HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972 12-28 Maplewood: Overhaul Fiscal Disparity Act DISPATCH Maplewood : Overhciul
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Maplewood's Village "No matter how ou However, with revised
Council wants an over- . . . twist it, the people of state aid formula s,
haul. of the state's fiscal Maplewood are putting school district expendi-
disparity act. . that ($500,000) into tures will become more
By a 5-0 vote, the coun- another area," he add- or less equalized, he
cii called for the admin- ed. • pointed out.
istrative staff to investi- Councilman Don Wie- "We then are ended up
gate the feasibility of gert said that in any new with the situation where
legislation next year legislation municipals- we probably don't give a
that would exclude mu- ties, but not school dis- damn whether_ we get
nicipalities from its tricts or counties, should any business or industry
provisions. -- be exempted from fiscal anymoore," he comment-
IN 0 w municipalities disparities: ed.
must share new tax base He suggested that mu- "M o s t everybody is
from business and corn- ntcipalities, u n 1 i k e probably going to be en-
mercial development school districts and gaged in the situation of
with other communities- counties, are burdened pushing them: (new dee-
in the seven-county met- with extra costs result- velopments) over to the
ro area. ing from the acceptance next one (community),"
Sixty per cent of the of commerce and indus- he predicted. "You just
taxes from the new base try.
remain local, but 40per don't want to have the
rem "Our primary urge 'added cost of roads, ex-
cent by others.goes into a pool prior to this time was for panded sewer and water
shgoing out and soliciting to take care of business
"We are losing ap- industry and business."' and industry."
proximately' $500,000 this he stated. "not so much
year from fiscal dispari- for the municipal needs,
ties," Village Manager but to help broaden the
\lichael Miller told the tax base (for) the school
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council. district."
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