Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

383A.05 ASSESSMENT. § Subdivision 1.Appropriation for assessment. Ramsey County may, each year, appropriate enough money to defray the expense of making a proper assessment of all property in the county for the purpose of general taxation. § Subd. 2.Expenditures; experts. Ramsey …

383A.06 WELFARE. § Subdivision 1.Financing. Ramsey County shall pay all of the costs of relief of the poor therein and be responsible for all welfare programs within the county, the cost of which is not met from federal, state or private sources. § Subd. 2.Borrowing. (a) Authorit…

383A.07 PARKS AND RECREATION. § Subdivision 1.Parks and open space system. Ramsey County may acquire real and personal property within or without the county by purchase, lease, gift, condemnation, option, contract or otherwise including any estate, interest, easement or right, an…

383A.08 DETENTION AND CORRECTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Authority. Ramsey County may maintain, operate and manage a detention facility, workhouse, work farm or juvenile detention facility, or a combination of them. § Subd. 2.Home schools. The county has the exclusive power to construc…

383A.11 MORGUE. Ramsey County shall construct or otherwise provide, equip, maintain and operate a public morgue. History: 1974 c 435 s 1.0207; 1978 c 743 s 2

383A.12 HEALTH DEPARTMENT. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. It is the purpose of this subdivision to provide enabling authority for Ramsey County to establish a comprehensive health department and to provide coordinated public and mental health services to the residents of Ramsey C…

383A.13 PARAMEDICS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. As used in this section, "paramedic" means a person who: (1) is an employee of the county of Ramsey; (2) has been specially trained in emergency cardiac and noncardiac care by a licensed physician in a training program certified by…

383A.14 AIR QUALITY. § Subdivision 1.Appropriation. Ramsey County may appropriate and spend money in each year for the improvement and preservation of the purity and quality of the air. § Subd. 2.Joint powers. Ramsey County may enter into contractual agreements with another gover…

383A.151 RAMSEY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. § Subdivision 1.Creation. (a) There is created in the county of Ramsey a public body, corporate and politic, known as the Ramsey County Economic Development Authority, that has the powers contained in sections 469.090 to 469.…

383A.152 RAMSEY COUNTY HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; ADDITIONAL POWERS. The Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority, established pursuant to Ramsey County Resolution No. 93-155, dated March 9, 1993, shall have the powers and duties of the Ramsey County Economic D…

383A.155 HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREAS. § Subdivision 1.Powers of a housing improvement authority. The Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority shall have the powers of a city under sections 428A.11 to 428A.21 to establish housing improvement areas in Ramsey County. § Subd. …

383A.16 HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS. § Subdivision 1. MS 1992 [Repealed, 1994 c 439 s 4] § Subd. 2.Duty to appropriate for municipal streets; formula. (a) Ramsey County shall appropriate $100,000 annually and pay it to the municipalities in the county who do not receive municipal state-…

383A.165 SEASONAL HIGHWAY LOAD RESTRICTIONS. Despite section 169.87, subdivision 2, seasonal load restrictions from March 20 to May 15 of each year do not apply to county highways and county state-aid highways in Ramsey County unless otherwise restricted and posted by the appropr…

383A.17 CAPITOL APPROACH. Ramsey County shall withdraw from repurchase each parcel of land within the Capitol Area that has been forfeited to the state for taxes. History: 1974 c 435 s 1.0210

383A.18 SOLDIERS' REST. § Subdivision 1.Authority to buy cemetery lots. Ramsey County may purchase a plot of ground in an organized cemetery lying, in whole or in part, in the county, or in a contiguous county, to be used as a soldiers' rest for the interment of honorably dischar…

383A.19 CODIFICATION OF SPECIAL LAWS. Ramsey County may collect and publish the special laws pertaining to Ramsey County. History: 1974 c 435 s 1.0213; 1978 c 743 s 5

383A.20 GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION. § Subdivision 1. MS 1990 [Repealed, 1991 c 51 s 6] § Subd. 2.Auditor, treasurer, court commissioner and county recorder. (a) In the county of Ramsey, the offices of county auditor, county treasurer, court commissioner, and county recorder are no…

383A.201 OFFICIALS NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN CONTRACTS. No Ramsey County official or the official's deputy, clerk, or employee and no commissioner for tax-forfeited lands or the commissioner's assistants, may have a personal financial interest (1) in a contract, work, labor, or bus…

383A.21 FEES OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR OF DISTRICT COURT, CORONER AND COUNTY RECORDER. The board of county commissioners shall set the fees to be charged and collected for the services of the court administrator of district court, coroner and county recorder. These officers shal…

383A.22 FEE SYSTEM FOR COUNTY SERVICES, DOCUMENT PROCESSING. § Subdivision 1.After hearing. The board of county commissioners, after a public hearing, may establish a system of fees or charges for recording, filing, certification or providing copies of an instrument, document or …

383A.23 COMMISSIONERS; COMPOSITION; REDISTRICTING. § Subdivision 1. MS 1990 [Repealed, 1991 c 51 s 6] § Subd. 2. MS 1984 [Repealed, 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 48] § Subd. 3. MS 1984 [Repealed, 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 48] § Subd. 4. MS 1984 [Repealed, 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 48] § Subd. 5.Future…

383A.26 ORGANIZATION. In addition to the election of a vice-chair as prescribed by the general laws of this state, the county board shall elect a second vice-chair, who shall perform the duties of the chair and vice-chair in their absence. History: 1974 c 435 s 2.04; 1986 c 444

