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Mounds View City Council May 22, 2006 <br />Regular Meeting Page 3 <br /> <br />11% property tax increase State wide. She pointed out that since the Governor took office, there 1 <br />has been an increase of $2 billion in property taxes, which she believes is misguided because the 2 <br />State needs to take care of things like education and not dump it onto local property taxes. 3 <br />Representative Bernardy advised that 30% of the people are renters and they would not have 4 <br />received any property tax relief even though they pay for that tax through their rent. Also, the 5 <br />bill is not progressive so hard working Minnesotans would have only received $180 and those 6 <br />who do not need the money would have received ten times that amount. Representative 7 <br />Bernardy then reviewed the issues that she plans to work on and stated she hopes they will 8 <br />continue to work more bipartisanly. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Mayor Marty thanked both Senator Betzold and Representative Bernardy for trying to get the 11 <br />additional $400,000 for the sound wall, which did not receive funding this year, and urged them 12 <br />to keep that issue alive for next year. He asked for help on the local cable and video franchising 13 <br />issues which are being looked at on a national level and would do away with franchise fees 14 <br />currently received by cities and local cable franchise holders. 15 <br /> 16 <br />Senator Betzold stated that is more of a Congressional issue. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Councilmember Stigney left the meeting at 7:43 p.m. 19 <br /> 20 <br />B. Resolution 6816, A Resolution of Appreciation for the City of New Brighton 21 <br />for the use of their Council Chambers during the Mounds View 22 <br />Rehabilitation Project. 23 <br /> 24 <br />Mayor Marty read the resolution in full. 25 <br /> 26 <br />MOTION/SECOND: THOMAS/FLAHERTY. To adopt Resolution 6816, A Resolution of 27 <br />Appreciation for the City of New Brighton for the use of their Council Chambers during the 28 <br />Mounds View Rehabilitation Project. 29 <br /> 30 <br /> Ayes – 3 Nays – 0 Absent – 1 (Stigney) Motion carried. 31 <br /> 32 <br />C. Resolution 6817, A Resolution of Appreciation for the City of Roseville IT 33 <br />Department for their services during the Mounds View Rehabilitation 34 <br />Project. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Mayor Marty read the resolution in full. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Councilmember Stigney returned to the meeting at 7:46 p.m. 39 <br /> 40 <br />MOTION/SECOND: FLAHERTY/THOMAS. To adopt Resolution 6817, A Resolution of 41 <br />Appreciation for the City of Roseville IT Department for their services during the Mounds View 42 <br />Rehabilitation Project. 43 <br /> 44 <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 45