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COW'OF CURDS• Phone: (612).784-3055 Fax: (612) 784-3462 Quite Simply the Best" May 24, 1993 The Honorable Dee Long: I am contacting you regarding the proposed cuts in the LGA or HACA funding levels that would impact cities including the City of Mounds View. Since I do not know the demographics for other cities in the State, I will attempt to show you how State funds help the residents of Mounds View by telling you something about our residents. Per the 1990 census, the City of Mounds View has 12, 541 residents in 4, 702 households. Of these households, 157 are fathers raising their children without a wife and 508 mothers raising their children without a husband. The median household income is $37, 117, which is the 5th lowest of all the cities in Ramsey County including St. Paul. To further inform you of the plight of the residents of Mounds View, 4.5% of all families in Mounds View live in poverty, 8% .of families with children live in poverty and 10.7% of families with children under 5 are in poverty. Because of this, the City Council has been very careful with what we spend, and how we spend the taxpayers' dollars. We are very proud to be listed as the 4th lowest "densely populated" in per capita spending by the Minnesota Auditors' Report, "CASE STUDIES OF CITY SPENDING" . The City of Mounds View was not only listed in the report but some of our examples of cost-saving measures' were discussed in the report. I have attempted to convey to you some of the conditions that the City of Mounds View considers each and every budget year. We, the City Council, have always budgeted on the ability of our residents to pay for the services they receive. We have not increased services_ unless__the health and safety of the residents were in jeopardy or it was action required by State mandate. What I have attempted to show you is that even if some cities may be able to withstand further funding cuts in LGA and HACA, the City of Mounds View and its residents would be adversely affected. Therefore, if in your deliberations on the State's budget, please remember that not all cities are big time spenders, and that there are some cities that are doing a good job at keeping down property taxes. Sincerely/ CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW erome W. Linke Mayor 777MM 2401 Highway 10 • Mounds View, MN 55112-1499 recycled