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_ _ __ <br />REVENUES <br />Acti�vi Descri tian <br />To record and maintair� a�l general operating revenues of the City. The general fund is <br />used to account for all financiai resources except those required to b� accounted far in <br />ariot�er fund. Tliese reve�ues will be used to finance the g�neral operating expenditures <br />of the City. <br />2012 Obiectives <br />1. Maintain stable, canstant revenue sources. <br />2. Maintain a iow tax raie by reviewing the casts of services pravided and charge <br />appropriately for those services. <br />2Q12 Budset �ssues <br />Th� �eneral Fund's �ain revenue source is property taxes. Property taxes made up 77% <br />of the 20 i 0 bu�get and 78% of t�e 201 � budget. For 2012 property taxes make up 78% <br />of t�e total General Fund revenues. Begir�ning in 2012 there wil� no longer be a MaF-ket <br />Value Hamestead {MVHC) tax credit. The 20 i t legislature did away with the prograzn <br />and ha�ve replaced i# wzth a new program which reduces tl�e taxable vatue of a <br />homesteaded prope�ty. The oid system gav� the homeowner a credit on their tax bill and <br />then the State rei�bursed the iocal units oi government for the credit, however in the last <br />four years the credit was either unallo�ed by the Governor ar c�t as part of the Tax Bill to <br />balance the budget. The City of Arden Hills had not received this credit for some time <br />and had been budgeting far the Iass in revenue. The new law gives a reductian directly to <br />the homesteaded praperty by reducing the taxable value of the property, thus takir�g the <br />State and local gov�rnmer�ts oui of the eq�zation. This change did, however, spread ihe <br />reduction in taxes an t�e ho�esteaded properties to ali other properties in the jurisdiction. <br />Oik►er revenues beside the are budgeted. at tk�e relatively the sartie level with the <br />exceptions of Water Tower Antenna RentaIs based on the current contracts; Fines & <br />Forfeiis which has seen a decrease in Highway Patrol fines the last few years; ar�d <br />Intergovernanental Revenues are increasing as we are no longer budgeting for th� "loss" <br />in MVHC. <br />�n 2008, Charges for Services were increased as ad.�n.in:is�rative charges to ot�ier funds are <br />now being charged — these flu�tuate based on the esiimated expenditures in each of ti�ese <br />departments. <br />Bud�et �u�nmary <br />See next iwo pages. <br />32 <br />