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Committee advances bill letting cities expand municipal utility commission size
Summary
The Elections, Finance and Government Operations Committee on a motion laid over House File 1345, a bill to allow statutory cities to increase the size of municipal public utility commissions from three members to five or seven and to permit up to two city council members to serve on larger commissions.
The Elections, Finance and Government Operations Committee on a motion laid over House File 1345, a bill to allow statutory cities to increase the size of municipal public utility commissions from three members to five or seven and to permit up to two city council members to serve on a five- or seven-member commission.
The measure, carried by Representative Rearick, was introduced with testimony from Buffalo city officials and the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association. Taylor Groenau, city administrator for the city of Buffalo, told the committee the city owns and operates electric, water, sewer and fiber utilities that together have a budget of just over $37,000,000 and make up about 58% of the city's overall budget. Groenau said a larger commission would…
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