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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999 [12] Dec 01 Page 3663 December 1, 1999 City of St. Joseph City Council Truth in Taxation Meeting 12/01/99 I 1. Call to Order. Pursuant to due calland notice thereof, the City Council and the City of St. Joseph met on Wednesday, December 1, 1999 at 7:00 P.M. in the St. Joseph City Hall. Members Present Mayor Kenneth J. Hiemenz, Council member Cory Ehfert, Council Member Bob Loso, Council Member Mary Niedenfuer and Council member I Ken Twit, Clerk Administrator Cari Schmidt and Deputy Clerk Judy Weyrens. ¡ 2. Truth in Taxation Hearing: Hiemenz opened the truth in taxation hearing. Weyrens presented the proposed 2000 bUdget information to the City Council and the public. I She reported that the tax capacity rate for the City decreased from 1999 to 2000. The 1999 tax capacity rate was 42.786% and the rate for 2000 is 42.588%, which is a decrease of .198%. . I I Property taxes for 1999 were $331,887 and the proposed property taxes for 2000 are $368,465. This is a 10% increase form 1999 to 200a (36,575). The property tax ' amounts compare that portion of the current budget levied in property taxes in the City of St. Joseph for 1999 with the property taxes the city proposes in 2000. The 1999 Total Actual Budget was $1,111,698. The proposed budgetfor 2000 is $1,207,664. This is an 8% increase from 1999 to 2000 ($95,966). The total budget amounts compare the City's 1999 total actual budget with the amount the City proposes to spend in 2000. I As an example, Weyrens showed the Council a proposed property tax statement for 2000 for a piece of property that the City owns. Weyrens also handed out information on the revenue and expenditures for the 2000 budget. The City will see a 10% increase in revenue from taxes in 2000, as compared to 1999. (1999 = 331,987,2000=368,465). Licensing will see a 12% increase from 99 to 2000. (1999= 53,100,2000= 60,200). The additional revenue in licenses will be generated from building permits and raising the liquor license fee. Goods and services will see an increase of 9%. This increase is due to Fire Administration reimbursement and maintenance. Fines and forfeits will increase by 2%. Revenue from other governments will increase by 7% due to our increase in local government aid (1999=$544,651, 2000= $584,413) Miscellaneous revenue in 1999 was $91,660 and 2000 is $92,000. The 1999 total budget revenues were $1,111,608. The 2000 budget revenues are $1,198,638. This is an increase 9f 7%. . , Weyrens also explained the expenditures for the 2000 budget. The Legislative bodies budget decreased by 17%. This large decrease results from reviewing the Council budget for the past three years and adjusting accordingly. Administration and Elections rose by 3% from 1999 to 2000. Crime Control/Police rose by 16%. This increase is partially due to the addition of the Police Department Administrative Assistant. This category can also be offset by grant proceeds. In addition, in the year 2000, the City needs to fund 100% of the Fast Cop program as the grant has ended. Streets and buildings are increasìng by 4%. Parks and Recreation increased I I I Page 3664 December 1, 1999 I by 5%. Economic Development increased by 7%. Fire protection increased by 6%. Miscellaneous increased by 40%. This increase is due to the request for funding of the Central MN Initiative Fund and request of the Boys and Girls Club. The percentage is deceiving as the budget number is so small (from $4,725 in 1999 to $7,800 in 2000). The 1999 budget expenditures were $1,124,069 and 2000 is $1,207,664. This is an increase of 7%. The 2000 budget is supported with a total levy of $155,420.00 Weyrens explained that the general fund budget is over by $9,026.00. Although there is an overage, it is a relatively small number and could be carried over to 2000. Weyrens explained that the Council cannot adopt the budget tonight. They also can't work on the numbers. ! If they want to do this, they need to set an additional meeting. This meeting can only be to ask questions and take public input. I I Loso stated that the City will be taking on some large construction projects in 2000, I such as the renovation of the new city hall building. How will those be budgetedlpaid for? Weyrens explained that the City will use public project revenue bonds for those! projects. I Twit asked about the large increase in the Police department expenditures. Weyrenk explained that the police department, unlike other departments are all lumped into I one category. This makes the increase a little deceiving. The other departments are broken out into more categories. Another part of the increase is due to the addition of the police department administrative assistant and the loss of the revenue from the Fast Cop Grant. There are currently no grants for next year that the City will be collecting revenue from. PERA is also now included in the general fund for Police. This also accounts for part of the increase. I Twit asked if Weyrens if the City could ask the other participants of the Fast Cop grant if they would be willing to continue participating. Weyrens explained that the sewer fund will come to the Council in January. We are waiting to get some final decisions and numbers from St. Cloud. Weyrens stated that we've usually gone into the year with a balanced budget. $9,000 isn't a lot but she could discuss with the department heads where some of the money could be cut. Twit stated that he understands that the budget is already pretty lean. However, if the employees could get the overage down to $2,000- $3,000, that would be acceptable. It would be ideal to have a balanced budget however. Weyrens stated that she would discuss the budget with the department heads and come up with some ideas for the meeting on the 16th, Schmidt asked if Weyrens thought the Council would need a separate meeting, or if the meeting on the 16th would be enough time. Weyrens stated that the meeting on the 16th should be sufficient. I Twit made a motion to continue the truth in taxation hearing to December 1et'. Loso sèCOnded the motion and it passed unanimously. 3. Adjourn - 7:30 PM - Twit made a motion to adjoum, seconded by Loso. The motion passed unanimously. Page 3665 December 1, 1999 Respectfully Submitted, I Cari Schmidt ClerlklAdministrator I I