ST. PAUL -- Gov. Mark Dayton and legislative leaders appointed members of a working group on the Mille Lacs walleye shortage in time for its first meeting Tuesday.
Speaker of the Minnesota House Rep. Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk, D-Cook, announced their choices and Dayton's in a release Monday.
Rep.Tom Hackbarth, R-Oak Grove, and Sen. David Tomassoni, D-Chisolm, will serve as co-chairs. Chief Executive Melanie Benjamin will represent the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
Gov. Mark Dayton appointed a number of his cabinet members to the group, including Commissioner Cynthia Bauerly from the Department of Revenue, Commissioner Myron Frans, Management & Budget, Commissioner Katie Clark Sieben, Employment & Economic Development, Commissioner Tom Landwehr, Natural Resources.
Tourism officials include Karen McQuoid, member of Mille Lacs Area Tourism Council, and John Edman, Director of Explore Minnesota.
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The meeting will take place at 3 p.m. in State Office Building Room 10 and will be open to the public.
Other appointments included:
-- Rep. Denny McNamara, R-Hastings
-- Rep. Dale Lueck, R-Aitkin
-- Rep. Sondra Erickson, R-Princeton
-- Rep. Rick Hansen, D-South St. Paul
-- Rep. John Persell, D-Bemidji
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-- Sen. John Marty, D-Roseville
-- Sen. Rod Skoe, D-Clearbrook
-- Sen. Tom Saxhaug, D-Grand Rapids
-- Sen. David Brown, R-Becker
-- Sen. Carrie Ruud, R-Breezy Point
