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APPROVE(` Mounds View City Council Page 17 • Regular Meeting October 24, 1994 Linke presented a form using the overhead projector which compared the taxes on the average home in Mounds View for 1994 with the proposed 1995 taxes. The market value increased 2. 3% to $87,908; the tax value increased 3 .9%; and the tax increased $16, or 6.2% He also reviewed a form which indicated actual tax levy versus what the levy would have been if additional taxes were levied instead of the franchise fee being established. The next form listed the average taxes and fees by item, broken down per month and year. The total was $625. 62 per year. Linke challenged anyone to go out and buy private snow plowing service, police service, fire service and street repair service for $625. 62 a year. Friedrich Gastreich, 5030 Bona Road, asked what those figures were for the current year. Linke said those amounts were not figured but he estimated it to be around $20 less than the proposed 1995 figure. Orduno explained that this breakdown of figures came as a response to people who attended the budget hearing. She noted 1111 that there is not another community in the metro area that puts out a publication showing their budget as detailed as Mounds View. Steven Larson, 2917 County Road H, asked how many houses were in the City of Mounds View. Cathy Bennett said that figure could be found in the Community Profile and one would be sent to him. Sherie Roder, 2101 Cornell Drive, asked if a part-time mobile home inspector had ever been considered because there is a very great need for one. Mayor Linke explained that a mobile home park is a private property and the City doesn't have the authority to enter the property. He advised he has requested the help of our State Representative to help with this issue. Steve Larson said that he would like to see the City stop spending as much money. He cited Parks and Recreation as an area that he felt had too large a budget. Linke reminded him that a portion of the funds come from user fees. Larson felt that it still came from the pockets of residents, whether through direct taxes or in the form of fees.