In This Issue:
- Join Us! LMC Metro Regional Meeting and Metro Cities Policy Adoption Meeting
- 2020 Draft Legislative Policies
- Local Government Innovation Awards
Join Us! LMC Metro Regional Meeting and Metro Cities Policy Adoption Meeting
Join your colleagues for the LMC Metro Regional Meeting and Policy Adoption Meeting on Thursday, November 14, 2019 in Minnetonka! The metro regional meeting is jointly hosted by LMC and Metro Cities, and Metro Cities membership will also meet to approve the 2020 Legislative Policies. The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Minneapolis West in Minnetonka. Several state agency commissioners will join us to present information and updates at the regional meeting. The afternoon concludes with a networking social hour.
A membership quorum is required for the adoption of Metro Cities’ policies, so each member city should make sure to have a representative present. Click here for more information and to register. We look forward to seeing you there!
2020 Draft Legislative Policies
Metro Cities’ Draft 2020 Legislative Policies are now online for review. The draft policies were recommended by members through Metro Cities’ four policy committees and were approved by the Metro Cities Board of Directors at their October meeting.
A memo, link to the draft policies and Metro Cities’ policy adoption protocol has been mailed to city administrators/managers. The policies will be adopted by Metro Cities’ membership at the Policy Adoption Meeting on Thursday, November 14, 2019. Please be sure to mark your calendar and plan to attend! Click here to read the agenda and register.
Each member city has one vote, with one additional vote for each 50,000 population above the initial 50,000. Once the policies are adopted, they will serve as the framework for Metro Cities’ work at the Legislature and Metropolitan Council in 2020.
We hope to see you at the meeting! Comments or questions on the proposed policies should be directed to [email protected] or 651-215-4000.
Local Government Innovation Awards
The Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota recently named 17 winners of Local Government Innovation Awards. Projects are recognized in up to five categories (cities, counties, schools, townships, and Native nations) and one entry in each category is named Leading Innovator. To see more information on each category and the projects awarded within each category, click here.
An awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, December 12th at 5:00 pm at the Cowles Auditorium at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Click here for more information and to RSVP.