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• C 2 TY O F S T _ ANTHONY <br /> C OUN C 2 L M=NUTS S <br /> JUNE 3- 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 />