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VI � <br />Regional tax fund wi11 cost" <br />city of Woodbury $34Q OOO <br />-1 .i Lta I Ig7 <br />. <br />HEA7tist )OHNSM STAFF WRIM <br />W e Sgrowth ex IF YOU GO <br />plosivfnally caught up A budgetheating <br />With the Subasb rN be at 7:30 <br />Thanks to ercial PAIL Nov- 20 In <br />W�� � <br />cant rnmmerci�. M' Yattlpy <br />development in. L�eait Ram <br />duding State Farm Creek oa <br />and Tausaxack YmI <br />Win <br />lage in 1995 and � p_m_� <br />1996, Woodbury a� <br />City Administrator <br />Barry Johnson said <br />the city in 1999 will lase about $MAW <br />in tax revenue to the fiscal disparities <br />fund, a regional m mnerSal/md tiai <br />taz3hvriag fund_ <br />Every community in the metropolitan <br />area pats a portion of the comuft- <br />dal/indushial taxes it collects into a <br />pool, whsth in terra is redited to all <br />metro communities according to a state <br />formnLi The goal is to lessen disparities <br />between communities in their commer- <br />cial and industrial tact bases. <br />"To the past, the city has been sort of <br />at the break�ven point in terms Of the <br />effect of that law," Johnson said. -The <br />city has moved to become a net contcibn- <br />tor, or a net loser as ifs sometimes <br />called, to that pooV <br />The any retains 87 percent of its MMO <br />mercfal/industrial property tax reve- <br />nges, with the rest hdpmg the entire <br />metro region, Johnson saint <br />While the Confribatioa to the pool could <br />mean higher city taxes for homeowners, <br />City C.oaDcil members have said tbey <br />favor $ budget cuts instead of ask- <br />ing more of residents. City leaders also <br />stress the importance of pursuing addl- <br />tioual mmmereW and industrial devel- <br />At a workshop. earlier this weeL after <br />Johnson had alerted the Carat that staff <br />Tend underestimated the impart of the <br />s required contribution to the pooll <br />yµ totaling -more <br />discussed <br />Sttaff-recommended <br />cuts Wtaling more than MO,M. �Y• <br />Recommanded'euts include a COUM121-- <br />:, ftkatiws hmtern at $5,9W, at <br />.$tOO, a police squad tar at�and <br />city park amembes, maps and faciliLy <br />'brochures at SIO AW, ameng other items. <br />"Were fortmmate in that most .of fhe <br />CUES are in areas where because of the <br />changesthat,have occurred --- UN" <br />.really not going to bane-mtict.of:a' <br />= hupad, or the impact wX be an <br />we haven't already dine," Johmon.sfii <br />If cats are made, homeotvam aoaid <br />expect city tares to be lower in 1999 than <br />the amount shown on troih-ia-PaYatfaoe <br />notices recently mailed to all property <br />owners, said Adam Bill Bargis. City tat <br />es, however, will increase somewhat nee <br />year beranse of voter approval of the $5 <br />ion Opence-spa, rde�d= is Jam-, <br />he Without the cuts, city razes on the <br />average single family Same valued at <br />How city serviom stack up <br />ftducT/Mvice ... Annual pfte/tax <br />per househwd ss <br />Peflee .... ..... ........... _...$I18.65 <br />Fire-_ ............... ....___.-.$4288 <br />parks, <br />Recreation ..... ..... _-_—....$79.49 <br />Snow plowing, street repair. <br />maintenance......_-_........$83_40 <br />Development control <br />(planning, eeoa. development, <br />budcfmg inspection)--, ........ $84-59 <br />Water. sewer & storm sewer <br />Charges. .... . ... . ............ $MM <br />s: annual tax/costls calculated <br />on the i998 average value home <br />or $I6z6w <br />$162,000 Would increase by about $ss <br />instead of r/.f, Hargis said. <br />"We can and will crake farther cuts in <br />the budget to reduce the 1999 tax levy <br />and to minimize the increase in city tax <br />es," he said. <br />Johnson said the error in the property <br />tax estimates was made in pact because <br />of changes in stare tax laws. Not bmwing <br />how other communities in the seveen-- <br />commty metro area are growing also af- <br />fecKed the prOacss. <br />"$Crouse this is a metropolitan -wide <br />calculation, we don't have the numbers to <br />be able to calculate," Johnson said. "We <br />can only estimate. based on history . <br />Next year, we will kWW we have to be <br />careful in this area.". <br />The proposed 1999 budget oo no <br />major new progams. However, funding <br />is ine-luded for <br />*Mring three additional police offi- <br />cos. <br />pleting the comprehensive plan <br />update vcem <br />■1�m two temporary bmidmg in. <br />specters, two additional street mamteY - <br />namm workers, a parks maintenance <br />worker and an accountant <br />mArdhitedural Services for the Public <br />¢ <br />y Smlding - <br />■Arddtecn¢al services for Central <br />Mkjor in the budget- .ia- <br />Blade one aaditional and sin replacement <br />pollee cats, a replacementf(re trvtdt, <br />Chippewa Park improvements, Street <br />maintenance prog am..fand nmcx'eases. <br />docsimeut imaging system and fund -in- <br />crease for purchase of a replacement site <br />for Aftaa Road fire station. <br />A summary of the proposed bads is <br />available at the Finance Department in <br />City Hall- A complete budget is available <br />for review at the department or the <br />Woodbury Branch Library on Radio <br />Drive. Cali the Fm:wce Department at <br />(651) 7I4 35W for more information. <br />Nearer Johnson, v&4 corers woodbW can be <br />reamed at hloeesoa®oleMorprese rein or . i <br />0?- <br />