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Mounds View City Council ~egular Meeting Page Six November 23, 1992 commission and that a work plan should be formulated. Councilmember Wuori stated that the Environmental Quality Task Force is a unique group. This Task Force seeks its own mission. All other Task Forces and Commissions have a course to follow. This group sought out items to cover and brought those items to the Council. Wuori stated that it is nice to see a community working together. VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried Councilmember Rickaby stated that she received her Property Tax Statement this past week and it showed a significant increase in her property value as well as significantly more than 8.3~ increase in property taxes proposed for the City of Mounds View. Rickaby wanted to know if the increase valuations were considered when the dollar amounts were given to Council. Mayor Linke stated Don Brager, Finance Director, did not have all that information from the County. Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, responded that she had received many phone calls and stated that property values have gone up. Some of the reasons behind the increase in property values are that there have been legislative changes in property classifications plus increases in the values hat Ramsey County places on homes. Orduno stated if the value of the home went up, then the City's portion of the taxes also went up. Mayor Linke stated that property values on his own home have gone up and down in the last two years. Linke stated that according to Ramsey County the average is about three and one-half percent. Those whose property values went down will have a decrease in taxes. Orduno stated that the Proposed Property Tax Statement was confusing because the persons reading as the State Truth in Taxation Law states that the cities provide the County with their proposed levy by September 15. The City has not finalized their budget by the time the city has to provide the County with the levy. People need to be told that it is a proposed levy. Councilmember Rickaby stated that with the proposed 8.3~ property tax levy. Rickaby asked if that means this would be what an average homeowner would pay increased over the property taxes in 1992. Orduno stated that the 8.3 is the percent levied from 1992 to 1993. Orduno stated that the Council did not make a direct correlation between the 8.3~ because Council was looking at the total revenue the franchise fee would provide if the Council were to raise that same amount through property taxes. ouncilmember Rickaby stated that 8.3 percent is the increase from 1992 to 993. Rickaby stated that hers says the increase is 13.2. When the