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<br />WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6 · 1999
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<br />'>:~mm~m1:!~'Nma8 IIWe.don't s~t here and
<br />> Tax levy: The '. >:'r~x rate: Setb}!' ,> Tax cap~Ity:' calculate howto pull a bUdget
<br />, alT)ountof property- the unit of government Calculated as a per~ . .. together that.doesn'ttell folks
<br />. tax dollars a local in conjurictionwith its,' centage of a prop~<j:; -
<br />unit,of govern!llen( levy, this number ..' .' arty's estimate~ ioi>;:; ;,hpwt"eir'mo."eyis spent."
<br />. ''':- citY; county or .. becomes part of a , market value, this,,;,: " . ,
<br />school district - . formula under which " dollar amount IS the,;.,' . ...,... Dan Erhart, chairman, An9ka County Board of
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<br />.,.., '.' " . ..".t';? :,"FAt a'mid-Septe~ber.board auditorso that no more property
<br />. 'HoW, County taxes 'are calculated on a $106,000 hom~ In Anoka County:~; ;.(meeting, Washington, County's' taxes are raised than the year
<br />:0 {The fjrst$76,OOO of Ule estimateg. market value ($10e",OOO) ;':t;. .,:, . . five comrilissioners voted fora rise before, in ~rder to raise more, any
<br />: .. '.,;. .... ..""Ismultiplied by: ~e tax-classificatlon rate of 1 percent (F 60h;:);;;~' ;rill, the property~taX levy after mal<:..,'. local government 'Yill first have to
<br />: . :},: '.',; {gnd the.r~.maining $30,000 is multiplied by a second-t1er~las)::W\/,. mg'cuts that liinited the' maximum';' pass a resolution and hold a public
<br />, },\t~:Jt;sifica~i6n ra~e'of 1.65 percent ($495). The two,'added to?)A",'VVct.',,+ increase to 5.8 percent. "I thi~it;. hearing. The resolution must be
<br />:!l,'i~:'-'getheJ',colTlpriseJhe'property's taxeapacity ($1,255).\.,;;.~. '~";)i::;''': ,.. shows' ouicitizensthat we are try- ,'adopted by Oct.' 20 of each year."
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<br />.. .'.'::;"."',: rty' j 't" b"ll'($391')' ..... ,,;' ".;" . . ". ........././ :>.",,:'i. ......~tafford. .::!.... .:'. ..'. ..... 'tern and take advantage of It to slip
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<br />)~"'::";" ..... '.',1' . C',,,:','';','":'! '.. ut ()mmISSIOner I a- a curve past voters, sm ep.
<br />jO';'A.pr~perty's tota! tax bl,IlIS !.he ~um of the, county, clty~schpoV;:",')'~ "/bek, the' 'only board member to' Dail McElroy, R-Bumsville, l!-uthor
<br />::, ,:"dl~trICt and speCial ta~mg~lstrIC! calculations. . . .,'1:" :r,'~!';~ '; vote against the proposed budget, ,'of the new.law. Too many times,
<br />. j,;;",Y';' :'" .' . .,',.,: ,: . ,.' "", '" .:..':.',...."; ?'said the countywas not going far' :saidMcElroy, local government
<br />;'1,~?:~;,%'Aro~a County and M~nneso~ Taxpayers AsSOCiation '/'")>1.," enough.;'We don't have. much, I... officials will tell taxpayers that "we
<br />I 7,':<"z:,)r\'.?' woUld'say, direct control.". .as fari didn't do' anything to raise your
<br />:"as market values and groWiliand" taxes.",:" .': ..... .. ',. .,'
<br />[Consumer Price Index] and other' . Rick Neumann, Dakota Coull-
<br />things," he said. "But wed() have ty's financial services director, ac~
<br />direct control over spending. knowledged that taxpayers can
<br />> ....The reality of the situation is easily' be' confused. ,.. In ' Dakota
<br />. we're hardly tightening our belts," ,. County, he said, officials try to use
<br />, hesaid:" .'. ":""; . aseriesofcomparisonswhenpre~
<br />.. -. .. sentingthe countY budget request
<br />.' What new law does~' , because a county's t~levy or tax'
<br />In an, attempt to make local rate; by itself,often does not pre..
<br />.governments more. accountable,:' ~ent a full picture of what's hap-
<br />the state law that coines into play.' 'pening. \.' .'
<br />this month will change howcities,'(; " "We try to be very open," he
<br />counties and school districts por- said. II [But] anyone chart can
<br />. tI:ay their property- tax decisions. "probably mislead folks."
<br />. Under the law, the tax rate for a
<br />. local unit of govemtnentwill auto-
<br />matically be' se~ by" the. co~ty
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<br />.ill be up $12' per' year on a., percent increase in the amount of
<br />100,000 home. In Scott County,'. property taxes it collects next year,
<br />le owner of a $142,~00 home Will. .. even though the county has a $4
<br />~e the county's share decrease by million reserve, And while the
<br />14., ,,' .' county plans to drop its tax rate by
<br />What most' taxpayers. don't' 2.5 percent, property valuations
<br />now, according to critics, is that. are expected to increase. by. an
<br />lere waS plentyof oPPOJ;tunity to ,. average of 5.3 percent;. . .
<br />lve taxpayers mo~e reliefhad the . . Washington 'County has an~'
<br />ounties chosen not to increase nounced' it" will increase the
<br />lei. bU.. dgets. Few taxpay~rs amount of property tax:s it col-
<br />tte the, annual Truth-m- lects next year bya maxImum of
<br />ax hearings tha't.. cities, ,5.8 percent. And while the county
<br />Junties and school districts are announced a 6.2 percenfdecrease
<br />~,quired to hold each December. ' in the tax rate, average property
<br />Meanwhile, Dakota County last values are expected to increase by,
<br />lon,th proposed a maximum 4.4 7 percent.' ','
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