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383A.321 DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them, unless the language or context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended.
"Small business" means a business entity organized for profit, including an individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, association or cooperative which has its principal place of business in Minnesota, and which
(a) is not dominant in its field of operation, and
(b) is not an affiliate or subsidiary of a business dominant in its field of operations.
If a federal or state program prohibits any geographical limitation on the principal place of business of an eligible business in order for the county to be eligible for funds, the federal or state requirement shall prevail.
"Dominant in its field of operation" means exercising a controlling or major influence in a business activity in which a number of businesses are engaged. In determining whether a business is dominant, the following criteria, among others, shall be considered: number of employees; volume of business; financial resources; competitive status or position; ownership or control of materials, processes, patents, license agreements and facilities; sales territory; and nature of business activity. The following businesses shall be deemed dominant in their field of operation:
(a) manufacturing businesses which employ more than 100 persons and have in the preceding three fiscal years exceeded a total of $15,000,000 in gross receipts for the three-year period;
(b) general construction businesses which in the preceding three fiscal years have exceeded a total of $6,000,000 in gross receipts for the three-year period;
(c) specialty construction businesses which in the preceding three fiscal years have exceeded a total of $3,000,000 in gross receipts for the three-year period; and
(d) nonmanufacturing businesses which employ more than 25 persons and have in the preceding three fiscal years exceeded a total of $3,000,000 in gross receipts for the three-year period.
"Affiliate or subsidiary of a business dominant in its field of operation" means a business which is at least 20 percent owned by a business dominant in that field of operation, or by partners, officers, directors, majority stockholders, or their equivalent, of a business dominant in that field of operation.
383A.322 SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE.
Nothing in section 471.345 shall be construed to prohibit Ramsey County from adopting a resolution, rule, regulation or ordinance which on an annual basis sets aside for awarding to small businesses a percentage of the value of the county's anticipated total procurement of goods and services, including construction, otherwise subject to that section, and which uses either a negotiated price or bid contract procedure to award a procurement contract under a set-aside program allowed in this section. Any award based on a negotiated price shall not exceed by more than five percent the county's estimated price for the goods and services if they were purchased in the open market and not under the set-aside program.
383A.323 PURCHASING THROUGH HEALTH CARE COOPERATIVE.
Sections 471.345 to 471.37 do not prohibit Ramsey County on behalf of the Ramsey Nursing Home as a member of a health care cooperative pursuant to chapter 62R from purchasing from or through the health care cooperative. The purchases through a health care cooperative are not subject to sections 471.345 to 471.37.
368.48 COPY OF RESOLUTION FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
A certified copy of the resolution shall forthwith, after its adoption by the county board, be forwarded by the county auditor to the secretary of state, who shall on receipt make an appropriate record of the dissolution of the town.
368.49 TOWN FUNDS WITH COUNTY GO TO TOWN ROAD AND BRIDGE EXPENSE.
Any town funds in, or coming into, the treasury of the county, shall be disposed of as follows:
Road or bridge funds shall be expended by the county for road and bridge improvements wholly within the limits of the town and any other funds shall be credited to the county general fund.
If a dissolved town has unexpended money in its bond and interest funds and there are no bonds or indebtedness outstanding, the money shall be spent for road and bridge improvements or other legal expenditures within the town.
383A.33 ASSESSOR.
The Board of Ramsey County Commissioners shall select and appoint the county assessor under section 273.061, subdivision 1.
The first county assessor so appointed starts the term of office on March 10, 1973, and shall hold office for a term of four years, and until a successor is appointed and qualifies. The next term begins on March 10, 1977, and ends on December 31, 1980. Each succeeding term is four years.
The Board of Ramsey County Commissioners may fill each vacancy in the office of county assessor occasioned by death, or otherwise and remove the assessor from office at any time, on proven charges of inefficiency, or neglect of duty by the commissioner of taxation, affirmed by the Board of Ramsey County Commissioners after hearing.
The assessor, personally or with the aid of assistant assessors, shall assess all property subject to taxation under the general laws of this state, inside Ramsey County, including the city of Saint Paul, and has, inside Ramsey County, including the city of Saint Paul, all the powers, rights and privileges allowed, and all the duties of assessors required by the general laws of this state, relative to taxes or otherwise, whether for state, county, city, town or other taxes, assessable under the general laws of this state, and shall proceed in the manner prescribed by the general laws of this state, relative to assessments.
