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Expenditures
<br />Personnel Service impacts to the General Fund include Community Development ($40,000), the PW
<br />Maintenance I position ($23,490), and Election salaries ($17,930).
<br />Commodities include operating supplies such as motor fuel, tires, sign materials, and office supplies
<br />which are proposed to increase 2.32%. The largest increase in this line item is for salt and street
<br />patching materials ($6,000).
<br />Contractual services include those services that the City receives through a contract such as police
<br />services, fire services, and electric/gas utilities. The total proposed increase for contractual services is
<br />$101,930 or 3.85%. The largest increases are as follows:
<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 Area Chamber of Commerce ($2,600)
<br />•Increased costs for Community Partnerships ($2,700)
<br />•Staff development opportunities for city staff ($1,500)
<br />•Northeast Youth & Family services ($1,120)
<br />Revenues
<br />2019 Budget 2020 Budget % Change
<br />Property taxes $2,945,824 $3,117,156 5.82%
<br />Licenses 97,845 123,955 26.69%
<br />Permits 161,500 175,900 8.92%
<br />Charges for services 22,289 24,089 8.08%
<br />Fines & Forfeits 39,000 44,000 12.82%
<br />Intergovernmental revenue 286,595 290,918 1.52%
<br />Investment income 79,000 64,800 -17.97%
<br />Miscellaneous revenue 165,764 184,719 11.43%
<br />Transfers in 113,800 109,300 -3.95%
<br />Total General Fund Revenues $3,911,617 4,134,837 5.71%
<br />The property tax levy generates 75% of the revenues in the General Fund and is based on the operating
<br />needs of the City after all other revenues have been subtracted from the expenditures. License revenue
<br />has the largest increase (26.69%) of all revenue sources. This increase includes the projected revenue
<br />for rental license inspections which were previously completed by contractors. After analyzing the
<br />average cash balance available for investments, investment income was reduced from the 2019 budget.
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