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Mounds View City Council December 2, 2019 <br />Truth in Taxation Meeting Page 3 <br /> <br />He indicated his utility bill was also increasing. He asked if there were any programs for 1 <br />Mounds View seniors to assist with rising taxes. He stated the City had to stop spending money 2 <br />at some point in time, or at least stop spending as much. 3 <br /> 4 <br />Council Member Gunn stated she understood this concern and commented further on how the 5 <br />City’s expenses were going up yearly due to increases from the Met Council, Xcel Energy and 6 <br />the price of gas. She encouraged Mr. Wiggins to appeal his property value with the County. 7 <br /> 8 <br />Mayor Mueller thanked Mr. Wiggins for coming forward and voicing his concerns. She 9 <br />understood there were other seniors in the community that had the same concerns. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Julie Borris, 5224 Sunnyside Road, agreed with the concerns raised by Mr. Wiggins. She 12 <br />explained she was a senior living on a fixed income. She reported her social security increase 13 <br />could not keep up with the increases being proposed by the City, School District and County. 14 <br />She explained her property tax increase was 12.3% and her home value went up $45,000. She 15 <br />believed this was not in proper alignment. She stated she was happy to see her home value going 16 <br />up, but noted she was not doing any improvements. She indicated she has lived in her home for 17 <br />the past 30 years and has never had this type of increase. She explained she wanted to stay in her 18 <br />home as long as she could and hoped that her taxes would not be the reason she had to leave her 19 <br />home. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Council Member Gunn questioned how often homes were to be reviewed by a County Assessor. 22 <br />Finance Director Beer reported this was supposed to occur once every four years. 23 <br /> 24 <br />Mayor Mueller thanked staff for the thorough report and noted the information presented this 25 <br />evening would be posted on the City’s website. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Mayor Mueller closed the Truth in Taxation meeting at 6:45 p.m. 28 <br /> 29 <br />6. Next Council Work Session: Monday, December 2, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. 30 <br />Next Council Meeting: Monday, December 9, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. 31 <br /> 32 <br />7. ADJOURNMENT 33 <br /> 34 <br />The meeting was adjourned at 6:45 p.m. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Transcribed by: 37 <br /> 38 <br />Heidi Guenther 39 <br />TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 40