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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />August 24, 2021 <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />The General Fund levy supports the following City Services: 1 <br />• Administration 2 <br />• Police 3 <br />• Fire 4 <br />• Public Works 5 <br />• Finance 6 <br />• Parks 7 <br /> 8 <br />In 2021 the average homeowner paid $1,313.66 for City services for a home valued at $338,000 9 <br />which amounted to $109.47/month. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Since 1999 to date the City has been awarded $33,677,853 in Grants, Donations from local 12 <br />businesses/residents which amounted to $3,647 per resident based on population of 9,234. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Ms. Rueckert reviewed the next Steps which include: 15 <br />• September 14, 2021 Public Hearing – Resolution setting the Preliminary 2022 Budget 16 <br />and Property Tax Levy. 17 <br />• December 7, 2021 Public Hearing – Approving the Final 2022 Budget and Property Tax 18 <br />Levy and Adoption of 2022 Budget and Property Tax Levy. 19 <br /> 20 <br />Councilmember Webster thanked Ms. Rueckert for her presentation. Councilmember Webster 21 <br />stated at a work session a 6-year timeline was shared showing the increases over a 6-year period. 22 <br />She recalled this increase of 4.80% is well within the range. Ms. Rueckert stated it is a fair raise 23 <br />they are using. Last year 3.37% due to capital being frozen due to COVID. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Mayor Stille stated when tracking other cities, St. Anthony is a little lower but very competitive 26 <br />to other cities. Ms. Rueckert stated some differences may be for cities that have their own police 27 <br />services vs. contracted police services. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Councilmember Jenson referred to the Overall Levy by Fund Type slide, and noted the HRA 30 <br />Levy was 64% primarily driven by personnel costs. The General Service is for street 31 <br />maintenance and storm sewer/water main repairs. Councilmember Jenson thanked Ms. Rueckert 32 <br />for the presentation. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Mayor Stille stated delivery of services is done by staff which takes 70% of expenditures. We 35 <br />have good people, and we need to take care of good people. The debt levy is not increasing every 36 <br />year and it is reflected on how we care for our infrastructure. He thanked Ms. Rueckert for her 37 <br />presentation. No Council action is necessary anytime. 38 <br /> 39 <br />VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 40 <br /> 41 <br />City Manager Yunker announced Nicole Miller has been named Assistant to the City Manager. 42 <br />Staff received the official written notice from the census showing 9,257 population. The signs on 43 <br />the highways will be updated by the Department of Transportation. 44 <br /> 45 <br />4