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Gjobodf 2009 General Fund Budget/Property Tax Levy total property tax levy of $9,510,738 Prior to the ﬁ nal adoption of the in stafﬁ ng by one and one/half full- of which $8,127,034 is attributed to General Fund Budget and Levy, the time equivalents. The ﬁ nal adoption the operations of the General Fund, city is required to hold a public hear- of the 2009 General Fund Budget and $291,705 for the operations of the ing. This public hearing, often re- Levy will be adopted at the regular Economic Development Authority ferred to as “Truth in Taxation”, gives City Council meeting of December and $1,091,999 for the payment of the city the opportunity to discuss the 9, 2008, and certiﬁ ed to the County debt service. However, Council has proposed budget and levy and answer prior to December 28, 2008. the right to reduce or keep constant any questions that the residents may Residents who are interested in the proposed levy until the ﬁ nal certi- have. The city’s Truth in Taxation learning more about the 2009 budget ﬁ cation date of December 29, 2008. meeting is scheduled for December canﬁ nd a draft copy of the proposed The Ramsey City Council, recog- 1, 2008, at the Ramsey Municipal budget under the city’s website at nizing that these are hard economic Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, www.ci.ramsey.mn.us (located under times, is choosing to reduce the 2009 Ramsey. The Public Hearing notice theﬁ nance department). proposed levy to the tax capacity rate is printed on page 1. adopted in both 2008 and 2007. This The amount certiﬁ ed to the rate was approximately 39.25% for County for the preliminary proposed both years. To hold constant the tax levy on September 15, 2008, would capacity rate for the third consecu- have resulted in an approximate Happy Days tive year, staff and City Council have 0.38% increase in the city’s tax agreed upon the 2009 General Fund capacity rate, or a rate of 39.40%. 2009 Budget that will maintain all high pri- This supports a General Fund Budget Saturday, ority services, but will see a reduction in the amount of $10,137,130 and a September 19 Featuring the Johnny Holm Band Open House Scheduled for the New Midwest Medical Examiners Of Ý ce in Ramsey A public open house for the new Midwest Medi- cal Examiners Ofﬁ ce in Ramsey Town Center is scheduled for Friday, December 5, from 1:00 – 3:30 pm. Visitors will be able to take a self-guided tour of this new state-of-the-art facility and learn more about the services that will be provided to surround- ing counties by the Midwest Medical Examiners Ofﬁ ce. The address for the facility is 14341 Rhine- stone Street NW, Ramsey, MN 55303; it is located just west of Ramsey Boulevard, south of Sunwood Drive. www.ci.ramsey.mn.us 3