12-10661r RESOLUTION NO. 10661
RESOLUTION ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING MODEL PERFORMANCE
MEASURES FOR CITIES AS ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL ON LOCAL RESULTS
AND INNOVATION, CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE
MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, REPORTING THE RESULTS OF SUCH REPORT TO THE
LOCAL PUBLIC, AUHTORIZING THE SURVEY OF RESIDENTS, AND REPORTING
RESULTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR
WHEREAS, in 2010, the Legislature created the Council on Local Results and
Innovation; and
WHEREAS, in February 2011, the Council released a standard set of performance
measures for cities that will aid residents, taxpayers, and state and local elected officials in
determining the efficacy of cities in providing services, and measure resident's opinions of
those services; and
WHEREAS, in February 2012, the Council created a comprehensive performance
measurement system for cities to implement in 2012; and
WHEREAS, cities that choose to participate in the new standards measure program
may be eligible for reimbursement in LGA, and exemption from levy limits; and
WHEREAS, participation in the standard measures program by a city is voluntary;
and
WHEREAS, cities that choose to participate in the standard measures program
must officially adopt the performance benchmarks developed by the Council, and
implement them; and
WHEREAS, the following performance measures were adopted;
• Percent change in the taxable property market value
• Part I and II crime rates
• Police response time
• Insurance industry rating of fire services
• Fire response time
• Average city street pavement condition rating
• Operation cost per 1,000,000 gallons of water pumped/produced
• Number of sanitary sewer back-ups for public sanitary sewer system
WHEREAS, the results of the citizen survey conducted were also released and the
following areas were reviewed and commented on;
• Overall appearance
• Overall safety
• Fire protection
• Overall street conditions
• Snowplowing
• Sanitary seer
• Park and recreation
• Overall quality of service
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Richfield, Minnesota hereby certifies that;
1. The city had adopted and implemented the performance measures as
developed by the Council on Local Results and Innovation; and
2. The city is in the process of implementing a local performance
measurement system as developed by the Council on Local Results and
Innovation; and
3. The city will report the results of the adopted measures to its residents
before the end of the calendar year through publication, direct mail, posting
on its website, or through a public hearing at which the budget and levy will
be discussed and public input allowed; and
4. The city has surveyed its residents on the services included in the
performance benchmarks; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the actual results of the performance measures
adopted by the city for the program in 2011 shall be reported to the Office of the State
Auditor by July 1, 2012.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 26th day of
June, 2012.
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Debbie Goettel, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Nancy Gibb;41 ity Clerk