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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council Regular Meeting Date: October 4, 2022
AGENDA ITEM: Manufacturing Month Proclamation
AGENDA SECTION:
Proclamation
PREPARED BY: Eric Van Oss, Economic Development
Coordinator AGENDA NO. 3.a.
ATTACHMENTS: Proclamation APPROVED BY: LJM
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to Adopt a proclamation approving Manufacturing
Month in Rosemount
BACKGROUND
October is Employment in Manufacturing Month, a State effort to promote and highlight the
manufacturing industry in Minnesota. Manufacturing is a vital role in the state economy and the state is
projected to have more than 75,000 job openings for manufacturing positions through 2030 as older
workers retire. Average annual wages for workers in manufacturing are $74,626, 11% higher than across all
industries in Minnesota. Locally in Rosemount, the City has actively been marketing our industrial sites
and the Rosemount Business Park as prime sites for new manufacturing facilities. Expanding Rosemount’s
base of high wage manufacturing jobs is key strategy to expand Rosemount’s economic and commercial
base, while also helping to ensure residents can find jobs that allow them to afford to live here.
As part of the Statewide effort, localities are encouraged to promote Manufacturing Month by promoting
local business, training facilities and attending manufacturing events. Last month, the Port Authority
invited Dakota County Technical College (DCTC) to give a presentation on their programing and training
within the sector, as well as their partnerships with Dakota County businesses. They also touched upon
ways that the City could partner and help support their programming and students with the overall goal of
adding skilled manufacturing jobs locally. As part of Manufacturing Month, the State of Minnesota
Department of Employment and Economic Development is encouraging local governments to help
promote these initiatives by proclaiming October as Manufacturing Month.
RECOMMENDATION
The Rosemount Port Authority and staff recommend City Council approve the attached proclamation.
2022 PROCLAMATION
CERTIFICATE
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THIS CERTIFICATE IS PROUDLY PRESENTED TO
Mr. Name Surname
SIGNATURESIGNATURE
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WHEREAS: Manufacturing is a dynamic and robust industry, crucial to the health and
strength of Minnesota’s diverse economy; and
WHEREAS: Manufacturing added $56 billion to Minnesota’s economy in 2021,
representing the second largest contribution (14%) to the state’s gross
domestic product by any industry; and
WHEREAS: Manufactured exports brought about $22 billion into the Minnesota economy
in 2021; and
WHEREAS: Workers took home $23.4 billion in wages from Minnesota manufacturing
jobs in 2021, the second-largest total payroll among private sector industries; and
WHEREAS: Manufacturing in Minnesota pays an average annual wage of $74,630,
which is 10% higher than the state’s overall average private sector wage; and
WHEREAS: Manufacturing provides more than 310,000 highly skilled, well-paying jobs,
which significantly contribute to Minnesota’s high standard of living and
economic vitality; and
WHEREAS: Minnesota manufacturers will have more than 75,000 job openings
for production occupations through 2030 as older workers retire
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ____________________________, do hereby proclaim the month of October 2022
shall be observed as:
MANUFACTURING MONTH in ______________________________________
Signed: ______________________________________ Date: ____________________