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City Administrator’s Corner <br />Keep Jack Frost <br />Out of Septic <br />Tax Rates, Taxes and Budgets <br />Systems <br />Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator <br /> Just as frost <br />- <br />can cause problems <br />sible stewards of each tax dollar. Tax dollars provide for services <br />with underground <br />that we share in common as a community, including public safety, <br />pipes in cities, it <br />can also impact pipes and other parts of septic <br />a budget is developed that seeks to keep taxes low, while providing <br />systems that are used to treat and disperse <br />priority public services in the amount and variety that best meets <br />sewage. Cold temperatures combined with <br />resident’s expectations. For example, Ramsey seeks to remain one of <br />lack of snow in some areas may spell problems <br />the safest communities in Minnesota with strategic investment into <br />for some Minnesota residents who rely on <br />subsurface sewage treatment systems or septic <br />for City services such as clearing snow from City streets within <br />systems. <br /> With cold temperatures spreading across <br />are keeping up with the demands of a growing city. <br />much of Minnesota, there are several things <br />homeowners can do to prevent their septic <br />plan for revenue and expenditure in the coming year. Many would <br />system from freezing. <br />be pleased to know that Ramsey’s tax rate is stable and scheduled to <br /> For the full article, visit www.cityoframsey. <br />be reduced by about 3.40 percent in 2019, from 41.73 percent in <br />com/396/septic-systems or contact the Build- <br />ing Inspection Division at 763-433-9850. <br />of dividing the amount of the property tax levy (the amount of <br />money the City projects it needs to operate) by the tax capacity <br />value, sometimes referred to as the tax base. <br />Notably, each property in the City is unique,therefore, <br />story. Along with the City’s tax levy, the market value estimate <br />of the property is a big part of what determines the change in <br />the homeowner’s tax bill. Anoka County adjusts the number, <br />up or down, based on the property’s worth on the market. Each <br />year property owners receive an estimate of market value used <br />property owner receives in the spring references the process by <br />which property owners may challenge their market valuation. <br />market value and, consequently, the tax impact to the property. <br />Currently, the state property tax formula excludes a portion of <br />the market value of homes below $414,000 in value. Finally, <br />the value of the property may change due to demolition, new <br />construction, remodeling or renovations, and such revisions <br />property owner. <br />Ramsey’s 2019 budget and related documents, please check out <br />our website at www.cityoframsey.com. <br />4Ramsey Resident • January/February 2019 <br />