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Truth in Taxation Meeting Minutes December 11, 2000 Page 2 1 financing general services. These include General Government, Police, Fire, Public Works and 2_ Parks. It is.the largest budget and is-the main operating fund of the.City. . 3 Morrison continued by reviewing the details of the General Fund, which houses revenues as 4 follows: Tax Levy, 50.2%; Transfers, 2.8%; License and Permits, 3.1%; Intergovernmental 5 Revenue, 20.8%; Contracts, 16.3%; Fines, 2.8%, and Miscellaneous, 4.0%. 6 Next, Morrison pointed out the General Fund Expenditures, which are: Police, 28.0%; Contracts, 7 14.0%; Fire, 16.2%; Public Works, 20.0%; Transfers, 2.1%; Budget Reserves, 3.2%; General 8 Government, 8.5%; Finance and Insurance 6.0%; and Inspections, 2.0%. 9 Morrison continued by reviewing for the Council and the audience the property tax statement for 10 an average $135,600 home and the affect on property taxes from a change in property valuation. 11 Thuesen inquired about the mention of the increase of the Park's Commission budget regarding a 12 potential new employee. Morrison noted that once the Park's system is more up and running, he 13 is anticipating that the demand on the parks would increase significantly and warrant the addition 14 of a Park's employee. •15 an Cavanaugh inquired if one'in the audience would like to address the Council regarding the g q Y 16 Truth in Taxation Hearing, and hearing none, noted that this was a good indication of the 17 residents' support of the 2001 budget. Cavanaugh would like to remind.the community that the 18 budgeting process is started in April of each year, and the Council would encourage the residents 19 to provide input at that time, or any time throughout the year. 20 A resident arrived and Cavanaugh inquired if he wished to address the Council regarding the 21 Truth in Taxation Hearing prior to the hearing being closed. Mr. Jim Weehof approached the 22 Council and stated that he has lived in the community for approximately 40 years. He noted that 23 he was recently in the City of Vadnais Heights and noticed that, although that community is 24 larger than St. Anthony, the budget seems to be much smaller and the community well 25 organized. His point seemed to be that he.has not heard of the City of St. Anthony making any 26 efforts to cut the budget, whereas it appears that.other communities larger than the Village have 27 tighter budgets and regulate the spending more conservatively. Mr. Weehof pointed out in 28 particular that the City of Vadnais Heights does not have a full time fire department whereas St. 29 Anthony does incorporate a full time department into the budget. 30 Cavanaugh noted that the Council appreciated Mr. Weehof s comments; however, in reference to 31 the Village having a full time fire department as opposed to other'larger Cities not, Cavanaugh 32 noted that the community appreciates the fire department and knows that some of their tax �3 dollars are going toward supporting a full-time fire department.