got excited there no I wanted to get to the adoption of the 2020 budget Chris Thank You mr. mayor council members we're pleased to bring before you the proposed final levy for the 2022 budget we have three or four actions actually to be considered tonight and so the first is actually holding a public hearing as part of the 2020 budget process and I can go through the presentation before the public hearing or if you could wanted to open it up as soon as I finish these this listing either way is acceptable and then the 2nd through the 4th items here second would be to adopt a resolution adopting the 2020 budget and we have the amount listed based on the staff report and information in your in your packet we also have a motion to adopt another resolution approving the 2019 tax levy collectible in 2020 in the amount of 3 million for 7-9 to 83 and then the fourth action you would have as a part of this is to approve the 2020 salary wage schedule which was included in the packet for for a little Canada staff members so just as a little recap we began the preliminary budget process early this summer with with some preliminary workshops and shortly after our strategic planning process we brought the actual preliminary budget forward for consideration at the City Council of workshop in September and then for approval at the September 25th City Council meeting and the Council adopted a levy increase of four point nine nine percent so that's the amount that was certified to Ramsey County as preliminary levy and we have a brief presentation going through on some of the history of that process and and if we could get the folks in the back to put up a PowerPoint here from the HDMI cord we can go through that presentation there we go okay so as I was mentioning we had the strategic plan early in the year and then we adopted several points of the strategic planning process that are incorporated into the 2020 budget and this is something that we found very helpful from a staff level we utilize some of these points in the first item there is enhancing identity and empowering community and under that we've got a couple areas that we focused our the that we have implemented in this proposed budget and that's establishing criteria and method to get youth involved it's something we have some funding dedicated towards that identifying ways to publish newsletter on city website in different languages also an initiative that we plan to focus on in 2020 under the heading of creating operational efficiencies we have identified prioritized core zoning code changes and we've got some funding dedicated towards that that some of those discussions have already begun through our final revision of the Comprehensive Plan as well we also have conversion of address files to electronic records and there's another item in your consent agenda tonight authorizing that the company with which we would hope to use 2019 revenues to get that process started $40,000 is dedicated towards that process and also public works maintenance one apprentice position is budgeted in the 2020 budget and there that will utilize a funding source in our general fund under the heading of maximizing city assets to catalyze development we've got a reorganization of Community Development Department that we proposed earlier this year we're currently in the hiring process for a Community Development Director planner position and the impact to the 2020 budget is $40,000 additional and so that's a little over 1% of the general fund budget and so that's incorporated in this proposed budget bringing developers to review market demand and and look at redevelopment opportunities is also something that we're planning to focus on next year and establishing a parcel inventory for development opportunities specific redevelopment sites and then lastly on mandating action and accountability that heading we have two specific items identifying ongoing steps for our electronic record flat transition and and as I mentioned we're getting underway with that already this this meeting and then scheduling regular meetings to discuss long term goals and progress that's something with our on our agenda tonight we have our proposed council meeting and work session scheduled and we can specifically identify some of those workshops for that purpose this next slide is just a brief overview of power property taxes are distributed between our jurisdictions here as you can see the the county has the lion's share of the overall property tax amount that that individual property tax payers pay forty four cents on the dollar our school district whichever school district to your end either the Roseville school district or the White Bear School District this is based on the Roseville school districts amount it's approximately 26 percent of that tax dollar the city's portion is only twenty two percent or twenty two cents on every dollar and then the other category ism is a combination of about four different categories including everything from this mosquito control district to watershed and things like that make up about 8% of the dollar and a transition over to Brenda here it's going specifically through some of this additional information here is our property tax levy our general property tax levy here for the city a little canada last year we were at three million three hundred and thirty nine thousand two hundred fifty eight dollars in this proposed final levy that we have in front of you tonight we're at three thousand four seventy nine 283 that is a change of a hundred and forty thousand twenty-five dollars or four point one percent as Chris mentioned the pulmonary levy in September we were at four point nine nine percent we've got it down to four point one nine percent by the biggest change that we did between September and tonight is that we took the $40,000 that we thought we needed for the address files records conversion and we're proposing to use that with 2019 revenues for building permits that came in over the budget for that then we had some small other changes but we're at four point one nine percent tonight that change of one hundred and forty thousand twenty-five dollars