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<br />City staff has included preliminary levy data submitted to Ramsey County in the graph below. The <br />average increase of the preliminary levy for these municipalities is 10.67% and the Median is 10.20%. <br />5.40% <br />6.63% <br />7.50% <br />7.84% <br />7.90% <br />9.40% <br />9.90% <br />10.00% <br />10.20% <br />10.40% <br />11.60% <br />11.60% <br />12.50% <br />12.80% <br />15.00% <br />15.50% <br />17.20% <br />0.00% 2.00% 4.00% 6.00% 8.00% 10.00% 12.00% 14.00% 16.00% 18.00% 20.00% <br />Roseville <br />Shoreview <br />Saint Anthony Village <br />Little Canada <br />Saint Paul <br />North St. Paul <br />Mounds View <br />Falcon Heights <br />Blaine <br />Lauderdale <br />White Bear Township <br />New Brighton <br />Maplewood <br />North Oaks <br />White Bear Lake <br />Arden Hills <br />Vadnais Heights <br />2025 Preliminary City Property Tax Levy Increases in Ramsey County <br /> <br /> <br />1.92% <br />3.98%4.00% <br />4.80% <br />1.36% <br />2.54%3.03% <br />6.03% <br />3.68%3.41%3.94% <br />0.00% <br />1.97% <br />3.00%3.00%2.37%2.88% <br />6.95% <br />3.00% <br />4.19% <br />2.96% <br />5.00% <br />11.75% <br />8.74% <br />7.84% <br />0.00% <br />2.00% <br />4.00% <br />6.00% <br />8.00% <br />10.00% <br />12.00% <br />14.00% <br />2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 <br />Historical % Change in Property Tax Gross Levy <br />Little Canada <br /> <br />Contributing Factors to 2023 and 2024 levy increases <br /> 2023 – The impact of the salary study completed in 2022. The 2022 budget increase for personnel <br />services was 7.62%, and the implementation of step and COLA increases in 2023 was 11.39%. <br /> 2023 – Contracted Services for Community Relations Manager $35,000 (1% of Levy) <br /> 2023 – Levy of $100,000 to explore alternative models for Police services (2.5% of Levy) <br /> 2023 – Local Governmental Aid reduction of 50% (1.1% of Levy) <br /> 2024 – Community Relations Manager Full Time $89,471 (2% of Levy) <br /> 2024 – Public Works Apprentice - $16,700 approximately (.5% of Levy) <br /> 2024 – Customer Service Specialist $36,430 Approximately (1% of Levy) <br /> 20204 – Levy for Community Building Debt service future payment $100,000 (2.5% of Levy) <br /> <br />