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    Metropolitan Governance Task Force (2023 - )

    Active dates:2023 -
    Authority:
    2023 Minn. Laws Chap. 68 Art. 4 Sec. 123
    Function:

    A Metropolitan Governance Task Force is established to study and make recommendations to the legislature on reform and governance of the Metropolitan Council.

    The task force must study and evaluate options to reform and reconstitute governance of the Metropolitan Council. The study must include an analysis of the costs and benefits of:

    1. direct election of members to the Metropolitan Council;
    2. a combination of directly elected and appointed members to the Metropolitan Council;
    3. a council of governments which would replace the current Metropolitan Council;
    4. reapportioning responsibilities of the Metropolitan Council to state agencies and local units of government;
    5. adoption of a home rule charter for governance of the Metropolitan Council; and
    6. any other regional governance approaches that are viable alternatives to the current structure of the Metropolitan Council.

    The task force shall report its findings and recommendations to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with responsibility for or jurisdiction over the Metropolitan Council and metropolitan agencies. The report is due by February 1, 2024.

    History:

    The appointing authorities under paragraph (a) must make the appointments by July 15, 2023.

    The task force expires on June 30, 2024.
    Related to:
    Metropolitan Council
    Metropolitan Governance Task Force (1991-1992)
    Membership:

    The task force consists of the following 17 members:

    • four members of the senate, with two appointed by the senate majority leader and two appointed by the senate minority leader;
    • four members of the house of representatives, with two appointed by the speaker of the house and two appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives;
    • one person representing cities in the metropolitan area, appointed by the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities;
    • one county commissioner representing counties in the metropolitan area, appointed by the Association of Minnesota Counties;
    • one person representing townships in the metropolitan area, appointed by the Minnesota Association of Townships;
    • one person representing an employee collective bargaining unit of the Metropolitan Council, appointed by the Minnesota AFL-CIO;
    • one person appointed by the governor;
    • one person representing transit, appointed by Move Minnesota;
    • one person representing institutions of higher education, appointed by the Office of Higher Education; and
    • two members of the public, appointed by the Legislative Coordinating Commission.

    Entries for this agency in the Annual Compilation and Statistical Report of Multi-Member Agencies Report: 2023.

    Note: This report provides membership details as well as meeting information and a summary of the group's activities.

    Internet resource:
    Metropolitan Governance Task Force, Legislative Coordinating Commission
    Reports:
    Metropolitan Governance Task Force Report to the Legislature (February 1, 2024)
    Addendum to the Task Force Report Regarding Gross Ethical Violations by Metropolitan Council Staff and Improper Interference with the Task Force Deliberations (February 2, 2024)
    Minority Report of James B. Hovland, Mayor of Edina, MN on Behalf of Metro Cities (February 2024)
    Note: The Legislative Reference Library may have additional reports on or by this group available through our catalog.
    Documents/Articles:
    Plans to change Met Council governance on hold. MinnPost, 4/12/2024.
    I do not want to vote for the Metropolitan Council. Minnesota Reformer, 2/15/2024.
    Does panel's lack of consensus on Met Council's structure prove the futility of task forces?. MinnPost, 1/25/2024.
    Task force has a range of ideas to change Met Council structure, but is there enough support for any of them?. MinnPost, 1/19/2024.
    The backstory on 20 minutes of awkwardness at Met Council governance task force shows why consensus will be hard to reach. MinnPost, 1/17/2024.
    More critics than fans on task force looking at Met Council restructure. MinnPost, 9/14/2023.
    History and Background of the Met Council. Presentation to the Metropolitan Governance Task Force, 9/13/2023.
    Task force formed to consider Met Council changes is taking shape. Star Tribune, 8/2/2023.
    Make Met Council an elected body? Task force to begin work on changes aimed at accountability. MinnPost, 6/13/2023.
    Record last updated: 03/14/2024
     

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