from last year the biggest changes to that levy the first one is that public works maintenance one position twenty thousand twenty three thousand four ninety is funded with general fund dollars in that and as Chris pointed out as part of the strategic plan Ramsey County provides that police services in that contract I came in at twenty two thousand thirty seven dollars over two thousand nineteen elections occurs every other year in Minnesota and 2020 is an election year and so we have twenty thousand five hundred dollars in the budget for that amount fire services with little a little cannon a fire department based on that contract that's thirteen thousand seven seventy eight public works we took a detailed look at contractual services I in that budget we increased things such as salt and striping services and those increases were thirteen thousand seven hundred fifty dollars dispatch services I with the county it's six thousand and fifty dollars and then we are asking council to look at the contingency this year it hasn't been in prior years budgets but that we have at $15,000 our gross levy as I had said is that four point one nine percent and that here is showing the changes in prior years the fourteen point one nine percent that you know is higher than prior years but we are funding approximately 1.5 FTEs and the general fund with that and these other initiatives identified in the strategic plan and we were able to keep it at four four point one nine percent so lower than it could have been because we we found some efficiencies in the budget we have some health insurance savings that we were able to identify and some other savings throughout the budget to keep that low what does that mean for little canada residents here on this flight and first we just wanted to look at between the city tax rates are going down here in 2018 to 2020 we've got twenty six point one three one percent twenty five point six seven six percent but the county tax rate is anticipated to go down the school district of the other taxing jurisdictions so it continues to trend down as it did last year and then we also are showing for residents though that are in district 624 what that tax rate looks like and as our text capacity our taxable values in the city of little canada as they go up that tax rate goes down and so our tax capacity throughout the whole city went up five point five one percent but the tax rate is a-goin predicted to go down one point seven four percent based on the preliminary levies the county received what does that really mean though for our residents and little canada well we can't look at every single home in little canada we can look at our median value home and what we know about that and so Ramsey County has told us that our median value home here in the city that was at two hundred fifty five thousand eight hundred dollars in two thousand nineteen increased the value by eight point six percent to twenty twenty and so that value now is two hundred seventy seven thousand eight hundred so by knowing that and knowing what the tax levy that the city of Little Canada is proposing that's increasing by four point one nine percent that median value of home is anticipated to it pay taxes last year six hundred thirty one dollars and based on the levy in front of us tonight it's increasing to six hundred eighty two dollars or fifty one dollars per year or eight point one percent that is just that one home we've got you know several homes in the city a little Canada so here I've got that twenty three percent of homes in the city of Little Canada looking at all the taxing jurisdictions so their total tax bill they will see a decrease or zero percent increase will be twenty three percent of our residents fifty four percent will see a point one percent increase to a ten percent increase and then twenty three percent will see over a ten point one percent increase and those twenty three percent of those Revit residents that are seen over that ten point one percent increase that's based on their individual home and what their market value did so this one median value home went up 8.1% but they experienced increases over that eight point one percent and so that's why they're seeing the increases in taxes as you know the city of Little Canada doesn't assess properties that assessment value or that taxable value that's set by Ramsey County Assessor's Office and what does that $682 I pay for in 2020 what that's paying for is police services at three hundred and six dollars fire services including the fire equipment levee that we levy of one hundred and twenty dollars Public Works services including the infrastructure fund levy of $94 parks recreational community services at eighty four general government at fifty four pre development at twenty two and then we've got contingency at two dollars and eighty five sons for the total tax bill of six hundred and eighty two dollars for twenty twenty I and that's based on that hypothetical median home that is based on that hypothetical median value home yes 2020 operating budgets I just wanted to review this because this is what you're going to be asked to adopt tonight not only the general fund but all our funds our general fund first of all is a balanced budget tonight which means our revenue and our expenditures are equal we have some special revenue funds here in the city a little Canada we have four of them are IDI I can a Development Fund our cable fund our special recreation fund and our recycling and disposal fund those are what land in that six hundred forty seven dollars six hundred forty seven thousand three hundred twenty three dollar budget there and those are not funded with any property tax levies the debt service funds are at the expenditures at four hundred fifty five thousand ninety eight dollars those are also not funded with property tax levy dollars our capital project funds those are include two things that both our TIF funds and those are funded with tax increment revenues and then we have what we consider our other capital project funds and those were part of the twenty two twenty twenty for capital improvement plan that the council adopted in