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Volume 33 Issue 6 June 2018 Monthly Publication of the Minnesota Service Station and Convenience Store Association B20 Mandate Temporary Suspension ends on June 30, 2018 The original suspension period was from MN Lottery May 21, 2018 thru June 30, 2018. Effective July 1, 2018, all diesel fuel sold or offered for Minnesota Election Update sale in Minnesota for use in internal combus- June 2018 tion engines must contain at least then per- cent (10%) biodiesel fuel oil by volume. U.S. States Pressure Automak- ers on EVs As a retailer, can I wait until July 1, 2018 to start taking deliveries of B20 again? Enbridge “Our Commitment to Minnesota” No. By July 1, 2018 all diesel fuel sold or offered for sale in Minnesota for use in internal combustion engines must again con- New Members tain twenty percent (20%) biodiesel fuel oil by volume. The tempo- rary suspension was timed to allow stations approximately two WEX Evolves Fuel Payments weeks to turn their storage tanks over after biodiesel supply is ex- from Plastic to Phone pected to return to normal production levels. •Stations should start taking deliveries of B20 before June 30, so Counteracting Declining that the diesel fuel dispensed at their pumps contains twenty percent Customer Acquisition Rates in (20%) biodiesel by volume on July 1. Auto Repair •Any fuel delivered to fleets, farms, and other end users after June, MSSA Annual Golf Outing 30th, must contain twenty percent (20%) by volume. Reminder Will the Weights & Measures Division continue to enforce the biodiesel mandate during the B20 temporary suspension? MSSA Services Yes. Weights & measures inspectors will continue to take fuel samples and audit delivery records to ensure that until June 30, 2018, all diesel fuel sold or offered for sale in Minnesota for use in • Department of Labor Information internal combustion engines contains at least ten percent (10%) bio- • Legislative and Lobbying diesel fuel oil by volume. • Legal Support Questions? • Drive off Support 14305 Southcross Drive, Suite 150 Greg VanderPlaats • Industry Information Burnsville, MN 55306 Weights & Measures Division 651-539-1559 • Support with Below Cost Minnesota Department of Com- [email protected] merce Executive Director Letter MSSA Board Members Ron Feist, President Happy Summer! 763-544-5512 ‘16-’19 Chan Smith, Vice President 651-450-9729 ‘17-’20 Hope all of you are enjoying the summer! Whether you have children par- Andrea Drake, Secretary/Treasurer 651-426-9996 ’18-‘21 ticipating in local events or just laying around enjoying a few refreshments. Mark Olson Did you know “Summer” came from the Old English name for the season 612-869-1244 ‘16-‘19 “sumor”, which in turn came from the Proto-Germanic *sumur-, which it- Steven Anderson self came from the Proto-Indo-European root *sam-, meaning summer? 651-644-3436 ’18- ‘21 Wait, my son’s name is Sam. Didn’t know his name came from the mean- Joel Hennen ing of summer? The things you learn in a daily basis. 952-445-2478 ‘16-‘19 Jeff Bagniewski 507-285-0014 ’17-‘20 Speaking of learning. City councils need to learn how important our retail Jeff Peterson members are to their communities. Last week, the city of Roseville passed 507-452-3559 ’18–‘21 an age 21 tobacco ordinance. Later in that week, myself, Mark Ogren Jerry Charmoli (Croix Oil), Steve Rush (Holiday), Bruce Nustad (MNRA) Deb McMillan 763-757-6789 ‘17-’20 (TwinWest) and Meghan Shea (NATO) met with council members from Minnetonka. Yep, you guessed it, Minnetonka, now is looking at age 21. MSSA Staff City of Lakeville, and Eden Prairie have also expressed interest. Lance Klatt (651) 487-1983 Cell (612) 916- 9917 We need to continue sharing our stories with City Council members. We Nikki Wakefield (651) 487-1983 are not the problem as small community retailers, the problem is “social sources”! Have had some victories in Brooklyn Park and Mankato-but need more. Need our message to be heard. We will lose some battles, but Insurance Representatives McNamara Company in time, I am confident to say we will win the war. Need to keep working Patrick McNamara (651) 426-0607 harder. Aleisha McNamara (651) 426-0607 Mitchell McNamara (651) 426-0607 This summer I have been plagued with political campaign emails and mail. It’s going to be a wild summer/ fall. Elections have consequences, espe- Haas Managed Benefits cially in our industry. Please be ready as a time may come as we need to Bill Haas (763) 421-6153 lean our members for support! Could be labor preemption, tobacco preemption or preemption in general as all repair, C-store and towing busi- ASMI Board nesses will be affected by their city councils one way or another. Kurt Bohnen, President 612-723-8855 Ted Brausen, Vice President As we enjoy the summer, always remember the dark and gloomy winter 651-635-9577 will be here soon, just as in the number of City Council votes. Bryan Boesen, Secretary/Treasurer 763-315-2886 Ron Velander Enjoy the summer! 