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Memo - City Council <br />2016 Budget and Tax Levy <br />3 <br />%% <br />Year Tax Levy Change Tax Rate Change <br />2002 2,201,002$ -25.092%- <br />2003 2,265,712$ 2.9%23.930%-4.63% <br />2004 2,333,337$ 3.0%23.367%-2.35% <br />2005 2,440,453$ 4.6%21.299%-8.85% <br />2006 2,537,520$ 4.0%20.191%-5.20% <br />2007 2,688,944$ 6.0%20.206%0.07% <br />2008 2,797,348$ 4.0%19.585%-3.07% <br />2009 2,948,646$ 5.4%20.520%4.77% <br />2010 3,016,465$ 2.3%22.647%10.37% <br />2011 3,040,964$ 0.8%24.180%6.77% <br />2012 3,096,994$ 1.8%25.544%5.64% <br />2013 3,191,230$ 3.0%27.931%9.34% <br />2014 3,257,456$ 2.1%27.954%0.08% <br />2015 3,359,775$ 3.1%27.228%-2.60% <br />2016 3,478,775$ 3.5%26.429%-2.93% <br />Salary and Benefits <br /> <br />The 2016 preliminary budget is currently prepared assuming a 3% wage adjustment for non- <br />union staff, union negotiations are currently being held for union staff. In surveying surrounding <br />communities most have included a 2.5% - 3.0% COLA increase in their preliminary estimates. <br /> <br />The City Council approved a new compensation plan effective July 1, 2015, as a result of the <br />market and pay equity study that was done in 2014, at that time the consultant recommended an <br />increase of 2% to the salary scale to keep up with the market as we were slightly below 2014 <br />numbers from their results. Council choose not to adopt that change at the time, so a 3% COLA <br />was included in the 2016 budget to help offset the market difference from the study. <br /> <br />Benefit History <br />The City currently provides $699.61 per month per full-time employee for benefits (pro-rated for <br />permanent part-time employees). The 2016 budget proposes an increase of $29.01 to the <br />monthly contribution making it $728.62 which is one half of the increase in medical and dental <br />coverage as is per city policy. <br /> <br />On June 29, 2015, Council adopted a new policy that funds a total max to employee’s taking <br />single coverage to a max total to employee’s HSA accounts of $1,650 if hired previous to June <br />29, 2015 and $500 to employees hired June 29, 2015 or later but did not place a max on the <br />contribution to family or higher cost plans (union would fall into this). This was communicated <br />to all employees during open enrollment. <br /> <br />BUDGET OVERVIEW <br /> <br />Public Safety <br />Public Safety costs are set to increase as previously communicated. This alone would amount <br />to an $54,039 increase in the budget or a levy increase of 1.6%.