E Providing for the addition of nonvoting affiliate members to the metropolitan council representing counties in Minnesota and Wisconsin adjacent to the metropolitan area to be appointed by the governing body of the adjacent county, providing for compensation; requesting the legislative audit commission (LAC) to direct the program evaluation division of the office of the legislative auditor to study the 1994 merger of the metropolitan waste control and transit commissions and the regional transit board (RTB) with the metropolitan council to determine operational efficiency, service cost effectiveness and oversight and accountability; appropriating money to the board of government innovation and cooperation for grants to encourage local government units in the metropolitan area to enter into joint powers agreements to provide more effective and efficient public services(ra, ja)