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Maplewood has budget .A n estimated 13.1 al requirements for a Tuesday, starting'at 7:30
revenue_`noes, t h a n ks mills, up exactly -one soaring village budget. p.m. at the Village Hall,
largely to the'state legis- mill from last year, will A.s examples, he cited ' 1380 Frost Ave.
laturc, Villager Manager be required,Miller said. legislated increase in the Meanwhile. M i 1 I e r
Michael Miller says. • The manager said that Public Employes Retire- keeps insisting that in-
In the past, he ex- in recent years state ment A s s o c: i a t i. on creased spending seems
plained, the state in- aids have been up a nun- (PERA) and in social se- unavoidable.
creased -state aids each imutn 6.1 per cent an- curity(FICA). "Although we would
year. nually. These, alone, add up to all like to be able to op-
And that offset infla- The state also chilli- increased expenditures crate on a zero budget
tion. crated personal property of$31,700,he indicated. growth c o n c e p t,” he
But this coming year tax reimbursement to Miller ,advanced stated in his message,
the aids are up only a municipalities, a source $2,165,160 i n spending "the growth of the com-
negligible $30 for Maple- . of $ 5000 for Maplewood proposals for 1971. in u n i t y and the in-
wood,' Miller told the Nil- in 1973. That compares with creased cost of living
gage council in his an- "If Minnesota had con- an . estimated $1,805,30( will result in . . . in-
nual budget message. tinned its (193) state in 1973. creased expenditures,
S► the manager. pre- aid policies in 1971," The village council has simply. to maintain the
dieted a property tax in- Miller commented, ":11a-
dieted e e n considering the existing level of ser-
crease.
plewood could have r•ea p r o P 0 s a I at informal vice."
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lie said the dollar levy sonably expected an "shirtsleeve"sessions. He picked out an ex-
in his proposed budget additional SONO t o Final action on the ample: fuel for the vil
will be up $210,3711 —to a $101,300." budget is 'expected after gage's equipment and ve-
•Phis he said, would
total$1,279,400. a public hearing next hides will be up$10,000.
That breaks - down to have been applied to ---
$1,039,970 for the general 'property lax relief."
fund and $239,439 for Miller also blamed ad-
bond retirement. ditional state] and Feder-