The Brooklyn Park City Council will hold a public hearing on its 2023 budget and on the amount of property taxes it is proposing to collect to pay for the costs of services the city will provide in 2023. All Brooklyn Park residents are invited to attend the public hearing of the City Council to express their opinions on the budget and on the proposed amount of property taxes. The hearing will be held on:
Monday, December 5, 2022 at 6 p.m.
Brooklyn Park City Hall
5200 85th Ave N, Brooklyn Park, MN
If the discussion of the budget cannot be completed, a time and place for continuing the discussion will be announced at the hearing.
Submit your comments
If you are not able to attend the public hearing to express your opinions, you can also submit your comments:
• by email at bpfinance@brooklynpark.org
• by mailing them to the City Clerk’s office
• City of Brooklyn Park, City Clerk’s Office
5200 85th Ave. N., Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
What is Truth in Taxation?
“Truth in Taxation” (TnT) is a process first enacted by the legislature in 1988 to enhance public participation in Minnesota’s property tax system. You can read more about Truth in Taxation here.
The TnT process consists of these three components:
• Each local government is required to formally adopt a “proposed levy” in September for the upcoming year; the final levy, when ultimately adopted, may not exceed the proposed levy.
• County auditors generate parcel-specific notices of proposed taxes for all parcels of property based on the proposed levies.
• Each local government is required to hold a public meeting after the notices come out where budget and tax issues are discussed, and where public testimony must be allowed, prior to adopting its final levy.
TnT has a goal of improving accountability by focusing taxpayers on the relationship between budget decisions and property taxes, and providing taxpayers with a greater opportunity to become involved in the local government budgeting process.
Original source can be found here.
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