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VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the
Village Council of the Village of Plymouth, Minnesota was held on the
17th day of March,.1969. The following members were present: Mayor
Hilde, Councilmen Humphrey, Hagen, Hintz and Johnson; and there were
no absent members.
Mayor Hilde introduced the following Resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 69- 71
NOW THEREFORE BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE
VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH: That the attached Resolution be adopted.
The motion for the adoption of the attached Resolution was duly
seconded by Councilman Humphrey, and upon vote being taken thereon, the
following voted in favor thereof: Mayor Hilde, Councilmen Humphrey, Hagen,
Hintz and Johnson; and there were none who voted against.
Whereupon said Resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN ) SS.
VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH)
I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting clerk of the
Village of Plymouth, Minnesota, hereby certify that I have carefully com-
pared the foregoing extract of minutes of a regular meeting of the Village
Council of said Village held March 17, 1969, with the original thereof on
file in my office and the same is a full, true and correct transcript there-
from.
WITNESS, My hand officially as such clerk and the corporate seal of the
village this 15tWay of April , 1969.
RESOLUTI^Y NO. 69-71
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE PROPOSAL OF THE
METROPOLITAN SECTION OF THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA
MUNICIPALITIES FOR A METROPOLITANGROSS INCOME
TAX AND OBJECTING TO THE VETHODOLOGY AND
DISTRIBUTION FORMULAS PROPOSED
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Section of the League of
Minnesota Municipalities has proposed a gross income tax on
all residents in the seven county metropolitan area and,
WHEREAS, the avowed purpose of such a tax is to
provide an additional source of revenue for counties, school
districts and municipalities and to eliminate certain alleged
disparities and inequalities between and among them and,
WHEREAS, the Village Council does not agree with the
basic premises of the need for such tax in that,
1. There is an insufficient showing that real
and substantial disparities exist between
the so-called "haves" and the so-called
"have-not" governmental units.
2. The differences that may exist in the
capacities of various governmental units
to raise revenues may be in part the result
of a deliberate effort on the part of some
to keep their areas almost totally residential,
having no desire to encourage industry and
commerce to locate within their boundaries.
Although these governmental units are entitled
to such a view, those who have encouraged
industrial and commercial growth should not
be thus the victims of a discriminatory tax.
3. Governmental units with higher assessed valuations
by reason of having attracted industrial and
commercial development have also had to absorb
and provide for the demand for increased
governmental services, the import of greater
traffic in their areas, often an increase in
the incidence of crime, a loss in aesthetic
advantages over areas that are basically
residential and other similar disadvantages
that come with industrial and commercial developmer
and,
WHEREAS, the methodology and distribution formula
proposal fails to take into account significant differences in
the operation of the various governmental units in that,
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1. The use of a tax to population ratio overlooks the fac
that some governmental units include in their tax char
services that are paid for privately in other areas.
2. Items of service which some communities pay from ad
valorem taxation are in others the subjects of special
assessments. Street lighting is one example of this
type of difference.
3.
Some suburban communities have special problems of sparse
development in many parts of their areas but continue
to be faced with an educational burden that is often as
heavy as the burdens borne by the heavily populated
communities. The use of a population factor in the meth-
odology and distribution factor thereby is unfair.
4. Again initiative, aggressiveness and skill in the man-
agement and operation of local governmental units are
penalized and indeed are not encouraged by such methods,
and
WHEREAS, such a proposal further tends to encourage the reliance
of local and municipal governments upon a more centralized authority and,
WHEREAS, the taxing and spending powers of local government
units would in some cases be seriously impaired,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE
VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH AS FOLLOWS:
1. The Village of Plymouth is strongly opposed to the Earn-
ings Tax proposed of the Metropolitan Section, League of
Minnesota Municipalities.
2. The Village of Plymouth does encourage study and effort
which would allow for decreased government spending at
federal and state levels and conversely, increased spending
at the local level where the citizens have more control
and efficient use of their funds.
3. The Clerk -Administrator is directed to distribute certi-
fied copies of this resolution to the State Legislators
representing the people of this Village, officials of
the Metropolitan Section, and to such other persons as
may be deemed appropriate.
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3. The first somber of the board of the Bassetts Creek Flood
Control Commission, established by said agreement, from this municipality,
shall be Richard J. O'Fallon, who shall serve without compensation,
provided, however, such member of the Commission may be paid his actual
expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of his duties.
Adopted by the Plymouth Council this 7th day of April, 1969.
SIGNED:
(Seal)