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City Council meeting of December 3. 1990 Page C the City of Hugo; the first cut being in the amount of approximately $100,000, and the next two cuts being in the amount of approximately $12,500 each. When these cuts were made, the monies taken from the City were to be given to the school districts, and the City's were allowed to levy taxes to replace their lost revenues. The concept being that with the school districts receiving the money, they would be able to lower their tax levies so that the end result would be no increase to taxpayers. This, of course, is not what has happened, and the school districts, being recipients of the local government aid, are now asking for major tax increases in addition to those additional LGA funds. Local government aid, in the past, was a revenue sharing approach that the state used to return sales and other taxes to communities to keep property taxes down. The City Council received a pie -chart showing a comparison of the City's property tax increase proposal, as it relates to the county and school districts, and a bar -graph showing a comparison of the City, county, and school district's tax levies from actual 1990 to proposed 1991. These charts provide an overall picture of the tax burden, and how the City's increase relates to the increases of other governmental agencies. Atkinson made motion, McAllister seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 1990-39, RESOLUTION APPROVING 1990 TAX LEVY COLLECTIBLE IN 1991. VOTING AYE: McAllister, Olson, 'Fail, Atkinson VOTING NAY: None Motion Carried. Olson made motion, Vail seconded, to adjourn the budget hearing at 7:40PM. All aye. Motion Carried. The regular meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Atkinson. Finance Director, Ron Otkin, left the meeting at this time. McAllister made motion, Olson seconded, to approve the minutes for the regular City Council meeting of November 19, 1990 as submitted. All aye. Motion Carried. Vail made motion, Olson seconded, to approve the minutes for the special meeting of the City Council of November 26, 1990 as amended. All aye. Motion Carried. McAllister made motion, Olson seconded, to approve the claims for December 3, 1990 in the amount of $33,173.1S. All aye. Motion Carried.