <br />mles and avoiding blanket moratoriums on land application of bio-solids_ <br /> <br />SD-5. Election Issues Cah) <br />[referred to Elections Task Force] <br /> <br />Issue: Improvements in absentee voting, voter registration, and the election process <br />are needed. <br /> <br />Response: The Legislature should simplify absentee voting, provide more cities <br />direct access to the statewide voter registration system, clarify restrictions on <br />locating campaign signs within 100 feet of polling places, modify the voter fraud <br />statute related to voter residency, and allow cities more flexibility in appointing and <br />compensating election judges. <br /> <br />SD-6. Local Election Authority Cah) <br />[referred to Elections Task Force] <br /> <br />Issue: In the past, the Legislature has acted to restrict city authority to schedule,city <br />elections and establish terms of office for local elected officials thereby diminishing <br />regard for the role of local self-government, particularly when state policy preempts <br />home rule authority governing city elections. <br /> <br />Response: The Legislature should oppose further limits on either the number or <br />the length of terms city elected officials may serve, particularly when those terms <br />have been established by the electorate in home rule charter cities. State policy on <br />uniform elections should continue to recognize and uphold local authority to <br />schedule city elections in November of either even- or odd-numbered years. <br /> <br />SD-7. City Costs for Enforcing State and Local Laws <br />[maintain current policy] <br />Issue: Cities experience substantial costs enforcing state and local laws, particularly <br />those related to traffic, controlled substances, and incarceration of prisoners. The current <br /> <br />4 <br />