MEASURE NO. 24-05CITY OF ST. PAULBallot Title:Submitted to the Voters by the City Council Five-Year Local Option Tax For General Operations/Administrative Services. QUESTION: Shall St. Paul impose $2.50 per $1,000 assessed value for five years for operations and administrative services beginning 1998-99? This is for a five year proposed local option tax. This measure may cause property taxes to increase more than three percent. SUMMARY: This measure may be passed only at an election with at least a 50 percent voter turnout. The City of St. Paul is faced with a variety of pressing issues including land use, development, public utility infrastructure, and resource protection. At the present time, these issues are being addressed by three part time employees, limited consultant assistance, and volunteer citizen efforts. The existent permanent tax rate is insufficient to fund services necessary to address these issues adequately. The proposed measure would fund additional management, land use planning, public works, engineering, legal, and other necessary support services to permit the city to respond more adequately to these matters. If this measure is approved it is estimated that approximately $176,295 will be raised in the five years that the local option tax will be imposed. If this measure is approved it is estimated that approximately $35,259 will be raised in each year that the local option tax will be imposed.
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