# Modified Council of Governments *A council-of-governments structure for the Metropolitan Council region, proposed in a 2024 task force minority report.* The **Modified Council of Governments** is a governing structure proposed in a 2024 minority report on the [[Metropolitan Council (Minnesota)]], titled *Metropolitan Council Council-of-Governments Minority Report*.[^1] Under that report, the body would seat seven county commissioners plus 33 proportionally allocated municipal and township officials. It would take effect on January 1, 2027.[^1] Five members of the task force filed the minority report, among them Representative [[Jon Koznick]] of [[Lakeville]].[^1][^2] The task force had seventeen members. Two were Dakota County legislators, and no Dakota County commissioner was among them.[^2] The record documents the proposal's membership formula and effective date. It does not establish whether the proposal was adopted.[^1] ## Who Five task force members signed the minority report, including Rep. Jon Koznick of Lakeville.[^1] The task force's published membership numbers seventeen.[^2] Two of the seventeen were legislators from Dakota County, and none was a Dakota County commissioner.[^2] ## What The proposal would form a council of governments from two groups. One is county commissioners. The other is municipal and township officials, whose seats would be allocated proportionally.[^1] The record in this pack does not describe the body's powers, voting rules, staffing or funding. It covers only the membership formula and effective date.[^1] ## When The minority report is dated 2024.[^1] Its proposed effective date for the Modified Council of Governments is January 1, 2027.[^1] ## How many The proposal allocates seven seats to county commissioners and 33 to municipal and township officials, for a total of 40 seats.[^1] The seventeen-member figure refers to the task force that considered the question, not to the proposed council.[^2] Of the task force's seventeen members, five filed the minority report.[^1] Two were Dakota County legislators, and none was a Dakota County commissioner.[^2] ## In the at-issue record - **Dakota County package (AI-Dakota-068, dated 2027-01-01):** The record states that five task force members, including Rep. Jon Koznick of Lakeville, filed a minority report proposing a Modified Council of Governments. Its membership would be seven county commissioners plus 33 proportionally allocated municipal and township officials, effective January 1, 2027.[^1] The same record states that two Dakota County legislators sat on the seventeen-member body and that no Dakota County commissioner did.[^2] ## Notes [^1]: Metropolitan Council task force minority members, *Metropolitan Council Council-of-Governments Minority Report* (2024): proposes a Modified Council of Governments of seven county commissioners plus 33 proportionally allocated municipal and township officials, effective Jan. 1, 2027; signatories include Rep. Jon Koznick (Lakeville). https://www.lcc.mn.gov/mgtf/report/Met-Council-COG-Minority-Report-2024.pdf [^2]: Task force, *Members* (membership page, undated): the task force's seventeen members, including two Dakota County legislators and no Dakota County commissioner. https://www.lcc.mn.gov/mgtf/members.html