STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-SECOND MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETIETH SESSION
PROPERTY TAX AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Drazkowski, Chair of the Property Tax and Local Government Finance Committee, officially called the meeting to order at 5:04pm on April 12th, 2018 in room 10 of the State Office Building. A quorum was present.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
DRAZKOWSKI, Steve, Chair
HERTAUS, Jerry, Vice Chair LOONAN, Bob
LOEFFLER, Diane MARQUART, Paul
ANDERSON, Paul NELSON, Michael
BARR, Regina NEU, Anne
CARLSON, Andrew RARICK, Jason
ERICKSON, Sondra WHELAN, Abigail
FRANKE, Keith YOUAKIM, Cheryl
LIEN, Ben
Representative Carlson moved the minutes from April 11th be approved. THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED.
HF2754 (Nornes) Perham; local sales and use tax authorized.
Representative Neu moved that HF2754 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Testifiers:
Jonathan Smith, City Manager of Perham
Emily Dreyer, Project Manager for Perham Area Wellness Center
Representative Neu renewed her motion that HF2754 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF3086 (Sundin) Cloquet; local sales tax authority modified.
Representative Loeffler moved that HF3086 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Testifiers:
David Bjerkness, Cloquet City Councilmember
Aaron Reeves, City Administrator of Cloquet
Representative Loeffler renewed her motion that HF3086 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF4034 (Murphy, M.) Two Harbors; local option sales tax authority modified.
Representative Nelson moved that HF4034 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Representative Nelson moved the HF4034A1 Amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifiers:
Chris Swanson, Mayor of Two Harbors
Cathy Erickson, Councilor for Two Harbors
Representative Nelson offered the following oral amendment: P.1, L. 1.17, insert “2019” in the blank area. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Nelson renewed his motion that HF4034, as amended, be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF2663 (Hamilton) City imposition of local sales tax allowed.
Representative Rarick moved that HF2663 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Representative Rarick moved the HF2663A1 Amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifiers:
Steve Nasby, City Administrator of Windom
Representative Rarick renewed his motion that HF2663, as amended, be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF3006 (Schultz) Duluth; sales and use tax authority modified.
Representative Youakim moved that HF3006 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Testifiers:
David Montgomery, Chief Administrative Officer for City of Duluth
Representative Youakim renewed her motion that HF3006 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF2923 (Uglem) Champlin; tax increment financing authority modified.
Representative Whelan moved that HF2923 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Representative Whelan moved the HF2923A18-0758 Amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifiers:
Ryan Karasek, Mayor of Champlin
Representative Whelan renewed her motion that HF2923, as amended, be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF3300 (Lee) Minneapolis; special tax increment financing rules authorized.
Representative Franke moved that HF3300, be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Representative Franke moved the HF3300A1 Amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifiers:
Ann Calvert, Principal Project Coordinator for City of Minneapolis
Mark Winklehake, Director of Development Finance for City of Minneapolis
Representative Franke renewed his motion that HF3300, as amended, be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF4218 (Carlson, A.) Bloomington; special tax increment financing authority for the Central Station district modified.
Represented Carlson, A. moved that HF4218 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Testifiers:
Mark Fabel, McGough Companies
Shane Rudlang, Port Authority Administrator for City of Bloomington
Representative Carlson, A. renewed his motion that HF4218 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF3431 (Loeffler) Minneapolis; local special tax limitation removed.
Representative Loeffler moved that HF3431 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Representative Loeffler moved the HF3431A1 Amendment. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifiers:
Jeff Johnson, Executive Director of Minneapolis Convention Center
Representative Loeffler renwed her motion that HF3431, as amended, be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:42pm.
Representative Steve Drazkowski, Chair
Lucas Knese, Committee Legislative Assistant