This is what your extra property tax money goes towards.
The organization, Downtown Sioux Falls is using special assessments to TAKE money from businesses that DO NOT benefit from the assessment. I don’t think Christmas decorations and flower baskets is a wise use of taxpayer money, especially in this economy, and if a business is not benefitting from the assessment they should be able to opt out (Item #13) If you watch the video you will see they really don’t explain where businesses are benefitting from the assessments. Councilor Kenny Anderson was the ONLY councilor who had the guts to vote NO.
A RESOLUTIONÂ FORMTEXT APPROVING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE MAIN STREET BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS, SD:
Section 1. That the special assessment roll for the Main Street Business Improvement District in the City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is hereby approved and the assessment as set out in said special assessment roll approved this date is hereby levied against the property described therein and becomes a lien against such property upon filing of said special assessment roll in the City Finance Office.
Section 2. Industrial property shall be exempt from assessment. Single-family and two-family dwelling units shall also be exempt. Residential rental property whose sole use is residential and which contains more than two units, will be assessed one-half the set amount.
Section 3. Said assessment may be paid in one annual installment based on the assessed valuations of the property adjusted each year and shall be collected under Plan One—Collection by County Treasurer as provided in SDCL 9-43.
Move to a suburb, you can benefit and enjoy these things without paying for them. A third of city employees and schools administration live outside city limits. They set an example for our children that we are to dumb to realize.
The best benefit, surrounding cities are democracy without a dictator mayor.
Sioux Falls citizens are like a nail. The hammer (mayor) sets you deeper with each stroke until you seal the coffin of what once was the top Money Magazine places to live.
“We clean the sidewalks, have flower planters and buy Christmas decorations.” – DTSF Rep.
What a joke.
How much do the light displays at Falls Park cost every year? I’m talking about the Christmas lights and the summer display. The sad part of this is as soon as the City put up the free Christmas lights at Falls Park, attendance at the Heartland House light display at Yankton Trail Park started to go down. I have heard denials of this, but anybody can put their own spin on the reason. My spin is as stated.
The rumor is $100,000 – $150,000. But that doesn’t include the electricity or the time it takes city employees to put up the display.
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