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each city. A reduction in the property taxes would reduce the city's aid cuts. <br />Q; Can cities increase their /evy in 2003 to cover the /oss of state aids? <br />A: Not entirely. The uniform aid cut could be replaced through council - <br />approved increases in the property tax levy. The replacement of revenues <br />lost through the "growth- based" cut would require voter - approval. <br />Q: Are cities being Pena /ized for increasing their /e vies to cover the /oss of <br />HACA? <br />A: Generally, the answer is no. The focus of the governor has been on <br />growth in total levy plus state aids. By measuring city revenue growth in this <br />manner, the loss of HACA and any resulting levy increase is factored out of <br />the figures. <br />Q; We issued bonds for the construction ofa public facility /ast year and the <br />debt service payments will begin this year. Does the "growth-based' cut <br />exclude these debt service levies? <br />A: No. The growth -based cuts are computed on the total proposed property <br />tax levy for each city and do not make any distinction for debt service levies. <br />Q; Our city is challenging the federal census figures because we believe <br />there was an error in our popu /ation and househo /d counts. If our appea/ Is <br />uphe /a; will this impact the cuts? <br />A: The answer depends upon when the counts are corrected. To a degree, <br />the three -year average growth in households will offset a miscount in the <br />federal census. However, some of the appeals that are pending are <br />significant and could significantly alter the calculation of the cuts. <br />Q; The governor has proposed eliminating police and fire amortization aids <br />beginning in 2003. Are these the aids that help pay PERA police and fire <br />C0/7777Z71/170/75 for ourpo /ice officers and the aids that go to our volunteer <br />relief association? <br />A: No. The governor has proposed eliminating only the amortization aids <br />that are currently targeted to cities that had consolidation accounts or have <br />local police and full -time fire department relief associations still in operation. <br />Additioanl Questions: <br />-Fund Balance <br />-Fair Share? <br />