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Mounds View City Council September 8, 2003 Regular Meeting Page 11 1 Council Member Marty indicated he is comfortable with the sunset clause as years go by Council 2 members change and economics change and another Council may want to end the franchise fee. 3 4 Council Member Stigney indicated that he would like to leave the sunset clause in the ordinance 5 because he feels residents should be told each year where the money comes from and where it 6 goes and he would like the option of ending the franchise fee at some point if that is possible. He 7 then commented that he would also like to look at closing TIF districts or specific parcels within 8 TIF districts to bring them back onto the tax rolls. 9 10 Council Member Gunn indicated she would like to leave the sunset clause in the ordinance. 11 12 MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Gunn. To Waive the Reading, Introduce the First Reading and 13 Approve Ordinance 718, an Ordinance Implementing a Franchise Tax on Xcel Energy Electric 14 and Natural Gas Operations within the City of Mounds View for the Year 2004. 15 16 Ayes – 3 Nays – 1(Linke) Motion carried. 17 18 Mayor Linke closed the public hearing at 8:12 p.m. 19 20 D. Public Hearing, First Reading and Consideration of Ordinance 719, 21 Implementing a Franchise Tax on Reliant Energy Natural Gas Operations 22 Within the City of Mounds View for the Year 2004. 23 24 Mayor Linke opened the public hearing at 8:13 p.m. 25 26 Finance Director Hansen indicated this ordinance is the companion piece to the first one as there 27 are a handful of properties within the City of Mounds View that are provided with natural gas by 28 Reliant Energy. 29 30 Mayor Linke closed the public hearing at 8:14 p.m. 31 32 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Stigney. To Waive the Reading, Introduce the First Reading and 33 Approve Ordinance 719, an Ordinance Implementing a Franchise Tax on Reliant Energy Natural 34 Gas Operations Within the City of Mounds View for the Year 2004. 35 36 Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 37 38 E. Resolution No. 6091, Authorizing Certification of a Proposed General Fund 39 Budget and Property Tax Levy for Fiscal Year 2004. 40 41 Finance Director Hansen indicated the City has a requirement under state law to pass a 42 preliminary budget and property tax levy by September 15, 2003. He then indicated that Staff 43 and Council have been working on the budget throughout the summer and noted that the state cut 44 the City’s LGA by $456,000 and imposed rather strict limits on property tax levy allowing 45