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UNAPPROVED Mounds View City Council November 30, 1998 Page 2 value homes within the different communities in Ramsey County. Mounds View's median-value home went from $92,000 to $97,5000, an increase of approximately 6 percent. Nineteen percent of the homes saw no change in value, 20 percent saw an increase or decrease of 5 percent, and 61 percent saw and increase of 5 to 10 percent. The Pay 1999: Any value of$75,000 the new rate is 1.7 percent. The impact of this is a total tax of$303, an increase of$27, or 9.8 percent. Total tax for the County, Pay 1999, the median value for Mounds View is $97,500. The total tax on this home would be $1,480 taking into account the County, the school district, and the various taxing jurisdictions, for a tax increase of$97, or 7 percent from 1998. For residents living in Commission District No. 1, residential properties will see a decrease of 3.3 percent in their overall taxes for 1999. Commercial and Industrial properties would see an approximate 12 percent decrease in taxes, and apartments would see an approximate 13 percent decrease in taxes. Kessel noted the budget, as originally presented, showed a deficit of$14,000. Since September it has come to the attention of staff that there was a transfer that should have been made from the Vehicle and Equipment Fund to fund a pickup that was scheduled to be purchased for $6,000 . Anoka County has informed the City that there will be a charge for dispatching fire services. This will be an approximate $3,000 charge that will have to be paid this coming year that has not been paid in the past. Contracting for Council Minutes will be an additional $2600 that needs to be added to the budget. A decrease of$5,000 in the Franchise Fee will have to be accounted for. With these adjustments the deficit is $18,686 dollars. In 1998 The Hay salary study had been made that yielded recommendations to help the City come into alignment with "comp worth" and a new pay plan that the City had taken into consideration. Staff is recommending using $7500 over and above the 3 percent cost of living salary adjustment to bring the City in line with the Hay salary study recommendations. Kessel said there is a proposal for the Fire Department to contract out for building inspections. This would yield a savings of$7500 if started in July of 1999 and an additional $6,250 if it was started April 1, 1999. These figures would bring the cumulative deficit in the General Fund to $12,436. The way the budget has been presented reflects the Community Center and Parks and Recreation programming being contracted out to the YMCA, Kessel stated. If the City retained management of the Community Center and Parks and Recreation programming, the budget would need to be increased by an additional $71,000. Kessel said if fuel estimates were decreased to reflect current conditions an additional $2,750 could be realized. Another savings opportunity could be realized if the number of Rotary Club memberships was reduced, a $700 savings for each membership that is dropped. Currently the City pays for three memberships. The Franchise Fee is in the budget at 2.5 percent. If this Fee