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Profile of the Government <br />The City of Roseville, incorporated in 1948, is a suburban community bordering both Minneapolis and <br />St.Paul,Minnesota in the eastern part of the state. This area is considered to be the major population and <br />economic growth area inthe state, and among one of the highly ranked economic growth areas in the <br />country. The City of Roseville currently occupies a land area of 13.7 square miles and serves a population <br />of36,787. The City of Rosevilleis empowered to levy a property tax on both real and personal properties <br />located within its boundaries. While it also is empowered by state statute to extend its corporate limits by <br />annexation, Roseville is a completely developed community and is bordered on all sides by other <br />incorporated communities. <br />The City of Roseville has operated under the council-manager form of government since 1974. Policy- <br />making and legislative authority are vested in a city council consisting of the mayor and four other <br />members. The city council is responsible, among other things, for passing ordinances, adopting the <br />budget,appointing committees, and hiring the city manager. The city manager is responsible for carrying <br />out the policies and ordinances of the council, for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the city <br />government, and for appointing the heads of the various departments. The council is elected on a non- <br />partisan basis. The Mayor and Council members serve four-year staggered terms. The council and mayor <br />are elected at large. <br />The City of Roseville provides a full range of services, including police and fire protection; the <br />construction and maintenance of highways, streets, and other infrastructure; water and sewer services and <br />recreational activities and cultural events. <br />departments and agencies of the City of Roseville submit requests for appropriation to the City Manager <br />in May of each year. The CityManager uses these requests as the starting point for developing a proposed <br />budget. The City Manager then presents this proposed budget to the council for review prior to August <br />31st. The council is required to hold public hearings on the proposed budget and to adopt a final budget <br />by no later than December 31st <br />The appropriated budget is prepared by fund, function (e.g., public safety), and department (e.g., police). <br />Department heads may make transfers of appropriations within a fund. Transfers of appropriations <br />between funds, however, require the special approval of the city council. Budget-to-actual comparisons <br />are provided in this report for each individual governmental fund for which an appropriated annual budget <br />has been adopted. For the general fund, this comparison is presented on page82aspart of the basic <br />financial statements for the governmental funds. For governmental funds other than the general fund, and <br />with appropriated annual budgets, this comparison is presented in the required supplementary information <br />and the governmental fund subsection of this report, shown on pages83-84and 98-102. <br />Factors Affecting Financial Condition <br />The information presented in the financial statements is perhaps best understood when it is considered <br />from the broader perspective of the specific environment within which the City of Roseville operates. <br />Local Economy. The City of Rosevillecurrently enjoys a favorable economic environment and local <br />indicators point to continued stabilityand improvement.The region,while noted for a strong retail sector, <br />enjoyed modestre-development in recent years. The re-development consisted of varied retail that added <br />2 <br /> <br />