Want to Get Involved in Telecommunications, Elections, or TIF? Join a League Task Force

Learn, network, and help develop the League’s legislative platform on these specific issues by joining your colleagues in serving on a 2012 LMC task force.
(Published Jul 25, 2012)

Want to be more involved? Consider attending or signing up for one of the League’s task forces that works in conjunction with our four policy committees.

Who can be on a task force?
Current city officials and staff are eligible, including city councilmembers, mayors, city administrators, assistant city administrators, clerks, human resource staff, municipal election officials, public safety staff, engineers, finance directors, economic development staff, and others. Committee members can be new to their city position, have many years of experience, or be somewhere in between. Not all task force members are members of our policy committees.

What benefits are there to serving on a task force?
It is a great way to become involved with the League, network, and learn about different ways of doing things. Task force members also share and become aware of federal-level issues and associations. Task force members are also sometimes consulted or called upon during the legislative session for their particular expertise on an issue and service to the task force.

Who are the chairs of the task forces?

  • Elections: Deb Mangen, Clerk, City of Edina, and Tom Ferber, Consultant
  • TIF: Bob Streetar, Community Development Director, City of Oakdale
  • Telecommunications: TBD

See other current task force members

When and where are the meetings?
Task force meetings are usually called sometime during the policy committee meeting schedule during the summer when an issue may be within the task force jurisdiction and more guidance and technical expertise is needed.

  • The Elections Task Force is joined with the Minnesota Clerks and Finance Officers Association (MCFOA) elections task force and typically meets at least once in August to refine recommendations that will be shared with the LMC Improving Service Delivery Policy Committee. When topics warrant further meetings, this group meets more frequently than the other two task forces (described below).

This year, the Elections Task Force is expected to meet multiple times throughout the fall. The next meeting is Monday, Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. at the League.

  • The Tax Increment Financing (TIF) task force typically meets twice a year: once between the first and second policy committee meeting (in August) and second, before the legislative session starts in January. Its recommendations are shared with the LMC Improving Local Economies Committee.

The next meeting for the TIF Task Force is on Tuesday, Aug. 14 at 9 a.m. at the League.

  • The Telecommunications Task Force meets in August to discuss policy recommendations that are brought before the Improving Local Economies Committee.

The next Telecommunications Task Force meeting is on Friday, Aug. 17 at 1 p.m. at the League.

All meetings will be held at the League building, 145 University Ave. W., in St. Paul.

What if I can’t attend each meeting?
A conference call option is available for task force meetings.

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