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WHEREAS, in February, 1986, Mayor George Latimer convened the Mayor' s
Working Group on Local Government Finance to analyze and develop
strategies for addressing the growing disparity between the needs
of City Government and revenue sources available to finance those
needs; and
WHEREAS, the Working Group reported that many of the structural
deficiencies in the City' s revez�ue mix are an outgrowth of
Minnesota' s existing system of property taxation; and
WHEREAS, the Working Group advised the Mayor and City Council that ,
reforming Minnesota' s property tax system should be the top priority
in any strategy to improve the quality of the City' s revenue mix;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City of Saint Paul supports property tax measures
which meet the following requirements recommended by the Working
Group on Local Government Finance:
1, Proposals thatpromote current and future acceptability of the
property tax to taxpayers by keeping net tax increases for
individual parcels in line with total local levy increases
and reducing the burden on property paying the highest
effective rates.
2. Proposals that reduce disparities in tax rates among jurisdictions
and different types of property in the same jurisdiction.
3. Pr.oposals that simplify the property tax.
4. Proposals that increase the accountability of local officials
to local taxpayers.
COUNCILMEN Requested by Department of:
Yeas Drew Nays
N"os'a [n Favor
Rettman
Scheibel
Sonnen _ AgaiI1S� BY
Tedesco
Wilson
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5. Proposals that improve the stability or predictability of state
fiscal obligations, aid to local governments, and taxes on
individual properties.
COUNCILMEN Requested by Department of:
Yeas Drew Nays
N"°S'e [n Favor
Rettman
Scheibel �
Sonnen __ Agelnst BY
Tedesco
Wilson
JAN �' 6 �987 Form Approved by City Attorney
Adopted by Council: Date
Certified P•:s d b � Sec ry � BY
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Appr v y Mavor: Date JAN — 1 � Appro y Mayor for Submis i to o il •
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