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RESOLUTION NO. 8766
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A LEVY CERTIFICATION TAX RATE INCREASE
FOR THE 1999 TAX LEVY, PAYABLE IN 2000
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 f9.ilows:
1. That the County Auditor is authorized to fix a property tax rate for taxes
payable in the year 2000 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 1998, payable in 1999.
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 13th day of
September, 1999.
ATTEST:
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Thomas P. Ferber, City Clerk