Contact: Carolyn
Marinan, Communications, 612-348-5969
Hennepin
County will hold a public meeting on the proposed 2016 budget and property tax
levy – commonly called the Truth in Taxation meeting – at 6 p.m. on Tuesday,
December 1. The meeting location is the County Board Room on the 24th floor of
the Hennepin County Government Center, at 300 S. Sixth Street in downtown
Minneapolis.
The county proposes
a 2016 budget of $1.9 billion – an increase of $109.4 million, or 5.99 percent,
from the 2015 budget. It proposes a property tax levy of $726.8 million – an
increase of $31.2 million, or 4.48 percent, from the net property tax levy in 2015.
The budgets
and levies for the Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority and Hennepin
County Housing and Redevelopment Authority also will be discussed at the
meeting.
Residents who
wish to speak at the meeting should sign up by calling the Hennepin County
Clerk's Office at 612-348-4019.
For more
details, go online to www.hennepin.us/hcbudget.
Free parking is available
for residents attending the meeting in the underground
ramp at the Government Center 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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