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} 1iTi Hugo City Hall • 14669 Fitzgerald Avenue North • Hugo, Minnesota 55038 Proposed Budget Ch x GRANGER FISH angeTax _ Rate '. � Your Neighborhood News&Report sponsored the local debate. It took place at Hugo City Hall and was mod- erated by The League of Women Voters, using questions the City of Hugo continues to provided by the audience. be fiscally conservative, with no change in tax rate. The Hugo City Council has set the maximum tax levy pay- Election e able in 2005 at $3,225,530. The levy, cou- pled with an increase in taxable market value, At the November 25 2004 election, residents does not change the tax rate. In fact, the of Hugo had only one local voting decision levy preserves the 7 percent tax rate decrease to make—the Council At Large position. experienced in 2004. In that race, incumbent Mike Granger won the re-election over challenger Mike Fish. The taxable market value of properties within Granger received about two-thirds of the the City has increased 22 percent. Of this votes cast in the City's four precincts. Hugo increase, 6 percent is from new construction Mayor Fran Miron comments, "I enjoy work- and 16 percent is due to the increase in the ing with Mike. He brings some tremendous expertise to the Council." Running unop- posed were Mayor Miron and Ward 2 Council member Frank Puleo. The tax levy is made up of the following components: $2,180,414 for general oper- Prior to the election, Hugo residents had •,, ating purposes, $796,315 for principal and an opportunity to hear from these local interest on bonds, $101,801 for tax abatement candidates, as well as those running for to finance a portion of the City's share of Washington County Commissioner District ' CSAH 8/14 reconstruction and$147,000 for 1 (incumbent Dennis Hegberg and Marc Budget:See Page 5 Election:See Page 4 Tim 171=1 Rural And Open Space Meeting "' ' ' A joint meeting of the Hugo City Council and the Planning Commission will be held at Hugo City Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday,November 18. The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss the recommendations of the Rural And Open Space Committee.