LMCIT membership is open to certain public entities as approved by the LMCIT Board of Trustees. Eligibility means an entity may apply for membership, with final approval being subject to underwriting review.
Who can apply for membership?
Entities may apply for LMCIT membership if they fall into one of the categories below:
League members
- Any entity that is in good standing as a member of the League of Minnesota Cities.
Political subdivisions
Political subdivisions may apply if they meet either of the following:
- Their governing body includes at least one member appointed by a League member and they qualify under Minnesota’s self‑insurance laws.
(Examples include fire relief associations, city HRAs and EDAs, joint powers organizations, water management organizations.)
OR
- They belong to a class of entities approved by the LMCIT Board of Trustees to participate in one or more coverage pools.
Approved classes include:
- Airport and rail commissions and authorities
- Associations and commissions of city officials
- Cable, internet, fiber, and technology entities with participating cities
- City HRAs, EDAs, port authorities, and housing authorities
- City recreational facilities, community centers, and cultural/education entities
- Conservation and lake improvement districts
- County housing and redevelopment authorities
- Development commissions and authorities with city membership
- Health, hospital and nursing home districts serving cities
- Libraries and library boards with participating cities
- Public safety and first responder entities serving cities
- Sanitary, sewer, water, and solid waste districts with city membership
- Transit authorities with city membership
- City utility commissions and related organizations
- Water management organizations
- Watershed districts
