Not everyone is sweating the possible loss or reduction of local government aid in Minnesota. The League of Minnesota cities has released a city-by-city estimate of LGA payments due on December 26th. These cities don’t accept the state aid:
Albertville
Andover
Arden Hills
Baxter
Blaine
Bloomington
Brooklyn Park
Burnsville
Champlin
Chanhassen
Circle Pines
Corcoran
Cottage Grove
Dayton
Eagan
East Bethel
Edina
Farmington
Forest Lake
Golden Valley
Ham Lake
Hugo
Inver Grove Heights
Lake Elmo
Lakeville
Lino Lakes
Mahtomedi
Maple Grove
Maplewood
Mendota Heights
Minnetonka
Minnestrista
Monticello
Mound
New Brighton
Oakdale
Orono
Otsego
Plymouth
Prior Lake
Ramsey
Rogers
Rosemount
Roseville
Sartell
Savage
Shakopee
Shoreview
Shorewood
Spring Lake Park
St. Anthony (JT)
St. Louis Park
St. Michael
Vadnais Heights
Victoria
Woodbury
Many cities, of course, depend on local government aid (St. Paul has $28 million riding on this issue. Ely has $777,000 to think about.), but others probably don’t. Can Chickamaw Beach live without the $438 it’s due to receive later this month? What about Funkley, Minnesota? It gets $73. The population of Funkley as of June 2007: 16.