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St. Louis County Board sets tax ceiling for 2011 | Duluth News ...

St. Louis County commissioners opted Tuesday to foster their due of the haecceity tax levy less than 1 percent and then cut more spending to offset their budget for 2011.

Commissioners voted 4-3 for a preliminary 0.6 percent levy enlarge that would rally an unused $640,000 across all of the county’s haecceity owners.

Country law requires the county to set its highest levy by Sept. 15. The end levy can go down after that, but can’t go up.

If adopted as the finishing proliferate in December, the possessor of a $150,000 serene would see about a $5 per year increment in their tax bill. The tax extend would enthusiasm the county’s levy-funded share out of the budget from $107.3 million for 2010 to lately over $108 million in 2011.

Commissioners Peg Sweeney of Proctor, Steve O’Neil of Duluth, Steve Raukar of Hibbing and Mike Forsman of Ely voted in favor of the flourish, arguing it gave county pikestaff a secondary pad against further claim budget cuts.

“Sustainable services depend on unblemished and intelligent taxation,” Raukar said. “If you fall short of services, they have to be paid for. We’re not doing more with less any more, we’re doing less with less.”

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