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CITY OF RAMSEY JANIFEB 1997, VOLUME 12, NO.1 1996 ANNUAL REPORT .. 1997 Summary Budget Statement :;:: Since 1990, the City of Ramsey has been attempting :::: to provide stable or improved levels of service to a The purpose of this statement is to provide summary 1997 bu g 10 orma on t dramatically increasing num ber of households in a time for the City of Ramsey to interested citizens. The budget is published in;:: offiscal constraints at the State level. The City has gone accordance with Minnesota Statute Section 4 71.6965. This budget is not complete; :::: through three growth spurts in the last 30 years. Weare the complete City budget may be examined at the office of the Finance Officer, :::~ currently in the middle of the most recent increase in Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Blvd., Ramsey, Minnesota 55303. :::: residential lot platting and home construction. Between The Ramsey City Council approved this budget on December 10, 1996. I::: 1970 and 1974 Ramsey platted an average of 119 lots per year after which lot development slowed down 1997 significantly. It picked up again in the late 1980's, Adopted .. averaging 87 new lots per year. During the last six :::: years, the City has experienced an average of 192 new $1,771,131 $ $ lots each year. The resuIt of this latest activity has been 1,780,000 2,047,813 234,255 425,000 190,045 .. an increase in population from the 1990 census of .. 12,408 to an estimated 1997 population of 17,000 J persons. It is expected that by the end of the decade home construction activity will again slow down. Our population at that time is expected to be about 19,000. At the same time that Ramsey has been experiencing } its most recent population expansion, aids from the state I:: have been stable or shrinking. The result has been a ::: need to raise more funds locally than had to occur in the :::: past. This has necessitated tax increases and increases :~ in charges and fees for City-sponsored activities. Even :::: so, tax increases over the past few years have been I:, moderated due to the level of revenue raised from new t construction and increases in market value within the ::: community. For 1996, the City tax rate increased I::: 4.17%. For 1997, it is expected that the City tax rate will ::: remain at the 1996 level (0% rate increase). :::: While continuing to deal with these issues, the City ::: continues to attempt to provide the level of services requested by the citizens. In 1995, the City conducted a random interest survey in an attempt to identify ~here improvements should be made. The issues of greatest concern were: 1997 Budget Budl!eted General Funds 1996 AdQDted Revenues: Taxes Licenses and Permits Intergovernmental Revenues: Federal State County and Local Charges for Services Fines and Forfeits Interest Earnings MIscellaneous Revenue Total Revenues 33,500 972,457 1,715 176,183 50,000 80,000 3,400 $ 3,322,641 Expenditures: General Government Public Safety Public Works Parks and Recreation Capital Outlay Debt Service Miscellaneous Expenditures Total Expenditures $ 844,179 1,166,950 498,936 283,880 253,510 99,155 67,784 $ 3,214,394 Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues Over Expenditures $ 108,247 Other Financing Sources (Uses) Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Financing Sources Over Expenditures and Other Financing Uses $ (108,247) Property Tax Levy Requirement to Fund the Budget $1,387,908 1996 Proiected 33,500 972,457 7,615 250,000 55,000 .80,000 15.000 $3.618.572 $ 878,130 1,023,960 444,440 267,905 296,278 65,500 -0- $2,976,213 $ 642,359 $ (640,000) -0- $ 2.359 $ 51 ,300 1,003,813 2,000 137,706 52,500 65,000 4.125 $ 3.554.302 $ 981,535 1;242,230 562,807 292,159 210,290 106,381 46,851 $ 3,442,253 112,049 Iii (112,049) t -0- 1. Crime prevention and law enforcement 2. Preservation of natural resources 3. Transportation needs and traffic safety 4. Recreation/bike and pedestrian trailways 5. Business development 6. Zoning code enforcement $1,387,908 $ 1,627,685 .. Continued on Page 4