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• Oversee the MACPO lobbyist’s activities and ensure that they are in  accordance with the current “MACPO Agreement for Services”
• Give clear direction to MACPO’s lobbyist on activities related to specific legislation.
• Continue to prepare the yearly MACPO Legislative Position Statement and Initiatives and obtain formal approval from the MACPO Executive Board.
• Distribute and discuss the Legislative Position Statement and Initiatives and with key legislators prior to the start of the Legislative Session.
• Actively pursue the yearly Initiatives throughout the Legislative Session.
• Continue to monitor and develop positions on various bills affecting MACPO membership.
• Make positions known to legislators through the use of lobbyist contact, formal statements, and “fact sheets”.
• Provide testimony supporting or opposing the pending legislation
• Continue to keep MACPO leadership informed of Legislative Committee activity and of positions on pending legislation by the Chair attending the MACPO Executive Board meetings.

 

Chair Steve Paquay, Director Chisago County Court Services 313 N. Main Street, Room 124 Center City, MN  55012 651-213-0388 slpaqua@co.chisago.mn.us	Vice Chair Lana Bjorgum Itasca County Probation 115 - Northeast Fifth Street Grand Rapids, MN  55744 651-213-0388 lanabjorgum@co.itasca.mn.us

 

Other committee members Bruce Hagstrom Chisago County Maryann Mowatt Hennepin County Roxanne Bartsch Wabasha County Melanie Courrier Pope County Warren Liepitz Kanabec-MilleLacs County Bryan Olsen Nicollet County Mark Jaeger Goodhue County Jon Schiro Brown County Jim Schneider Cass County Evonn Westcott Brown County Jeremie Reinhart Pine County

Minnesota County Probation System 2010 Evidence Based Practices and Supervision Fee Survey

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The MACPO Legislative Committee assigned an "Option 60" sub-committee to look into an early retirement option for probation officers and corrections agents funded by increased employee contributions to PERA.

PERA conducted an actuarial study in 2008, and the findings were presented to MACPO on April 20th, 2009. Here are the results of the study in PDF format. Also, an informational newsletter was put together in October 2009, explaining the Early Retirement Option and how it works in PDF format.

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2010 Legislative Initiatives
2010 Legislative Position Statement

Legislative Changes for 2008
In Word format or PDF format

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