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Memo <br />City Council <br />2010 Truth -in- Taxation Hearing Dates and 2011 Preliminary Tax Levy <br />2 <br />the average medium homeowner in the City of Arden Hips. Public f <br />Sae accounts for <br />increase and $1 3.00 or 26.4% increase 0 1.8 of the levy <br />/o of the tax increase to the average medium homeowner in the City of Arden <br />Hills. Without the MVHC cut or the public safety increase A% <br />p ty increase the budget would show a 1 /fl decrease in the <br />levy over last year. (If no changes were made to the levy over last ear, the average medium g edium homeowner <br />in the City of Arden Hills would still see an increase of $31.52 in their roe taxes a <br />p p rty as a result of the <br />decrease in the local taxable value which caused the Local Tax Rate to rise by 6.1 see e Attachment B_) <br />Truth -in- Taxation Hearing Dates: <br />The 2009 Legislature changed the Truth -in- Taxation laws. We are now only required y q fired to announce and <br />schedule one regular meeting at which the council discusses the budget and levy and vy nd takes comments <br />from the public. We may adopt the budget and final levy after the hearing during g the same meeting. The <br />meeting must be between November 25 and December 26 and must occur at or after <br />6 p_m_ We must <br />notify the county auditor by September 15. <br />The Council may choose to have a separate meeting or may choose to do this at a regular meeting. Staff <br />is providing two options for the Council to choose from: <br />Monday, December 6, 2010 6:30 p.m. (Special meeting) or <br />Monday, December 13, 2010 7:00 p.m. (Regularly scheduled meeting) <br />It is anticipated the Council will adopt the final 2010 levy a able in 2011 and <br />December 13, 2010. <br />P y the 2011 budget, on <br />Recommended Action: <br />1. Adopt Resolution 2010 -046, a Resolution setting the relimina le for taxes ry levy xes payable in 2011 <br />in the amount of $3,088,964_ <br />2. Adopt Resolution 2010 -047, a Resolution adopting Truth -in- `Taxation public g p bloc heanng dates for <br />proposed taxes payable in 2011. The date established is December 2010. <br />