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Chapter 7, Section 7.03
Date: July 13, 2021 Page1 of 1
Objectives:
1)To update and correct language in 7.03 for system of taxation
2)In 7.03 Subdivision 1 to increase the annual tax levy limit and avoid future Fund Balance deficits.
3)In 7.03 Subdivision 2 to allow a super majority of the Council to approve the higher tax levy cap if
necessary to meet Fund Balance needs and avoid State Auditor rules about the Fund Balance.
CHAPTER 7
TAXATION AND FINANCES
Section 7.03. System of Taxation. Subject to the state constitution, and except as forbidden by it
or by state law, the Council shall have full power to provide by ordinance for a system of local taxation.
This authority includes the power by ordinance to assess, levy, and collect taxes on all subjects or objects
of taxation except as limited or prohibited by the state constitution, by this Charter or by state laws
imposing restrictions upon the City irrespective of Charter provisions.
Subdivision 1. The City's annual resolution to levy ad valorem taxes (raising money against real
and personal property) shall not exceed the lesser of the following formulas; either the prior year tax
levy dollar amount increased by a maximum of ___, or CPI (Consumer Price Index) plus ___. The CPI
shall be the 12 month average of the most recently published data for all Urban Consumers in the
Minneapolis, St. Paul metropolitan area, as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
Subdivision 2. The City Council may levy a tax against real and personal property in excess of
the limit set in Subdivision 1 provided the Council shall:
A)Adopt a resolution declaring the necessity for an additional tax levy and specifying the purposes
for which such additional tax levy is required.
B)Hold a public hearing upon at least 10 days posted and published notice in the City's official
newspaper, City newsletter, and, if available, the City web site, setting forth the contents of the
resolution described in Subdivision 2A.
C)After such public hearing, adopt by an affirmative vote of at least four (4) members of the
Council such resolution language which is readily understandable and a summary of such
resolution will be the ballot question for the electorate at the next regular municipal election or
special election, per this Charter's Section 4.04, as amended, prior to the final levy approval.
D)If the additional tax levy resolution is then approved by the voters under Chapter 4 of this
Charter then the levy shall be implemented in the following fiscal year or later date as specified
in the resolution.
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