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Joint Powers Agreements with the several jurisdictions for assessment services to be performed by Hennepin County
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the County Administrator is directed to negotiate joint powers agreements with jurisdictions within Hennepin County with populations under 30,000 and jurisdictions currently under agreement with the county for local assessment services to be performed by the Hennepin County Assessor at no cost to these jurisdictions.
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Background:
For more than 50 years, Hennepin County has been contracting with cities to provide local assessing services. These contracts have required cities to pay the county to perform this local assessor work. The first joint powers agreement between a city and the county began in 1972. Hennepin County has had a long-term strategy of contracting with cities to perform local assessing to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and equitability across all jurisdictions.
Over the past several years, Hennepin County has significantly increased the number of cities with whom it contracts for assessing services. Currently, 34 of 45 cities contract with the county either wholly or partially for these functions, with 33 of the contracts expiring on July 31, 2024. In addition, the county is statutorily responsible for the assessments of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport and Fort Snelling. These 34 cities collectively pay the county approximately $5.1 million in 2024 for these services.
This resolution directs the county to offer a joint powers agreement for local assessing services to cities with populations of 30,000 or less and those currently under current contract with the county at no cost to these cities beginning with the 2025 assessment. By the county providing this service at no cost to these cities, this will reduce the city property tax levy obligations for these cities by $5.1 million collectively. The county assessor's 2025 budget will reflect an increase of $5.1 ...
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