2015 Budget Information

• City Council Adopts Balanced 2015 Budget
• City Budgets and Annual Reports
• State of Minnesota and Ramsey County Property Tax Information - Information for property owners about refund, deferral, and relief programs as well as appealing property tax valuations.

Though the City of Roseville adopts its annual budget each December for the following fiscal year, the process of crafting a budget actually begins much earlier. In fact, it’s nearly a year-round endeavor.

For the 2015 budget, guidelines and priorities were identified by each department early in 2014, then reviewed by the City Manager. Reports on budget and tax levy impact items, as well as departmental priorities, were then presented to the City Council in May. Further discussions on goals and priorities for 2015 were held in June before the City Manager presented a recommended budget in July.

In September, the City Council approved a preliminary budget for tax-supported programs of $26,055,340. This represents an increase of $1,332,055 or 5.4 percent compared to the City’s 2014 budget. To meet this budget goal, the Council approved a preliminary tax levy increase of 3.6 percent. The preliminary levy can be reduced, but not increased, before final adoption, and is now the maximum amount the City Council can raise the 2015 tax levy.

The goal of the budget is to maintain city services at a level that meets public demand. The 2015 budget will also help reduce the City’s reliance on cash reserves to fund day-to-day City operations, cover a rise in human resource costs, and pay for general inflationary cost increases of goods and materials.

The 2015 budget will continue to be a priority discussion item during the final City Council meetings of the year and residents are encouraged to take part in the process.

A budget hearing will be held on the proposed 2015 budget at City Hall on December 1, with the final 2015 budget and tax levy vote scheduled to take place on December 8.