http://www.cfboard.state.mn.us/eis/agdetail/ag402.html
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Their job description:
>The Metropolitan Council is the regional planning agency for the seven-county Twin >Cities metro area. The Council advocates for vital communities and cost-effective >regional services. It runs the region's bus system, collects and treats wastewater, >manages regional water resources, plans regional parks and administers funds that >provide housing opportunities for low- and moderate-income individuals and >families.
>The 17-member Metropolitan Council board is appointed by and serves at the pleasure >of the Minnesota Governor. The seventeen members include a chair who serves at->large and sixteen members who each represent a geographically defined council >district. All members serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Members cannot hold >elected public office and must reside within the council district they represent. >The council is organized by committees, which make recommendations to the full >board. The six standing committees are Regional Growth Policy, Environment, >Transportation, Livable Communities, Management, and Rail Transit.
>Council members each serve on at least two committees, attend semi-monthly council >meetings and meet regularly with local government officials and members of the >Minnesota Legislature. Beginning January 1, 1995, compensation for the council >chair will be $52,500. Council members will be paid a fixed salary of $20,000 as >opposed to the previous per-diem payment schedule. Council meetings are held on the >2nd and 4th Wednesdays; the Committee of the Whole meets on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th >Wednesdays at Mears Park Centre, 230 E. 5th St., unless otherwise notified.
Source: http://www.sos.state.mn.us/openapp/3-04%20PressRelease.pdf
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5A.0815 Salary limits for certain employees.[...] Subd. 3. Group II salary limits. The salaries for positions in this subdivision may not exceed 85 percent of the salary of the governor:[...] Chair, Metropolitan Council;[...]
See also:
3.8841 Legislative commission on metropolitan government.
473.123 Subd. 4(b) [Reimbursement of expenses]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/forms/getstatute.shtml
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Neal Krasnoff Loring Park
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