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<br />VILLAGE OF CENTERVILLE <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Anoia County * P. O. Hugo, Minnesota <br /> <br />RESOLUTION <br /> <br />Whereas property taxes tend to be highest and most burdensome in cities, <br />and in the absence of some action by the state legislature municipal <br />property taxes in the city of Centerville will increase in 1976 and <br />1977, and <br /> <br />Whereas the city council of Centerville strongly favors the reduction <br />of municipal property taxes, and the most feasible way of accomplishing <br />this without drastically reducing essential municipal services is <br />through the distribution of railroad and telephone gross earnings taxes <br />to cities as proposed by Governor Anderson, and <br /> <br />Whereas local '1J.ni ts of government receive no property taxes or other <br />taxes from railroad or tele~hone property and the City of Centerville <br />will receive approximately $1,354.61 under the proposed distribution <br />of telephone and railroad gross earnings in 1976, and <br /> <br />Whereas, this method of tax reduction is 'preferable to other alternatives <br />being considered. <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF CENTERVILLE <br />respectfully urges the Minnesota State Legislature to distribute all <br />of the telephone and railroad gross earnings taxes, amounting to <br />$46 million in 1976 and $49 million in 1977, to local units of <br />government as proposed by Governor Anderson, and <br /> <br />BE IT- FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted <br />to the Governor of the State of Minnesota, Members of the State <br />Legislature and the League of Minnesota Municipalities. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />CERTIFICATION <br /> <br />I hereby certify that the above resolution <br />passed by the Centerville City Council on <br /> <br />