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PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Truth In Taxation Meeting 5 December 3, 2018 6 Mounds View City Hall 7 2401 County Road 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 6:00 P.M. 9 10 11 1. MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER 12 13 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 14 15 3. ROLL CALL: Bergeron, Gunn, Hull, Meehlhause and Mueller. 16 17 NOT PRESENT: None. 18 19 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 20 A. Monday, December 3, 2018, City Council Agenda. 21 22 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Approve the Monday, December 3, 2018, agenda as 23 presented. 24 25 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 26 27 5. COUNCIL BUSINESS 28 A. Truth in Taxation. 29 30 Finance Director Beer indicated this Special meeting fulfilled the City’s need to hold a Truth in 31 Taxation Hearing. He reviewed the proposed 2019 budget in detail indicating it was the City’s 32 mission to provide high quality public services at a fiscally responsible rate. General fund 33 expenditures by purpose were reviewed along with expenditures by function. He explained this 34 meeting would provide the public a chance to voice concerns and noted the final budget would 35 be approved at the December 10th Council Meeting. He commented on the general fund 36 operating expenditures by function. The proposed revenues for 2019 were reviewed and he 37 indicated the proposed property tax levy would be 9.12%. He reviewed how the City’s median 38 value homeowner would be impacted by the proposed levy. The tax levy per capita was 39 discussed and staff recommended the Council take comments from the public. 40 41 Mayor Mueller commented on the increased health care costs the City would incur in the coming 42 year and asked if this was written into the 2019 budget. Finance Director Beer reported this 43 increase had been included in the City’s expenditures. He commented further on the City’s 44 worker’s comp increase. He described how the City’s experience mod would decrease over time. 45