Agenda - Council - 09/23/2025 - Laserfiche WebLink

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1. Additional Personnel Requests - New positions and additional hours - $457,825 Personnel additions of a part-time Communications Specialist (4/1/26 start), part-time Evidence & Property Technician/Records Management Technician (3/2/26 start),, full-time Firefighter/Fire Technician (3/2/26 start), full-time Builidng Inspector/Plans Examiner (April 1, 2026 start), full-time City Engineer (January 5, 2026 start), full-time Engineering Tech II (April 12026 start) and Additional Hours to FT for Police Records Technician (1/2/26). 2. $751,177: Personnel: COLA, Steps, PERA, FICA/Medicare, Health Insurance, Workers Comp, Severance and Paid Family Medical Leave. 3.. $146,701: Line item increases: Website redesign, Street Maintenance, Software Licensing, Etc. 4. $96,849: Pavement Management Levy: 5% annual increase 5. ($26,330): Debt reduction 6. ($0): EDA Levy decrease. 2026 Proposed General Fund Budget: $22,789,599 ($20,373,610 - Year 2025) 2026 Proposed EDA Budget: $91,167 ($91,367 - 2025). All EDA and General Fund documents are included together, as the EDA levy calculates into the total general levy calculation of the city and thus accounts for the several motions listed below. While the proposed levy can always be reduced, it cannot be increased without "higher" level approval through an appeals process. Until the budget and levy is formally adopted on December 9, 2025, there will be budget worksessions to continue discussions on the Proposed 2026 General Fund Budget and 2026 Proposed Levies. The proposed levy must be certified to Anoka County by Tuesday, September 30, 2025. Therefore, the Council must make a decision prior to that date in regards to the amount of this levy. If the proposed levy is not passed for any reason, the adopted 2025 levy ($21,950,694) will be certified as the city's payable 2026 levy. Schedule Budget Public Hearing Date: The Truth -in -Taxation (TNT) law was changed in 2009. The City is no longer required to hold a special TNT hearing or to publish a notice of the TNT hearing. In lieu of the eliminated formal TNT hearing, the City is required to hold a regularly scheduled meeting at which the budget and levy will be discussed. The City may adopt the budget and levy immediately following. The public meeting must be held between November 25 and December 30 and held after 6:00 P.M. Staff is recommending that the public meeting be held at its regularly scheduled meeting of December 9, 2025, with adoption of the 2026 General Fund Budget and levy to immediately follow. The public meeting date must be certified to Anoka County by Tuesday, September 30, 2025. Therefore, the City Council must make a decision as to the date selected for the 2026 payable public meeting at tonight's meeting, unless a special meeting is called. Time Frame/Observations/Alternatives: