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~ VILLAGE OF CENTERVILLE Anoia County * P. o. HUfO, Mlnnesofa RESOLUTION Whereas property taxes tend to be highest. and most burdensome in cities, and in the absence of some action by the state legislature municipal property taxes in the city of Centervillewill increase in 1976 and 1977, and Whereas.the city council of Centerville strongly favors the reduction of municipal property taxes, and the most feasible way of accomplishing this without drastically reducing essential municipal services is through the distribution of railroad and telephone gross earnings taxes to cities as proposed by Governor Anderson, and Whereas local 'Units of government receive no property taxes or other taxes from railroad or tele~hone property and the City of Centerville will receive approximately '1,354.61 under the proposed distribution of telephone and railroad'gross earnings in 1970, and Whereas, this method of tax reduction is 'preferable to other alternatives being considered. "'----" NOW i'HEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF CENTERVILLE respectfully urges the Minnesota State Legislature to distribute all of the telephone and railroad gross earnings taxes, amounting to $46 million in 1976 and $49 million in 1977. to local units of government as proposed by Governor Anderson. and BE IT' FUR'lHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted to the Governor of the State of Minnesota, Members of the State Legislature and the League of Minnesota Municipalities. ~ '! , .J ,. .. , . ..d .~ 1 'I I j '-' r~" ~. .....~.~., I.'~> - .,'?"'," !:............ ... r-,_ ',' .;.... ~..,'i . , ;.;,~'~;. 7 .,'---~