HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980 10-15 City property tax levy will be going down! THE REVIEW City property tax levy will be going down !
There was good news coming out of INCLUDED IN THE 1981 city budget,is With the$257,006,Bastian estimates the added.
Maplewood City Hall recently. $257,000 for the establishment of a road city can blacktop about 20 to 30 miles of "Keeping personnel up-to-date is fine,I
The city's portion of property taxes will maintenance program. roads. just don't like our people going out of
be slightly less than last year's Councilman Gary Bastian added Greavu stated his main concern was state,"Greavu commented.
,\assessment. $130,000 to the recommended$127,000 for that the program be continued and was Councilman Earl Nelson said,"I feel
.` On Oct.9,the Maplewood City Council the street program.The money will be not just a one year effort. we should leave the travel and training
unanimously passed a$10,390,165 budget used to repave those roads in the city that budget the way the manager recom-
t for the community for 1981. This is a are in the worst shape. ON A RECOMMENDATION by mended.If something valuable comes up
$1,267,215 increase over last year's "People have been calling me and Councilman Norman Anderson,the city it's used,If not,then it goes unused."
\+ budget. asking about the roads,"Bastian said. staff's travel and training budget was The city manager pointed out that in
A Despite this increase,city taxes will be "This year we had a token amount in the reduced$2,200 to$27,000. addition to travel expense for con-
lower due to a re-evaluation upward of all budget for the roads. I'm looking to The travel and training expenditures ventions,this portion of the budget covers
properties in the community. establish some kind of ongoing program have been a sore point among several mileage costs for-city employees using
In:980, a home that was valued at for overlaying the streets." council members. eir own cars (which is part of the
8.9,000 by the county assessor, was "Who is going to determine which roads Greavu said,"I have no objection to �orkers'union contract),for training of
arossed city taxes of$128.In 1981,that are the worst and will get repaved?" travel and training expenses that are for 18.8rc officers and classes for mechanics
home will be re-evaluated at about$68,000 asked Mayor John Greavu.He objected to the health and welfare of the city. and other skilled laborers.
and its taxes will be about$121. - the increase saying all the Maplewood Anything that is extra,I'm against.These
However, Maplewood City Manager taxpayers will have to bear the burden of conventions that some of the staff attend FURTHER TRIMMING its budget,the
Barry Evans cautions property owners having only a few streets improved. out of state are not for the health and council unanimously decided to drop out
from assuming their total property tax Bastian retorted,"It would be nice if we welfare of the city." of the Ramsey County League of
bill will be going down next year. The could levy$100 million to bring all the "Would you be shocked and dismayed Municipalities.
city's portion of the total bill is only 13 to streets up to the city's standard level.We to learn that only$2,400 was spent on out "When it(the league)changes its focus
14 percent.The county tax assessments or can't do that.Now at least we can say of state travel this year John?"Bastian and direction, then we will reconsider
the school mill levy may be going up,he we've got a program and can tell the asked"We don't go out of state like some belonging," Bastian stated. Yearly
pointed out. people that eventually we will get to you." of the neighboring communities," he membership to the organisation is$1,300.