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A Comparison of a Watershed District to a Joint Powers Watershed Management <br />Organization <br />Governance Issues <br />Watershed District <br />3 to 9 Managers <br />Managers appointed by County Board. (The first WD <br />board of managers is appointed by the Board of Water <br />and Soil Resources. All later replacements are <br />appointed by the County Board.) <br />Managers cannot be public officers of the county, state, <br />or federal government. <br />General Fund <br />($250,000 or 0.048% ad valorem) <br />Organizational Expense Fund <br />($60,000 or 0.01596% ad valorem) <br />Project Establishment: <br />• Capital improvement projects defined in the Plan <br />• Basic water management project (0.00798 %) <br />• By Petition <br />A local unit of government within a WD may establish a <br />Special Tax Disitrict by subwatershed. (103B.245, Subd <br />1(b)) WD cannot tax by subwatershed. <br />Programs and Policies are defined in Plan. <br />County must levy what the WD requests. (Statutes place <br />limits on the amount a WD may levy.) <br />Joint Powers WMO <br />Any number, but usually one per member. <br />Board members are appointed by members. <br />After December 31, 1999, staff of local units of <br />government that are members of the watershed <br />management organization are not eligible to be <br />appointed to the board (and other limitations as defined <br />in the JPA). <br />No limit except as defined in the JPA. <br />No limit except as defined in the JPA. <br />Project Establishment: <br />• Capital improvement projects defined in the Plan <br />• Basic water management project <br />• By Petition <br />A local unit of government within a JPA WMO may <br />establish a Special Tax Disitrict by subwatershed. <br />(103B.245, Subd 1(b)) JPA WMOs can not tax by <br />subwatershed. <br />Programs and Policies are defined in Plan. <br />County may veto capital improvements when county <br />funding is proposed. <br />