Contact the Public Facilities Authority

The Minnesota Public Facilities Authority (PFA) is a multi-agency authority that provides municipal financing expertise and infrastructure financing programs to enhance the environmental and economic vitality of the State.

Overview

The authority makes low-interest loans and grants available to finance infrastructure that might otherwise be unaffordable to communities if they had to borrow money for the projects at market rates.

Since inception in 1987, the PFA has financed $6.09 billion in public infrastructure projects in communities throughout Minnesota.

Regional Contacts
General Contacts
Loan Repayment
Annual Compliance Packets

Regional Contacts

Match a region with the contacts to find the PFA staff member assigned to your area. For assistance with Lead Service Line Replacement projects contact your regionally assigned loan officer.
General Contacts

Contact Information

MN Public Facilities Authority
1st National Bank Building, Suite W820
332 Minnesota Street
Saint Paul, MN 55101-1378

MN.PFA@state.mn.us

651-259-7469
1-800-657-3858
Fax: 651-296-8833

Staff Contact Information

Steve Walter, Executive Director
651-259-7472

Karin Berkholtz, Deputy Director
651-274-1742

Jennie Brown, Compliance Coordinator
651-259-7683

Melissa Ralph, Accounting Officer
651-259-7496

Melissa Wilwert, Fiscal and Administrative Specialist
651-259-7295

Kathe Barrett, Senior Loan Officer
651-259-7464

Angela Berrens, Senior Loan Officer
651-259-7497

Mary Jane Schultz, Senior Loan Officer
651-259-7467

Peter Bradshaw, Senior Loan Officer
651-259-7689

Drew Brooksbank, Senior Loan Officer
651-259-7131

Paul Perez, Senior Loan Officer
651-259-7475

Pete Montoya, Senior Loan Officer
651-259-7300
Loan Repayment

To Make Payment by Check

Make checks payable to the MN Public Facilities Authority and mail to:

MN Public Facilities Authority
ATTN: Admin/Fiscal Services
1st National Bank Building
332 Minnesota St., W820
Saint Paul, MN 55101-1378

Please allow for mailing time when submitting payment to be certain that the PFA will receive the check by the due date.

Please avoid combining any other payments to the State of Minnesota with your PFA loan repayment check.

To Make Payment by Wire Transfer

Contact your PFA loan officer for detailed information on wire transfers.

Contact the PFA Financial Officer listed below with the date the PFA will receive payments you send by wire.

Melissa Ralph
651-259-7496
Fax: 651-296-8833

To ensure that wired payments are properly credited to the PFA, we must notify state treasury officials when to expect the transfers, who is sending them, and in what amounts.
MPFA Annual Compliance Packets for Recipients

Link to forms used by recipients as applicable to submit required documents:
Minnesota Public Facilities Authority (MPFA) financing agreements include annual compliance related requirements. Early each calendar year, MPFA will put a "Compliance Packet" on each recipient's folder on our SharePoint site. This packet will include information about financial activity during the calendar year and, depending on each recipient's situation, requests for documents:

Informational
- Report on disbursements made by MPFA identifying what amount if any, was federal.
- Report on loans payable to the MPFA.
Request for Required Documents
- Requests for required financial reporting documents
- Certification(s) related to Tax-Compliance requirements (which, when applicable, are due by March 31). See Note 1 below.
- Certification(s) related to System Replacement Fund requirements (which, when applicable, are due by March 1). See Note 2 below.
Note 1: RE certifications related to Tax Compliance

As part of its procedures to ensure compliance with the many IRS provisions related to tax-exempt bonds, the MPFA requires its borrowers to complete annual compliance checklists.

Borrowers with this requirement must use the form linked above for each set of project facilities and assets financed thru MPFA.

The list of related project financings is part of the annual compliance packet available on the MPFA SharePoint site.

Note 2: RE certifications related to System Replacement Funds

Per Minn. Stat. 446A.072:

Minn. Stat. 446A.072 Subd. 12. System replacement fund. Each governmental unit receiving a grant under this section shall establish a system replacement fund and shall annually deposit a minimum of $.50 per 1,000 gallons of flow for major rehabilitation, expansion, or replacement of the wastewater or drinking water system. Money must remain in the account for the life of the corresponding project loan from the authority or USDA/RECD, unless use of the fund is approved in writing by the authority for major rehabilitation, expansion, or replacement of the wastewater or drinking water system. By March 1 each year during the life of the loan, each recipient shall submit a report to the authority regarding the amount deposited and the fund balance for the prior calendar year. A recipient is not required to maintain a fund balance greater than the amount of the grant received. Failure to comply with the requirements of this subdivision shall result in the authority assessing a penalty fee to the recipient equal to one percent of the supplemental assistance amount for each year of noncompliance.

Recipients with this requirement must use the form linked above for each System (Clean Water and/or Drinking Water).

The list of related project financings is part of the annual compliance packet available on the MPFA SharePoint site.

Questions related to your projects financed with MPFA should be directed to your loan officer.

For or any issues accessing or using your MPFA SharePoint site, please send an email (with "SharePoint" in the subject line, please) to MN.PFA@state.mn.us.