Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MN and Blue Plus

3535 Blue Cross Road

Eagan, MN 55122

Phone: 651-662-8000, Fax: 651-662-1967

www.bluecrossmn.com         

Blue Plus, founded in 1974, is a licensed health maintenance organization (HMO) dedicated to bringing quality and innovation to managed care. Since 1993, Blue Plus has had a contract with the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) to deliver and administer Public Programs. Blue Plus is a nonprofit affiliate of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, a nonprofit independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

eDocument Resources

6101 Baker Rd.

Suite 207

Minnetonka, MN 55345

Phone: 952-607-3500, Fax: 952-607-3777

www.edocumentresources.com         

eDocument Resources can assist city, county and state governments as they shift their focus towards the needs of constituents and strive to meet their demands, while increasing office efficiency and lowering costs. By increasing agility, effectiveness and communication among and between levels of government, eDocument Resources lets governments fulfill their responsibilities to those they serve with more ease and efficiency thus allowing your department to do more with less!

Specializing in Health and Human Services, , Land Records & GIS, Criminal Justice Information Systems, Affordable Housing and Community Development Agencies, Public Works and Tax, Finance and Administration departments, content management (ECM) solutions from eDocument Resources have been successfully implemented by hundreds of government entities. These agencies have:

• Instantly provided documents to multiple users via central repository.

• Drastically reduced operational costs.

• Proven accountability and transparency.

• Significantly increased constituent service by improving access to documents.

• Met the latest regulations and reporting standards.

• Mitigated the impacts of turnover and staff changes.

• Connected silos of data within and between agencies.

Ehlers

3060 Centre Pointe Drive

Roseville, MN 55113-1105

Phone: 651-697-8500, Fax: 651-697-8555

www.ehlers-inc.com         

Ehlers understands counties. As an independent financial advisory firm whose fiduciary responsibility to clients is designing customized financial solutions to help grow their communities, Ehlers understands the County’s debt. More importantly, we can help effectively manage and market the debt. We work with Minnesota legislation, Minnesota rules, and Minnesota communities every day. Because we work with many of the communities that you also consider your clients, we have insights to the issues.

We assist counties in strategically planning projects and balancing fiscal implications for the short- and long-term. Providing comprehensive advisory services from Ehlers include: Debt Planning and Issuance; Economic Development and Redevelopment Services; Financial Planning; and Strategic Communications.

Acting in the best interest of its clients, Ehlers provides a wide range of financial services, including debt management and refinancing, financial and capital improvement planning, community economic development/redevelopment services, and Tax Increment Financing.

Ehlers’ financial advisors assist with planning—aware of the county’s needs, developing an approach tailored to meet the county’s goals, and exploring all available financing options, including state-funded and other non-bond issue borrowings. Each team member brings decades of independent public finance experience.  Our expertise working with communities throughout the state help us understand the regional economic, financial and legislative realities. Visit www.Ehlers-inc.com  or call 1-800-717-9742 for more information. Ehlers is a proud to be a Platinum Level sponsor of AMC.

Galliard Capital Management

800 LaSalle Avenue

Suite 1100

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Phone: 612-667-3220, Fax: 866-219-1007

www.galliard.com         

Galliard Capital Management is a Minneapolis-based, independently operated investment advisory subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company that specializes in fixed income management for institutional investors. Currently managing over $77.0 billion in assets for public entities, corporations, and Taft-Hartley plans, Galliard delivers customized investment management solutions for operating funds, reserve accounts, and employee benefit plans.

MAGIC Fund - PFM Asset Management, LLC

Suite 2800

45 South 7th Street

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Phone: 612-338-3535, Fax: 612-338-7264

www.magicfund.org         

The Minnesota Association of Governments Investing for Counties (the “MAGIC Fund”)

is a money market like fund specifically designed to meet the special cash management and bond proceeds investment needs of Minnesota counties and related entities.  The MAGIC Fund provides a competitive variable rate of return and offers investor flexibility to suit all of your cash management needs. The primary goal of the MAGIC Fund is to ensure the safety and security of public funds entrusted to it.

