Well, I thought you all might be interested in the following information
from the Park Board this evening.
We held a Special Meeting in order to submit two names to the Charter
Commission for the Park Board appointees. Apparently there is a process
whereby City Council reps are replaced with P
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Yesterday in the Rotunda at City Hall the Mayor held
up a wooden box and implored city workers to stuff it
with their budget suggestions.
She quoted him as saying "you know better than we do
what we should be doing to take these actions."
Then the Mayor announced that independent councilman
Bar
I invite list members to read and forward this post about this press
conference taking place in Minneapolis this Monday, Jan. 21 at 10 a.m. in
front of the Federal Courthouse. The issues addressed affect people in
Minneapolis, as has been discussed often on this list, as well as in the
state and i
As a member of the I-35W Access Project Advisory Committee (PAC), I
attended the January 11th meeting with MnDOT reported on in this Star
Tribune article. The article, titled "MnDOT says it can meet
neighborhood's wishes on I-35W plan", while accurate, gives an
optimistic picture that I wouldn't g
In a message dated 1/16/02 11:40:36 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Eva, do you or anyone else on the list know what is
meant by "cafeteria-style" benefit plans? That
particular phrase is new to me.
Cafeteria plan is when each employee is alloc
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Russell's preference for finding savings by restructuring service delivery systems is
mine and probably alot of resdients' preference. I'd recommend a neutral third-party
analysis of the work processes of those departments most likely to produce savings. I
wouldn't be afraid to look at the po
What follows is a post from Bill Paterson (who is the Public Information
Coordinator for MPHA). It's in response to Victoria's post about MPHA's
screening standards.
- Sara Dietrich (Kingfield)
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Minneapolis residents and community leaders deserve to have accurate
The last time I saw a city budget (Zimmermann's copy) it is a notebook that
is almost 2-3 inches thick - hard to download. Wonder is there is a shorter
summary but if we would miss a lot because I think it's the line items we
need to review.
Annie
East Phillips
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Loki Anderson asked:
Eva, do you or anyone else on the list know what is
meant by "cafeteria-style" benefit plans? That
particular phrase is new to me.
[TB] A cafeteria plan is a plan where each employee is given a sum of
money and allowed to "spend" it on his/her choice of benefits.
Each bene
Cafeteria Plans allow for companies to allow employees to choose from a variety of
coverages. Most benefit plans are designed to give everyone in the group identical
coverage, Cafeteria style allows the employee to tailor their program to their
specific needs, much like picking out your Jell-O
I just returned from a trip to Nevada and had the "pleasure" being one of the first Americans across the nation subjected to the newly-implemented federal government policy of inspecting all "checked baggage"--not simply carry-on baggage but all baggage.
As mush as I fully support all reasonable
Eva, do you or anyone else on the list know what is
meant by "cafeteria-style" benefit plans? That
particular phrase is new to me.
Loki Anderson
Marshall Terrace
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--- Eva Young <[EMAIL PROTE
A big thank you to Gary Schiff for posting this report. I hope more
council members (especially Robert Lilligren) follow suit, and keep us
updated on their actions.
List member Alan Hooker has debuted a political column at Lavender (it's
about time). This is the first time I've read decent po
Basic services budgets have been whittled away for several
years now. There may be a couple more things to do in those
areas, but probably no significant savings. The first place
to look for savings would be those areas that had huge
increases in budget over the past several years including
the
David Brauer recently asked the list what would we cut from the City budget
and Mayor Rybak is eliciting budget suggestions from City staff, with a
(free?)lunch to the best suggestions.
I was wondering is there a budget outline we could peruse so that we knew
where the money was spent, and the
One thing Mpls. could learn from St. Paul about plowing is to let people park
where it has been plowed. It is pretty simple and helps relieve congestion
and provides at least one rule people could understand. It doesn't cost
anything and could be started immediately. Thanks, Scott Vreeland, Se
Steve Carter wrote [in part]:
> Roosevelt Library's doors were unlocked on a Saturday
> for the first time in many years.
>
> To me there seems to be a certain absurdity to be
> talking about spending millions of dollars renovating
> and yet to have Minneapolis inner city libraries
> closed on S
On this past Saturday and Thursday the Minneapolis
Public Library had community meetings on the
renovation of Roosevelt Library across from Roosevelt
High School in South Minneapolis.
The meetings were very well attended and well
organized both days.
Roosevelt Library's doors were unlocked on a
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