383A.27 PROCEDURE. § Subdivision 1.Meetings. In addition to meeting on the days prescribed by the general laws of this state, the Board of County Commissioners of Ramsey County shall meet at least twice each month at the times and dates established by the board at its first meeti…

383A.281 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Interpretation. Unless the language or context indicates that a different meaning is intended, the following terms, for the purpose of sections 383A.281 to 383A.301 and rules adopted under sections 383A.281 to 383A.301, have the meanings give…

383A.282 COUNTY BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES. Subject to sections 383A.281 to 383A.301 and other law, the county board shall fix the annual salary of county officials and determine the number and compensation of all employees in the county personnel system. History: 1985 c 89 s 2

383A.283 HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. § Subdivision 1.Creation. The Human Resources Department is created under the supervision of the director of human resources. § Subd. 2.Director. The director shall be appointed by the Ramsey County executive director, on the basis of merit an…

383A.284 GENERAL; HUMAN RESOURCES POWERS OF DEPARTMENT AND COUNTY BOARD. § Subdivision 1.Rulemaking. The human resources director shall prepare rules to implement the provisions of sections 383A.281 to 383A.301. The rules shall be effective upon approval by the county board. Prio…

383A.285 CLASSIFIED SERVICE. § Subdivision 1.General. (a) All appointments to the classified service shall be based upon merit, fitness, and ability to perform the duties of the position and needs of the appointing authority, including the need to achieve and maintain a represent…

383A.286 UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE. § Subdivision 1.General. An appointing authority may appoint employees to the unclassified service in accordance with this section. Positions in the unclassified service shall not be required to be filled by competitive examination, but shall be sub…

383A.287 PERSONNEL REVIEW BOARD. § Subdivision 1.Creation. The Ramsey County Personnel Review Board is created to review disciplinary appeals and conduct performance reviews of the Human Resources Department. § Subd. 2.Organization. The county board, by a majority vote, shall app…

383A.288 COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS. § Subdivision 1.General. Entrance to the classified service shall be through successful competition in an examination and certification and appointment from an eligible list except as provided in this section. § Subd. 2.Types of examinations. Al…

383A.289 ELIGIBLE LISTS. § Subdivision 1.General. The human resources director shall prepare eligible lists as provided in this section. § Subd. 2.Rank. On competitive open and competitive promotional lists eligibles shall be ranked according to their ratings in examinations and …

383A.291 CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLES. § Subdivision 1. MS 1996 [Repealed, 1997 c 40 s 2] § Subd. 1a.Under county rules. Upon request of the appointing authority, the human resources director shall certify eligibles in accordance with rules adopted under section 383A.284, subdivisi…

383A.292 NONCOMPETITIVE APPOINTMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Temporary appointments. The human resources director may authorize the appointing authority to make a temporary appointment of not more than six months in any 12-month period. When practicable, the human resources director may…

383A.293 PROBATIONARY PERIOD. § Subdivision 1.General. All appointments to positions in the classified service shall be for a probationary period which shall be not less than three months of full-time equivalent service nor more than one year of full-time equivalent service as de…

383A.294 GRIEVANCES. § Subdivision 1.Discharge; suspension; demotion for cause; salary decrease. No permanent employee in the classified service shall be discharged, suspended without pay, or reduced in pay or position, except for just cause. § Subd. 2.Just cause. For purposes of…

383A.295 CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT. § Subdivision 1.Benefits. The human resources director shall have the authority to set hours of employment, sick leave, vacation leave, leave of absence without pay, health insurance, life insurance, and other fringe benefits for employees in th…

383A.296 MISCONDUCT. No person shall interfere with the rights of any person in the examination process, or falsely mark, grade, or report the examination or standing of any person examined, or aid in so doing, or furnish to any person, except in answer to inquiries of the Person…

383A.297 POLITICAL ACTIVITY. No employee in the classified service shall be under any obligation to contribute to a political service or fund to any person, body, or committee, and no employee in the classified service may be discharged, suspended, demoted, or otherwise disciplin…

383A.298 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS. All employees of the Civil Service Department shall be transferred to the Human Resources Department. All members of the Civil Service Commission shall be members of the Personnel Review Board and serve until their current term expires and a succ…

383A.299 PENALTIES. A person who willfully violates a provision of sections 383A.281 to 383A.301 is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1985 c 89 s 18

383A.301 STATUS OF PRESENT EMPLOYEES. Each person holding a position with the county of Ramsey who has acquired permanent tenure or who was serving a probationary period on the effective date of sections 383A.281 to 383A.301 retains the position, seniority date, and accrued benef…

383A.32 PURCHASING. § Subdivision 1.Joint city-county purchasing. (a) Joint program. Notwithstanding a charter provision, city ordinance, or prior law to the contrary pertaining to buying by the city of Saint Paul or the county of Ramsey, and to promote competitive bidding, effec…

383A.321 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.For this section. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them, unless the language or context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended. § Subd. 2.Small business. "Small business" means a busine…

383A.322 SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. Nothing in section 471.345 shall be construed to prohibit Ramsey County from adopting a resolution, rule, regulation or ordinance which on an annual basis sets aside for awarding to small businesses a percentage of the value of the county's anti…

383A.323 PURCHASING THROUGH HEALTH CARE COOPERATIVE. Sections 471.345 to 471.37 do not prohibit Ramsey County on behalf of the Ramsey Nursing Home as a member of a health care cooperative pursuant to chapter 62R from purchasing from or through the health care cooperative. The pur…