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(Atervilte ls, o Main st 4 centtmr&�, MNJ5036 1EswffishedJ857 651-429-3232 orTaj:651-azv-8629 Memorandum Date: August 25, 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 Staff are pleased to propose to the city council a 2022 levy and budget consistent with our goals and community values. The budget recommendations presented are both forward looking and responsive to the community and the city council's concerns and ensure that city services are maintained. These recommendations are built using long-term forecasts with a conservative eye to changes in the larger economy and our community circumstances. As always, the City of Centerville plans to continue providing the excellent services our residents and businesses have come to expect, at a reasonable value, both in 2022 and well into the future. As outlined in this report, staff recommends increasing the preliminary city levy for 2022 by 3%. This budget increase puts us in the bottom third of levy increases for similar sized cities. On the expense side, we have also added a new position at $75,000 per year. This will replace the 24 hour per week front desk position that is currently open. Staff updated salaries and removed the $20,000 contingency from the Council budget. To help pay for that have also removed $20,000 of professional services that were originally placed in the budget in since we did not add a public works employee. With these changes, this position adds roughly $10,000 net to the budget. We have added almost $15,000 to the election costs. We have elections every two years and so this amount tracks closely with the amount spent in 2020, excluding the Anoka County special election costs.