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EN HILLS <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> DATE: August 15, 2008 <br /> TO: Mayor and Council Members <br /> FROM: Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br /> Sue Iverson, Finance Director/Treasurer <br /> SUBJECT: 2009 Budget Preliminary Overview <br /> The proposed 2009 budget reflects the 3.9% state mandated levy limit plus allowable special <br /> levies. The City of Arden Hills received an initial overall levy limit from the Department of <br /> Revenue of $2,920,373 to which we can add special levies of $82,949 ($15,464 — PERA. <br /> Increase, $67,485 — public safety personnel expenditure increases over 2008). This gives the <br /> City of Arden Hills an overall levy limit of$3,003,322. Staff used this as the starting point for <br /> Council discussions. <br /> General Fund Budget <br /> General Fund Expenditures <br /> The proposed 2009 General Fund expenditures are $3,826,322. This is an increase of$188,327, <br /> or 5.2 % over the 2008 budget. (A contingency of$110,063 has been included, based on the <br /> overall levy limit, and as the basis for discussion about capital funding. Without this amount, <br /> the General Fund expenditures in this proposal would increase $89,619 or 2.7 %.) A summary <br /> of the major items causing the General Fund expenditure increase is as follows: <br />