07-06-49 Special MeetingJuly s, 1949
The Council of the Village of Golden valley met as a 'Board
of Tax Review at the Village Hall at 7:30 p.m. "Tednesday, July s,
with the following members present: Clerk Putnam, Trustees
Pinch and Reiss. Absent: Mayor Stasel, Trustee Stark. Trustee
Reiss was acting chairman of the meeting.
Mr. Roy Haeg, County Supervisor of Assessments, exnla.ined
to the Board of Review the tax structure and the need for
equalization of real and personal property taxes in the Village.
.He stated that the County has aerial nhotogranhs of the entire
County and is now photographing each divelling and building
in all villages and towns of the County as an aid in the
assessment process. He said Golden Valley was being compared
with surrounding villages as an aid in equalizing personal
property taxes.
Mr. Haeg gave comparative figures on the number of
properties on the assessment rolls for several past years
and the increase in 1948 over previous years. For Golden
Valley in 1948 there were 1228 improved real estate properties
with 982 claims for homestead exemption.
The following persons appeared at the meeting; and
directed questions from the floor:
Donald Kurvers, 4724 Sixth Avenue N. Yr. gurvers was
informed to carry his question through
the County Auditor's office on the
abatement procedure.
G. Steffen, 1100 Winnetka Avenue
Mr. Zwick
Mr. Feffercorn.
The problems of each of the above were answered by r,!r. Lee,
the Village Assessor.
The question of the Village Assessorts pay was also
raised. err. Kane read the Attorney Generalfs opinion of June 10,
1949, relating to payment of assessors in Hennepin County.
Motion by Pinch, seconded by Putnam and carried to
adjourn.
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Attest:
Clerk
July 6, 1949
A special Meeting of the Village Council of Golden
Valley was held at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, 1949, at
the Village Hall. Present: Clerk Putnam, Trustees Pinch
and Reiss. Absent: I2ayor gtasel, Trustee Stark. Trustee
Reiss was acting chairman of the meeting.
Discussion centered on the need for gravel loading
equipment. motion by Pinch seconded by Putnam carried to
advertise in the Construction Pulletin for a crawler type
diesel tractor, 30 drawbar h.p. or more, equipped with a
front end loader of the hydraulic or cable type with a
3/4 cu. yd. or larger material bucket, and also to adver-
tise for a nneumatic-tire trailer with 6 to 8 -ton
capacity, suitable for hauling a tractor loader.
Motion by Pinch to adjourn to July 19 was seconded
by Putnam and carried.
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