Legislative Update

The 2025 Minnesota Legislative Session closed on May 19, 2025 without completion of final bills.  Lawmakers held working group meetings to finish budget items and other unresolved bills.  Governor Walz called the Legislature back into special session on June 9th where 15 bills were passed.

The City of Ramsey advocated on a number of bills specific to Ramsey.  Unfortunately, we were not successful in obtaining any additional state bond proceeds for the Water Treatment Plant or having the language correction occur to allow for additional sales and use tax exemption on the trunk watermain lines related to the new Water Treatment Plant.  Ramsey was also not successful in obtaining any additional state dollars for the Hwy 10 pedestrian overpass, and we received communication that Senator Tina Smith's Congressional Directed Spending application was not successful.

Ramsey did receive approval of our special TIF 14 legislation.  This legislation allows us to adopt interfund loans for expenses incurred in the past to be reimbursed through future tax proceeds.

This case is for informational purposes only.  Staff are available to answer any questions, but do not plan to review each item in detail.