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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
RAMSEY COUNTY. MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 91-..!!.2
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT OF A ONE- HALF CENT OPTIONAL SALES TAX
WHEREAS. the 1991 Legislature established a one-half cent optional sales tax that may
be adopted by counties or cities within counties to augment local government property
tax relief and create a dedicated two-cent revenue stream called the Local
Government Trust Fund; and
WHEREAS, if counties fail to adopt the optional sales tax. the sales tax for that county
will remain at 6 percent, and the county's 1.5 cent share of the revenue stream will
be distributed to other cities and counties; and
WHEREAS, counties and cities within counties may make up for the lost LGA and HACA
funds by raising property taxes or cutting services. or a combination of both.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED. that the Arden Hills City Council hereby supports and
requests that the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners adopt the optional one-half
cent sales tax by July 1. 1991. as stipulated in Session Laws Chapter 291.
Adopted by the City Council this 10th day of June, 1991.
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Thomas R. Sather, Mayor
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Gary R. Berger, City Administrator