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<br />Overall, general government expense budgets are proposed to increase due to continued staffing changes
<br />(new/reclassified positions, class and comp implementation 1/1/25, etc.), the added costs of the new City
<br />Center facility, and increasing costs such as insurance and IT expenses as the city and the organization
<br />continues to grow. In addition, a few special projects are included in the 2025 budget that are occasional
<br />expenses or CIP items, including City Council goal setting and new financial management software.
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<br />The separate Communications and City Hall “departments” were discontinued in 2024. City Hall expenses
<br />are now being allocated directly to each department. Communications is a function of the Administration
<br />Department and expenses were incorporated into that budget starting in 2024.
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<br />Public Safety
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<br />The Public Safety segments of the budget include the following departments that provide for the health and
<br />safety of the city.
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<br />Total Public Safety is budgeted to decrease slightly in the General Fund, largely due to moving the Vehicle
<br />Transfers into a separate levy outside the General Fund. If we include the Fire & Building share of the
<br />vehicle levy, this division would have a 4.66% increase.
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<br />Dept # Department Name 2022 Actual 2023 Actual 2024 Budget 2025 Requested Change
<br />2100 Police 947,044 1,048,618 1,310,013 1,401,357 7%
<br />2150 Prosecution 48,141 36,949 50,000 50,000 0%
<br />2220 Fire 893,746 1,387,730 1,645,493.42 1,608,209 -2%
<br />2250 Fire Relief 75,000 - - - -
<br />2400 Building Inspection 808,520 677,312 1,114,889 1,065,583 -4%
<br />2500 Emergency Communications 20,501 4,311 4,500 4,500 0%
<br />2700 Animal Control 13,550 19,172 14,500 14,500 0%
<br /> Total Public Safety 2,806,503 3,174,092 4,139,396 4,144,709 -0.13%
<br /> Vehicle & Equipment Levy 187,520
<br /> TOTAL 2,806,503 3,174,092 4,139,396 4,312,799 4.66%
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<br />The City of Lake Elmo contracts with the Washington County Sheriff for police services. The number of
<br />contracted officers is not changing. See attached Sheriff’s letter for more information. (Memos in August
<br />27 workshop packet only.)
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<br />The Fire Department will decrease slightly due to the vehicle transfer methodology change (more info
<br />below). Their wages are expected to increase due to additional Paid-on-Call hours. Fire Relief moved to
<br />the Statewide Volunteer Fire Plan for their retirement, so that department (2250) will remain zero from now
<br />on.
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<br />Building Inspections was able to decrease due largely to combining two positions into one.
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