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Mounds View City Council September 11, 2023 <br />Regular Meeting Page 6 <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Lindstrom. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 9803, <br />Authorizing Certification of the Preliminary General Fund Budget and Preliminary Property Tax <br />Levy for Fiscal Year 2024. <br /> <br />Council Member Lindstrom stated he would not be supporting a levy of 7.5% in December. He <br />hoped the Council could work to reduce this down to 6% in the coming months. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Meehlhause agreed and then reviewed the proposed tax levies for the communities <br />surrounding Mounds View. <br /> <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. <br /> <br />E. Resolution 9804, Approving the Preliminary EDA Property Tax Levy Request <br />and Budget for Fiscal Year 2024. <br /> <br />Finance Director Beer requested the Council approve the Preliminary EDA property tax levy and <br />budget for fiscal year 2024. He reported the levy would be for $100,000, which was the same <br />amount that has been levied for the past several years. <br /> <br />Council Member Lindstrom asked if this levy was supposed to have been increased to $150,000 <br />for 2024. Finance Director Beer reported this was the case. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Meehlhause requested staff speak to the purpose of the EDA levy. Finance Director <br />Beer explained in 2013 the City had three TIF districts that have since decertified, along with the <br />funding from these districts. For this reason, the EDA established a levy to assist with marketing <br />the City. <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Cermak. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 9804, <br />Approving the Preliminary EDA Property Tax Levy Request and Budget for Fiscal Year 2024. <br /> <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. <br /> <br />9. REPORTS <br />A. Reports of Mayor and Council. <br /> <br />Council Member Gunn reported the Tribute Park group would be meeting on Tuesday, September <br />12 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. <br /> <br />Council Member Gunn explained Finance Director Beer would be recognized for his retirement at <br />City Hall on Thursday, September 14 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Council Member Gunn indicated the Community Resource Fair would be held at the Community <br />Center on Saturday, September 16 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. <br />