368.47 TOWNS MAY BE DISSOLVED.
(1) When the voters residing within a town have failed to elect any town officials for more than ten years continuously;
(2) when a town has failed for a period of ten years to exercise any of the powers and functions of a town;
(3) when the estimated market value of a town drops to less than $165,000;
(4) when the tax delinquency of a town, exclusive of taxes that are delinquent or unpaid because they are contested in proceedings for the enforcement of taxes, amounts to 12 percent of its market value; or
(5) when the state or federal government has acquired title to 50 percent of the real estate of a town,
which facts, or any of them, may be found and determined by the resolution of the county board of the county in which the town is located, according to the official records in the office of the county auditor, the county board by resolution may declare the town, naming it, dissolved and no longer entitled to exercise any of the powers or functions of a town.
In Cass, Itasca, and St. Louis Counties, before the dissolution is effective the voters of the town shall express their approval or disapproval. The town clerk shall, upon a petition signed by a majority of the registered voters of the town, filed with the clerk at least 60 days before a regular or special town election, give notice at the same time and in the same manner of the election that the question of dissolution of the town will be submitted for determination at the election. At the election the question shall be voted upon by a separate ballot. The form of the question under this chapter shall be substantially in the following form: "Shall the town of ... be dissolved?" The ballot shall be deposited in a separate ballot box and the result of the voting canvassed, certified, and returned in the same manner and at the same time as other facts and returns of the election. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are for dissolution, the town shall be dissolved. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are against dissolution, the town shall not be dissolved.
When a town is dissolved under sections 368.47 to 368.49 the county shall acquire title to any telephone company or other business conducted by the town. The business shall be operated by the board of county commissioners until it can be sold. The subscribers or patrons of the business shall have the first opportunity of purchase. If the town has any outstanding indebtedness chargeable to the business, the county auditor shall levy a tax against the property situated in the dissolved town to pay the indebtedness as it becomes due.
383A.35 COURT COMMISSIONER.
The Ramsey County court commissioner may take acknowledgments of deeds and other written instruments and has the powers conferred upon a court commissioner by section 253B.23.
Except as provided above, the Ramsey County court commissioner shall not have any of the powers provided in section 489.02.
383A.37 SHERIFF; FEES.
The fees charged and collected for the services listed by the sheriff of Ramsey County shall be set by the Ramsey County board and a schedule of those fees shall be filed with the sheriff's office.
In Ramsey County, the sheriff shall charge an additional fee to be set by the county board for receiving, indexing and putting in line for service each summons and complaint left with the sheriff for service. This fee is in addition to other fees now provided by law, and is to be absorbed by the plaintiff in the action. It is not to be charged to or taxed as costs against the defendant in the action or any proceedings ancillary thereto.
383A.39 COURTHOUSE AND CITY HALL.
(1) The Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Court House building is in charge of a joint committee of seven members appointed as follows:
(a) the mayor of the city of Saint Paul is ex officio a member of and the chair of the committee;
(b) three members of the committee are appointed annually by the president of the Saint Paul City Council from the members of the council, and three members are appointed annually by the chair of the board of county commissioners from the members of the board.
(2) The committee has entire charge of the building and may appoint the janitor, custodian and other employees that it considers necessary for the proper care and management of the building and at the compensation that the committee determines.
(3) The expense of keeping the building in repair and the necessary expense of heating and maintaining it shall be paid equally by the city and county; one-half thereof out of the treasury of the city, and one-half out of the treasury of the county.
(1) Authority. Ramsey County and the city of Saint Paul may jointly, by resolution adopted by both the board of commissioners and the city council, close the building containing the principal offices of the city and the county, known as the city hall and court house, on Saturday.
(2) Effect of closing. An act authorized, required or permitted by law or contract to be performed at or in the city hall and court house on Saturday may be performed on the next succeeding regular business day and no liability or loss of rights on the part of any person shall result from the closing.
(3) Open, additional hours. The city hall and court house may be kept open for the transaction of business on the next business day following each Saturday until 9:00 p.m.
In Ramsey County, the court house and city hall committee may provide rooms in the court house and city hall for the use of a law library and the committee may install its library therein by purchase, leasing or securing it from an individual or association upon the terms and conditions that to it is for the interest of the people.
383A.40 WELFARE DEPARTMENT; LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY.
In the county of Ramsey, the board of county commissioners is the local social services agency.
383A.405 CORRECTIONS.
