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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Hendriksen, Anderson, Connolly, <br />and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec requested that Staff appoint liaisons for each district. <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen suggested that each council member to each take one precinct. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec requested that a letter be sent to each precinct notifying them of their liaison. <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen noted that the liaison would be used as a contact person, not for <br />liaison meetings. <br /> <br />Deputy City Clerk Thieling stated that if Council agrees, Staff will present a resolution at the <br />meeting of October 26, 1999, proposing the boundary changes and precinct additions. Following <br />approval and presentations to the County and State, a Citywide mailing will be done to inform <br />the public of the precinct boundary changes. <br /> <br />Councilmember Anderson inquired if they considered a separate voting district for the residents <br />in the Elk River school district. <br /> <br />Deputy City Clerk Thieling replied that they will be in two different precincts due to certain <br />roads they have to follow. <br /> <br />Case #2: <br /> <br />Public Hearing - Authorizing a Tax Rate Increase for the 1999 Tax Levy <br />Collectible in 2000 <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec closed the regular portion of the City Council meeting at 7:46 p.m. in order to <br />conduct a public hearing. <br /> <br />Public Hearing <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec called the public hearing to order at 7:46. <br /> <br />Presentation <br /> <br />Finance Officer Lund stated that a provision in the 1999 Omnibus Tax Bill requires counties and <br />cities over 500 population to hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution before a "levy <br />certification tax rate" increase may be allowed. The public hearing is in addition to the Truth in <br />Taxation public hearing which will be held on December 6, 1999. The new state law requires <br />that an additional public hearing be held in the event that there is a tax rate increase from 1999 to <br />2000. Based on the calculations for the City of Ramsey, the City's tax rate will increase by 9.72 <br />percent, from 19.66 percent in 1999 to 21.57 percent in 2000. By imposing a levy certification <br /> <br />City Council/October 12, 1999 <br /> Page 7 of 25 <br /> <br /> <br />