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Ei <br />I <br />t <br />opposition to service cuts. At a minimum, the City needs to <br />start an informational process, to increase knowledge about <br />fiscal realities and to help f acilitate some community consensus <br />before budgetary concerns require "hard and fast" decisions. <br />ProeertY Tax Share of the CitYe <br />In many communities, <br />residents express some confusion af the <br />exact percentage of property tax monies which go to the citye <br />Usually, the city proportion is overestimated, while the school <br />district portion is underestimatedo To gauge the perceptians of <br />Mounds View residents, respondents were asked: <br />As you r ay Cnow, proper y axes are <br />divi ed betr+een the Ci y of Mounds <br />V'ieas Rar sey County, and yowr locaIl <br />public schnol district. <br />For each dollar of properity axes you <br />pays about r+hat per entage do youi <br />think goes to city gov err nent? <br />The median response was 18.5 percentc <br />UNDER TEN PERCENT .......................... <br />77, <br />107. TD 20'/ ................e.... <br />e.......... <br />e27'/e <br />21% TO 30'/...o ............................. <br />17% <br />31% TO 40%0 ................................ <br />4'/. <br />41% TO 50% ................................. <br />5'/. <br />51'/. TO 60%va ..............................° <br />0% <br />bl% TO 70% ................................ <br />elY. <br />OVER SEVENTY PERCENT.....a..........•. • <br />DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.......e.....e.......... <br />40% <br />In addition to incorrect estimates, another problem arose in <br />Mounds Viewa A very high percentage of residents were unable to <br />make even a gross estimate of the city share of tax dollars. The <br />City needs n better inform its citizens; it should redo ble <br />efforts to distribute this information. At a minimum, with the <br />increased awareness that City government is cost-e-ffective, a <br />33