HomeMy WebLinkAboutAugust 13, 2025 City Council Special Workshop Agenda PacketCITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS
City Council Special Workshop
City Hall
2077 West Larpenteur Avenue
AGENDA
Wednesday, August 13 2025
7:30 P.M.
A. CALL TO ORDER:
B. ROLL CALL: GUSTAFSON____ LEEHY___
MEYER ___ MIELKE___ WASSENBERG___
STAFF PRESENT: LINEHAN___
C. POLICY ITEMS:
1. 2026 Proposed Budget: Workshop #1
a. General Fund Budget Priorities & Preview
D. ADJOURNMENT:
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meeting. Alternatively, time is regularly allotted for public comment during Regular City Council Meetings (typically 2nd and 4th Wednesdays) during the Community Forum.
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
City of Falcon Heights, Minnesota __________________________
Item Budget Workshop #1: Budget Priorities
Description
For the past several weeks, staff has been busy preparing their proposed budgets for
2026. A preliminary levy must be set by September 30th, so the City Council will
formally act on the preliminary levy at the September 24th City Council meeting.
The purpose of this workshop will be to present the Draft 2026 General Fund Budget
to the City Council and allow staff time to incorporate changes before presenting it
for possible continued discussion at the August 27th Special Workshop and then for
preliminary levy approval on September 25th. Key points of interest for this draft
budget include:
1) 2026 police costs will be the primary cost factor of the budget. We are
working with St. Anthony Village on these numbers.
2) Debt service will have one-year of overlapping debt. The 2021A bond’s
final levy year is 2026 (~$80K), and 2025A starts in 2026 as well (~$180K).
There may be considerations on how to level debt payments in 2026.
3) Staffing is critical to our operations, as we are a people-first organization.
Second to policing, staffing is our largest cost around $900,000 of our
budget (split between funds, so not all levied).
a. We are receiving our updated Class & Compensation market study on
August 13th and will present preliminary data during the budget
workshop.
4) This will be an opportunity for staff to present requests from our internal
discussions, and also begin to get council feedback on special projects and
costs.
Budget Impact To be discussed
Attachment(s) • Budget Worksheets / Powerpoint – To be handed out at meeting
Action(s)
Requested
Review the proposed budget and discuss at workshop to provide staff with direction on
modifications.
Meeting Date August 13, 2025
Agenda Item Policy D1
Attachment Budget Handout
Submitted By Jack Linehan, City Administrator