HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 1970-328VILLAGE 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 3rd day of August, 1970. The following members
were present: Mayor Hilde, Councilmen Hintz, Johnson, Kindseth,
:land Spaeth. The following members were absent: none.
Mayor Hilde introduced the following Resolution and
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 70-328
WHEREAS, the exorbitantly :high rate of inflation these
past few years has`resulted,in"huge,upward adjustments
# the 1970 assessed.valuation of real properties
within Hennepin County; and
WHEREAS, property valuations serve as the basis
upon which the mill rates are determined; and
WHEREAS, our property tax bill is ultimately deter-
mined by the sizes of the budgets which are adopted
by the school districts (68% of our property tax),
.county (217. of our propetty tax), and municipalities
(117. of our property tax) ; and
WHEREAS, creating budgets on the basis of mill rates
or _available assessed value rather than a carefully
studied need would result in tremendous increases in
property taxes due in 1971; and
WHEREAS, our close dealing with the public strongly
indicated that the property tax is much too high
for the good and welfare of our citizens, especially
those older citizens attempting to live on retire-
ment income, low income persons, and others living
on relatively fixed incomes; and
WHEREAS, high property taxes on dwellings is a
major factor as to why an increasing. high per-
centage of citizens can no longer afford to buy
their awn home; and
WHEREAS, it is our view that next years school,
county and municipal budgets should be approached
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considerations rather than previous mill rates f
+i which are no longer valid or meaningful; and
unless this approach'is used there will result f
a drastic and intolerable property tax increase;
therefore
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL ?
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OF THE VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH: j
RESOLVED, The Plymouth Village Council encourages
and petitions the County of Hennepin to practice
the utmost fiscal concern and restraint in the
adoption of next years budget.
RESOLVED, The Plymouth Village Council encourages
and petitions the school boards of our Village to
practice the utmost fiscal concern and restraint
in the adoption of next years budget; that their
concern for quality education for our children
should be properly balanced against what our
various types of citizens can afford.
RESOLVED, that the mayors invite the school district
officials to join with us in an organized effort
to bring about legislative tax reform in the State
of Minnesota, especially property tax relief where-
by school budgets are to a far lesser degree funded
by the property tax and to a greater degree by other
and perhaps new sources of tax revenue.
RESOLVED, that the Council invites the school
district officials to cooperatively and jointly
study and recommend ways in which the school
districts with their large fiscal programs might
.be organized and staffed in such a manner as to
maximize the benefit derived from the tax dollars
dedicated to schools, so that our children might
receive the very highest educational benefit which
we so earnestly wish for them to have; further, we
would like to emphasize our commitment to, and
high.rekard for quality educational programs pro-
vided to our children who are the future of our
personal happiness, our pride, our society and
our great country.
RESOLVED, that the school districts, counties and
municipalities create their budgets so as to reduce
their mill rates in order to off set the inflationary
increase of the 1970 assessed valuation.
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The motion for the adoption of the foregoing Resolution was
duly seconded by Councilman Johnson, and upon vote being taken
thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Mayor Hilde,
Councilmen Hintz, Johnson, Kindseth, and Spaeth. The following
voted against: none.
`Whereupon the Resolution was declared duly passed and
adopted.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH)
I, the undersigned, being duly qualified Clerk of the
Village of Plymouth, Minnesota, hereby certify that I have
carefully compared the attached and foregoing extract of the
minutes of a regular meeting of the Village Council of said
Village held on August. 3, 1970, with the original thereof on
file in my office and the same is a full, true and complete
transcript therefrom.
WITNESS, My hand officially as such Clerk and the corporate
seal of the Village this 6th day of August, 1970.
Village Cydrk
Village o Plymouth, Minnesota
(Seal)