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RESOLUTION NO. 8930
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A LEVY CERTIFICATION TAX RATE INCREASE
FOR THE 2000 TAX LEVY, PAYABLE IN 2001
WHEREAS, the County Auditor is required to provide information to affected cities
and the county board that will allow the local government to calculate what its levy
certification tax rate would be in the coming year if the levy was held constant; and
WHEREAS, the City Council must adopt a resolution at a public hearing if its levy
will result in an increase in the levy certification tax rate over the baseline tax rate; and
WHEREAS, the resolution must be filed with the County Auditor by October 20 of
each year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Richfield,
County of Hennepin, Minnesota, as follows:
1. That the County Auditor is authorized to fix a property tax rate for taxes payable in the
year 2001 that is higher than the levy certification tax rate calculated pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes 2048.135 for the City of Richfield for taxes levied in 1999, payable
in 2000.
2. Adoption of this resolution does not prohibit the City from certifying a final levy that will
result in no levy certification tax rate increase or a tax rate decrease.
3. The City Clerk is hereby instructed to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the
County Auditor of Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 11th day of
September, 2000.
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