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<br />- <br /> <br />CITY OF CENTERVILLE <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> <br />DECEMBER 11, 1996 <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council of the City of Centerville held a <br />Truth and Taxation hearing and a regular scheduled council meeting on December 11, <br />1996, at the City Hall. Mayor Tom Wilharber called the public hearing for Truth and <br />Taxation to order at 6:05 PM. <br /> <br />PRESENT: Tom Wilharber <br />Sanna Buckbee <br /> <br />Theresa Brenner <br />Laura Powers-Rasmussen <br /> <br />ABSENT: <br /> <br />Mary Jo Helmbrecht <br /> <br />STAFF/CONSULTANTS: Jim March <br />Ry-Chel Gaustad <br /> <br />Paul Palzer <br />Dave Nyberg <br /> <br />TRUTH IN TAXATION <br />March reviewed the city's current status and past financial history. Statistics indicate the <br />city dropped from the third highest to the number seven spot in regards to municipal tax <br />rates. March explained, the proposed budget increased the levy by 5 percent. With <br />additional revenue such as, antenna rental space contracts and a higher net tax capacity <br />has helped reduce the municipal tax rate. March explained a graph of the 1996 <br />expenditures and the proposed 1997 expenditures. <br /> <br />Brenner questioned funding for capital improvement items. March explained, projects and <br />purchases such as, replacing the snowplow and purchasing additional election supplies <br />have been considered and fit into the 1997 budget. <br /> <br />MOTION by Powers-Rasmussen, seconded by Brenner to close the Truth and Taxation <br />public hearing at 6: 10 PM. Motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />Wilharber opened the regularly scheduled council meeting at 6: 11 PM. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES: <br /> <br />November 13,1996 council meeting minutes- <br />MOTION by Brenner, seconded by Buckbee to table the November 13, 1996 <br />