The management and control of the operations of any correctional, juvenile detention, or home school facility within Ramsey County shall be the responsibility of the director of the Department of Community Corrections. All of the employees of these correctional facilities except the superintendent and the first assistant or chief deputy of the facility shall be in the classified service of the county civil service and subject to sections 383A.281 to 383A.301.
Notwithstanding section 260B.060, or other law, in Ramsey County, the superintendent or matron and the assistant superintendent or matron of any county home school shall be appointed and removed by the director of the county Community Corrections Department. The county board of commissioners shall set all salaries of employees at the school subject to sections 383A.281 to 383A.301.
Notwithstanding section 260B.080 or other law, in Ramsey County, staff for detention homes shall be appointed and removed by the director of the Community Corrections Department. Salaries for all employees shall be set by the county board of commissioners subject to sections 383A.281 to 383A.301.
383A.411 BONDS OR LEVY FOR WATER SYSTEM FOR COUNTY BUILDINGS.
MS 1982 [Repealed, 1983 c 2 s 6]
MS 1982 [Repealed, 1983 c 2 s 6]
MS 1982 [Repealed, 1983 c 2 s 6]
Ramsey County may issue and sell from time to time general obligation bonds of the county in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 to finance the construction, installation, modification, or improvement of heating, cooling, and domestic hot water systems serving buildings owned in whole or part, operated, or maintained by the county or the Ramsey County Medical Center Commission. The county shall pledge its full faith and credit and taxing powers for the payment of the bonds. Except as provided in this section, the bonds shall be issued in accordance with chapter 475. The bonds may be issued and sold without submitting the question of the issuance of the bonds to a vote by the people. The bonds shall be in a form and bear interest at the rate that the county prescribes and shall be sold by the county to the bidder with the most favorable bid, after notice of the time and place for the receiving of the bids has been published according to law. The bonds shall not be included in computing the net debt of the county under any law, and the taxes required for payment of the bonds and interest on them shall not be subject to any limitation provided by other law.
In substitution of, but not in addition to, powers granted to Ramsey County in subdivision 4, Ramsey County may levy and collect a tax on all taxable property in the county to finance the construction, installation, modification, or improvement of heating, cooling, and domestic hot water systems serving buildings owned in whole or part, operated, or maintained by the county or Ramsey County Medical Center Commission.
The bonds described in subdivision 4 may not be issued and the tax described in subdivision 5 may not be levied until construction is commenced on a district heating system in St. Paul which is designed for heating or cooling or domestic hot water service to one or more buildings owned in whole or part, operated, or maintained by the county or the Ramsey County Medical Center Commission.
383A.421 SURVEYOR FEES.
The board of county commissioners, after a public hearing, may establish a system of fees to be charged for inspection services by the county surveyor. The fees collected shall be for the use of the county and placed in the county treasury.
383A.42 COUNTY SURVEYOR; APPROVAL OF PLAT.
The Ramsey County Board of County Commissioners shall appoint a county surveyor.
In addition to duties provided by general law, the county surveyor shall approve each tentative plat, subdivision plat and registered land survey before recording.
The board of county commissioners shall establish the fees, to be paid by the proprietor of a plat or survey, for the approval of the plat or survey by the county surveyor.
383A.47 REDUCTION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
If the maximum rate of taxation for the various purposes mentioned in the budget, for which the county may levy taxes, together with the estimated amount of the revenues of the county for the ensuing year, exclusive of those derived from taxation does not equal the total amount mentioned in the budget, or amendment thereof, the county shall reduce, proportionately, the several funds mentioned in the budget, except that the items for bonds, interest on bonds, salaries, and other items, the charges for which are fixed by law, shall remain at the full amount that the law requires.
383A.381 ABSTRACT CLERK.
In Ramsey County the office of abstract clerk shall not be elective but be filled by procedures adopted by the county Human Resources Department and shall discharge the functions provided by the county. The last abstract clerk elected shall serve in a position created by the county to perform the functions of the office until the elected term expires or, upon the expiration of the term, until a successor is appointed and qualified and shall not before age 70 be disqualified from appointment because of age.
383A.552 CHARTER COMMISSION; NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Within 30 days of the effective date of Laws 1987, chapter 103, the Ramsey County legislative delegation shall nominate 41 persons as candidates for appointment to a Charter Commission to frame a charter to provide for the form of government for Ramsey County. Five persons who reside in the district shall be nominated for each of the county commissioner districts in the county. Six persons who reside in the county shall also be nominated without regard to county commissioner districts. Within 30 days of the selection of nominees the judges of the Second Judicial District shall appoint the Charter Commission of 17 members consisting of two appointees for each county commissioner district selected from those nominated from each county commissioner district and three appointees from those nominated at large to serve at large. The commission members must be qualified voters in Ramsey County. No person shall be disqualified from serving on the Charter Commission because of holding an elective or appointive office.
