It looks like state legislative leaders have reached an agreement on the shape of the state’s 2004-2005 budget.
The highlights are described at: http://www.amm145.org/newsletter.htm
This bill impacts Eden Prairie. The new state budget decreases the amount of financial assistance that Eden Prairie receives from the State from just over $1,000,000/year to $0/year. Yes, that is zero dollars per year. Other comparable suburban communities are in the same boat as Eden Prairie. Plymouth, Minnetonka, Edina, Woodbury; they are all at zero as well.
Other cities around the state are also going to feel the pinch of this state budget. I’ve already heard a representative of Greater Minnesota Cities complain that those cities are sacrificing while suburban communities are not. I’m not sure what else we have to sacrafice. By the start of the upcoming budget year, we’ll be receiving no state financial assistance what so ever.
We’ve given all we have to give.
