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6/22/71 The Board.,of Review Meeting held on June 22, 1971, was called to order at 8:07 by Mr. Jaworski. Other members present were Messrs. Bohjanen and Cardinal. Mr. Rosengren arrived late, Member absent: L'Allier. Also present was Mr. Ernest Kiss from the Anoka County Assessors Office. Mr. Jaworski stated that the purpose of the meeting was to review assessments of 1971 to be paid,in 1972. The question was asked where most of the tax money goes. Mr. Jaworski said that the school district gets most of the money. Mr. Don Marier asked how it is broken down between the County and the Village. Mrs. Sarner, Assessor, said that 75% went to the schools and the remaining 25% was divided up between the County, Village, Forest Lake hospital, Misquito Control, and Metro Council. Mr, Don Marier said that we sometimes loose track of the dollar value, Mr. Kiss stated that one mill was equivalent to 1 /10 of a cent. 35 It was mentioned that Lino Lakes has three different school districts in it. The School Board figures out how many mills they have to assessato bring in enough money. Mrs. Mary Gould asked about what will happen when the area increases and Lino Lakes has to have bigger schools. Mr. Jaworski told her that the School Board builds the schools not the Village; that it does not go according to the Village lines, but according to School Districts. Mr. Bohjanen said that we might be heading for one school district in the future and that the taxes would be even bigger. The question was asked on how they arrive at taxes on a home when some in the same village may have gone up and some others have the same value. Mr, Kiss stated that it is assessed by the square foot. He also said that the assessor does not have to go through every year. One man asked about his 38% increase in taxes when he had made no improvements. He was told that part of it was from the increase in school. Mr. Kiss stated that they have records of all the homes on their Field Books. It was mentioned that if homes were assessed properly, they should go up proportionately. Mr, Kiss said that the people could file with the county for a Request for Review. The question was asked about how the valuation got raised up. Mr..Kiss,stated that the valuation was raised in the even numbered years. In 1968 both old and new homes were raised and in 1970 property was increased, This was done by the Anoka County Assessors office. Mr. PeteANadeau asked if the county overrules the village assessor.. Mr. Kiss stated that each house if valued for what is there; tax's are based on market value, Value increased and mill rate increased in 1971. Different rates are gotten by the rate persquare foot and by what is in it. He also said that you can put on or renew anything that was existing without raising the taxes. Mr, Cardinal also mentioned that identical homes could have different valuation by their location. Mr. Jaworski said if one home is valued at $15,000 and one at $20,000 and the mill