The failure of the Legislature to pass a tax bill and a bonding bill before the end of the 2022 legislative session was extremely disappointing. At the CGMC Summer Conference in Red Wing in July, Senator Tom Bakk (I-Cook), the outgoing Senate Capital Investment Chair, urged members to reach out and demand a special session to pass a bonding bill and a tax bill with a Local Government Aid (LGA) increase. Our members agreed with this sentiment.
As of today, 40 Greater Minnesota cities have passed a resolution urging the Governor to call a special session and the Legislature to pass a bonding and tax bill.
Click on each city below to read the passed resolutions, reflecting each community’s individual needs:
- Albert Lea
- Austin
- Bagley
- Bemidji
- Caledonia
- Detroit Lakes
- Dilworth
- Eagle Lake
- East Grand Forks
- Fergus Falls
- Frazee
- Glencoe
- Goodview
- Grand Rapids
- Granite Falls
- Harris
- Jackson
- Le Sueur
- Little Falls
- Luverne
- Mankato
- Moorhead
- Mora
- Mountain Iron
- North Mankato
- Owatonna
- Pelican Rapids
- Pipestone
- Princeton
- Proctor
- Red Wing
- Renville
- Rice Lake
- Rushford
- Thief River Falls
- Tyler
- Wabasha
- Wadena
- Waite Park
- Worthington
If your city has passed a resolution urging the Governor and legislative leaders to agree to call a special session and pass a bonding and tax bill, please remember to send a copy to CGMC Policy Analyst Ania McDonnell at acmcdonnell@flaherty-hood.com.
If your city has not yet passed the resolution, please feel free to use the CGMC’s sample resolution and to tailor the document to reflect your own community’s circumstances.