952-457-7153 Mark Olson 612-869-1244 Lance General Counsel Randy Thompson (952) 405-7171 Nolan, Thompson & Leighton Government Affairs Todd Hill – Lobbyist Hill Capitol Strategies, Inc. MSSA Newsline - June 2018 2 David C. Johnson Pat & Karen Shearen Patrick Nelson Herb’s Servicenter, Inc. Southside Fuel Plus Brown’s Ice Cream Member since 1978 Member since 2005 Member since 2010 Dean Showalter Jon Stelley Mike Shofner Winnetka Shell Arctic Glacier Ice Fridley Minnoco Member since 1980 Member since 2005 Member since 2012 Jim Klassen William Kanuit Steve Williams Spring Hill Garage Lakehead Oil Company Steve Anderson Member since 1988 Member since 2005 Bobby & Steve’s - Minneapolis Bobby & Steve’s - Bloomington Daniel Boardman Lonnie McQuirter, Jr. Bobby & Steve’s - Columbia Heights Mahtomedi Automotive 36 Lyn Refuel Station Bobby & Steve’s - West Bloomington Service Member since 2005 Bobby & Steve’s - South Mpls Member since 1990 Bobby & Steve’s - West Mpls Colleen Mercil Member since 2012 Brady Olson Lakeside Oil Company Brady’s Service Center Member since 2006 Corey Goodwin Member since 1996 Rose City Canopy Jeff Herman Member since 2014 Andrea Drake Chase Paymentech North Oaks Holiday Member since 2006 Tom Vogt WBT Holiday Gas N Go Member since 1995 Scott Trebelhorn Member since 2014 United Farmers Co-Op Member since 2006 Bill Owen Rick Pribyl Wenzel’s Farm LLC Clear Lake Amoco Pat Weiden Member since 2015 Member since 2004 Community Oil Inc. Member since 2007 Courtney Bode Paychex, Inc Dan Reed Matt Murphy New Brighton BP Member since 2018 B-Dale Shell Member since 2005 Member since 2008 Dhimant Patel Slayton BP Scott Donly Reed Clemmer Deli Express Member since 2018 Fish Rock, Inc. Member since 2005 Member since 2008 Brent Harms Tecmark LLC Member since 2018 MSSA Newsline - June 2018 3 MSSA Newsline - June 2018 5 Minnesota Election Update June 2018 At this point, it appears no special session will be called to try and redo any of the legislative work from 2018. The state’s biennial budget was set by the 2017 Legislature and the vetoed bills are not necessary for the state to contin- ue their normal operations. The Governor and Senate Majority Leader did leave open the opportunity for a special session after the November election. The session would likely be limited to passing a bill providing for federal tax conformity and simplifying the process for filing tax returns in the spring of 2019. Much of the attention now turns to the November election. Minnesota continues to maintain a purple hue. Current- ly it seems the state will be ground zero in one of our two U.S. Senate elections, four of our eight congressional rac- es, the open Attorney General and Governor’s offices and a battle to switch to DFL control both the Minnesota House and Senate. Currently, it’s impossible to predict the outcome of the fall elections. • Constitutional Offices Two-term DFL Governor, Mark Dayton is retiring this November. The open seat has drawn substantial atten- tion. Up until the DFL Conventions, the leading candidates appeared to be DFL Congressman Tim Walz and former GOP Governor and Presidential Candidate, Tim Pawlenty. Walz was reportedly leading in the race for the DFL endorsement, while Pawlenty a late entrant in the race headed straight to the GOP Primary in August. Pawlenty, who announced his run in late March, raised over $1 million in campaign cash in just over three weeks following his announcement. With the former Governor in the race, the Republican Governor’s Asso- ciation made a substantial commitment towards the November General Election. However, the DFL Convention appears to have turned the Governor’s race on its head and a great deal of un- certainty remains as we head into the August 14th Primary. In the Attorney General race the DFL failed to en- dorse on the first ballot current DFL Attorney General, Lori Swanson. She withdrew her name from consider- ation and exited the convention. The DFL than after 6 ballots endorsed former House Majority Leader and current State Representative Erin Murphy. Her endorsement came after a last gasp attempt to block any en- dorsement by Congressman Walz, his running mate State Rep. Peggy Flannagan and the other Gubernatorial candidate, State Auditor Rebecca Otto. 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