UPDATED Shutdown Roundup: With Three Days to Go ...

Updated below: Here is a summary of some of the latest news and links about the looming state-government shutdown.

CAPITOL TALKS: Gov. Mark Dayton and GOP lawmakers met briefly on Monday to resume budget negotiations.

Session Daily reported that the two sides spoke for about an hour and reported little progress at the conclusion of the Monday meeting. 

Dayton called the Monday talks “constructive” and “cordial” but offered little else to indicate the likelihood of a shutdown.

GOP leaders and Gov. Mark Dayton focused on health and human services spending at this morning's 9 a.m. meeting. According to Session Daily, Dayton said budget talks are moving forward, but was characteristically tight-lipped about how close they are to deal.

The governor and lawmakers are scheduled to meet again today at 2 p.m. and possibly later this evening.

If they don't reach a compromise, state services are scheduled to begin shutting down at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 1.

Update (4:30 p.m.): An air of inevitability hung over a press conference with Dayton and DFL leaders after the Tuesday afternoon negotiating session ended. (.)

Earlier in the afternoon, a judge ruled that funding for the judicial branch should remain the same during a shutdown, MPR reported.

Update (5 p.m.): Dayton called today’s 2 p.m. budget talks with GOP leadership “constructive and productive” but also said Wednesday is the day a deal needs to get done.  

Dayton said the parties are making progress but that even if a deal is struck, there is precious little time to draft and pass any new legislation before the government shutdown happens at 12:01 a.m. on Friday morning.

Dayton also reconfirmed that he would not call for a special legislative session unless an agreement looked imminent.  

Senator Amy Koch (R-Buffalo) and House Speaker Kurt Zellers (R-Maple Grove) emerged from the same meeting singing a slightly more optimistic tune.

“We’re not frustrated, we feel good,” Koch told reporters after the meeting. “We’re very close on a lot of these bills.”

When pressed, Koch said the process was about 40 percent done.

Despite Dayton’s ominous tone, Koch and Zellers said that after the progress they have already made there is plenty of time to pass and draft bills once they call to the Capitol Minnesota’s legislators.

Talks are scheduled to resume tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. in the governor’s reception room.

DNR DOINGS: With the July 4 holiday weekend looming, one of the most immediate, and perhaps catastrophic, impacts of the shutdown will be felt by the the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

According to Albert Lea-based KIMT TV, this weekend more than 60,000 overnight campers and 340,000 day users are expected to use the DNR’s 67 parks across the state. In the event of a shutdown, those people and their money—an estimated $12 million per week—will go somewhere else.

According to the DNR, unless a budget compromise is reached, the parks will begin shutting down at 4 p.m. on June 30. The DNR website and Information Center services will be suspended and the administration expects to lay off most of its staff.

has also examined the shutdown's effect on DNR operations.

COUNTIES' RESPONSE: In anticipation of the government shutdown Hennepin County on Monday issued layoff notices to around 1,300 of its 7,500-member workforce.

The layoff notices—which span everything from unfinished construction projects to unfunded care at Hennepin County Medical Center—come with a 10-day waiting period before becoming effective. Hennepin County Administrator Richard P. Johnson hopes the notices can be rescinded, and the shutdown avoided, before that time. Hennepin county is home to 1.2 million residents, employs 7,500 staff and has an annual operating budget of $1.6 billion.

Ramsey County has also begun taking steps to prepare for a potential shutdown. In its June 14 meeting, County Commissioners directed County Manager Julie Kleinschmidt to “quantify and categorize” the impact of a state shutdown on Ramsey County. Kleinschmidt’s full risk assessment can be found here. Ramsey County is home to 501,000 residents, employs 4,000 staff and has an annual operating budget of $585 million.

Anoka County is talking to vendors about possible payment delays and taking a "leaves, not layoffs" approach, according to a spokesperson. The county board of commissioners met Tuesday morning. We'll update this post with more information about Anoka County's preparations.

On Monday the Fridley City Council received a about a coming shutdown.