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Mounds View City Council September 8, 2003 Regular Meeting Page 11 ~1 2 Council Member Marty indicated he is comfortable with the sunset clause as years go by Council 3 members change and economics change and another Council may want to end the franchise fee. 4 5 Council Member Stigney indicated that he would like to leave the sunset clause in the ordinance 6 because he feels residents should be told each year where the money comes from and where it ~ goes and he would like the option of ending the franchise fee at some point if that is possible. He 8 then commented that he would also like to look at closing TIF districts or specific parcels within 9 TIF districts to bring them back onto the tax rolls. 10 11 Council Member Gunn indicated she would like to leave the sunset clause in the ordinance. 12 13 MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Gunn. To Waive the Reading, Introduce the First Reading and 14 Approve Ordinance 718, an Ordinance Implementing a Franchise Tax on Xcel Energy Electric 15 and Natural Gas Operations within the City of Mounds View for the Year 2004. 16 17 Ayes - 3 Nays - 1(Linke) Motion carried. 18 19 Mayor Linke closed the public hearing at 8:12 p.m. 20 21 D. Public Hearing, First Reading and Consideration of Ordinance 719, ~2 Implementing a Franchise Tax on Reliant Energy Natural Gas Operations 23 Within the City of Mounds View for the Year 2004. 24 25 Mayor Linke opened the public hearing at 8:13 p.m. 26 27 Finance Director Hansen indicated this ordinance is the companion piece to the first one as there 28 are a handful of properties within the City of Mounds View that are provided with natural gas by 29 Reliant Energy. 30 31 Mayor Linke closed the public hearing at 8:14 p.m. 32 33 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Stigney. To Waive the Reading, Introduce the First Reading and 34 Approve Ordinance 719, an Ordinance Implementing a Franchise Tax on Reliant Energy Natural 35 Gas Operations Within the City of Mounds View for the Year 2004. 36 37 Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Motion carried. 38 39 E. Resolution No. 6091, Authorizing Certification of a Proposed General Fund 4o Budget and Property Tax Levy for Fiscal Year 2004. 41 42 Finance Director Hansen indicated the City has a requirement under state law to pass a 3 preliminary budget and property tax levy by September 15, 2003. He then indicated that Staff ~4 and Council have been working on the budget throughout the summer and noted that the state cut 45 the City's LGA by $456,000 and imposed rather strict limits on property tax levy allowing