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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 Page '2,Resolution No. 70-328 4! on the basis of real growth and prudent dollar considerations rather than previous mill rates f +i which are no longer valid or meaningful; and unless this approach'is used there will result f a drastic and intolerable property tax increase; therefore NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY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 ? t 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. {{ Page 3,' Resolution No. 70-328 6_ 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. i 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)