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be no fires and that they are not keeping their agreement on either of these items and that Mr. Gesko had been told about this at our last meeting and he had said it would be taken care of. Also they had agreed to keep up the road and this had not been done. It was suggested that the Town Board take legal action against the City of Anoa on this matter o£ the dump. It was stated that the road had been patched by Ramsey Township and the bill will be sent to the City of Anoka. If the City of Anoka acquired the land it is now looking at for more dump ground this will bring the dump to within 400 feet of homes that were bhere before the dump was put in. Mr. ~;eaver arrived at 9:1~. How can we do something about the excessive taxes in Ramsey Township was the question asked ~z~. Weaver. ~e read a letter sent to him by Mr. Remer of the State Department of Minnesota. He said Anoka County spending went up 41~ last year. Spending across the board statewide went up 50%. 60% of the money collected by the state is returned to the local governments. He also said the legislature has absolutely no control of the U of M but that it pays 30% of the budget for the U of M. In the Anoka- [~ennepin School Dist the cost per pupil unit is ~485 and that is in the bottom 10% for the state. We are getting 2~00 new pupils per year. It takes ~3500 tax base per pupil, in Anoka County but Minneapolis has ~18,000 tax b~se per pupil and Golden Valley has ~13,500 tax base per pupil which is one reason our taxes out here are so high. We don't have a high enough tax base per pupil. Also the homestead tax is antiquated now. It is only $4,000 per house. We get 7%% school aid from the state. At 9:45 Mr. Weaver was through talking and turn the meeting back to Mr. Scarborough. Mr. Scarbor- ough said that reevaluation of land should be taken up at the county level because the valuation was done by the county in the first place. In order to keep the taxpayers association successful we must come up with results. We h~e a quorum here tonight. It was stated that this proposal is not complete. A steering committee would need to meet with a steering committee from the City of Anoka. This steering committee would then assist the Town Board. ~¢~. Peter ~nich moved that we thank the Taxpayers Association for the work they have done and he also moved that we accept the proposal of the Taxpayers Association and then that they should go to the Town Board with this proposal. Seconded by Dorothy Bridges. Motion passed with only four against. Meeting adjourned at lO:~O p.m. Respectfully submitted,