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• • 300 Metro Square Building, 7th Street and Robert Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 Area 612, 291 -6359 October 8, 1980 TO: Local Officials and Interested Citizens Enclosed for your information and future reference is a copy of the Metropolitan Council's adopted 1981 Work Program and Budget. The document contains detailed information on the planning tasks the Council will conduct in 1981. The Council plans to concentrate considerable resources on regional transportation, health and solid waste planning during the year. In addition, the Council will continue a number of established planning and research activities and look at the "energy efficiency of current regional plans. The adopted budget, $8.987 million, "holds the line" on expenditures. It reflects a Council decision to cut 71/2 staff positions. The budget is $108,000 less than the Council's 1980 budget. About 42 percent of the revenue to operate the Council is expected to come from the federal government. The state is expected to pro- vide about 3 percent, with the remainder funded by local sources, primarily through a regionwide property tax levy. The Council decided not to levy the full amount of its authorized 8 /30ths of a mill tax levy, with an estimated reduction in the levy of about $400,000. The formulation of the 1981 Work Program and Budget began early last summer. The Council met with a number of organizations, asking them what areas the Council should focus its attention on in 1981. The Council held a formal public hearing on the proposal in September, followed by formal adoption of the Work Program and Budget in late September. On behalf of the Council, I wish to thank the following organizations for their interest and participation in the development of the An Ain - - Fated to Coordinate the Planning and Development of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Comprising: County 0 Dakota County 0 Hennepin County 0 Ramsey County 0 Scott County 0 Washington County