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Case #
Plaintiff,
vs. SUMMONS
Defendant.
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Minneapolis:
You are hereby summoned and required to answer the attached complaint of the
plaintiff that is hereby served on you. You are also required to serve a copy of your answer
on the plaintiff at City Hall, 350 S 5th Street S, Minneapolis, County of Hennepin, State of
Minnesota, within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons on you, exclusive of
the day of service. If you fail to serve your answer within the time and manner set forth
above, judgment by default will be rendered against you, without further notice, for the relief
CAROL BECKER
Case #
Plaintiff,
vs. COMPLAINT
Defendant.
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Plaintiff, Carol Becker, for her Complaint against defendant, Mayor Betsy Hodges
1. Plaintiff, Carol Becker, is a resident and taxpayer in the City of Minneapolis and
3. Betsy Hodges is the Mayor of the City of Minneapolis and has been since January 1,
2014.
(B) estimate the revenue, expenses, and budgetary needs for each board, commission,
(C) recommend any capital improvements for the next five fiscal years;
(D) summarize all taxes applicable to property in the City and their effect; and
(E) recommend any necessary or prudent legislation or other action affecting the City's
finances.
Maximum taxation. By the time set by general law, after a public hearing, the Board of
Estimate and Taxation must set the maximum amounts and rates that the City Council
and other boards may levy, including the maximum amount and rate for the general
fund and each other fund. The amounts and rates set under this section 9.3(a)(4) are
After a public hearing on the budget for and taxes payable in the following year, the
City Council and each board must adopt a budget, which must
(A) appropriate money for each board's, commission's, department's, and officer's
operations;
(C) levy any tax, up to the maximum set by the Board of Estimate and Taxation,
(D) tax the property in the City in an amount, without regard to the maximum set by
the Board of Estimate and Taxation, that will satisfy any judgment against the City.
5. Mayor Betsy Hodges has violated Chapter V, Section 8 of the Minneapolis City
Charter by failing to submit a budget to the Minneapolis City Council and Board of
Estimate and Taxation that includes a statement of all proposed expenditures, the
program.
6. The detailed budget is necessary for the Board of Estimate and Taxation to determine
what an appropriate property tax levy should be for the following year for the residents
of Minneapolis. The detailed budget is also necessary for the citizens of Minneapolis
to have appropriate input into whether they think the City is proposing an appropriate
through public hearings. The Mayor has proposed a property tax levy but the data
needed to evaluate the appropriateness of this levy is not contained in the budget.
7. The maximum property tax levy must be set by September 30th by state statute
275.065. The Mayor has stated via email that she will provide a budget by
September 12th, the day before the public hearing to take comment on the proposed
property tax levy, which is September 13th. This means that an individual has only
one day to get the budget, read the budget (which is approximately an inch thick),
prepare comments on the budget, organize with other individuals, get time off work
WHEREFORE, plaintiff requests that this Court issue a Writ of Mandamus requiring
the Mayor to file the required budget with the Minneapolis City Council and the Board
of Estimate and Taxation immediately and that the budget the Mayor submits fully
FURTHER, plaintiff requests that she be granted all of her attorneys fees, costs and
disbursements for having to bring this action.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
CAROL BECKER