Sarah Anderson State Representative Minnesota District 44a House of Pomoun Representatives COMMITTEES: COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION FINANCE AND POLICY RULES AND LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION TAXES. WAYS AND MEANS February 11,2015 ‘The Honorable Mark Dayton 116 Veterans Service Building 20 West 12 Street Saint Paul, MN 55155 Dear Governor Dayton, Thank you for your letter yesterday in response to my letter asking you to appear before the House State Government Finance Committee. As I stated, many Minnesotans have expressed concerns over your commissioners’ pay raises and this would be a chance for the Legislature and public to better understand your reasoning. To that end, your suggestion that you host a meeting with you, other legislators and members of the press overlooks one of the main points of contention: the public has been excluded thus far. [renew my offer and ask you to appear during either the February 12th or February 17th public hearing. Both of these meetings are scheduled at 8:15 am in Room 200 of the State Office Building. In your initial letter, you wrote Since | alone made these decisions, itis only appropriate to direct questions about them to me. When [asked one of your commissioners this morning in committee how the pay raises will be accounted for in the budget, he told me to get my answer from you. We are planning to have hearings on this for the public to provide input. While we would hope you would make yourself available to the public to answer their questions in 5050 Holly Lane N. No. 5, Plymouth, Minnesota $5446 (783) 385-9508 ‘State Office Bulng, 100 Rev Dr Martin Luther King J Blvd, St Pau, Minnesota 55155-1208 (651) 296-6511 XX (651) 296-5078 Email rep Sarat anderson@house.mn Twi ® : =acommittee, please let me know if we can expect Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith in your stead. ‘Again, thank you for offering to meet and answer questions. Lh IL Sincerely, Sarah Anderson Representative - 444 Plymouth