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City of Lake St. Croix Beach. September 15, 2014 Preliminary Budget and Levy Meeting. 2015 Budget Goals. COUNCIL To provide an orderly and efficient program for capital expenditures
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City of Lake St. Croix Beach September 15, 2014 Preliminary Budget and Levy Meeting
2015 Budget Goals COUNCIL • To provide an orderly and efficient program for capital expenditures • To keep the need for public expenditures at the lowest level possible consistent with providing essential services STAFF • To recodify the city’s existing code book • Eliminate the city’s dependency of LGA to fund city day-to-day operations
2015 Proposed Revenues • Property taxes account for 67% of the city’s revenues • For all other cities in Minnesota property taxes account for approximately 46.5%
2015 Proposed Expenditures • The three largest expenditure categories are Streets (26%), General Government (27%), and Other (18%) • For all other MN cities the three largest expenditure categories are Public Safety (40.7%), General Government (15.9%), and Streets (15.2%)
Property Tax Rates from 2005-2014 • Why did the Property Tax Rate jump in 2012? • The switch from MVHC to an MV Exclusion Credit • For additional information click on the below link: • http://www.revenue.state.mn.us/propertytax/Documents/hmve-taxpayers.pdf