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STATEWIDE TRENDS AND COMPARISONS <br /> <br />This section of the report is to provide you with a summary of financial trends of Minnesota cities of <br />comparable size. Most of this information is based on data as of December 31, 1996 (the latest information <br />available from the office of the State Auditors Office) and prior years. <br /> <br />Governmental Funds Sources of Revenue <br /> <br />Governmental funds include General, Special Revenue, Debt Service, and Capital Project Funds. The <br />following per capita revenue by class illustrates recent revenue trends: <br /> <br /> 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 <br />Population Class Per Capita Per Capita Per Capita Per Capita Per Capita <br /> <br />20,000 to 100,000 $ 610.33 $ 636.21 $ 641.64 $ 670.35 $ 682.73 <br />10,000 to 20,000 633.01 645.47 650.26 691.90 715.22 <br />2,500 to 10,000 577.03 591.01 579.69 633.85 651.23 <br />2,000 to 2,500 585.93 574.75 606.11 624.47 N/A <br />1,500 to 2,000 661.88 642.60 631.94 684.98 N/A <br /> <br />City of Ramsey <br />(Class 10,000 to 20,000) 388.57 553.89 381.61 364.36 464.45 <br /> <br />At the time when this report was prepared, the statewide comparable information for 1997 was not available <br />from the state auditors office. The City of Ramsey's per capita revenue of its governmental funds for the <br />1997 fiscal year was $484.44 based on an estimated population of 17,850, which is an increase of $19.99 in <br />per capita revenue from 1996. <br /> <br />The components of revenue in the governmental funds by class is useful to compare the reliance on certain <br />revenue sources. <br /> <br />Statewide for Year Ending December 31, 1996 City of Ramse¥ <br />2,500-10,000 10,000-20,000 20~000-100,000 1995 1996 1997 <br /> <br />Property taxes 24.3 % 22.2 % 27.1% 25.4 % 22.6 % 23.8 <br />Tax increments 7.6 10.3 10.3 20.0 17.6 15.7 <br />Other taxes 0.6 1.3 2.9 - ~ - <br />Special assessments 9.0 9.0 9.7 8.2 8.2 9.6 <br />Licenses and permits 3.0 2.9 3.8 5.1 5.6 4.5 <br />Intergovernmental 34.5 33.5 23.1 20.1 28.3 13.4 <br />Charges for services 7.5 7.1 7.3 5.5 3.7 3.6 <br />Other 13.5 13.7 15.8 15.7 14.0 29.4 <br /> <br />Total revenue ' 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % <br /> <br />For a number of years, the trend has been for Ramsey to receive a higher percentage of its total governmental <br />fund revenue from tax increments than the average Minnesota City. <br /> <br />-3- <br /> <br /> <br />