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CITY COUNCIL CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council conducted a regular meeting on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Mark Kuzma Councilmember Chelsee Howell Councilmember Debra Musgrove Councilmember Michael Olson Councilmember Chris Riley Councilmember Dan Specht Councilmember Matt Woestehoff (arrived at 7:57pm) Members Absent: None Also Present: City Administrator Brian Hagen Finance Director Diana Lund Planning Manager Todd Larson Economic Development Manager Sean Sullivan Community Development Director Stephanie Hanson 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Kuzma called the regular meeting of the Ramsey City Council to order at 7:00 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Kuzma. 2. PRESENTATION None. 3. CITIZEN INPUT Matt Kuker, PSD Land Development, came forward and shared that he does not have a problem with the City portion of the taxes; however, he had concern with the valuation that the County has been putting on properties lately. He stated he had spoken to the County about this but the valuations are very high. He shared that there are buildings that went from $6,000,000 valuation to $9,500,000 valuation, from $5,600,000 to $8,200,000, and more. He shared that all four of his buildings went up $14,800,000 in valuation. He stated that the difference in taxes for these four buildings from last year is $362,000. He noted that he does not know what the course of action would be to go to the County Board and have them look at their valuations. He explained that the new assessor is looking at these properties differently than they had been looked at over the past 20 years. He said this will be raising some problems in the next few years. He noted that he has City Council / December 12, 2023 Page 2 of 12