383A.50 ADMINISTRATION OF BUDGET.
MS 1990 [Repealed, 1991 c 51 s 6]
(a) On each warrant that Ramsey County draws on the county treasury, the county shall state the purpose for which it is issued. The warrant may be so designed that it becomes a check on the county depository and may be known as a "warrant-check."
(b) The warrant-check need not show the fund from which drawn.
MS 1990 [Repealed, 1991 c 51 s 6]
A county commissioner who knowingly authorizes or makes a payment or incurs an obligation in violation of the provisions of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(a) Each appropriation, except an appropriation for a capital expenditure, lapses at the close of the fiscal year to the extent that it has not been expended or encumbered.
(b) An appropriation for a capital expenditure continues in force until the purpose for which it was made has been accomplished or abandoned; the purpose of appropriation of this kind is abandoned if three years pass without a disbursement from or encumbrance of the appropriation.
The city of Saint Paul and the county of Ramsey may agree to provide for a mutually satisfactory method of paying for services, materials or supplies for which they are jointly charged under law. Either the city or the county may pay for these services made from a joint fund established under the exclusive control of either the city or the county. If the agreement provides that one subdivision of government shall pay a joint obligation in full, it may provide that the other subdivision shall discharge its part of the joint obligation by paying its share of the obligation to the subdivision first paying the obligation in full.
383A.551 RAMSEY COUNTY; CHARTER COMMISSION.
For purposes of sections 383A.551 to 383A.556, the Ramsey County legislative delegation means all elected members of the state house of representatives and state senate whose legislative district includes a portion of Ramsey County.
The chair of the Ramsey County state house of representatives delegation and the chair of the Ramsey County state senate delegation shall act as cochairs of the Ramsey County legislative delegation.
383A.554 POWERS AND DUTIES.
Before December 31, 1989, the Charter Commission shall deliver to the board of county commissioners either (1) its report determining that the present form of county government is adequate for the county and that a charter is not necessary or desirable, or (2) a draft of a proposed charter. The report must be signed by a majority of the members of the charter commission. The proposed charter may provide for any form of government consistent with the Constitution of the state of Minnesota. It may provide for the establishment and administration of all departments of a county government and for the regulation of all local county functions. It may abolish or consolidate any department or agency. The charter commission is required to hold at least one public hearing in each of the county commissioner districts.
It shall provide for present functions to be assumed by new elective or appointive officers as shall be provided for in the charter and may provide for other powers consistent with other law. It shall provide methods of procedure in respect to the operation of the government created and the duties of all officers. It shall provide for a home rule charter commission consistent with article XII, section 5, of the Constitution of the state of Minnesota and may provide for alternative methods for amending or abandoning the charter consistent with the constitution. The county may be authorized to acquire by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation or sell or lease any property needed for the full discharge of its duties and powers. All special and general laws authorizing the county to incur indebtedness or issue bonds shall be subject to the charter, provided that the charter provisions are not in conflict with general laws relating to public indebtedness. The county shall continue to have all the powers granted by law.
Personnel matters relating to Ramsey County employees shall continue to be governed by sections 383A.281 to 383A.301 and sections 197.455 to 197.48. A charter proposed for adoption under sections 383A.551 to 383A.556 shall not apply to personnel matters.
383A.553 CHARTER COMMISSION; TERMS; CHAIR; EXPENSES AND ADMINISTRATION.
Members of the charter commission shall hold office until December 31, 1990. Vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority. Appointments shall be made by filing with the board of county commissioners. An appointee shall file acceptance of the appointment with the board of county commissioners within ten days or be considered to have declined the appointment. If a charter is adopted at the November 1990 election, the members shall continue to serve until a new commission is appointed or until the effective date of the charter in 1992, whichever occurs first.
The charter commission shall meet within 30 days after the initial appointment, elect a chair from their number, and establish rules, including quorum requirements for its operation and procedures.
