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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 10, 2024 Page 6 2 Mayor Webster stated now a cap needs to be set at 6%. This amount can be reduced but not 3 increased. The levy is certified in December. The debt levy has stayed flat for many years. The 4 bulk of personnel costs are for public safety. Staff is working diligently to try to get the levy at 5 5% or below. 6 7 Councilmember Doolan stated the long-term strategy of reducing debt servicing. We are set to 8 have a good strategy long term. When we compare ourselves to the other cities, a lot of them 9 have a larger business presence. She would like to know where Falcon Heights and Lauderdale 10 land. Ms. Maloney stated they are most likely higher. 11 12 Mayor Webster stated she and Mr. Yunker were at a City Manager's meeting yesterday and there 13 was a discussion about tax levy increases. The 6% we are discussing was second to the lowest. 14 There were seven cities higher than St. Anthony with the highest being 17.5%. There is some 15 uniqueness to St. Anthony. 16 17 Councilmember Randle stated residents are aware of this when they move into St. Anthony. 18 They still choose to move to St. Anthony. Councilmember Doolan stated her concern is for those 19 on a fixed income. 20 21 Mayor Webster closed the public hearing at 7:47 p.m. 22 23 Motion by Councilmember Elnagdy, seconded by Councilmember Randle, to approve 24 Resolution 24-059, a Resolution Setting the Preliminary 2025 Tax Levy and General Operating 25 Budget for the City of St. Anthony Village. 26 27 Motion carried 5-0. 28 29 VIII. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. 30 31 1. Ordinance 2024-05 — Amending Section 154.188 of the St. Anthony City Code 32 Regulating Cannabis Businesses. 33 34 City Planner Steve Grittman reviewed the State of Minnesota has passed legislation during the 35 2023 legislative session legalizing various aspects of cannabis use, sales, agriculture, and 36 manufacturing. This legislation follows 2022 legalization of certain low -potency hemp -based 37 THC products. The City of St. Anthony subsequently adopted regulations for hemp-THC 38 products. 39 40 In August of 2023, the City adopted a moratorium on cannabis -related businesses (as authorized 41 by the legislation), in anticipation of the State's establishment of agency and rule -making 42 activities. The State has created the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) to carry out the 43 requirements of the legislation, with an originally anticipated start date of January 2025. While 44 that date may shift some, the City is seeking to update its zoning regulations to comply with the 45 local land use impacts of the legislation. 46