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<br />, ,"i,';;:;';' cOme in and blowout of townJOf.
<br />Arden Hills , th~~e~~=p~,cili:ei;::l~2~~~'~f
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<br />, has become a large dqilato~ to'the ,.' ,
<br />, may soften' .. Mounds View SChO()l.District,.'
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<br />SHELBY NICOLAUS-DUNSKI
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<br />, In'light of recently 'added state.
<br />taxes to charitable gambling
<br />groups. Arden Hills leaders may
<br />ease up on their regulations. '. .
<br />The City Council delayed its G . 'ti...., .
<br />decision on a proposal to, among am lng
<br />, other thmgs, reduce the amount it,. .
<br />- required organizations to spend in From page I The proposal also creates a stan-
<br />the the city's trade area from 50 to dardized reporting format for
<br />30 percent last week. Sather said. licensed organizations which
<br />,. The "council'should consider But the city approved its o~di- would also include trade,area
<br />,. reducing the trade-area spending. . nance pnor to the state addmg spending information.
<br />, requirement to;.rec'ognize the I more .tax~s to, charitable gambling, Arden Hills leaders first grap-
<br />impact of the ~ta!e tax burdeII to ' organIZations plates.. pled with the trade-area spending
<br />i the organizations,"Citx Accoun- f The council plans. to diSCUSS tile r<:<Iu!"ement prior to approving the
<br />1'......... tan. tT. e rry. .p.o.s.t..w. .~o. .te 10.' am..e.m .0. . I.......p..rop. ..osal.at.aJu1Y...;,..2......0 w.o..r..k........s. .e...s-.. Clty.S. :hantable g:lIflbhng ord.-
<br />i~. to thecOlmcil:' ".~IOn.. ,. .", ,'-.". nance 10 1990. It went into effect
<br />If... . Charitable g~bli!lg organiza-_":O Another recommeIldati~n i~ the '.' last year. . .
<br />I'f"'~' uons nOrm.ally use abo.ut75 per- .Propo~al man?a\es..1P91l~rcent:,The council agreed to .the ordl-
<br />I 'c,yent of the If gross receipts to pay ~.,.9()mpllan.ce.\V~th ,tbep~e~ept)O;, IllUI9~because, at that-tlme, fonr
<br />I.' prizes,Pos(said,Of the reDlain' .percentneLPIofI! cQIItrlbution- ~fthe'nine charitable gambling
<br />I. mg, the'gros~profit; 50 percent is req~ue.JJ;lentre~oactIve to' thellce'nse-hold:~s were from out of
<br />" used for salaries and overhead, . begmnmg of thiS year. And, to . town: Council members agreed
<br />; . and 20 per~nt pays state taxes, .he regulate the 10 percent net profit. tbe ordinance would force license-
<br />,. said. . . . . contribution, the city will consid- . holders to makc contributions to
<br />Organizations are generally left er imposing a I percent gambling, the area.
<br />with about 30 percent of their tax,
<br />I gross profits, he said. AJ;1d Arden
<br />Hills' ordinance requires charita-
<br />. ble gambling organizations spend
<br />50 percent of their gross profits in
<br />the trade area.
<br />The result is a disincentive for
<br />organizations to operate in the
<br />area, Post said,
<br />i "I'm trying to look at it from the
<br />I organizations' standpoint andwhat
<br />: is doable,"be said.
<br />,. i "What we run into here'is a
<br />,. /' numbers problem," said Council
<br />'Member Paul Malone.
<br />But Mayor Tholria$.Sather said
<br />.. he. is unco~fortable with the trade
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<br />. area reduction. C!C,: Y?ff!...b. t-
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