The members of the charter commission shall receive no compensation except reimbursement for expenses they actually incur in the course of their duties. The board of county commissioners may make an appropriation to the charter commission to be used to employ research and clerical assistance, for supplies, and to meet expenses considered necessary by the charter commission. Employees of the charter commission shall be in the unclassified service of the county. The charter commission shall have the right to request and receive assistance from any county official. If requested, the human resources director shall assist the charter commission to test and hire employees. The county attorney shall provide legal services as may be requested.
383A.556 EFFECTIVE DATE.
If 51 percent of the votes cast on the proposition are in favor of the proposed charter, it shall be considered adopted. The charter shall take effect two years after the election. At that time the courts shall take judicial notice of the new charter and upon the election or appointment of officers under the charter the former officials of Ramsey County shall deliver to them all records, money, and other public property under their control.
383A.601 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
The legislature finds that the lands and waters of Ramsey County are great natural resources; that as a result of erosion of lands and sediment deposition in waters of the region, waters are being polluted and despoiled to a degree that fish, aquatic life, recreation, and other uses of lands and waters are being adversely affected; that the rapid shift in land use from agricultural to nonagricultural uses has accelerated the processes of soil erosion and sedimentation. Implementation of the Metropolitan Surface Water Planning Act in Ramsey County requires a coordinated effort in that county, and the state of Minnesota may benefit from a pilot program within that county. The legislature further finds it is necessary to establish and implement through the soil and water conservation district in cooperation with water management organizations, cities, towns, and other public and private entities in that county, a countywide coordinated erosion and sediment control pilot program to conserve and to protect the land, water, and other natural resources of Ramsey County.
383A.602 DEFINITIONS.
The definitions in this section apply to sections 383A.601 to 383A.604.
"Conservation specifications" means management procedures, techniques, and methods to control soil erosion and sedimentation.
"District" means the soil and water conservation district operating under chapter 103C.
"Land disturbance activity" means land change that may result in soil erosion from water or wind and the movement of sediments into or upon waters or lands of Ramsey County, including clearing, grading, excavating, transporting, and filling of land. Land disturbance activity does not mean:
(1) minor land disturbance activities such as home gardens and individual home landscaping, repairs, and maintenance work;
(2) construction, installation, maintenance of electric and telephone utility lines or individual service connection to the utility lines;
(3) septic tank lines or drainage fields unless included in an overall plan for a land disturbance activity relating to construction of a building to be served by the septic tank system;
(4) tilling, planting, or harvesting of agricultural, horticultural, or silvicultural crops;
(5) preparation for single-family residences separately built, unless in conjunction with multiple construction in subdivision development;
(6) disturbance of land areas of less than 10,000 square feet for commercial or noncommercial uses, except that the governing body of the statutory or home rule charter city, town, or organization may reduce this exception to a smaller area of disturbed land or qualify the conditions under which this exception applies;
(7) installation of fence, sign, telephone, and electric poles and other kinds of posts or poles; and
(8) emergency work to protect life, limb, or property and emergency repairs.
"Organization" means a watershed management organization as defined in section 103B.205 that has more than 25 percent of its area within Ramsey County.
383A.603 DISTRICT EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PROGRAM.
The district shall develop a pilot program that contains a model ordinance and conservation specifications for the effective control of soil erosion and sediment deposition. To assist in the development of the pilot program, the district shall seek the advice of appropriate state and federal agencies, local units of government, and representatives of interests such as residential development and nonresidential development.
The district pilot program shall contain:
(1) relevant physical and developmental information concerning the region, including data relating to land use, soils, hydrology, geology, size of land area being disturbed, proximate water bodies and their characteristics, transportation, and public facilities and services;
(2) a model ordinance;
(3) principles for protecting existing vegetation, adequate revegetation schedules, and runoff control measures; and
(4) conservation specifications and alternative methods for the control of erosion and sediment resulting from land disturbance activities.
The district shall adopt and implement the program by January 1, 1989. The district may revise its pilot program as necessary. The district shall give due notice and conduct at least one public hearing on the proposed pilot program before adoption or revision.
The program shall be made available for public inspection at the office of the district.
383A.605 COMPLIANCE.
Plans, rules, and ordinances adopted under sections 383A.601 to 383A.604 must be consistent with any applicable rules promulgated by the Board of Water and Soil Resources.
383A.606 DISCONTINUANCE OF RAMSEY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT; TRANSFER OF DUTIES.
Notwithstanding section 103C.225, the Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District is discontinued effective July 1, 2018, and its duties and authorities are transferred to the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners.
