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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />conglomerates and the high taxes are making is difficult for their businesses <br />to survive. <br /> <br />Councilmanber Cox stated that he wished everybody could have an op{x>rtunity to <br />be presented with the ~. of eye o~ning tax statement that Mr. LeTourneau <br />received and maybe they would begin to realize that the necessary increases <br />are coming from those entities in government responsible for budgets and <br />salaries7 that companies like N&N Auto Body, Prestress and Kovar are taxed <br />to death to cover the cost of government. <br /> <br />Mr. Grosslein - Stated that he is in the same situation as Mr. Muller and Mr. <br />LeTourneau and suggested that the City take a look at what it is doing to it's <br />commercial pro~rties7 there is no feasible way those commercial pro~rties <br />can oontinue to survive and pay those kinds of taxes. Mr. Grosslein stated <br />that he is paying $60,000jyear in taxes for his pro~rties on Tungsten and <br />Hwy. 110. Mr. Grosslein also noted that he is paying over $16,000 for fire <br />insurance because there are no fire hydrants near his pro~rty7 the nearest <br />fire hydrant on Hwy. #10 is 1500 feet and if the City would extend that <br />service along Hwy. 110 his fire rates oould decrease by 50%. Mr. Grosslein <br />requested that the City help those businesses bringing in the tax base to the <br />community. Mr. Grosslein stated that at the time he built he only needed a <br />basic building for warehousing but he went along with the City's request for a <br />more upgraded ~ building with landscaping, etc. and then the City raises <br />his taxes. <br /> <br />Mr. Wirz pointed out that pro~rty taxes do not increase for landscaping. <br /> <br />Councilmanber Cox stated that this is a situation where the City has insisted <br />that Mr. Grosslein build a deluxe building for warehousing 7 then tax him for <br />doing it, to a point where it is impossible for his business to survive. <br />Prestress, Kovar and Dickenson found it inq;x>ssible to survive and 200 jobs <br />disappeared and yet those buildings are being taxed over $20,000jyear7 <br />Grosslein is paying over $58,0007 and then you have someone like the person <br />sitting in the front rON of tonight's audience giggling at these situations. <br />This Council should review oommercial market values as we are taking away <br />their op{x>rtunity to survive. <br /> <br />Mr. Schnelle stated that he recalls Council demanding a lot fran Mr. <br />Grosslein. <br /> <br />Councilmanber Cox pointed out that since that time, Council has relaxed it's <br />demands and Mr. Grosslein is left with higher real estate taxes. Businesses <br />like Grosslein oon' t require public services like schools, yet the tax burden <br />is shifted to the business, who in turn must raise pr ices to oover that tax <br />burden and the oonstmer ends up paying for it on a retail level artjWay. <br /> <br />Councilmanber Reimann i.n::.Iuired if Mr. Grosslein' s buildings have the same <br />value placed on them as similar buildings in Coon Rapids and Blaine. <br /> <br />Mr. Wirz replied that the same formula is used in Ramsey as in Blaine and Coon <br />Rapids. <br /> <br />Councilmanber Reimann stated that he has always been of the opinion that <br />May 13, 1985 <br /> <br />Page 5 of 9 <br />