3.8. SR 06-15-1998'?.ity of
River
TO:
FROM:
MEMORANDUM
**Item #3.
Mayor & City Council
Lori Johnson, Asst. City Administrator/
Finance Director
DATE:
SUBJECT:
June 15, 1998
Certification of Local Performance
Measures for Local Performance Aid
Payable in 1999
Elk River is ehgible to receive approximately $16,275 of Local Performance
Aid (LPA) in 1999. In order to qualify for LPA the city must affirm that (1.)
the aid will result in a reduction in property taxes at least equal to the
amount of the aid received and, (2.) the city will spend the aid on programs
for which it has developed a system of performance measures and that these
measures will allow for the measurement of continuous improvement and
will be regularly compiled and presented to the City Council at least once per
year. The city must also select the program which will be funded by LPA,
and affirm that it is in the process of developing and implementing a system
of performance measures for the program for which the aid is being sought.
The aid may not be spent on the program until the performance
measurement system has been instituted unless the aid is being used to
establish the performance measurement system.
The attached Certification identifies snow removal as the program to be
funded. Phil Hals and I have discussed the performance measurement
system which will be used, and, in fact, Phil included that information in his
1997 Street Department Annual Report. We will of course continue to refine
the measurement system being used to gauge the improvements of this
program.
Action Requested
The City Council is asked to approve the Certification of Local Performance
Measures form as attached. Please note that both the Mayor and the Vice
Mayor, or another member of the City Council, must sign the Certification
form.
13065 Orono Parkway * P.O. Box 490 * Elk River, MN 55330 * TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425
F ~n LPA ~ CI
Certification of Loca. erformance Measures
for Local Performance Aid Payable in 1999
Complete and return to: Minnesota Departm(nt of Revenue. Property Tax Division. Mail Station 3345. St. Paul, Mi'~nesota 55146-3345 Phone: (612)296-5141
Name and mailing address of governmental unit Name of person filling out ~rm
City of Elk River Lori Johnson
Telephone
13065 0rono Parkway __(612~ 441-7420
County of location
Elk River~ MN 55330 Sherburne
I1. Does your city affirm that local performance aid will result in a reduction in property taxes
at least equal to the amount of local performance aid received?
YES
X NO
Does your city affirm that the local performance aid will be spent on the program or programs
for which it has developed a system of performance measures and that these measures will allow
for the measurement of continuous improvement and will be regularly compiled and presented
to the city council at least once a year?
YES X NO
If the answer to questions 1 & 2 is yes, what program or programs will be funded by local
performance aid, or what program or program.,; will the local performance aid be used to
establish performance measurement system(s) for?
Snow Removal
This form must be returned to the Minnesot:a Department of Revenue, Property Tax Division, by June 30, 1998 in order for your city to be
eligible to receive Local Performance Aid payable in 1999.
Note: City certifications must be signed by the Mayor and by the Chair of the City Council.
* If the mayor is the chair of the council, another council member must sign.