The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners has the duties and authorities of a soil and water conservation district. All contracts in effect on the date of the discontinuance of the district to which Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District is a party remain in force and effect for the period provided in the contracts. The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners shall be substituted for the Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District as party to the contracts and succeed to the district's rights and duties.
The Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors shall transfer the assets of the district to the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners. The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners shall use the transferred assets for the purposes of implementing the transferred duties and authorities.
The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners may petition the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources to reestablish the Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District. Alternatively, the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources under its authority in section 103C.201, and after giving notice of corrective actions and time to implement the corrective actions, may reestablish the Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District if it determines the goals established in section 103C.005 are not being achieved. The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources may reestablish the Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District under this subdivision without a referendum.
383A.62 ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT MERGER.
The city of St. Paul and Ramsey County may, by agreement subject to this section, provide for the merger of the city elections office with the county election office. The consolidation shall be set to begin at the beginning of a fiscal year. In the preceding fiscal year and each year thereafter the county shall provide a budget and levy a property tax for the merged office that will defray the costs of the services provided throughout the county by the merged office. The county shall succeed to the obligations of the city under any collective bargaining agreements in existence at the time of the merger. Nothing in this section or in an agreement for merger under this section shall diminish any rights defined in collective bargaining agreements. The merger must not occur until bargaining units representing affected employees have completed negotiations on postmerger terms and conditions of employment. The county shall succeed to the other obligations and to the real and personal property of the merged city offices.
383A.75 JOINT PROPERTY TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
There is created the joint property tax advisory committee.
The membership of the committee consists of the mayor and up to three members of the city council of the city of St. Paul; the county manager and up to three members of the county board of Ramsey County; and the superintendent and up to three members of the Board of Education of Independent School District No. 625. The chair of the Ramsey County league of local governments shall be a nonvoting ex officio member. The committee shall be convened by the mayor of St. Paul, and at the first meeting, the chair for the first year must be determined by lot, and thereafter, the chair must annually rotate among the mayor or designee, the superintendent or designee, and the county manager or designee.
The committee is authorized to and shall meet from time to time to make appropriate recommendations for the efficient and effective use of property tax dollars raised by the jurisdictions for programs, buildings, and operations. In addition, the committee shall:
(1) identify trends and factors likely to be driving budget outcomes over the next five years with recommendations for how the jurisdictions should manage those trends and factors to increase efficiency and effectiveness;
(2) agree, by October 1 of each year, on the appropriate level of overall property tax levy for the three jurisdictions and publicly report such to the governing bodies of each jurisdiction for ratification or modification by resolution; and
(3) identify, by December 31 of each year, areas of the budget to be targeted in the coming year for joint review to improve services or achieve efficiencies.
In carrying out its duties, the committee shall consult with public employees of each jurisdiction and with other stakeholders of the city, county, and school district, as appropriate.
The committee must be staffed by employees as designated by each jurisdiction. The committee may also seek public or private funding from any source to assist its work and may utilize volunteer help as appropriate.
The committee may use public or private funding to recognize or reward efforts by local government employees to restructure service delivery to improve efficiency or achieve cost savings.
383A.80 RAMSEY COUNTY DEED AND MORTGAGE TAX.
(a) The governing body of Ramsey County may impose a mortgage registry and deed tax.
(b) The rate of the mortgage registry tax equals .0001 of the principal.
(c) The rate of the deed tax equals .0001 of the amount.
The taxes under this section apply to the same base and must be imposed, collected, administered, and enforced in the same manner as provided under chapter 287 for the state mortgage registry and deed taxes. All the provisions of chapter 287 apply to these taxes, except the rate is as specified in subdivision 1, the term "Ramsey County" must be substituted for "the state," and the revenue must be deposited as provided in subdivision 3.
All revenues from the tax are for the use of the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners and must be deposited in the county's environmental response fund under section 383A.81.
The authority to impose the tax under this section expires January 1, 2028.
383B.021 COMPENSATION.
No per diem payment shall be allowed county board members for service on the county board or any other county body. County board members shall pay for parking in county owned parking facilities where payment is required. County board members may be allowed mileage for use of their personal automobile at a rate per mile.
The Hennepin County board may set the salary of board members by resolution limited to that subject. The salary must be stated as a fixed dollar amount. Adjustments in commissioners' salaries shall be adopted by the county board by resolution prior to a general election to take effect January 1 of the succeeding year, except that a resolution adopted by the county board to decrease commissioners' salaries may take effect at any time. Any resolution that makes an adjustment must state the change and the resulting salary for a member as fixed dollar amounts.
383B.025 COUNTY BOARD APPOINTS AUDITOR, TREASURER, RECORDER.
In the county of Hennepin, the offices of county auditor, county treasurer and county recorder shall not be elective but shall be filled by appointment by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners as hereinafter provided, unless such office is hereafter abolished pursuant to a reorganization or consolidation under subdivision 2.
The duties, functions and responsibilities which have been heretofore and which shall be hereafter required by statute to be performed by the various elected officials whose offices are by this section made appointive shall be vested in and performed by the Board of Commissioners of Hennepin County through department heads appointed by the board for that purpose. Any such department head shall be in the unclassified service as defined by sections 383B.26 to 383B.42. The Board of Commissioners of Hennepin County shall have the authority to initiate and direct any reorganization, consolidation, reallocation or delegation of such duties, functions, or responsibilities for the purpose of promoting efficiency in county government, and may make such other administrative changes, including the abolishing of the offices of auditor, treasurer and county recorder or the transfer of personnel, as are deemed necessary for this purpose. Such reorganization, reallocation or delegation or other administrative change or transfer shall not diminish, prohibit or avoid those specific duties required by statute to be performed by those officials whose office is now made appointive.
383A.604 ORGANIZATION SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PROGRAMS.
Each organization must, within one year after the adoption of the district program under section 383A.603, develop and adopt an organization soil erosion and sediment control program as part of its watershed plan under section 103B.231. The organization program must be consistent with the district program and must be submitted to the district for approval or disapproval. Upon written request of an organization, the district shall assist in the preparation of the organization program. The organization may choose to implement the program throughout its area of jurisdiction or only within the territory of the district.
After adoption of the district program under section 383A.603, the board of water and soil resources may not approve a watershed plan until the organization has included an organization program in accordance with this section. A watershed plan approved by the board before the adoption of the district program must be amended and submitted to the board of water and soil resources for approval within one year after the adoption of the district program. If the amendment is not submitted, plan approval must be withdrawn until the amendment is submitted.
Organizations that choose to adopt conservation specifications or an ordinance that are more stringent than the district program must conduct a public hearing after due notice.
383A.81 ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE FUND.
An environmental response fund is created for the purposes specified in this section. The taxes imposed by section 383A.80 must be deposited in the fund. The board of county commissioners shall administer the fund either as a county board or a housing and redevelopment authority.
(a) The fund created in subdivision 1 must be used for the following purposes:
(1) acquisition through purchase or condemnation of lands or property which are polluted or contaminated with hazardous substances;
(2) paying the costs associated with indemnifying or holding harmless the entity taking title to lands or property from any liability arising out of the ownership, remediation, or use of the land or property;
(3) paying for the costs of remediating the acquired land or property; or
(4) paying the costs associated with remediating lands or property which are polluted or contaminated with hazardous substances.
(b) No more than three percent of the fund may be used each year for the costs of administration.
In expending funds under this section, the county shall seek matching funds from contamination cleanup funds administered by the commissioner of the Department of Employment and Economic Development, the Metropolitan Council, the federal government, the private sector, and any other source.
The county may pledge the proceeds from the taxes imposed by section 383A.80 to bonds issued under this chapter and chapters 398A, 462, 469, and 475.
The first priority for the use of the environmental response fund created in this section is to clean up the site located in the city of St. Paul known as the Dale Street Shops and Maxson Steel site or other sites at or near rail lines that are blighted and the clean up of which will lead to living wage jobs, and to improve the land for economic development.
Land or property acquired under this section may be resold at fair market value. Proceeds from the sale of the land must be deposited in the environmental response fund.
The commissioner of transportation shall collaborate with the county and any affected municipality by providing technical assistance and support in cleaning up a contaminated site related to a trunk highway or railroad improvement.
383A.90 DEFINITIONS.
In this section and section 383A.91, the definitions in this section apply.
The "public corporation" means Ramsey Health Care, Inc., established by Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 246A.02.
The "nonprofit corporation" means the entity formed in accordance with section 383A.91, subdivision 1.
383B.035 COUNTY TO PAY CITY, TOWN SPECIAL ELECTION EXPENSES.
Notwithstanding section 204B.32, which relates to election expenses, whenever the Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County shall duly provide for a special election to be held within said Hennepin County, all of the expenses necessarily incurred by the several municipalities, home rule charter or statutory cities, and townships within the county of Hennepin concerning such special election, shall be paid by the county of Hennepin upon a resolution duly adopted by the Board of County Commissioners for Hennepin County providing for such payment of special election expenses.
