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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Pape <br />EXECUTIVESUMMARY................................................................................................3 <br />FEDERAL AND STATE REVENUE SHARING FOR <br />MINNESOTA CITIES DECLINING.............................................................................5 <br />FederalAid Trends................................................................................................. <br />B <br />StateAid Trends.....................................................................................................6 <br />STATE AID TO CITIES DECLINING AS SHARE OF <br />STATEREVENUE......................................................................................................7 <br />MINNESOTA CITIES FORCED TO RELY MORE ON <br />PROPERTY TAX AND OTHER LOCAL TAXES......................................................... <br />S <br />REDUCED PROPERTY TAX BASE GROWTH OF MINNESOTA CITIES .................. <br />10 <br />CITY SPENDING HAS NOT INCREASED................................................................... <br />11 <br />CITIES' COSTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND <br />PUBLIC WORKS RISING.........................................................................................12 <br />CITIES HAVE HEAVIEST RELIANCE ON LOCAL TAXES ......................................... <br />14 <br />CITYEMPLOYMENT DROPS......................................................................................15 <br />Costs of Pay Equity/Comparable Worth Mandate.............................................18 <br />City Services Provided More Efficiently ..............................................................17 <br />REDUCTION IN FEDERAL GRANTS AND AID TO CITIES ....................................... <br />1S <br />APPENDIXOF TABLES............................................................................................... <br />21 <br />CHARTS AND TABLES <br />1. Trends in Revenue & Spending of Minnesota Cities <br />1978-1986................................................................................................................... 4 <br />2. Federal & State Aid to Minnesota Cities <br />1978-1986................................................................................................................... 5 <br />3. Local Government Aid Received by Cities <br />1979- 1988................................................................................................................... a <br />4. State Aid to Cities as Share of State Revenue <br />1980-1988................................................................................................................... 7 <br />5. Revenue ut M;N nesota Cities by Source, 1978.1903..............................................8 <br />