Purpose

This bill would provide funding to connect the Dassel-Cokato Middle and High School campus to the City of Cokato water supply. The goal is to ensure safe, palatable water for the school and to improve the campus's fire protection by augmenting the fire suppression system. It does this by creating a state bond-funded grant to support the water main extension project.

Main Provisions

• Appropriation: Allocates $419,000 from the bond proceeds fund to the Public Facilities Authority. The money is a grant to the city of Cokato to design, construct, and equip an extension of the water main from the city’s water system to the Dassel-Cokato Middle and High School campus, connecting the campus to Cokato’s water supply.
• Purpose of the extension: To provide safe palatable water to the school and to augment the campus’s fire suppression system.
• Bond financing: Allows the state to issue up to $419,000 in bonds from the bond proceeds fund to pay for the appropriation. The bond sale must follow the terms and effects described in specific Minnesota statutes (16A.631 to 16A.675) and the Minnesota Constitution (article XI, sections 4 to 7).

Financial and Administrative Details

• Source of funds: Bond proceeds fund.
• Administration: The grant is awarded to the city of Cokato through the Public Facilities Authority.
• Issuance of bonds: The Commissioner of Management and Budget is directed to sell and issue bonds up to $419,000 under applicable state law.

Impact and Scope

• This is a targeted capital investment project focused on local water infrastructure.
• It does not create a broad tax or spending change beyond funding this specific water main extension and school connection.
• The change relies on existing bond laws and constitutional authorization for debt issuance.

Significance and Changes to Law

• Creates a new one-time appropriation and a new state debt authorization to fund a local water main extension project.
• No broad changes to existing water or education laws; it authorizes funding and debt issuance for a specific infrastructure improvement.

Relevant Terms - appropriation - bond proceeds fund - Public Facilities Authority - grant - city of Cokato - Dassel-Cokato Middle and High School campus - water main extension - connect to water supply - safe palatable water - augment the fire suppression system - bond sale - Minnesota Statutes sections 16A.631 to 16A.675 - Minnesota Constitution article XI