Question: Shall St. Paul impose $2.50 per $1,000 assessed value for two years for operations and administrative services beginning 1999-2000? The proposed taxes are to be imposed over a period of two years beginning 1999-2000. This measure may cause property taxes to increase more than three percent.

Summary: The City of St. Paul is faced with a variety of pressing issues including land use, development and public utility infrastructure and resource protection. At the present time, these issues are beginning addressed by three part time employees, limited consultant assistance, and volunteer citizen effort. The existent permanent tax rate is insufficient to fund services necessary to adequately address these issues and run the City. The proposed measure would fund a City Recorder, Administration, land use planning, public works, engineering and legal services, and other necessary support services to permit the city to more adequately respond to these matters. If this measure is approved it is estimated that approximately $70,518 will be raised over the next two years period, beginning in 1999 that the local option tax is imposed.