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<br />Personnel Service impacts to the General Fund include Community Development ($40,000), the
<br />PW Maintenance I position ($23,490), and Election salaries ($17,930).
<br />Commodities include operating supplies such as motor fuel, tires, sign materials, and office
<br />supplies which are proposed to increase 2.32%. The largest increase in this line item is for salt
<br />and street patching materials ($6,000).
<br />Contractual services includes those services that the City receives through a contract such as
<br />police services, fire services, striping services, electric and gas utilities, etc. The total proposed
<br />increase for contractual services is $136,428 or 5.13%. The largest increases are as follows:
<br />• Electronic records conversion of address files ($40,000)
<br />• General engineering services moved to General Fund ($24,000)
<br />• Police services ($22,037)
<br />• Fire services ($13,776)
<br />• Public Works work crew ($12,500)
<br />• Dispatch 911 service ($6,050)
<br />• Striping and pavement marking services ($4,000)
<br />• Crack filing services ($3,750)
<br />• Travel and training for all departments ($2,865)
<br />• Membership for Metro Cities and St Paul Chamber of Commerce ($2,600)
<br />• Increased costs for Community Partnerships ($2,700)
<br />• Northeast Youth & Family services ($1,120)
<br />Revenues
<br /> 2019 Budget 2020 Budget % Change
<br />Property taxes $2,945,824 $3,127,166 6.16%
<br />Licenses 97,845 123,955 26.69%
<br />Permits 161,500 171,900 6.44%
<br />Charges for services 22,289 24,089 8.08%
<br />Fines & Forfeits 39,000 44,000 12.82%
<br />Intergovernmental revenue 286,595 286,418 -.06%
<br />Investment income 79,000 64,800 -17.97%
<br />Miscellaneous revenue 165,764 184,719 11.43%
<br />Transfers in 113,800 124,300 9.23%
<br />Total General Fund Revenues $3,911,617 4,151,347 6.13%
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<br />The property tax levy generates 75% of the revenues in the General Fund and is based on the
<br />operating needs of the City after all other revenues have been subtracted from the
<br />expenditures. License revenue has the largest increase (26.69%) of all revenue sources. This
<br />increase includes the projected revenue for rental license inspections which were previously
<br />completed by contractors. After analyzing the average cash balance available for investments,
<br />the investment income was reduced from the prior year budget.
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