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State-wide Policy Priority: • Lift hospital moratorium Support legislation that seeks to increase the availability of hospital beds and allow a free- market for hospital construction. State-wide Policy Priority: • Local Government Aid (LGA) Local Government Aid for Ramsey has fluctuated (see chart below) from a high of $396,382 in 2001, to the current level of$0 in 2017 and beyond. The basic formula was changed in 2014 and some level of LGA was restored for the next three years (approximately $100,000 per year), however the same formula has now resulted in the elimination of all LGA for Ramsey and similar developing suburbs. FY 2000 - $359,771 FY 2001 - $396,382 FY 2002 - $303,894 FY 2003 through 2013 - $0 FY2014 - $91,381 FY 2015 - $110,352 FY 2016 - $111,311 FY 2017 through 2023 - $0 Background: Support legislation that revises the LGA formula and recognizes the needs of developing suburbs, restoring LGA to developing suburbs for long-term capital needs. • No changes were made to the LGA funding formula in 2022. • The City should consider working with legislators to determine if there is an opportunity to revise the LGA formula in the future to provide greater resources to developing suburbs. • A couple of LGA bills were introduced in 2021 that may have impacted Ramsey, but failed to become law: -LGA adjusted for unpaid local assistance costs HF 1052/SF 749 (Rep. Jim Nash, R- Waconia, and Sen. Bill Weber, R-Luverne) would have allowed cities that have not been reimbursed by another city for local assistance costs to submit an application for reimbursement through a reduction in the LGA of the recipient city. -LGA minimum distribution HF 1096/SF 1238 (Rep. Jerry Hertaus, R-Greenfield, and Sen. David Osmek, R-Mound) would have provided for a minimum per capita LGA amount for all cities that otherwise would receive no LGA, and increased the LGA appropriation to cover the additional amount. 2020 City of Ramsey Legislative Platforn, Page 5 of 6