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RESOLUTION NO. 2021-4
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER COMMISSION
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING AMENDMENT OF THE
MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER BY ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View (the “City”) is governed by a home rule charter
pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 410; and
WHEREAS, the City’s charter commission (the “Commission”) has the authority under
Minnesota Statutes, section 410.12, subdivision 7, to recommend amendments to the City’s charter;
and
WHEREAS, after discussion and deliberation, the Commission has determined that section
7.03 of the City’s home rule charter should be amended and it desires to recommend such amendment
to the City Council.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Mounds View Charter Commission that it
is recommended that section 7.03 of the Mounds View City Charter be amended by ordinance, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A, to be enacted by the City Council of the City of Mounds View
pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 410.12, subdivision 7.
Passed and adopted at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Mounds View Charter Commission on
September 21, 2021.
By__________________________
Chair
ATTEST:
________________________
Secretary
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EXHIBIT A
ORDINANCE NO. ___
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 7.03, SUBDIVISION 1 OF THE CITY OF
MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER PERTAINING TO THE CITY’S SYSTEM OF TAXATION
THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS:
Section 1. Background; findings; authority.
1.01. The city of Mounds View (“City”) is governed by a home rule charter (the “City Charter”),
adopted pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Minnesota and Minnesota Statutes, chapter 410
(the “Act”).
1.02. The Mounds View Charter Commission has proposed the adoption of an amendment to section
7.03 of the City Charter (the “Amendment”) and recommended to the City Council that the
Amendment be adopted by ordinance in the manner prescribed by section 410.12, subdivision 7 of the
Act.
1.03. A public hearing on the Amendment was held on ______________, 2021 by the Mounds View
City Council after published notice containing the text of the Amendment, as required by the Act, and
all persons desiring to be heard with reference to the Amendment were heard at said public hearing.
1.04. The Mounds View City Council finds and determines that it is in the best interests of the City
and its inhabitants that the Amendment be adopted.
Section 2. Adoption; effective date; filing.
2.01. Section 7.03, subdivision 1 of the Mounds View City Charter is hereby amended by adding the
double-underlined language and deleting the stricken language as follows:
Subdivision 1. The City's annual resolution to levy ad valorem taxes (raising money against
real and personal property) shall adhere to the following formula: not exceed the lesser of the following
formulas; either the tax levy dollar amount may be increased up to 6.5% over the prior year tax levy
dollar amount increased by a maximum of 5%; or CPI (Consumer Price Index) plus 2%, except in the
following circumstances:
A) The tax levy dollar amount may be increased an additional 2.5%, to a total of 9%, over the
prior year tax levy dollar amount by an affirmative vote of four or more members of the
Council.
B) The tax levy dollar amount may be increased to Consumer Price Index (CPI) plus 2.5%, if
CPI exceeds 6.5%, by an affirmative vote of four members of the Council. The CPI shall
be the 12 month average of the most recently published data for all Urban Consumers in
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the Minneapolis, St. Paul metropolitan area, as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
C) The limits in this subdivision shall be suspended for one year after the decertification of a
Tax Increment Financing District.
2.02. This ordinance is effective ninety (90) days after its publication, except that if within sixty (60)
days after publication a petition requesting a referendum on this ordinance, signed by the number of
registered voters of the City required by the Act is filed with the City Clerk, this ordinance will not be
effective until approved by 51% of the voters voting on the question of its adoption at an election called
by the Council for that purpose.
2.03. On the effective date of the Amendment, the City Clerk is authorized and directed to file copies
of the Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota, the Ramsey County Recorder,
and the City Clerk's office together with the certificate required by section 410.11 of the Act.
First Reading: __________________
Second Reading: __________________
Date of Publication: __________________
Date Ordinance Takes Effect: __________________
Carol A. Mueller, Mayor
Attest:
______________________________
Nyle Zikmund
City Administrator
(SEAL)