Ben Sorensen
speaker
9,257 appearances
42 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2023
last heard 15 Sep
Ben Sorensen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I'M FORTUNATE, BUT I KNOW NEIGHBORS WHO ARE CONSIDERING TO SELL THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT ANYMORE.
NOT BECAUSE ONLY OF THE MILLAGE RATE CONSTANT.
BY THE WAY, THE MILLAGE RATE IS CONSTANT, BUT WE TAX PEOPLE ON FIRE ASSESSMENT INCREASE.
THAT'S BEEN 30% IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.
NOT THIS RECENT INCREASE ONLY.
and the sanitation and storm water.
So if you look at holistically, the taxation from our city, it adds 1.43 to the 4.1193.
And by the way, the 4.1193 has been constant while we increase the taxable value 245% since 2007, 120% since 2015, 16.
So we get more and more revenue.
We feed the beast.
And I think we need to reverse that logic for the sake of residents.
We need our residents to continue to be able to raise their children and grandchildren and still own their house, affording their mortgage, affording everything.
I think the tax property reform can give some relief.
It doesn't mean that we can't show as a city that we can do that a little bit too.
And the taxation doesn't work the same way.
The tax value relief will go to the modest people for whom the tax value 250K, lots of people, 46%, I think, in our county, I think.
OF THE PROPERTIES ARE ABOUT THAT LEVEL, 250K.
IT'S A HUGE RELIEF FOR THEM.
SO CONSIDERING THAT RELIEF AND KEEP OUR CITY AFFORDABLE IS KEY AND I THINK SHOULD BE CENTRAL TO THE BAB, THAT'S OUR CORE MISSION, BUT ALSO TO THE CITY COMMISSION, WITH ALL YOUR RESPECT.
THANK YOU.
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