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Approving a 2019 maximum property tax levy for the City of Saint Paul.
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WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 10 of the City Charter, Mayor Carter presented to the City Council on August 9, 2018 the Mayor's proposed budget; and in accordance with City ordinance, Mayor Carter presented to the City Council on August 29, 2018 the Library Agency's proposed budget with the combined Mayor's proposed budget and the Library Agency's proposed budget totaling $606,263,705 for operations and $48,110,000 for capital improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor did recommend, as part of the comprehensive 2019 financing plan for the City of Saint Paul, that the net property tax levy payable in 2019 be $157,520,310 as detailed below:
Mayor's Recommended Tax Levy:
City Levy for City Operations 121,295,506
City Levy for Debt Service 15,233,758
City Levy for Library Agency 18,879,346
Total Recommended: 155,408,610
Levy for Port Authority 2,111,700
Net Levy 157,520,310
Levy for Port Authority (2,111,700)
Net Levy for City Government 155,408,610
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 275.065 Subdivision 1, the City Council, after considering the Mayor's recommendations, but absent public hearings on the Mayor's budget proposal, does hereby accept the budgets for fiscal year 2019, as proposed by the Mayor, as constituting the proposed budgets for the City of Saint Paul and the Saint Paul Library Agency; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that in accordance with the same referenced statute, the City Council, as a taxing authority, and after considering the Mayor's recommendation for property tax levies, including the requests of the Port Authority and the Library Agency, does hereby...
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