I was told many years ago that Minneapolis had its own assessor because it wanted to be able to control the assessments of the expensive downtown properties. Only a very few people had access to those calculations.
At that time, 1969, the most expensive house in Minneapolis was assessed at just over $100,000. It was in Kenwood, but not on the Lake. It was told to me by the Wayzata City Assessor, who employed one (as Assessor and Building Inspector) for the same reason with respect to its expensive residential properties. I worked for the City of Wayzata at that time. Wayzata had a half dozen homes valued at over $100,000 in those days. Ray Marshall Minnehaha Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 10:44:36 -0600 From: "Cathy Leighton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Mpls] Property Taxes in Minneapolis To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An earlier post raised the question and I haven't seen it answered yet. Why does Minneapolis have its own assessor? This is rather unusual isn't it? I don't belive that St. Paul does. Isn't this just another layer of beauracracy? Isn't Hennepin County already set up to do this? I know the checks are made out to Hennepin County. Ramsey County seems to be able to handle St. Paul. Why can't we eliminate this duplication of service? Maybe someone on the list knows the history of this and can update us. Catherine Leighton Live in Longfellow/Work North East REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
