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I I I I I I I ;I I I I I I I I I I I I Friday June 28, 1985 25C s~¢~ co~ I I I I II IIII St. Paul's property taxes rank highest ' in survey By Jim Adam Staff Writer St. Paul has the highest, property taxes on a hoUSe selling for $80,000 in the Twin Cities metropolitan area this year, according to the Citizens League's annual survey. The owner of such a typical home, which would be assessed for taxing purposes at $76,000, would pa)** $1,172 in taxes to city, s~ltool, county and other taxing authorltie~. That ts $114 more than last year, when the league ranked th~. city eighth high- Although SL Paul was at ttte top for taxes on an $80,000 home, it ranked 53rd for its tax on the average-priced home sold. And its property taxes' were lower than two outstate cities included in..~.e survey. Overall, the survey found that Pro~* erty taxes dropped slightly on the typical house. 'faxes dropped in 47 o! the 95 communities, ~ith populations over 2,500, surveyed in the se~en metropolitan-area counties.. The median tax on the typical $80,000 home dropped $t7 to $816, or 1.02 percent of the selling price,: compared with 1.04 percent in 1984. - A rate of I percent of selling price is moderate when compared with tional tax levels, said Robert de la Vega, league research associate... ~ Twin Cities tax rates had *increased in the three previous years, after declining from a high in 1977 of more than 2 percent of selling price.' St. Paul Mayor George Latimer said the city's high tax on an $80,000 home was not representative be- cause most residents live in Taxes continued on page 7A ' MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE