HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974 10-23 State aids concept change hurt Maplewood finances--manager REVIEW State aids concept change :hurt
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Maplewood finances- manqger
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A changed ,oncept in nues increased substan- "this froze Maplewood at next year.
state aids to'tmunicipali- tially," he said, "it aided the 1973 aid level for the Miller said that if these
ties has been blamed for the city in keeping the present and for the fore- monies had been avail-
some of Maplewood's fis- property tax in line while seeable future." able, the 1975 local tax
cal problems. expanding and improving HE SAID this means levy would have been re-
CITY Manager Michael city services demanded that any comm unit y duced by up to$193,000.
Miller said that prior to by a growing communi- growth, plus the offsetting The city manager's re-
1974 the state supplement- ty." of increased costs from in- ' marks were contained in
ed the city's revenues In 1973, he pointed out, flation, must be picked up his annual written budget
through a return of a por- the state switched from a locally. message to the city coun-
tion of "gorwth taxes," shared tax concept to a "This has resulted in cil.
the sales, cigaret, liquor municipal aid concept. . . an increased pres-
and gasoline taxes. "For all practical pur- sure on the property tax
"As long as these reve- poses." Miller asserted, dollar,"henoted.
The city manager went
on to point out that Maple-
wood normally could have
anticipated an average
annual increase of about
19 per cent in state aid un-
der the old concept.
THE RESULT he said.
would have been about
$88,300 in additional state
aids this year and $105,000