Grand Marais city councilors held a brief meeting on Wednesday, December 27 and approved a final 2017 levy collectible in 2018 upon the taxable property in Grand Marais.
Council had agreed to set the levy at 3 percent over the 2017 levy at the last meeting.
For 2018 the city will levy $933,671.76.
The levy breaks out this way: Revenue, $677,809; PFA Water 2004, $34,726.26; G.O. Refunding EDA 2009, $65,273.25; G.O. Refunding 2013 A, $105,918.14; G.O. CIP Bond 2017A, $49,945.11.
The city received a dividend of $9,839 from the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust, property and casualty. Each year the LMCIT Board determines whether a dividend can be returned, and if so, how much. The city has received $497,453 in dividends since 1987, and written premium checks that total $1,703,706 over that time.
Notification of the dividend came on December 13, in a letter that stated, “We are pleased to enclose a check for your share of the $6 million dividends the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust property/casualty program is returning for 2017. The loss control efforts you and other members have undertaken helped make this dividend possible and we look forward to continuing to assist you in this important work.”
Council approved 2018 tobacco licenses for Bucks’ Hardware Hank, Gene’s IGA, Grand Marais Super America and Mike’s Holiday, and council approved a variety of payment of bills for the Public Works facility.
In attendance at the Wednesday city council meeting were councilors Anton Moody, Tracy Benson, Tim Kennedy, and Mayor Jay Arrowsmith- DeCoux. Councilor Dave Mills and city administrator Mike Roth did not attend the meeting, which lasted approximately five minutes.
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