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Elk River · Otsego · Ramsey · Rogers ° zimmerman
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<br /> Property tax hikes take most of saving
<br />by Don Heinzman fLake To~vnship residents wiIl~ River, $1,929.18 for Zimmer-
<br />~e°rre,s Ihave to pay modest increases,\ man, $1,350.68 for Livonia
<br /> some tax relie£in the ko£ $33.97 and $12.83 respec-J and $1,492.80 for Big Lake
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<br /> · estimated property tax rates· tively,
<br /> and taxes that will be paid by
<br /> Sherburne County residents
<br /> who live in the 'Elk River Area
<br /> School District.
<br /> Calculations done by Sher-
<br /> burne County Auditor Ra-
<br /> mona Doebler show that the
<br /> cities, the county and the
<br /> school district, except for
<br /> Zimmerman, all raised their
<br /> property tax levies for taxes
<br /> payable next year. This virtu-
<br /> ally wipes out the $320 home-
<br /> stead credit, tax relief created
<br /> by the Minnesota Legislature..
<br />fCompared to taxes paid last
<br />'year on homes valued at~
<br />~000, Elk Riverand Bi~
<br />
<br /> while
<br /> Zimmerman and Livonia
<br /> Township will receive reduc-
<br /> tions.
<br /> Zimmerman, which had a
<br /> whopping 8 percent increase
<br /> in its tax capacity, actually
<br /> ;viii s?e property taxes go
<br /> down $93.88 on a house val-
<br /> ued at $120,000.
<br /> Livonia Township taxes for a
<br />$120,000 house, which is the
<br />average value of a property in
<br />Sherburne, will see a slight
<br />$10.91 reduction in taxes.
<br /> In the sample for a $120,000
<br />residential homestead, the
<br />estimated tax for next year
<br />will be: $1,683.78 for Elk
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<br />residents of Township.
<br /> c--One reason for the increase
<br /> is for the first time, taxpayers
<br /> of all classes will be paying the
<br /> first year's cost of two Elk
<br /> River area school bond levies
<br /> approved last year. The pay-
<br /> ments were to have started in
<br /> 1998 but the wording of the
<br /> ballot was for 1999. That
<br /> amount for a $120,000 house
<br /> for Elk River, Zimmerman,
<br /> Livonia and Big Lake
<br /> ~T_ownship is $163.,39.
<br /> .The Legislatures intent to
<br /> g~ve commercial and industri-
<br /> al parcels a reduction is corn-
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<br /> Example j With Homestead
<br /> ;iT~*** ELK R;VER ZINNERMAN
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<br />Tax Rate
<br /> ;,.1~1,478% 137,676% ,,99,491 108,87~%
<br />Proposal1999 1515 $1840,39 ': $~085;79 ':; $1649,41
<br />Less H.E. CR* [ ($3~0.'00) "?~,, ($3~0.00), ~ ($3~0.00)
<br />Plus ~. Tax** ' $163.78 .::-<,,.' $163.39 '~,~:
<br />Estimated Tax $163,39
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<br />Actual1998 1583 ,"'$1765.1'1, ' $~138.38
<br />LessH.E. Ca' ~ ($176 87i'' ,,,,.... ::/'$]~76,:,89~ $1595.~7
<br />P~us nkt, ~ax** ' $61 5~ ~' ' ~]'~'~k°/)'':, (~1,7,6:~7).]~ ($176.87)
<br /> ~:: · - ,o',.3/ :'?,,,':$6~:;57'::;;:"~ $61.57
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<br /> ~ referendum
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<br />.Taxes
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<br /> Continued from page 1
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<br /> ing true.
<br /> In the sample on a $300,000
<br /> commercial and industrial
<br /> buildings there are slight
<br /> reductions for Elk River and
<br /> Livonia and Big Lake town-
<br /> ships and a $1,033.75 reduc-
<br /> tion for Zimmerman.
<br /> For owners of $300,000 mar-
<br /> ket value buildings, the tax
<br /> next year will be $11,250.39
<br /> for Elk River, $12,696.02 for
<br /> Zimmerman, $9,288.05 for
<br /> Livonia Township and
<br /> $10,125.31 for Big Lake
<br /> Township.
<br /> Here's how the proposed
<br /> property tax levy plays out
<br /> compared to the 1998 final tax
<br /> levy:
<br /> · School District 728: Up
<br /> 10.7 percent from $15,025,309
<br /> this year to $16,821,410
<br /> payable next year.
<br /> · Sherburne County:
<br /> Increase of 9.8 percent, from
<br /> $15,840,777 to a proposed
<br /> $17,569,207.
<br /> · City of Elk River, increase
<br /> of 10.4 percent from
<br /> $3,251,109 in 1998 to
<br /> $3,629,214 as proposed for
<br />1999. (The sizeable increases
<br />are $210,000 for police and
<br />$75,000 for recreation.)
<br />· City of Zimmerman, reduc-
<br />tion from $489,448 in 1998 to
<br />$486,833 in 1999 as proposed.
<br />· Big Lake Township,
<br />increase of 8.3 percent from
<br />495,551 in 1998 to 540,551 in
<br />1999.
<br />· Livonia Township, increase
<br />of 5 percent, from $161,303 to
<br />$170,303.
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