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C= TY (DIP S T_ ANTHONY <br />C OUN C= L M= NUT E S <br />J UN E 1 4, 1 9 8 8 <br />1 The meeting opened at 7:30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance led by <br />2 Mayor Sundland. Two applicants to represent the City on the East <br />3 Side Hennepin County Human Services Advisory Committee had been <br />4 interviewed by the Council prior to the meeting. <br />5 Present for roll call: Marks, Sundland, Ranallo, Enrooth, Makowske. <br />6 Also present: David Childs, City Manager. <br />7 SENATOR MARTY REPORTS LEGISLATIVE SESSION <br />8 The legislator apologized for not meeting with the Council earlier. <br />9 However, he said Mr. Childs had been keeping him well informed <br />10 related to matters particularly of interest to the City over the last <br />11 year and a half. Senator Marty indicated he had set up a better <br />12 system for answering his mail and returning calls than he had at <br />13 first, but urged the Councilmembers to call him at the phone number <br />14 he had distributed if they ever again failed to get an immediate <br />15 response to a letter. <br />16 Senator Justifies Ave Vote on Property Tax Bill <br />17 Councilmember Ranallo asked the lawmaker why, as the City's <br />18 representative, he had voted for a property tax bill which gave the <br />19 City an 11% tax increase while outstate communities received <br />20 increases of only 1/10 of 1%. <br />21 Senator Marty said he had voted for what he considered to be a <br />22 "decent package overall" which had removed some taxes he believed <br />23 should never have been imposed in the first place. He indicated he <br />24 was still trying to find out what the tax bill's long term impact on <br />25 suburbs would be, but the tax experts had told him that: <br />26 *despite the Municipal Legislative Commission lawsuit challenging <br />27 the legislation, the suburbs could be expected to do much better <br />28 over the next three to five year period; <br />29 *the new local aid formula would actually be better for communities <br />30 like St. Anthony which are fiscally responsible because the system <br />31 had been changed to not reward local governments which spend the <br />32 most; <br />1 <br />