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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—AUGUST 19, 2024 21 Finance Director Yang stated the item is not going up by 67%. That is the makeup of the total public safety changes. There is a total of$250,000 in total public safety changes. Finance Director Yang said public safety is going up $208,000. Ramsey County Sheriffs is going up by $140,000. Lake Johanna Fire contract is going up by $73,000. Ramsey County Dispatch is up by$3,200. Public Works is seeing an increase of$101,000 primarily due to street maintenance. No real change is happening in Parks and Recreation. Finance Director Yang shared a chart showing tax levy history. The City's tax rate has averaged about 25.73%over the last 10 years. This is due to the estimated market values on properties. She doesn't have numbers for 2025 yet. There is an upcoming meeting with city finance directors and Ramsey County. She will have additional information on preliminary numbers after that meeting. Finance Director Yang showed the proposed tax levy. The general fund levy is $580,349 or 12.5%. The CIP tax levy proposal is $160,000 or 28.6% change. Equipment, building replacement is set to decrease by $60,000. There is no change in PIR. The $75,000 parks master plan is accounted for in the fund balance change. Public safety is set to $260,000, an increase of $220,000 over 2024. Finance Director Yang stated this is an overall tax levy increase of$740,349. A 0.5% change in the tax levy equates to $26,550. Councilmember Monson asked if the $100,000 EDA money that was discussed, will move into the general fund. Finance Director Yang confirmed. Councilmember Monson asked if the equipment and building replacement amount of$210,000 might change depending on what they choose to do on the case loader. She asked where the Public Works staff will go. Finance Director Yang replied it is in the general fund. Councilmember Rousseau asked about the $270,000 for the gateway signs. Finance Director Yang replied that will be pushed to 2026. Councilmember Monson asked if that will decrease the general fund requirement. Finance Director Yang said it will adjust the CIP fund balance, but it would not impact the levy. This discussion is focused on the levy. Councilmember Monson asked if the PIR fund assumes two trails. Finance Director Yang said no. She shared an updated slide showing the tax levy assumption grid. This includes the CIP levy changes as well as the underfunded levy cost. Looking at the general fund costs, the impact to the levy is $580,349. This does not include Public Works staffing changes. Personnel costs impact is $181,000. The transfer to cable fund is $50,000. She showed the increase to the Ramsey County Sheriffs contract, increase to the Lake Johanna Fire Department increase in election services, and the increase to the Ramsey County Facility Maintenance. One time comp study savings at $17,500. The street maintenance program for seal