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<br />11.00% <br />10.00% <br />10.14% <br />6.00% <br />9.00% <br />10.20% <br />8.50% <br />8.48% <br />8.00% <br />9.97% <br />16.00% <br />10.00% <br />0.00% 2.00% 4.00% 6.00% 8.00% 10.00% 12.00% 14.00% 16.00% 18.00% <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 />2026 Preliminary City Property Tax Levy Increases in <br />Ramsey County <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Ways to reduce the Levy: <br /> Utilize existing fund balance. At the end of 2024 unassigned fund balance $4,374,339 or <br />76.25% of the 2025 Budget. City Policy 42.5% - 65%. The State Auditor recommends <br />municipalities carry a fund balance of 35% to 50% (This type of approach only works for <br />one-time identified expenditures, that would not carry over in the following year’s <br />budget) – We recommend using for the proposed Compensation Study. In addition, on <br />9/11/2025 City staff recommended a $750,000 transfer to the General Infrastructure Fund <br />400. This transfer will reduce the General Fund unassigned fund balance to <br />approximately 62%. <br /> Adjust the Safety Margin currently at 1% reduced from policy amount of 2.5% – Staff <br />does not recommend to reduce below 1% since last year, there were an increased number <br />of petitions that reduced our collection rate to 97.84%. <br /> Reduce Council Contingency – Budgeted at $15,000 <br /> Utilize 10% Fund for the Northeast Youth & Family Donation - $25,808 <br /> Reduce COLA currently set at 3.20% <br /> Postpone the $70,000 increase to the levy designated for the community building, <br />currently at $130,000 in 2025. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />