87-1324 WHITE - C�TV �LERK
PINK - FINANCE GITY OF SAINT PAUL Council
CANARV - DEPARTMENT 7
BLUE - MAVOR File NO. `� /���
Council Resolution �
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Presented By ��
Referre o Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WI�,S, The Ma or of Saint Paul recomnends that the City enter into a contractual
agreement with �he Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities ar�d Briggs and,Morgan P.A.
to provide certain research ar�d analysis services on Local Government Aid and property
taxation for�zla options,
The Mayor pu rsuant to Section 10.07.4 of the City Charter reconmiends the following transfers
for the 1g87 General Fund Budget:
TRANSE'ER FROM:
General Goverrur�ent Accounts
Cont u' �gent Reserve S�ec if i�l
09061-0537 Operating Transfer Out -50,000
CBudget Changes B�g t�
'I'RAN�ER T0: -------- -
F�cecutive Administration General Government Accounts
09126 Municipal Memberships
09126-0537 pp�rating Transfer Out 0 +50,000 50,000
09126 All Other Sper�ding 75,281 0 75,281
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75,281 +50,000 125,28Z
NEI' CHANGE 0
RESQLVID, That the City Council approves these changes to the 1987 budget.
Approval Reco�nended
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Budqet ir tcr
COU(VCILMEN Requested by Department of:
Yeas Drew Nays �
Nicosia Executive Administration General Government
Rettman � �n Favor �
Scheibel
9.,,.or, __ Against BY
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Wilson
Adopted by Council: Date SEP � 0 1987 Form proved by ity c
Certified Vass uncil Se ry BY �
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''�xecutive Administratio�ggp��� •
rrp{� Blees CONTACT NAME
2 9 8—4140 PHONE
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ASSIGP NUMBER FOR ROUTING ORDER: (See reverse side.)
1 Department Director 4 Mayor (or Assistant)
Finance and Management Services Director 5 City Clerk
2 Budget Director _
3 City Attorney _
TOTAL NIIMBER OF SIGNATURE PAGES: 2 (Clip all locations for signature.)
V D ING ON THE T ? (Purpose/Rationale)
$50 ,000 will be transferred frqm the Genera Fun s Contingent Reserve Speci-
fied through Municipal Memberships to be spent in Special Fund 050 in the
Government Responsiveness Program. The money will enable St. Pau1 to enter
into a contractual agreement with Brig s and Mor an-in order to gain access to
their property tax computer programs� � � , �
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COST/BENEFIT� $UDGETARY. AND PERSONNEL I1�iPACTS ANTICIPATED:
The contractual agreement gains a capability for St. Paul it currently does
not have-quick analysis of the effect of ��x.::�egisla�ion on the City of St.
Paul to facilitate counter proposals when necessary.
FINANCING SOURCE AND BUDGET ACTIVITY NUMBER CHARGED OR CREDITED:
(i�Sayor's signature not raquired i# under $10�000.)
Total Amount of Transsction: $50,0�0 .00 Activity Number: 050-30101
Futiding Source: 0 90 61
ATTACHMENTS: (List and number all attachments.)
1. General Fund Resot�tion
2 . Special Fund Resolution �
3. Memo: Proeschel 'to Lati�er
4. Contract '
ADI�IINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
_Yes _No Rules, Regulations, Procedures, or Budget Aanendment required?
Yes _No • If yes, are they or timetable attached? , , '
DEPAR ENT REVIEW CITY ATTORNEY REVIEW
_Yes o Council resolution required? Resoluti;�s required? �s _No
_Yes o Insurance required? Insuran��e sufficient� _Yes _No
Yes No Insurance attached?
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CITY OF SAINT PAUL
INTERDEPARTMENTAL MEMORANDUM
August 25, 1987
TO: MAYOR GEORGE LATIMER
Attention: Greg Blees, Budget Director
FR: STEVE PROESCHEL�,��
RE: CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH COALITION OF GREATER
MINNESOTA CITIES
Attached please find a Council Resolution authorizing the
transfer of $50, 000 from the General Fund to the Special
Projects-General Government Fund 050. The purpose of this
transfer is to enable the City of Saint Paul to enter into a
contractual agreement with the Coalition of Greater Minnesota
Cities and the law firm of Briggs and Morgan in order to gain
access to their property tax computer programs. As you will
recall, this proposal is the result of your meetings with the
Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities in Rochester during the
month of June. At those meetings, you forged a partnership on
property tax reform issues with the Coalition which was later
endorsed by the Saint Paul Delegation. I recommend that you
sign this resolution and forward it to the City Council for
their approval.
As you stated in your recent budget address, a reform of the
state's property tax system is essential to the fiscal well
being of the City and its residents. By transferring these
funds, the City will have access to the property tax computer
program developed by Briggs and Morgan and the Coalition of
Greater Minnesota Cities. According to key legislators as
well as legislative staff, this computer model is the most
comprehensive data base program in the state, surpassing even
the House Research and Department of Revenue models. If the
City of Saint Paul is to be an active "player" in property tax
reform discussions during the 1988 legislative session, it is
critical that we have access to this program. Our
own3property tax analysis capabilities do not allow us to make
proposals or quickly analyze the effect of other legislation
on the City of Saint Paul. The proposed contractual agreement
between the City and the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities
is also consistent with your commitment to work closely with
that organization to achieve property tax reform.
Of the total proposed $50,000 transfer $26,478.20 would be
used to purchase initial access to the Briggs and Morgan
computer model. This is based on a ten cents per capita
charge by the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities for the
1988 legislative session. For your information, member
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' Mayor George Latimer
August 25, 1987
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cities of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities each pay
40 cents per capita for a package that includes computer
access and lobbying services provided by Briggs and Morgan.
The portion of that payment for computer access is 10 cents
per capita which is equal to the charge being assessed to the
City of Saint Paul.
The remaining balance of $23, 521.80 would be used to pay for
the costs associated with specific computer runs the City of
Saint Paul will need in order to develop proposals during the
session. While this is a significant amount of money, I
believe it is a wise investment that will enable us to develop
and pass property tax reform legislation that will improve
Saint Paul financial health for years to come.
Please let me know if you have questions.
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