 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
11/26/2014
Contact:
Dave Lawless, Office of Budget
and Finance: 612-348-4860
Carolyn
Marinan, Public Affairs:
612-348-5969
News release
Hennepin County will hold a public meeting on the proposed
2015 budget and property tax levy – commonly called the Truth in Taxation meeting
– at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 2, in the County Board Room on the 24th floor of the
Hennepin County Government Center, 300 S. Sixth Street in downtown Minneapolis.
Hennepin County is proposing a 2015 budget of $1.802 billion – an increase of 0.27 percent from the
2014 budget – and a property tax levy of $699.988 million
– a 2.75 percent increase in the net
property tax levy from 2014.
The budgets and
levies for the Hennepin County Regional Rail Authority and Hennepin County
Housing and Redevelopment Authority also will be discussed at the meeting.
For
more details, go online to www.hennepin.us/hcbudget. Contact
the Hennepin County Clerk's Office to sign up if you wish to speak: 612-348-4019.
Free parking is provided
for residents attending the meeting if they park in the Government Center’s underground
ramp after 5 p.m.
The ramp entrance is on Third Avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets.
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Look for more news on the Hennepin County website at www.hennepin.us/news.
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