City Council Meeting Date: September 11, 2018
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
Title
Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities Presentation and Membership Information.
Body
Action Requested:
Discussion only.
Summary Report:
The Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy organization that represents cities outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Its five core advocacy areas are Local Government Aid/property tax relief, economic development, transportation, environment & energy and annexation.
Councilors Ness and Nakasian attended the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities Conference in Mankato on July 26th. They requested that the CGMC have an opportunity to present information on their organization and provide membership information to the City Council.
Bradley Peterson, Executive Director of the CGMC will be at the meeting to go through the attached presentation and be available for questions or comments.
Alternative Options:
Not applicable.
Financial Impacts:
City of Northfield Membership dues if interested in joining:
2019 = $10,209 (25% of full dues which for 2019 would be $40,836)
2020 = 50% of full dues
2021 = 75% of full dues
2022 = 100% of full dues
See page 29 of the attachment for more details.
Tentative Timelines:
Not applicable.