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Mounds View City Council September 8, 2025 Regular Meeting Page 4 1 fiscal year 2026 and set the public hearing date for December 1, 2025. She noted the final tax levy 2 would be approved on December 8, 2025. She indicated the preliminary levy has been set at 9% 3 and noted the Council would be working to reduce this number between September and December. 4 5 MOTION/SECOND: Clark/Meehlhause. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 10150, 6 Approving the Preliminary Property Tax Levy for Fiscal Year 2026 and Setting the Public Hearing 7 Date. 8 9 Council Member Smith indicated she did not support the 9% preliminary levy amount. She stated 10 she supported the 7.5% number. She reported she did not want to see the City overtaxing its 11 residents and she did not want residents to lose their homes. She supported the Council reducing 12 the preliminary levy amount. 13 14 Ayes — 4 Nays — I (Smith) Motion carried. 15 16 E. Resolution 10151, Approving the Preliminary EDA Property Tax Levy for 17 Fiscal Year 2026. 18 19 Finance Director Bauman requested the Council approve the preliminary EDA property tax levy 20 for fiscal year 2026. She reported the EDA would be levying $160,000 in the coming year, which 21 was the same amount as 2025. 22 23 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 10 15 1, 24 Approving the Preliminary EDA Property Tax Levy for Fiscal Year 2026. 25 26 Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 27 28 F. Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance 1048 (Replaces Ordinance 1022 29 12/09/2024), Amending the Municipal Code Relating to Hauling of Solid Waste 30 and Pricing Transparency. 31 32 City Administrator Zikmund requested the Council introduce an Ordinance that would amend City 33 Code related to the hauling of solid waste and pricing transparency. 34 35 Council Member Smith asked when licenses had to be applied for. City Administrator Zikmund 36 reported the license ran through the calendar year from January to December. 37 38 Council Member Smith inquired if the City was asking waste haulers to set their fees prior to 39 knowing what the taxes and fees would be from the County and State. 40 41 Mayor Lindstrom reported waste haulers are allowed to set their fees as they deem fit and these 42 rates are then made transparent to residents. He discussed why the City was now requiring haulers 43 to set a maximum price, noting this addressed the concern of varying prices for Mounds View 44 residents. He stated he did not believe this was an unreasonable request. 45 46 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Clark. To Waive the First Reading and Introduce Ordinance 1048