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Mounds View Charter Commission Resolution 2006-06 Dated June 13, 2006 41111 CHAPTER 7 TAXATION AND FINANCES Section 7.03. System of Taxation. • - - - - .. taxation. This authority includes the power by ordinance to assess, levy, and collect taxes on all subjects or objects of taxation except as limited or prohibited by the state constitution,by this Charter or Subdivision 1. The City of Mounds View shall have. in addition to the powers granted by this Charter. all the powers to raise money by taxation pursuant to the laws of the State of Minnesota which are applicable to Home Rule Charter Cities and city class size which the State designates Mounds View to be a member in the year of the proposed levy or fee adjustment resolution. The City's resolution to raise money against real and personal property shall not exceed the lesser of the following fonnulas: either the prior year tax levy dollar amount increased by an inflationary index maximum of 6%. or CPI plus 3%. Said index shall be the 12 month average of the most recently published data of the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers in the Minneapolis. St. Paul metro.olitan area. as defined by the U.S. De.artment of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Subdivision 2. The City Council may levy a tax against real and personal property within the City in excess of the limit set in Subdivision 1 provided the Council shall: • A) Adopt a resolution declaring the necessity for an additional tax levy and specifying the purposes for which such additional tax levy is required.. B) Hold a public hearing with a published notice in the City's official newspaper, City newsletter, and. if available, the City web site, setting forth the contents of the resolution described in Subdivision 2A. C) After such public hearing. adopt by an affirmative vote of at least four (4) members of the Council such resolution language which is readily understandable by a lay citizen and will be the ballot question for the electorate at the next regular municipal election. D) If the additional tax levy resolution is then approved by the voters under Chapter 4 of this Charter then the levy shall be implemented in the following fiscal year or later date as specified in the resolution. Subdivision 3. Any other fee or special levy. created, or increased beyond the limits set forth in Subdivision 1. shall require voter approval as stipulated in Subdivision 2 of this Section. A) For the purposes of this Section. "fee" includes sales and use taxes, utility charges (other than water. sanitary sewer, storm water and street light). recycling fees. franchise fees (for cable, gas and electric), Valuation Table. Administrative offense fees. and any other fee that produces a tax burden or direct financial obligation to a majority of property owners and/or residents of Mounds View. • City of Mounds View