November and those are the projects that are included in there and then we have our enterprise funds which is our water and sewer operating those are funded with charges for services so no property tax levy and then lastly we have our new intern Service Fund for insurance our insurance will include our health insurance property tax or property insurance and workers comp general fund expenditures here is just a quick overview that police services in that general fund budget they're the largest portion at forty one point five eight percent and then it goes down to a Community Development at nine point five five percent of the expenditure budget and then our general fund revenues our biggest portion for the general fund is the property tax levy that you're being asked to adopt tonight a debt service I just wanted to remind the council and the citizens that yes we have to bond issues and three note issues here in the city a little Canada but none of them are funded with the property tax levy the bonds for 2014 eight that is paying for Public Works building and that is being funded by our water and sewer operating budget and then we have some fifteen eight bonds and those are being funded with tax increment revenues one last thing the state does provide some property tax relief to taxpayers and there's some items the homeowners homestead credit refund a special property tax refund the renters property tax refund and then there's even a citizen senior citizens property tax deferral program and you can contact the Minnesota Department of Revenue they are based up basically on income levels whether you qualify but that special property tax refund if your property taxes increased by over twelve percent you can file some first and really fund that but there's the Minnesota Department of Revenue website and then a phone number otherwise you can contact this finance department here or myself here at the city level Canada I can help you go through that so here's the the next steps that we're asking for tonight is to introduce public comment to adopt the budget that's the tax levy and then the salary schedule for tonight thank you so this is a public hearing so I don't know if there's any questions on this sort of comments that people have if not blast the audience if there's any questions or comments have you come up to the podium please yeah my name is a gunner Willis I live in little Canada I moved here back in 1992 anyway my question is my property tax went up about twenty six point five percent and I realized that by listening to you that there's nothing that you can do about it because I have to go to the Ramsey County and to the Assessor and then probably have them come and look at the the property again or come in and look at it so then I guess the reason why the increase it for little Canada is 26.4% for the for the property here is because of the what the Assessor said is is that correct okay yes primarily yes the levy is one portion of it but for your instance it is to do with your assessed value but we would be I you know if you would contact me tomorrow I'd be happy to to go online and look at your property tax bill and direct you as best as I can on that okay and then my understanding is too is that if I wanted to if I if I well I'm obviously it's you said that it's 12 percent anybody over 12 percent could get some sort of aid with that aid beware you be taking out a loan then and you'd have to pay this loan back or is it something that it does actually lower the the tax I think you would still be required to pay your property taxes and then you would get a refund through the state but I would be happy to look online tomorrow with you and or later this week and check that out can I comment sure if you when you file your income taxes at the end of the year in next April when you file your income taxes right you also have the opportunity at that point in time your file a property tax refund if your property taxes are over 12% so then and they'll review that that will go to the state and then and probably about August or September you'll know what the dollar amount was on your time you read that depends on your what your property tax dollars was it'll tell you what the refund amount is when you submitted it with your income taxes and in about September of next year you'll get a check back from the state with that refund amount okay all right thank you very much other questions from anyone anyone on the council yeah I see that total expenses was greater than total revenues my understanding that is that that is happening because we have fund reserve okay certain funds yes how long can we sustain that extra expenditure that's my question a great question I meant to point that out tonight and I didn't we do we look at the fund reserves and all the funds and the the biggest change between expenditures and revenues is in that capital projects fund and that is primarily due to County Road II and Greenbrier not being done in 2019 and so those funds are available in those capital project funds in those projects will be done in 2020 but we do look that's why we did the five-year capital improvement plan to especially look at those capital funds to see that we have adequate fund reserves to pay for the projects not only in 2020 but in the next five years so the residents shouldn't be concerned that we have a significant deficit correct they should and we will have online and we already have online in your packet 99 plus page budget book and has detail on every fund here in the city of Little Canada and shows those fund reserves any other questions all right I'll make a motion if I could make a motion to close the public hearing on budget I'll second that motion in a second to close public hearing all those in favor say aye I posed motion carries for zero so mr. Merrill let's see when do we start with I'll make a motion that we approve resolution number to 2019 - 12 - 138 which is a resolution adopting a 2020 budget for the city of little camera and dispense with reading of the resolution we have a motion in a second to approve the 2020 budget all those in favor say aye aye opposed motion carries 4 0