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Memorandum Date: July 23, 2021 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members Through: Mark R. Statz, City Administrator/City Engineer From: Bruce DeJong, Finance Director Item: 2022 General Fund Budget and Property Tax Levy Discussion City staff continue updating the known changes to the budget. We also are making estimates of modifications that are not yet established. Based on our previous worksession, the revenue side of the budget has been adjusted items. We only have a $2,000 reduction in the fines and forfeits line item based on lower fine revenue. We also have an increase in the SCORE revenue from Anoka County which support our recycling efforts. This is a reflection of the experience of the last several years. On the expense side, we have updated salaries and removed the $20,000 contingency from the Council budget. This was done since we have a contract with the IUOE Local 49 that represents our public works employees. We have extended those contract terms to the non-union employees. We have also added a new City Hall Office Staff Professional position at $70,000 per year plus benefits. This will replace the half-time front desk position that is currently open (roughly 25,000 in cost). Additionally, to help offset these new costs we have removed $20,000 of professional services that were originally placed in the budget a few years ago, to mitigate staffing shortages. We have allocated part of the new position to both the water and sewer funds since duties related to these utilities will likely be part of s. With these changes, this position adds roughly $30,000 net to the general fund budget. We have added almost $25,000 to the election costs. We have elections every two years and so this amount tracks closely with the amount spent in 2020. However, staff is in the midst of a deeper analysis of this item to see if all of these costs will carry forward.