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<br />. <br /> <br />1& <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />would amount to $14.00 on the first year on the taxes in addition <br />to the taxes on the market value of a home of $80,000. If you <br />took that figure that I was talking about earlier, half of $368,000, <br />not putting the $107,000 from the State Aid for roads, into the <br />picture, I just made a rough calculation. Taking (inaudible) <br />184 over 300 would be $9.00 the first year on a typical priced <br />home in Arden Hills so that gives you an idea of what we're <br />talking about.. Later on we will' (inaudible) today's cost that <br />one of the people that hauls garbage in the city is going to <br />raise the rate from $5 to $6 per month so that's the relative <br />expense that we're talking about (inaudible). Saying that a <br />different way, the $300,000 under those combinations I spoke of <br />amounts to $45,500 that would be due the first year and that's <br />.78 mills. That's another way to look at it. We have been in the <br />ballpark of 8 or 9 mills on our taxes so that increase would be <br />about 8.7% so it's not a trifle percentage. The total dollars <br />may be small, but it's a substantial increase. <br /> <br />Getting that.out of the way I'd like to move that we <br />authorize the improvement. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN WOODBURN: May I ask him to yield? I wonder if <br />it would benefit us to discuss this among ourselves. .We may <br />have some consensus. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN HANSON: How can we do that - in front of every- <br />body, like we always do. <br /> <br />MAYOR CREPEAU: Any more comment before you make your <br />motion? Let's have the comment. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN WOODBURN: Mr. Hanson has the floor. I give it <br />back to you at this point for your decision. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN HANSON: It's back to me already? I'm ready to <br />make it. <br /> <br />MAYOR CREPEAU: Before you do, I want to reiterate what <br />Dr. Woodburn said. Leafstra gave me a figure of $14 on an <br />$80,000 home and was opposed to it and that's the only call I <br />got. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN HANSON: I'm surprised we didn't hear that <br />(inaudible) car pool. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN WINGERT: We did, your Honor, get a number of <br />letters a month ago (inaudible) There were a few people I <br />remember as opposing. it - some people on Chatham, so we've heard <br />from a few people (inaudible) <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN CRICHTON: I have had some comment from people <br />by telephone calls, and other than the businessmen themselves, <br />those comments were for not using tax money for such a thing <br />as burying electric cables under the ground. Just a general <br />