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Mounds View Charter Commission Resolution 2006-06a Date: July 20, 2006 CHAPTER 7 TAXATION AND FINANCES Section 7.03. System of Taxation. Subject to the state constitution, and except as forbidden by it or by state law, the Council shall have full power to provide by ordinance for a system of local 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 by state laws imposing restrictions upon the City irrespective of Charter provisions. Subdivision. The City's annual resolution to levy ad valorem taxes (raisin_. n • le a_ainst rend personal property) shall not exceed the lesser of the following formulas:�either the r year tax levy dollar_amount increased bya maximus 5°f. • ` •__un_ '.i e dex_ _lus 2%._ The CPI_shall be the 12 month average of the most_recently published data for all Urban Consumers_ in the.Minneapolis. St. Paul metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Dejartment_of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. Subdivision 2. The City Council may levy a tax against real and personal property in excess of the limit set in Subdivision 1 provided the Council shall-: A) Adopt a resolution declr g the necessity for an additional tax levy and specifying the purposes for which such additional tax levy is required. B) Hold a ;.:_uhtic_he_ r . .t -ast 10 dais osteo and ublished notice in the Ci 's official_ newsnaper,City newsletter, d,lfaaai _hle, ht_e Cit .web sile.._setting foth.._th_scontents....QII the resolutiion_e_scrib dJ ibdivisi_on_'A C) After such public hearing. adopt by an affirmative Vc. e of at least_fo (4)members of the Council such resolution language which is readily understandable and a summary of such resolution will be thtlot question for the electorate at the next regular municipal election or spe .sal election.per this Charter's Section 4_04. as amended,_prior to the f nal.letiv_ approval. D) If the additional tax levy resolut_ion.is then approved by the..v©ters 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 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) FQr the....p rposes thi_Section.."fee" includes. .t' its charte“othet'.than...water, sanitary._ s. r,._s_torm_mater.a c streetlight) r.w•sl ng_f_e s._fr'anchiae._f_e ._(fg_cable—gas and. electric). Administratjve_gffense fee ,._and_sl Lasso.iF c d '_other fee_that prod.u.ces....a._ta burden ordirQctfinancial obligation.t_ _a simple_rajority of property owners and;or_res de its.. of Mounds View. B) For the purposes of this _ ectio 1 the term e " d•es cot include: i io or Ci ice.tce, park or recreationalparticipation fees charges for photo-copying. sales of municipal liquor store_ City of Mounds View