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N HILLS <br /> �t <br /> The Official City Newsletter for Arden Hills Residents October 2001 <br /> City budget for 2002 in planning stages <br /> Some unresolved issues may affect the final levy <br /> Dealing with the unknowns <br /> The Arden Hills budget for levied is less than the overall levy limit The Council has approved the budgeted <br /> the 2002 year is in the by$83,399. The table at the bottom of amount for police and fire protection, <br /> planning process. Once the which the City contracts out to the <br /> budget amount has been deter- Ramsey County Police Department <br /> mined,the city sets its property tax and the Lake Johanna Volunteer Fire <br /> levy for the year. The proposed Truth in Taxation Hearing: Departments.However,certain line <br /> levy has been set at$2,201,002.00, Proposed 2002 Property Taxes items of the budget at the time of <br /> which is an 8.7 percent increase publication had not been definitively <br /> from last year's levy. December 10, 2001 resolved and may affect the final levy <br /> amount.The areas of expenditures that <br /> 6:30 p.m. <br /> Factors impacting the budget need to be reviewed further are: <br /> Arden Hills City Hall <br /> Because of recent Minnesota State Y • Increased costs for operation of <br /> Legislative changes,Homestead the new City Hall, <br /> and Agricultural Credit Aid -- • Identification of streets that will <br /> (HACA)funds that Arden Hills had �� be included in the 2002 pavement <br /> traditionally received from the state are this page indicates the amount of the management program,and <br /> no longer available. Of the 8.7 percent proposed levy and compares Arden Hills • Final decisions and resolution of <br /> increase, 5.2 percent accounts for the with the most recent information we have the costs involved with the City <br /> recapture of the HACA amount,and about proposed levies for other northern Hall staff reorganization. <br /> 3.5%accounts for normal increased costs suburban cities which also have to make <br /> of operations and inflation. The amount up for HACA funds. <br /> Proposed Tax Levies-a Comparison <br /> ---Change--- <br /> Community 2001 Levy 2002 Preliminary $ % <br /> Arden Hills $2,025,092 $2,201,002 $ 175,910 8.7 <br /> Mounds View $2,166,916 $2,614,215 $ 447,299 20.6 <br /> New Brighton $3,481,550 $5,229,375 $1,747,825 50.2 <br /> Roseville $6,897,499 $8,922,884 $2,029,385 29.4 <br /> Shoreview $4,617,438 $6,078,980 $1,461,542 31.7 <br /> Vadnais Heights $1,900,000 $2,453,000 $ 553,000 29.1 <br />