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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 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)