2E Relating to local government

ARTICLE 1 - LIBRARY MERGER

Providing for the merger of the city of Minneapolis public library and the Hennepin county library system, specifying supersession of contrary state law and city of Minneapolis home rule charter and ordinances; authorizing the Minneapolis library board and the city of Minneapolis to transfer to Hennepin county all interest in, rights and title to the real property and assets of the Minneapolis public library to the consolidated Hennepin county library system, specifying real property and assets; authorizing the city of Minneapolis to transfer the Minneapolis central library parking ramp to the county, specifying bond and debt instruments responsibility to the city of Minneapolis, requiring county reimbursement for bonds principal and interest; transferring all permanent Minneapolis library board employees to county employment, transfer to not be construed as layoff or termination, requiring employee county allocation to appropriate classifications within county system, requiring collective bargaining assignment under certain conditions, requiring transferred employees to retain employment and accrued benefits, clarifying date of employment; allowing Minneapolis employee retirement fund (MERF) participants to continue MERF participation upon city and county agreement, unfunded liability city assignment; requiring the city of Minneapolis to be solely responsible for bond payments already issued to the library, requiring the city to issue bonds for a certain remaining sum balance, transferring unspent bond proceeds and future proceeds to the county, requiring county issued bonds outstanding principal and interest prior to the merger to be paid by tax levy outside the city of Minneapolis; requiring the city to contribute operating funds and additional funding to the county for a certain period; specifying a certain unspent balance in a prior state grant to the city to be redirected and assigned to the county; providing for dissolution of the Minneapolis library board upon merger; applying the ballpark (baseball) tax levy extended hours of operation to the merged libraries system; authorizing the Minneapolis library board, the city of Minneapolis and Hennepin county to enter into transactional documents to effectuate the merger, requiring a public hearing

ARTICLE 2 - STATUTORY CHANGES

Providing statutory conforming amendments
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