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6 9981 INU*V81011 <br />1831 Univers'l'Styr Avenue East <br />St. Pau, III M 1i n n�esota, 5 5 10 1 <br />(612) 227-5600 <br />RESOLUTION URGING REPEAL, OF THREE PERCENT LEVY LIMIT LAW <br />Aridien Hills <br />Falcon Heigh its <br />WHEREAS,, the levy limits, together with increasing <br />Gem Lake <br />costs of state and deral mandates, and decreasing <br />federal and state aid, force cities to cut local <br />Lauderdale <br />serv,ices; and <br />Little Canada <br />WHEREAS,, the levy, limits cause cities to dip into <br />Maplewood <br />reserve funds, lowering their reserve levels and <br />M�olunids View <br />encouraging debt ; and, <br />New Brightion, <br />WHEREAS, the levy limits are especially difficult <br />North Oaks <br />for smaller communities, many of which had very low <br />*I <br />levies in 1,987., giving them an unrealistic base for the <br />N. St. Pau I <br />three percent linit; and <br />Ramsey Clounity <br />'WHEREAS. the Department of' Revenue has given the <br />Roseville <br />appeal,s provision of the levy limit law pli. narrow <br />Sit. Anthiony <br />interpretation,, denying, appeals for cost increases for <br />such mandated programs as Pollution Control Agency <br />St. Paul <br />permits,,, election costs and road turnbacks; <br />Sihoireview <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Ramsey County <br />Vaidnalis Heilghts� <br />League of Local Governments that the members of the <br />White Bear Lake <br />Minnesota Legislature are requested to repeal state <br />legislat"lon estaiablishing thiii three percenlL: .1evy I.Linit. on <br />Whilte B'ear Tolwinsh�ipi <br />cities, <br />Adopted, by the Riamse County League of Local <br />iy <br />Governments th is 19th , day of October 1988 <br />� qr4i2w4k <br />Vice President .1 <br />