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<br /> f'--/ r UGV-ol <br /> ~s. ) '1-lg-'1~ <br />. '. - <br /> ,Gount~"to~v~te~-,Bg,~~ <br /> pe.rcenl.le;vy: hj~,eJ; <br /> Ramsey County cominissioners $lO:rmilliou increase in commu~ <br /> a~e, eJ<pected to vote today nity human serViceprogiamscThe <br /> (Tuesday) on a $145 million pro- majority ()f illcr~ases in ,this cate._. <br /> posed property tax levy for 1993, gory are proppsed inhomealld <br /> ... The levy would be used to fundcommuniiy-based. services. <br /> the county's prOposed $340 mil-. AFDC' S"Stride" program-and <br /> lion budget .-' a 4.6 percent child weifare.and meIitaIheaIth <br /> increase over last year's. County programs>" , <br /> Executive Director Terry.' Another $3.47 niillion would go <br /> Sch.utten proposed the budget last to public sMety expenditures, <br /> . week. , including the county attorney's <br /> The proposed levy repreSents a and sheriff's office, conimunity <br /> . 4.4 percent increase - $14 millio)l corrections and the courts. <br /> - over the 1992 budget "In an attempt to slow the esca- <br /> For homeowners. the proposed lating demand for public safety <br /> levy is expected to result in prop- and criniinaljusqce services, the <br /> erty tax changes ranging from a county programs are focusing <br /> 1.2 percent decrease to a 6.3 per~ more and- more ,_on ~ preventative. <br />. cent increase, depending on prop- approaches Which are supported <br /> erty values. as a major. goaFwithin Ramsey <br /> Suburban prOperty taxes will be . County's.Ii1issibn{~ Scl)mten.said. <br /> .6 percent higher because of the County 'officials' are also <br /> opening of two new public proposing a 1.6 percent increase <br /> libraries. in the number of employees for <br /> . Taxes on a $150,000 home, for 1993, primarily due to the.'open- <br /> instance,-would decrease' by $7 ing of twobranchlibrades, a <br /> while. taxes on a $72.000 home county correctional facility addi- <br /> would increase by about $20, tion and caseload inCreases in the <br /> because of legislative changes in Community. HUffian,Services <br /> tax capacity rates. deparunent. These thr~depait- <br /> The county had been limited in ments account for about 37;of the <br /> the past on the amount at which it 48 full-time new positionsproc <br /> could set its levy but in 1991, the posed, .', - <br /> state Legislature removed levy The proposal also earmarks <br /> limitations beginning with this $250.000 each tO,the <;Qunty oper~ <br /> budget. atians and criminal justice cate- <br /> " , gories for innovative programs. <br /> The proposed budget mcludes a <br />. (lC: ~~ t <br /> ~A~~ <br />It <br />