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Ms. Orduno noted that the Council will meet at a November 6th work session to re-evaluate the budget, based upon the input at the informational meeting. The Truth in Taxation Hearing will be held on November 29, 1995. On December 6, 1995, the City Council will formally adopt the budget. Mr. Don Brager, Finance Director took this opportunity to go through the budget figures with the residents. Mayor Linke presented tax capacity rate comparisons for the City of Mounds View for the past three years as well as an example of the taxes on an average home within the city. He also compared the tax capacity rates in Mounds View with those of other metropolitan cities and in doing so found that, per capita, Mounds View charges its residents less for the same services they provide. Duane McCarty, 8060 Long Lake Road, noted that it is the value of the home and not the number of people within the home that makes the difference. He stated he had several questions from the information which was sent to residents in regard to the budget. He wondered why the debt service on the golf course, as listed on pg. 7, was not included on the regular debt service schedule with the other debt service funds. The debt service fund schedule on pg. 14 gives more detail that what is found on pg. 7. He would like the golf schedule over the debt service schedule before the TNT and provide the additional information. He would also like to see some balances in terms of how much is owed after 1996 payment schedules on the debt service bonds. On Exhibit D on page 11, he wondered why there was an even increase of $10,000 for legal fees. Mayor Linke stated at this time the city is going out for RFPs on legal services and the staff does not know what costs will come in. They have assumed that there will likely be an increase in the legal fees primarily because the court house has been moved from New Brighton to Maplewood. The increase is based on "per hour" increases in terms of what the market will be for attorney fees. Mr. McCarty stated he was on the last committee that dealt with the courthouse when he was on the county board and he is dismayed that some commitments were not kept on that issue. He feels there is enough documentation to clearly state it was the understanding that there would be no movement until the central location had been finalized and that prior to the central location, the county would still have New Brighton court and Maplewood court in operation. He believes that was agreed to by himself, the other two commissioners that served on that committee and the representatives from the court.