HF 680

1st Engrossment - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the metropolitan council; providing for 
  1.3             service redesign and employee compensation for 
  1.4             exceeding redesign plan goals; establishing a pilot 
  1.5             project for greater efficiency in the provision of 
  1.6             metropolitan council services; proposing coding for 
  1.7             new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  [473.1295] [METROPOLITAN COUNCIL SERVICE 
  1.10  REDESIGN.] 
  1.11     (a) The council may carry out a process of service redesign 
  1.12  to reduce the costs of services, or reduce projected increases 
  1.13  in costs of services, provided by the council. 
  1.14     (b) The service redesign must be carried out as follows: 
  1.15     (1) The council may identify a service to be redesigned to 
  1.16  improve service delivery by reducing the cost or a projected 
  1.17  increase in the cost of the service, while maintaining the 
  1.18  quality of the service. 
  1.19     (2) The council, in cooperation with the employees of the 
  1.20  agency that provide the service, must develop a service redesign 
  1.21  plan.  The plan must establish objective performance and cost 
  1.22  measurements to be used to determine the success of the plan and 
  1.23  must provide for annual audits of both the performance and the 
  1.24  cost measurements.  The plan may provide compensation or other 
  1.25  consideration to the employees for exceeding plan goals.  The 
  1.26  compensation must be negotiated with the exclusive 
  2.1   representative of the employees under chapter 179A. 
  2.2      (3) To be implemented, the service redesign plan must be 
  2.3   approved by the governing board of the council.  An approved but 
  2.4   not implemented plan may be terminated at any time by the 
  2.5   governing body of the council. 
  2.6      (c) This section does not require the council to develop a 
  2.7   service redesign plan or to guarantee employment to employees 
  2.8   while the plan is being developed or implemented.  This 
  2.9   paragraph does not diminish any rights in collective bargaining 
  2.10  agreements under chapter 179A. 
  2.11     Sec. 2.  [METROPOLITAN COUNCIL SERVICE EFFICIENCY PILOT 
  2.12  PROJECT.] 
  2.13     Subdivision 1.  [SUNSET OF PROVISION.] This section expires 
  2.14  on June 30, 2002. 
  2.15     Subd. 2.  [DECLARATION OF POLICY.] The state of Minnesota 
  2.16  recognizes that the provision of the best possible services to 
  2.17  the public may be attained through governmental entities 
  2.18  maximizing the efficiency of their operations.  Such efficiency 
  2.19  may be improved through a pilot project by the metropolitan 
  2.20  council that allows for the sale of council service capacity to 
  2.21  other governmental entities or the private sector in order to 
  2.22  maximize the efficient use of existing public resources. 
  2.23     Subd. 3.  [EXTERNAL USE OF EXISTING SERVICE CAPACITY.] For 
  2.24  purposes of this subdivision, "service capacity" means an 
  2.25  existing service or operation carried out by the council as 
  2.26  authorized by law, or existing council real or personal 
  2.27  property, for which the council on a temporary basis has 
  2.28  capacity available for use outside the council.  Notwithstanding 
  2.29  other law, the council may enter into arrangements to provide 
  2.30  service capacity to other governmental entities or the private 
  2.31  sector on the terms and conditions it considers appropriate.  In 
  2.32  providing service capacity, the council:  (1) may not commit to 
  2.33  providing the service capacity for a period in excess of two 
  2.34  years; and (2) must receive compensation for providing the 
  2.35  service capacity in at least an amount sufficient to recover the 
  2.36  actual costs of providing the service capacity including, but 
  3.1   not limited to, the costs of materials and supplies, employee 
  3.2   salaries and benefits, and administrative overhead.  The council 
  3.3   must annually evaluate whether any temporary service capacity 
  3.4   should be eliminated in place of selling that service capacity 
  3.5   to other governmental entities or the private sector. 
  3.6      Subd. 4.  [REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.] The council must 
  3.7   evaluate the external use of council service capacity and report 
  3.8   the results of the council's evaluation to the legislature by 
  3.9   January 1, 2002.  The report must include information on 
  3.10  estimated cost savings and efficiencies recognized through the 
  3.11  efficient use of existing public resources. 
  3.12     Sec. 3.  [APPLICATION.] 
  3.13     This act applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, 
  3.14  Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. 
  3.15     Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.16     This act is effective on the day following its final 
  3.17  enactment.