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2 3. Mrs. Dale Kolbow, Lakeview Avenue, stated she thought their taxes were too high, but was informed by Mrs. Sarner that their home was not homesteaded on the books, although the Kolbows thought this had been done. She was told to contact the County Assessor's office. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gates stated they were paying too much for taxes and knew their home was Homesteaded. Mrs. Sarner felt this was correct and thought this to be a clerical error at the County level. They were told to contact the Assessors office and they could get a refund for excess taxes paid in 1968. 5. Mr. Vernon Lehman presented the problem of his mother -in -law, Mari Gunderson, paying $52 taxes on five feet of land in Twilight Acres. She had purchased five feet of additional land to add to her lot because her house was too close to the lot line. Mrs. Sarner stated this was definitely a clerical error and told Mr. Lehman to contact the Auditor's or Treasurer's office. 6. Mrs. Vivian Rehbein stated that she had purchaesd one acre with a garage -like building on it next to her bus garage. The building had since been removed and the one acre had been assessed at $2,862. She was told to get a re- evaluation form from the County and they would send someone out to re- assess the acre. Mr. Schwartz then told the details of the Green Acres Law. (Form on file in Clerk's office) This law is a tax deferment for farmers who are farming their land but have been assessed at market value. If they meet all of the qualifica- tions they could pay taxes on an agricultural level and have the market level taxes defered until such time as they sell their land. Mr. Schwartz stated that under a new law, starting June 1, 1970, new homeowners could qualify to file Homestead for only half a year. They can do this by filing an affidavit with his office. He also stated that new laws concerning assessing are being made and these would be made available to the Village ks~esor who in turn would make them available to the Council. Pete Nadeau questioned about the time to complain of taxes that are too high. Mr. Schwartz explained that this is done only in even - numbered years except for personal property and new buildings. In 1970 the Council as the Board of Review would have the power to either lower or raise the assessment of an individual. Mr. Rosengren moved to sign the tax review certification, seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried. Mr. Jaworski moved to adjourn at 9:00 p.m., seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Carried. Minutes approved at the meeting of July 14, 1969 jl tZ(&10,11) Deputy Clerk The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes Village Council held on July 14, 1969 was called to order at 8:10 p.m. by Mayor L'Allier with all members present except Mr. Bohjanen who is vacationing. The lengthy minutes of the special June 17 meeting were read with the following correction on page 6: paragraph 1, third line - -CPA should be PCA; third par- agraph, next to last line - -cross out 'stated' insert 'asked is it your wishes', delete 'would'.