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<br />VOTING BALLOT Please check (.f) the top five (5) priority issues for your city. Return no later than November 15 <br />by mail to Lynn Peterson, LMC, 145 University Ave. W., S1. Paul, MN 55103 or fax to (651) 215-4115 <br /> <br />City Name: <br /> <br />r..Ana Fiscal Futures <br />:::Y!.State-LocaI Fiscal Relations <br />~-2. LGA Data Issues <br />_FF-3. WA and Market-Value Homestead Credit Cuts <br />_FF-4. Sales Tax on Local Government Purchases <br />_FF-5. Levy Limits <br />_FF-6. Reverse Referendum <br />_FF-7. City Revenue Diversification <br />_FF-8. Taxation of Municipal Bond Interest <br />_FF-9. City Fiscal Year <br />_FF-IO. Payments for Services to Tax-Exempt Property <br />_FF-1l. Trnth-in-Taxation Process <br />_FF-12. State Administrative Deductions from State Aid <br />_FF-13. Reporting Requirements <br />_FF-14. Federal Bndget Cutbacks <br />_FF-15. Price of Government <br />_FF-16. Impact Fees <br />_FF-17. Delayed Assessments for Roads <br />_FF-18. Taxation of Electronic Commerce <br />_FF-19. Limited Market Value <br />_FF-20. State Charges for Administrative Service <br />_FF-2l. Equity in Library Funding <br /> <br />Improving Local Economies <br />_LE-1. Growth Management and Annexation <br />=-. Electric Service Extension <br />. Statutory Approval Timelines <br />_ :.t. Public Infrastructure Utilities <br />_LE-5. Development Fee Disputes <br />_LE-6. Housing <br />_LE-7. State and/or County Licensed Residential Facilities <br />_LE-8. Inc1usionary Housing <br />LE-9. Community Land Trusts <br />_LE-1O. Municipal Telecommnnications Authority <br />_LE-11. Right-of-Way Management <br />_LE-l2. Cable Franchising Authority <br />_LE-13. Wireless Tower and Antenna Siting <br />_LE-14. Financing Commuuity Reinvestment <br />_LE-15. Tax Increment Financing (TIP) <br />_LE-16. Timefrarne for TIP District Establishment Legal <br />Challenges <br />_LE-17. TIP District Deficits <br />_LE-18. Business Subsidies <br />_LE-19. Business Development Programs <br />_LE-20. Land Recycling Programs <br />_LE-2l. Property Tax Abatement Authority <br />_LE-22. OSA Response Timelines <br />_LE-23. OSA Time Limitations <br />_LE-24. Economic Development Authorities <br />_LE-25. Workforce Readiness <br />_LE-26. Adequate Funding for Transportation <br />=127. State Aid for Urban Road Systems <br />8. Turnbacks of County and State Roads <br />_ -29. Road Funding for Cities Under 5,000 <br />_LE-30. Railroad-Related Projects <br /> <br />Improving Service Delivery <br />_SD-l. Redesigning and Reinventing Government <br />_SD-2. Unfunded Mandates <br /> <br />_SD.3. City Costs for Enforcing State and Local Laws <br />_SD-4. Design-Build <br />_SD.5. Providing Information to Citizens <br />_SD-6. Construction Codes <br />_SD- 7. National Fire Protection Association (NFP A) <br />Standards <br />_SD-8. Fees for Service <br />SD-9. State Assistance for Library Funding <br />_SD-lO. Civil Liability of Local Governments <br />_SD-1l. Private Property Rights and Takings <br />_SD-12. Election Issues <br />_SD-13. Local Election Authority <br />_SD-14. Environmental Protection <br />_SD-15. Creating a Minnesota GIS Program <br />_SD-16. State Appropriation for Government Training <br />Service <br />_SD-17. Public Safety Spectrum Needs <br />_SD-18. Legalization of Fireworks <br />_SD-19. 911 Funding <br />_SD-20. . Racial Profiling <br />_SD-21. 0.08 DWI <br />_SO-22. CriMNet <br />_SD-23. Red Light Cameras <br />_SD-24. Misdemeanor Fines <br />_SD-25. State Regulation of Massage Therapists <br />_SD-26. On-Sale Liquor or Wine Licenses to Performing <br />Theaters and Cultural Centers <br />_SD-27. Youth Access to Aicohol and Tobacco <br />_SD-28. Smoking Ban Ordinances <br />_SO-29. Park and Library Land Tax Break <br />_SD-30. Medicare Reimbursement for Ambulance Service <br />_SD-31. Open Meeting Law Exception: Emergency <br />Preparedness <br /> <br />Homan Resources and Data Practices <br />Human Resources <br />_HR-l. Preservation of Local Decision-Making Authority <br />on Employment Related Issues <br />_HR-2. Veterans Preference <br />_HR-3. Compensation Limits <br />_HR-4. Public Employees Labor Relations Act (PELRA) <br />_HR-5. Re-employment Benefits <br />_HR-6. Essential Employees <br />_HR-? Pensions Benefits <br />_HR-8. Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) <br />Coordinated Plan Funding Deficiency <br />HR-9. State Paid Police and Fire Medical Insurance <br />_HR-lO. Breathalyzers <br />~-Il. Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation <br />_HR -12. Health Care Insurance Programs <br />_HR-13. Electronic Timekeeping <br />Data Practices <br />_DP-l. State Model Policies and Training <br />Federal Employment Law <br />_FED-I. FLSNOvertime Compensation <br />_FED-2. MedicarelMedicaid Premium Disbursements <br /> <br />_Electric Restructuring <br />