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Special Report of VRT & CO. <br />Page 13 <br />Calendar Year <br />1979 (Actual) $189,825 <br />1980 (Actual) 208,275 9.72% <br />1981 (Actual) 213,252 2.39 <br />1982 (Actual) 201,413 (5.55) <br />1983 (Actual) 230,961 14.67 <br />1984 (Estimated) 250,039 8.26 <br />LOCAL GOVERNMENT AID - BY TYPE OF JURISDICTION <br />(All Amounts in 1,000's of Dollars) <br />C1t1es <br />Amount % Change <br />Counties <br />Amount % Change <br />$ 19,711 <br />21,869 10.95% <br />22,143 1.25 <br />20,178 (8.87) <br />23,907 18.48 <br />14,509 (39.31) <br />Townships State Total <br />Amount Change Amount % Change <br />$ 15,518 $225,054 <br />15,422 (.62 %) 245,566 9.11% <br />14,321 (7.14) 249,716 1.69 <br />13,486 (5.83) 235,077 (5.86) <br />15,526 15.13 270,394 15.02 <br />8,352 (46.21) 272,900 .93 <br />The above schedule reflects a whole new element caused by the State budget <br />situation. Not only have State aids become limited, they have also become something for <br />which individual local jurisdictions are competing against each other to obtain. This <br />facet is the single most important development which occurred during 1983 and continuing <br />into 1984. In the end, however, 1984 property taxes were increased 8% by Minnesota <br />Cities and Counties and 14% by Minnesota Townships. <br />The State of Minnesota has worked very diligently in the 1980's to resolve its <br />overall budget problem. As part of the State solution, overall aids to local government <br />diminished. Meanwhile, selected local jurisdictions attempted to gain a larger portion <br />of a smaller pie through lobbying efforts. Other jurisdictions (in turn) countered with <br />their own (and joint) lobbying efforts. Competition between Cities for limited Local <br />Government Aid was probably the hottest topic of 1983. "Battle lines" were drawn between <br />selected Cities and /or group of Cities. Different formulas were devised and re- devised <br />by different groups and /or individual Cities. <br />