2026 Budget Work Session 6-10-2025
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
2026 Budget Preliminary Planning
Tax Levy and Tax Capacity Explanation
General Fund Departmental Budget Reviews
Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Funding
Fire Department Staffing Models
Police Department Union Contract Impacts
Public Works Expansion Strategy
HR Manager Position Proposal
Recycling Service Contract Re-negotiation
Notable Quotes (2)
If a tax levy in year one is $4 million and a tax capacity in year one is $10 million. That means there's no levy increase. If we go to year two, we have more $4 million of change, but we double our tax capacity. The tax rate in year two is 20%.
Budget mechanicsExplaining the relationship between tax levy and tax capacity.
If you take 534 and you subtract off $130,000, which is the new officer that the chief is asking for, you got $400,000 that's all baked in to salaries and benefits based on current contracts.
Police BudgetJustifying the police budget increase.
People (1)
City Staff Member/Finance DirectorCity Administrator/Finance Director
Managing city finances and explaining levy/tax capacity calculations.
Places Mentioned
Dayton, MinnesotaMaple GroveRogersChamplainCorkran
Events & Meetings (1)
- June 2026 Work Session