The bill proposes a capital investment to expand the Essentia Wellness Center located in Hermantown, Minnesota. It appropriates $10,000,000 from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to the city. The funds will be used for designing, constructing, furnishing, and equipping the expansion, which will include enhancements to licensed child care facilities, additional space for senior programming and community wellness activities, and necessary infrastructure improvements such as site work, utilities, parking, and building systems.
To finance this appropriation, the bill authorizes the commissioner of management and budget to sell and issue state bonds up to the amount of $10,000,000, following the procedures outlined in Minnesota Statutes and the state constitution. The effective date of this section will be the day after the bill is enacted.