If the date for any special election set by the board of county commissioners pursuant to subdivision 1 falls on the same day as any other election to be held in any of the several municipalities, home rule charter or statutory cities, and townships within the county, then each such municipality, home rule charter or statutory city, or township shall pay for its own election expenses for such election and the county of Hennepin shall not be responsible therefor.
383B.041 CAMPAIGN FINANCING, DISCLOSURE OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS.
Candidates for county commissioner, county attorney, and sheriff of Hennepin County must file campaign disclosure forms with the filing officer for Hennepin County. These candidates are subject to the provisions of chapter 211A.
Candidates for elected city, school board, park commissioner, and other political subdivision offices within Hennepin County shall file campaign disclosure forms with the filing officer for the political subdivision for which the candidate is seeking office. These candidates are subject to the provisions of chapter 211A.
(a) The provisions of chapter 10A apply to political committees as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 27; political funds as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 28; and independent expenditures as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 18, related to:
(1) a campaign for the nomination or election of a candidate for:
(i) a county office in Hennepin County;
(ii) a city office in a home rule charter or statutory city located wholly within Hennepin County with a population of 75,000 or more; or
(iii) the school board in Special School District No. 1; and
(2) a ballot question or proposition that may be voted on by:
(i) all voters in Hennepin County;
(ii) all voters of a home rule charter or statutory city located wholly within Hennepin County and having a population of 75,000 or more; or
(iii) all voters in Special School District No. 1.
(b) The provisions of chapter 211A apply to a campaign for nomination or election for an office in the following political subdivisions:
(1) a home rule charter or statutory city located wholly within Hennepin County and having a population of less than 75,000; and
(2) a school district located wholly within Hennepin County other than Special School District No. 1.
(c) The provisions of chapter 211A apply to a ballot question or proposition that may be voted on by:
(1) all voters of a home rule charter or statutory city located wholly within Hennepin County and having a population of less than 75,000; and
(2) all voters of a school district located wholly within Hennepin County other than Special School District No. 1.
This section supersedes the provisions of any ordinance or resolution of a political subdivision within Hennepin County, or any existing special law or home rule charter provision of a political subdivision within Hennepin County requiring disclosure of information related to the financing of election campaigns.
Every candidate for school board in Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, must file an original statement of economic interest with the school district within 14 days of the filing of an affidavit or petition to appear on the ballot. An elected official in Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, must file the annual statement required in section 10A.09, subdivision 6, with the school district for every year that the individual serves in office. An original and annual statement must contain the information listed in section 10A.09, subdivision 5. The provisions of section 10A.09, subdivisions 6a, 7, and 9, apply to statements required under this subdivision.
383D.05 COMMISSIONERS' EXPENSE ACCOUNTS.
Each member of the board of county commissioners shall be allowed an annual sum as determined by the county board as and for expense account.
383E.01 COMMISSIONERS' SALARIES.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general law enacted prior to May 18, 1967, to the contrary, whether effective before or after this section or section 383E.02, the yearly salaries of each of the members of the board of county commissioners of Anoka County shall be set by said board and shall be payable in equal installments at least once monthly.
385.01 ELECTION; ELIGIBILITY.
A county treasurer shall be elected in each county. Any person holding the office of county attorney, sheriff, county recorder, county auditor, or county commissioner at the time of any election at which a county treasurer is to be elected is not eligible to the office of county treasurer at that election.
383C.025 AMENDMENTS.
The board may make supplemental appropriations during a budget year. The appropriations may authorize the use and expenditure of amounts accruing to the county which were not previously anticipated as revenues by the board in the adoption of the budget.
The board may by resolution modify the adopted budget or the appropriation to a department or fund, or transfer amounts from one department or fund to another except as otherwise restricted by law.
383E.06 REFERENDUM.
The county board, before action as permitted by section 383E.04 and before any appointment as permitted by section 383E.03 or 383E.04, but after adopting a resolution permitted by section 383E.03 or 383E.04, shall publish the resolution once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official publication of the county. The resolution may be implemented without the submission of the question to the voters of the county, unless within 21 days after the second publication of the resolution a petition requesting a referendum, signed by at least ten percent of the registered voters of the county, is filed with the county auditor. If a petition is filed, the resolution may be implemented unless disapproved by a majority of the voters of the county, voting on the question at a regular or special election.