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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 12, 2017 Page 3 Mr. Ken Brown referred to the Sunday Star Tribune where 185 taxing districts were listed in the 1 Metro Area. St. Anthony has two tax districts (Ramsey and Hennepin Counties). He has prepared 2 a spreadsheet and came out with a rate. St. Anthony (Ramsey County) came out at the highest 3 rate of the 185, which was the same seven years ago when the data was available. Mr. Brown 4 stated he would not like to see St. Anthony as number one in that listing since he is a Senior 5 Citizen on a fixed income. He suggested asking the Police Chief to cover all duties with existing 6 staff. Mr. Brown estimated St. Anthony may be number one or number two in the State of 7 Minnesota. 8 9 Councilmember Stille clarified there were four policemen designated to patrol Falcon Heights 10 and three will be reduced with the loss of the Falcon Heights contract. He summarized what the 11 fourth officer will be doing. He stated every City is different and St. Anthony values their own 12 fire department, police department, and schools. Once the last 20% of street improvements is 13 completed, future Councils may show a decrease. 14 15 Mayor Faust stated he is a past assessor with Anoka County and is familiar with taxation. 16 Currently 27% of taxes go towards roads and that will decrease when the road construction is 17 completed. He explained that all City Department Heads make sure overspending is not 18 happening but there are certain infrastructure things that need to be maintained. He reviewed past 19 numbers of employees in the Police Department and Fire Department. Mayor Faust thanked Mr. 20 Brown for his comments. 21 22 Mayor Faust closed the Public Hearing at 7:27 p.m. 23 24 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to adopt Resolution 17-25 083; a Resolution Setting the Final 2018 Tax Levy and Adopting the 2018 Budget Document for 26 the City of St. Anthony Village. 27 28 Motion carried 4-0. 29 30 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF - NONE. 31 32 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 33 34 A. Resolution 17-084; a Resolution Approving Combination Wine/Strong Beer license for 35 Wine and Canvas located at 2900 Pentagon Drive. 36 37 City Manager Casey reviewed the Council is requested to approve a combination Wine/Strong 38 Beer License for Wine and Canvas located at 2900 Pentagon Drive. This license is for the new 39 owner that will be taking over Wine and Canvas. Staff has completed the background checks on 40 the new business owners and completed a check on the existing Wine and Canvas located in St. 41 Anthony, MN. Staff recommends approval. 42 43 The applicant Ross Welte was present and stated his wife was an employee at Wine and Canvas 44 and when the business closed, they looked for ways to make the business remain open. The 45 13