News: truth in taxation meeting is November 28

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Contact: Carolyn Marinan, Communications, 612-348-5969

Hennepin County budget (truth in taxation) meeting is November 28

Hennepin County will hold a public meeting on the proposed 2018 budget and property tax levy – commonly called the truth in taxation meeting – on November 28.

Meeting details

  • Tuesday, November 28, 6 p.m.
  • County Board Room, 24th floor of Hennepin County Government Center
  • 300 South Sixth Street in downtown Minneapolis

The county proposes a 2018 budget of $2.4 billion, $279.9 million more than the 2017 adjusted budget. It proposes a property tax levy of $796.9 million – an increase of $37.6 million, or 4.95 percent, from the net property tax levy in 2017.

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.

More information

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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