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Crookston staff offers 22% levy to balance operations or 27.45% to keep pool open; residents urge saving the pool
Summary
City staff presented two balanced-budget options: a 22.2% levy that funds operations only, and a 27.45% levy that would operate the community pool but still leaves a roughly $95,000 gap. Dozens of residents urged council to keep the pool open while staff outlined steps to close the shortfall.
Jeff, a city staff member, told the Crookston City Council on Dec. 9 that staff had prepared two budget options: a $4.3 million levy (about a 22.2% increase) that balances operating expenses but does not rebuild reserves, and a $4.486 million full preliminary levy (about 27.45%) that would allow the city to operate the community pool but still left staff searching for roughly $94,000 to fully balance the draft budget.
The presentation walked the council and the public through the city’s 2023 audited fund balances, the categories of municipal fund balances (nonspendable, restricted, committed, assigned and unassigned) and a city cash policy that seeks roughly 45% of operating costs in unassigned reserves. Jeff said that after accounting for receivables and an internal IOU from the streets…
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