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APR � 1 REP,'Q L C .. taC;a� l ties lletln re96M Number 14 April 19 1996 New law links performance to city aid Gary Carlson What are performance each city to certify that they qualify for In the beginning, the Legislature measurements? local performance aid. The application created LGA and HACA. And they saw According to Representative must be signed by the mayor and one that they were good. Starting in 1997, Dawkins, performance measurement member of the city council. Local cities and counties will also have LPA. include simple measures of workloads performance aid will be distributed to The 1996 version of the omnibus for the services provided by the each city with the local government aid tax bill includes a provision referred to governmental unit. Workloads can and homestead and agricultural credit by its author as Local Performance Aid. include number of employee hours aid payments in July and December of Championed by Representative Andy worked on certain projects, tons of each year. Local performance aid will Dawkins of St. Paul, LPA is an attempt garbage hauled, number of police calls, See LPA, page 6 _ to associate general purpose homestead or any other measures of workloads and agricultural credit aid with perfor- that my be compiled by the city. '4FV mance outcomes. According to According to Representative Representative Dawkins, local perfor- Dawkins, the collection of workload data b mance aid is intended to assure that each local unit of g overnment Y g Thy �e rt state revenue sharing with cities and is the first step toward ultimately ° �Bulle'8tr ma a a � counties will be based on a defensible generating measures of service min C formula and therefore, be continue into efficiency and effectiveness. He wants ,.pro 9�fv ,�,� C C M � the future. each city and county to be able to andIOeepartmennt [ I e u =4 evaluate the services they are providtng „t,'•uv'.�x i �” a, ":%. ILL How do you qualify for LPA? and be able to determine if the service In the first year, each city and is achieving its goals or is being " P i county will be eligible to receive provided at an effective level. ' " ° performance aid if they have either Representative Dawkins intends P erformance measure- implemented for each city and county to be eligible P ment systems for the services they to receive performance aid in the firs[ b In A# r * gp provide or are in the process of creating year. The Department of Revenue will or implementing performance measure- mail out an application form for local ment systems. performance aid on or around May 15 i of each year. The form will require • :c , mac# 9 ;. "s. m x Page 3 — Deadline extended Page L1 — Law summaries r r" �4r "1r a :a• '.. The application deadline for the Summaries of the new laws a C.C. Ludwig Award, Leadership passed during the 1996 legislative Award and City Achievement session begin on page L1. Awards has been extended to May 8.