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Crookston City Council adopts preliminary 2025 tax levy, orders RFP for garbage service
Summary
The Crookston City Council adopted a preliminary 2025 tax levy of $4,452,671 and approved a preliminary general fund budget after hearing staff projections that reduced net tax capacity and options to avoid funding operations from reserves. Council directed staff to issue an RFP for garbage collection in October.
The Crookston City Council voted to adopt a preliminary 2025 tax levy of $4,452,671 and a preliminary general fund budget, after staff told members the city’s net tax capacity fell and outlined options to avoid drawing on reserves.
Speaker 5, a city staff member, told the council the city’s net tax capacity had “gone from 4.962 million” to “4,850,000.00” because of recently filed homestead exemptions, reducing the base used to calculate the levy. He said the city had assumed $250,000 in investment interest to help fund next year’s budget and, “As a not to exceed the proposed levy is $4,452,671.”
The staff presentation framed the levy as a “not to exceed” preliminary figure required…
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