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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Local Government Aid ("LGA") is a vital state -funded property tax aid and
equalization program that restrains the growth of local property taxes through the distribution of
state funding to cities based on an objective formula of needs; and
WHEREAS, LGA seeks to equalize the vastly different tax bases of property -poor and
property -wealthy cities ensuring Minnesotans have the required city services necessary for a
good quality of life and public safety; and
WHEREAS, LGA has positively assisted recovery from the Great Recession by allowing
critical reinvestments in infrastructure necessary to economic growth and the hiring and
maintaining of essential staff positions to ensure effective and efficient administration of local
government; and
WHEREAS, LGA has favorably affected communities including the City of Rochester by
providing needed funding for municipal operations and reduces local property taxes; and
WHEREAS, H.F. 685 and S.F. 874 have been introduced with bipartisan authorship and
,support to increase LGA funding by $45.5 million by 2017, restoring it to its 2002 level.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Rochester that the City urges the Legislature to pass H.F. 685 and S.F. 874, and include the
funding for these bills in the state's budget.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, upon passage of H.F. 685 and S.F. 874, this
resolution be forwarded to the Governor, the Speaker of the House, the Senate Majority
Leader, the Senate Tax Committee Chairman, the House Tax Committee Chairman, and to
members of the State Legislature representing the City of Rochester.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS 6th DAY OF APRIL , 2015.
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CITY CLERK
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PRESIDENT OAF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
APPROVED THIS 7th DAY OF APRIL , 2015.
MAYOR OF SAID CITY