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Memo - City Council <br />2014 Proposed Preliminary Budget and Tax Levy <br />4 <br />TAKING A LOOK AT ARDEN HILLS LEVY HISTORY <br /> <br />The State of Minnesota has granted local municipalities the authority to levy taxes to fund <br />operations and debt payments. tax levy goes for General Fund expenditures. <br />For the City of Arden Hills, the property tax levy accounts for approximately 78% of the General <br />however, due to the current economic environment $41,201 was used to balance the budget for <br />2010 and $20,000 was used in 2011, no reserves were used in 2012, and $20,454 were used in <br />2013 and the <br />proposed 2014 levy: <br /> <br />%% <br />YearTax LevyChangeTax RateChange <br />2002$ 2,201,002-25.092%- <br />2003$ 2,265,7122.94%23.930%-4.63% <br />2004$ 2,333,3372.98%23.367%-2.35% <br />2005$ 2,440,4534.59%21.299%-8.85% <br />2006$ 2,537,5203.98%20.191%-5.20% <br />2007$ 2,688,9445.97%20.206%0.07% <br />2008$ 2,797,3484.03%19.585%-3.07% <br />2009$ 2,948,6465.41%20.520%4.77% <br />2010$ 3,016,4652.30%22.647%10.37% <br />2011$ 3,040,9640.81%24.180%6.77% <br />2012$ 3,096,9941.84%25.544%5.64% <br />2013$ 3,191,2303.04%27.931%9.34% <br />2014$ 3,289,0273.06%28.248%1.13% <br /> <br /> <br />2009 saw the start of the LJFD duty crew implementation, while 2010 and 2011 saw the <br />unallotment of the MVHC to cities. 2012 saw the reduction in tax capacity as a result of the <br />market value exclusion (MVE). We have been very conservative in our budgeting and have <br />reduced department budgets or used reserves to deal with the increased costs of our contracted <br />services while still maintaining services the last few years. <br /> <br />OPERATING BUDGET <br /> <br />Salary and Benefits <br /> <br />The 2014 preliminary budget was prepared assuming a 2% wage adjustment for non-union staff <br />and a 1.5% wage adjustment for union staff. In surveying surrounding communities most have <br />included a 2.0% - 3.0% COLA increase in their preliminary estimates. The results from the City <br />Council authorized market and pay equity study should be available before the Council approves <br />the final budget. Assumptions in this budget also include: eliminating the interns in the Finance <br />and Administration Department and replacing them with a part-time support position; increasing <br />the intern position in the Planning and Zoning Department from half-time to full-time; and <br />adding an intern to the Engineering Budget. (It should be noted that most of engineering is <br />allocated out to projects with some going to other departments.) The effects of these changes <br />can be seen on the charts on the next page: <br />
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