STATE OF MINNESOTA

Office of Governor Mark Dayton

116 Veterans Service Building 20 West 12th Street Saint Paul, MN 55155
February 10, 2015

The Honorable Sarah Anderson

Minnesota State Representative
Room 583, State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
Dear Representative Anderson:
I am in receipt of your letter, dated today. In my letter to legislators yesterday, I
offered to "meet with you and Members of your Caucus to discuss these matters and to
answer your questions." I repeat my offer, and would be glad to host a meeting with you and
other legislators to answer your questions and to discuss the role of administrative salaries in
the governance of Minnesota. This meeting should be open to members of the press.
Given the concerns expressed by you and other House Republicans about my
administration's salary levels and increases, I look forward to including a discussion of your
own Caucus' salary practices. Your Caucus' Executive Director is currently paid $123,971.
When you assumed the majority in January, he received a salary increase of $16,171, less
than two months after he began his state service.
The Chief Clerk of the House (a non-partisan position) is currently paid $148,000.08.
When he was promoted in January, he received an increase of $32,508 over his previously
reported salary. His current salary is more than any of my Commissioners were paid before
their recent increases, and it remains higher than ten commissioners earn now.
It is my assumption that, like me, you made these salary decisions to attract and
retain the best possible talent to serve the people of Minnesota, and the State Legislature.
Please contact my Chief of Staff, Jaime Tincher, at 651-201-3410, if you and any of your
colleagues wish to meet with me.
Sincerel

Mark Da on
Governor _

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