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APPROVED <br />PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />Truth In Taxation Meeting <br />December 1, 2025 <br />Mounds View City Hall <br />2401 Mounds View Boulevard, Mounds View, MN 55112 <br />6:00 P.M. <br /> <br /> <br />1. MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER at 6:00 P.M. <br /> <br />2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br /> <br />3. ROLL CALL: Smith, Clark, Gunn, Lindstrom (arrived at 6:03 p.m.), Meehlhause. <br /> <br /> NOT PRESENT: . <br /> <br />4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA <br /> A. Monday, December 1, 2025, City Council Agenda. <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Clark. To Approve the Monday, December 1, 2025, agenda as presented. <br /> <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. <br /> <br />5. COUNCIL BUSINESS <br /> <br />Public Hearing: Truth in Taxation Presentation. <br /> <br />Finance Director Bauman reviewed the proposed 2026 budget in detail with the Council noting property tax statements had been sent out by Ramsey County. She indicated it was the City’s <br /> mission to provide high quality public services in a fiscally responsible manner. She discussed the variables that impact tax bills and described the process the City follows in order <br /> to approve the budget and tax levy. She commented on why tax bills change, which had to do with market value changes, along with the budgets and levies of various jurisdictions, special <br /> assessments, voter approved referendums, as well as changes in federal and state mandates, changes in aid, or other legislative changes. She discussed how property values in Mounds <br /> View had risen by 2.85% in 2025 and commented on how property taxes are calculated based on a property’s value. She reported this meeting would allow the public time to voice concerns <br /> and explained the final budget would be approved by the Council at their Tuesday, December 9, 2025, meeting. <br /> <br />Finance Director Bauman explained the proposed property tax levy would increase by 9%. It was