HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 05-03 Maplewood Opposes Revenue Trade-Off DISPATCH MaplewoodOpposes
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Revenue Tra a-O
Maplewood's elected approximately $44 mil- taper year levy limita-
officials are opposed to a lion less in 1974," the ' tion," it was added in
revenue trade-off pro- Mapleeood council as- the resolution, "thereby
posed by Gov. Wendell serted. •restricting property tax
Anderson. . "The governor is pro- as a source to fund the
In a resolution adopted posing a continuance of proposed $44-million lo-
unanimously, the village the six per cent per capi- cal government deficit."
council suggested that The council also said
the governor plans to that spokesmen for the
short-change municipal- go v e r no r had "erro-
ities. neously represented"
The council attacked that proposed $58 million
Gov. Anderson's propos- in homestead credit re-
al to eliminate sharing lief can be used to offset
$30.1 million in taxes col- the projected $44-million
lected by the state, while deficit.
replacing it with a .50 per Furthermore, t h e
Dent r e b a t e of gross council said it appeared
earnings tax on tele- that the shared taxes
phone and railroad utili- source of revenue had
ties. more growth potential
"T h e proposals than the gross earnings
would probably result in tax.
all local Minnesota units So the gap between the
of government having two will continue to wid-
en, the council predict-
ed.
If the governor follows
through with his plan,
the council concluded, it
would "result in undue
hardship on all Minneso-
ta municipalities."