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PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />Truth In Taxation Meeting <br />December 2, 2019 <br />Mounds View City Hall <br />2401 Mounds View Boulevard, Mounds View, MN 55112 <br />6:02 P.M. <br /> <br /> <br />1. MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER <br /> <br />2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br /> <br />3. ROLL CALL: Bergeron, Gunn, Hull, Meehlhause, Mueller. <br /> <br /> NOT PRESENT: None. <br /> <br />4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA <br /> A. Monday, December 2, 2019, City Council Agenda. <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Bergeron. To Approve the Monday, December 2, 2019, agenda as <br />presented. <br /> <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. <br /> <br />5. COUNCIL BUSINESS <br />A. Truth in Taxation. <br /> <br />Finance Director Beer indicated this Special meeting fulfilled the City’s need to hold a Truth in <br />Taxation hearing. He noted this meeting would allow the public a time to voice concerns and the <br />final budget would be approved at the December 9th Council Meeting. He reviewed the proposed <br />2019 budget in detail indicating it was the City’s mission to provide high quality public services <br />at a fiscally responsible rate. General fund expenditures by purpose were reviewed along with <br />expenditures by function. <br /> <br />Finance Director Beer noted the 2019 budget did not have a lot of increases. He indicated the <br />2020 General Fund operating budget would increase by 4.63%. He discussed the City’s revenues <br />noting property taxes account for 67% of the City’s revenues. He reported the City was slated to <br />receive $815,674 in LGA and only 90% of that amount was included in the budget as a <br />precaution. <br /> <br />Finance Director Beer discussed what tax dollars buy and described how the proposed tax levy <br />would impact the median value homeowner. He reviewed the increases that were being proposed