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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Residents encouraged to weigh in on proposed 2012 City
budget
Citizens League to lead three meetings for public participation
Edina, Minn., Oct. 18, 2011 -- The public is encouraged to weigh in on the City of Edina’s 2012
budget at upcoming meetings.
The Citizens League will lead the meetings, scheduled for:
9-11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, Arneson Acres Park, 4711 W. 70th St.
1:30-3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, Edina Community Center, 5701 Normandale Road, Room 350
6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, Edina Public Works & Park Maintenance Facility, 7450 Metro Blvd.,
Multi-Purpose Room
In September, the City Council set the maximum tax levy for 2012. The preliminary General Fund
expenditure budget prepared by City Manager Scott Neal is $30,604,436. The preliminary
expenditure budget for the General Fund, the equipment replacement program within the
Construction Fund, and all debt levies is $36,440,420.
Neal prepared the draft budget with several goals in mind, including stabilizing City operations and
employee headcount, keeping employee compensation at market levels and maximizing use of
available unreserved fund balances.
The City’s current unreserved fund balance is nearly $2.5 million. Neal has proposed transferring
$700,000 to the Construction Fund and spending $100,000 to re-codify local ordinances, $100,000 to
modernize human resources operations and $100,000 to respond to findings of a recent
compensation study. The rest of the money would be used to restructure the City’s debt and provide
property tax relief.
Total of all levies would increase by $462,009, or 1.8 percent. The 1.8 percent increase would be the
maximum property tax increase the City could levy. However, expenditures and revenues could
change before final budget adoption.
A public hearing on the budget and levy will be held Dec. 6. The Council will act on the budget and
levy at its meeting Dec. 20.
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