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Mounds View City Council December 7, 2015 <br />Truth in Taxation Meeting Page 2 <br /> <br />Finance Director Beer indicated the 2016 budget did not have a lot of increases. He noted that 1 <br />Ramsey County had not finalized the purchase of election equipment and this would force the 2 <br />City to carry over the budget into 2016. He discussed the City’s revenues in detail and was 3 <br />pleased to report the City would be receiving LGA again in 2016. He reviewed the historic 4 <br />trends of the City’s budget and noted the Council was only proposing a 1% tax levy increase for 5 <br />the coming year. He discussed how the proposed increase would impact median value homes, 6 <br />along with commercial properties. He was pleased to report Mounds View had one of the lowest 7 <br />levies per capita when compared to neighboring communities. Staff explained this meeting 8 <br />would allow the public a time to voice their concerns and explained the final budget would be 9 <br />approved at the December 14th Council Meeting. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Council Member Mueller asked if Code Enforcement expenditures fell under public safety or 12 <br />community development. Finance Director Beer reported all code enforcement expenditures 13 <br />were a community development expense. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Council Member Meehlhause explained after receiving his property tax statement from the 16 <br />County, he noted the Mounds View portion of taxes went down for his home. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Mayor Flaherty thanked Finance Director Beer and his entire department for their work on the 19 <br />2016 budget. He commended the Council for their efforts as well. 20 <br /> 21 <br />8. Next Council Work Session: After this Meeting 22 <br />Next Council Meeting: Monday, December 14, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. 23 <br /> 24 <br />9. ADJOURNMENT 25 <br /> 26 <br />The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Transcribed by: 29 <br /> 30 <br />Heidi Guenther 31 <br />TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 32