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Mounds View City CouncilPage 18 111111 Regular Meeting ? 4V October 24, 1994 Orduno explained that the City could eliminate some of their Park programs which would eliminate an expenditure, but it would also eliminate a revenue. Linke noted that these programs were available to serve the residents. Larson stated that he didn't feel the expense of a housing inspector was justified. Orduno said that the inspector's position would pay for itself through fees. Larson expressed his concern that the golf course would have to be paid for by the taxpayers. He felt that the 6. 5 percentage rate on the venture capital loan was too low. Orduno explained that this was the figure advised by two separate financial consultants. Friedrich Gastreich urged the Council to start with what it costs the taxpayers and bring those figures down. Linke reminded him that the 1995 budget was still being worked on. • Richard Oman, 8205 Groveland Road, offered his observation that the percentage of taxes had gone up more over the last three years than the value of the homes. Linke explained that because in the previous two years the tax capacity value of commercial properties had gone down, it created a need to raise the same dollars by raising the taxes. Duane McCarty commented that there was not another city in the metro area and probably not in the state of Minnesota that would go through this kind of budget process at this point. He said the information is very detailed and very direct. McCarty felt that some of—the positions should be more _-- detailed, such as the position that will be performing point- of-sale inspections. Linke explained the process would work the same as in other cities. McCarty suggested that perhaps a little more detail on what the position would do and a direct comparison of what is already available from the banking and real estate industry should be added. Linke said that the City is in the process of doing that now. Orduno added that some states require the cities to do the inspections. As a result, the housing stock of a city is • improved.