Premier Preferred Business Partners - 2020
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MN and Blue Plus Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Blue Plus are committed to the health of our members and people in communities throughout the state. As a nonprofit health plan, Blue Plus helps raise awareness and supports initiatives to encourage healthy eating, physical activity and a tobacco-free lifestyle. Blue Plus members receive services, benefits and programs that meet their diverse needs and support healthy behaviors and choices. An extensive network provides access to health care, tools and resources that help people live safe and healthy lives. You can count on us to provide excellent coverage, value and service. Call, email or visit our website for more information on how Blue Plus supports Minnesota counties. |
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Bolton & Menk, Inc. Bolton & Menk specializes in providing public infrastructure solutions. For more than six decades, it has been committed to improving quality of life through engineering excellence and client satisfaction. From advocating for our communities to designing their dreams to finding funding; we take pride in our work throughout the Upper Midwest. Today, Bolton & Menk has more than 500 employees throughout 18 offices in Minnesota, Iowa, and North Dakota and provides services to more than 300 public agencies. |
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David Drown Associates, Inc. and DDA Human Resources, Inc. (DDA HR) www.ddahumanresources.com was incorporated in 2017 and has been providing human resource consulting services throughout Minnesota since 2013. DDA Human Resources, Inc. is proud to partner with AMC on the Human Resource Technical Assistance Program which delivers exclusive human resource assistance to every County HR department in Minnesota. DDA HR’s services include executive searches, classification/compensation studies, organizational studies, and more. Since 2013, we have completed over 70 executive searches, over 35 classification/compensation studies, and several organizational studies. Clients range from cities with four employees to the largest county in Minnesota. David Drown Associates, Inc. (DDA) provides services in the areas of bond issuance, tax increment financing, economic development, and others. |
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Enterprise Fleet Management Enterprise Fleet Management will run a free analysis for you to find the most cost effective solutions for your fleet of vehicles. Our services offer full range of programs to lower all aspects of vehicle costs such as lowering your budget for vehicle acquisitions, maintenance, fuel, resale and even telematics. Please contact Wong Nystrom for a free analysis. Free software, industry updates, and recommendations from top rated analytics included. |
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Google Cloud Enhance citizen services, improve operational effectiveness and build cultures of innovation and agility with our best-in-class technology through Google Cloud and G Suite. Whether your organization is interested in modernizing applications or using data analytics and machine learning to improve decision making, Google Cloud is the best partner for your digital transformation journey. Please visit www.cloud.google.com/solutions/government to view the creative solutions governments across the country have partnered with Google on. |
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Nationwide Retirement Solutions Inc./NRS 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 and the IAFF.
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PFM Asset Management, LLC/MAGIC Fund It started with the simple insight that governments and charitable institutions needed independent advice from people they could trust. Advice from people who understood their financial needs and challenges, inside and out. Thanks to an unwavering commitment to putting clients’ interests first, PFM has grown into one of the nation’s leading independent financial and investment advisors. |
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Sourcewell Formerly National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA), Sourcewell is a self-supporting government organization, partnering with education, government, and nonprofits to boost student and community success. Created in 1978 as a Minnesota service cooperative, we offer training and shared services to our central-Minnesota members. Throughout North America, we offer a cooperative purchasing program with over 300 awarded vendors on contract. On behalf of our 50,000 members, Sourcewell conducts competitive solicitations, awarding to the most responsive and responsible vendors at the corporate level. Members can purchase off these contracts through their local dealers, streamlining the procurement process. Sourcewell is driven by service and the ability to strategically reinvest in member communities. |
