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Open/Closed List for Potential State Shutdown
Here's a link to the open/closed list of the State shuts down...
http://www.kare11.com/dontmiss/928651/387/Minn-shutdown-Whats-open-and-whats-closed
jack | born 9.13.12 at 40w4d | 9 lbs 12 oz | 23 in
my puppy loves - chloe & jenson
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Re: Open/Closed List for Potential State Shutdown
It doesnt look like they close very much. Most of them seem to have bigger impact on contractors and organizations, and it seems dumb to close the state lottery since it is a money maker. Are they closing the horse tracks too like people have been saying? Is that part of the state lottery?
Thanks! What a relief to see that unemployment payments won't be stopped--I hadn't even thought of that possibility. My husband's severence runs out in a week I think so... yeah... that would have been even extra scary and stressful if unemployment payments were suspended.
Ugh--this all sucks though.
46 state boards and agencies isn't very much?? That's a LOT of jobs! Plus 29 agencies with minimal staffing, and all the contract jobs associated with MNDOT projects, etc.?
And they haven't finished all the renewals yet, so there may be a bunch of teachers with no license in the fall unable to teach.
Probably. They are monitored by a state regulatory board (even though they pay for it privately) and can't remain open without some kind of oversight. This impacts a lot of people I know and also negatively affects the economy of the community.
I hate politicians.
We're kind of going out.
Although things may be open, services within them may be limited to what is deemed critical.
I work for a metro county and we keep getting notices about what would happen with a shutdown. The big issue is that the balloon payment to counties is due on 7/1/11 and that wouldn't get processed. So the money that the counties get from the state is limited to what the feds provide. In the last shutdown, the state promised the counties and local govenments that they would reimburse for any services they provided during the shutdown. This time the state is saying that they will NOT reimburse counties.
So there are services and programs that we provide to the community that will be cut on 7/1/11 or shortly afterwards because the county is short of money. Hennepin County's 1600+ layoff notices are a good example of what would happen in most of the counties shortly after a shutdown.
So far, my county is saying that they won't lay off. They'll suspend outside vendor contracts to deal with the short term lack of money from the state and address possible lay offs at a later date.
I also work for a metro county. My county is waiting 2 weeks before announcing any layoffs.
We had a state auditor in here last week and he was telling us about a poor lady who reserved a spot at a state park over a year old for her wedding over the July 4th weekend. She is SOL. Obviously, invitations and everything have already been sent and now she probably has no venue. What a nightmare!
What I don't understand is if the state is short on money, why are they closing revenue streams? Keep the lottery, parks, and zoo going. At least they are bringing in money.
There are a lot of agencies and functions that will be closed that aren't on that list. If you don't think that's very much, guess again. It's going to be the largest layoff in the history of the state, and Strib says it's estimated that the state unemployment rate will go up about 1%.
The issue is that the state cannot legally pay the employees of the parks, zoos, lottery, etc. The agencies and "critical functions" that are continuing were selected based on their immediate need for the safety and well being of Minnesotans.