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PROCEEDINGS OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL VILLAGE OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA October 5, 1972 A Special Meeting of the Mounds View Village Council was called to order by Mayor Neisen at 7:30 P.M. on Thursday, October 5, 1972, at the Village Hall, 2401 Highway #10, St. Paul, Minnesota 55112, to consider the 1973 Village Budget. Present: Also Present: Mayor Neisen Councilman Hodges Councilman Baumgartner Councilman Johnson Councilman Pickar Clerk - Administrator Zylla Clerk Zylla announced that notices of the hearing were published in the New Brighton Bulletin, St. Paul Dispatch, and Minneapolis Star. Two persons were in attendance Jim Nagel, reporter St. Paul Dispatch, and Mrs. John Pickar. Clerk Zylla presented copies of the budget to those in attendance and explained how the general and debt levies are arrived at. He related that the total budgeted disbursements for 1973 are $411,483 for the General Fund, $86,803 for the Water Utility and $105,048 for the Sewer Utility. The total levy for 1973 would be $136,787 for general and $96,426 for debt. The 1973 mill rate would be 12.70 (adjusted to 36.31 using the 1972 computation method) compared to 37.90 in 1972. A series of graphs were shown which provided historical data on mill rates, yearly disbursements, debt levy versus net income of the utility funds and the dollar tax allocation by departments paid by the owner of a $25,000 home. MSP (Hodges - Pickar) To adopt Resolution #577 certifying a general levy for taxes payable 1973 of $136,787 and Resolution #578 certifying a debt levy for taxes payable 1973 of $96,426. 5 Ayes The Council heard a presentation by the Clerk relative to the matter of New Brighton's request to have the Metro Council declare their trunk sewer an interceptor thereby qualifying it for buy out by the Sewer Board. Clerk Zylla stated that the net effect of such an action would be that Service Area No. 2 of which Mounds View is a member, or the Metro Area,if the SAC charge is adopted,would pay New Brighton$862,311 for their sewer, incur additional construction costs of an estimated $250,000 to extend their sewer, and Service Area No. 2 communities would have to pay current interceptor costs of about $30,000 per year the first year rising to about $90,000 per year when the interceptor capacity is reached. Clerk Zylla beseeched the Council to take a position in opposition to this action since New Brighton would not have qualified had they not made a property transfer with Arden Hills, in his opinion, in order to qualify under the Law for achieving interceptor status for their system. Clerk Zylla was instructed to mail notification to other interested member communities of Mounds View's opposition to this proposed acquisition and proceed to try to convince Arden Hills to service this area themselves, thereby nullifying New Brightons "over 75 acres" service area in Arden Hills.