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Attachment D 2008 End -of- Session Highlights Ramsey County Below is a prclimi.nary list of items of importance to Ramsey County that were approved by the Minnesota Legislature this session. The Governor has already signed most of then into law, more detailed assessment of the session will be provided within the next 2 weeps. Ramsey ounty is well positioned to managed the cuts in state grants to counties and the 3.9% property tax levy cap passed by the legislature and agreed- to by the Governor. In recent years, levy increases in Ramsey have been less than or near this cap. Since state - imposed budget constrains continue; due to legislative and gubema-torial. actions, Ramsey must focus resources on core services — like public safety and child protection - with discretionary programs getting funded as possible. Don' dinLYICagitvl 1mnrovement *Central Corridor 70 million Tamarack Nature Center $745,000 Metropolitan Regional $10.5 mill -Ion for capitol improvements Parks Highway 36 /Rice Street million Bridge Corrections/Pubfic' Safe Sex Offender Mold Costs During the time sex offenders are being held pending determination of civil commitments, they may choose to be placed in the county a ai 1, rather than a DOC facility. Since county costs are lower in their j' ails than for placements in DOC facilities, this will decrease costs according to the number of offenders who choose countyJail placements. Short -Tern Offender Beginning in FY 2009, state per diem reimburs ement s to counties for Costs sh- ort -ten-n offenders will be decreased from $30 to approximately $9-12. The exact amount depends on the number of short -term offenders the county has as a 2ereentage of the statewide totals. H n' m'an'Services' Temporary Cuts to DHS grants to counties are reduced by 1.8% for the remainder of the County Human Services current bienrimm and the out biennium. Counties statewide lose $2.4 Grants million each year. DHS has sorne discretion regarding which programs to cut) but the following grants are possible targets: CCSA, child care development, child s ervi -ce s, aging and adult services, chemical dependency non- entitlernents, other continuing ease, adult and children "s services grants Temporary Cuts to MDH grants to counties are reduced by 1.8% for the remainder of the Public Health Grants current biennium and the out biennium. Counties statewide lose $810,000 I. per year.