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Policy Priority: <br />Governor's Executive powers and Local Control <br />Council members have expressed concern for the well-being of local business and the ability of local <br />government (or local State Legislators) to have representation in decisions that affect the local <br />economy and businesses. The City is supportive of legislation that strengthens the ability of locally - <br />elected officials to determine issues of local control. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Statement on local control: <br />The increasingly complex and costly requirements necessary for cities to provide services to their <br />citizens would benefit from a strong partnership between federal, state and local governments. <br />This partnership should be based upon a shared vision for Minnesota and should allow <br />individual communities to tailor that vision to the unique needs of their citizens without <br />mandates and policy restrictions imposed by state and federal policy makers. The state should <br />recognize that local governments, of all sizes, are often the first to identify problems and <br />inventive solutions to solve them, and should encourage further innovation by increasing local <br />control. The state should not enact initiatives that erode the fundamental principle of local <br />control in cities across Minnesota. <br />2020 City of Ramsey Legislative Platform Page 7 of 7 <br />