This information does not represent an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any fund or other security. Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing in the Fund.  This and other information about the Fund is available in the Fund’s current Information Statement, which should be read carefully before investing. A copy of the Fund’s Information Statement may be obtained by calling 1-800-731-7150 or is available on the Fund’s website at www.magicfund.org.   While the Fund seeks to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Shares of the Fund are distributed by PFM Fund Distributors, Inc., member Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (www.finra.org).   PFM Fund Distributors, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of PFM Asset Management LLC. Member SIPC.

 PFM Asset Management LLC (PFMAM) provides investment advice and portfolio management for governmental and not-for-profit organizations, corporations, pension funds and other institutions.  

As an investment manager, PFMAM brings a comprehensive approach to the business of money management.  PFMAM manages both pooled investment funds and individual client portfolios designed to earn competitive yields, while maximizing safety and liquidity.  Our clients benefit from our ability to provide a broad spectrum of services, including portfolio design, timely market-driven portfolio management, state-of-the-art accounting and arbitrage rebate calculation services.

PFMAM also manages multi-asset class portfolios for pension, endowment and foundation funds and for trusts established to fund other post-employment benefits (OPEB) funds.

PFMAM  Representatives:

Donn Hanson (612) 371-3720

Carole Loehr (320) 202-1421

Rich Lorenz (507) 327-4144

MAXIMUS Consulting Services, Inc.

7808 Creekridge Circle

Suite 301

Bloomington, MN 55439

Phone: 877-942-6466, Fax: 952-942-6465

www.maximus.com         

MAXIMUS Consulting Services, Inc. is a nationally recognized financial and management consulting firm specializing in services to the public sector.  We are the largest provider of indirect cost allocation, fee for service, and preparation of OMB-87 compliant cost plans.  MAXIMUS Consulting Services, Inc. conducts more than 2,000 cost related projects on an annual basis.  No other firm has this level of experience in developing and negotiating costs.   We specialize in maximizing federal cost recovery for state and local governments.  For more information contact Diane Blaschko, Vice President at (952) 942-6466.

Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust (MCIT)

100 Empire Drive

Suite 100

St. Paul, MN 55103-1885

Phone: 651-209-6400, Fax: 651-209-6496

www.mcit.org         

The Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust (MCIT) is a joint risk sharing pool that provides property/casualty and workers' compensation coverage as well as loss control and risk management advice for counties and other public entities in the State of Minnesota. MCIT is a public entity formed pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 471.59 and 471.981. Presently MCIT serves 81 counties and over 350 other member organizations representing 31,000 employees within the state. Services offered by MCIT include claims administration, an employee assistance program, loss control and risk management advice, along with continuing education opportunities and a variety of printed publications designed to manage exposures unique to MCIT members.

Nationwide Retirement Solutions Inc./NRS

5404 D. J. Lane

Schofield, WI 54476-1521

www.nrsforu.com          

Nationwide Retirement Solutions pioneered the Section 457 industry and played an instrumental role in the creation of IRC Section 457.  NRS provides plan administration, investment and education/communication services to nearly 8,000 plan sponsors, with 1.52 million participants and over $46.2 billion in assets under management.  A subsidiary of Nationwide Financial, a top 100 Fortune 500 company, NRS is the only provider exclusively endorsed by NACo, USCM, and the IAFF.

US Communities

1919 North Bissell Street J

Chicago, IL 60614

Phone: 773-633-0822

www.uscommunities.org         

U.S. Communities is the leading national local government purchasing cooperative, providing world class government procurement resources and solutions to local and state government agencies, school districts (K-12), higher education institutes, and nonprofits. U.S. Communities supplier’s offer program participants the best overall supplier government pricing on quality products and services. The program is the only cooperative purchasing organizations, sponsored by 5 national sponsors and over 70 state, city and regional organizations, including the Association of Minnesota Counties.