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Dayton council finalizes 2025 levy after truth-in-taxation hearing; staff outlines staffing, utility-rate changes
Summary
At a Dec. 10 meeting, Dayton City staff presented the final 2025 levy and budget in a truth-in-taxation hearing; council adopted the levy and related resolutions 4-1. Staff highlighted an 11.24% levy change, proposed utility-rate increases (water +3%, sewer +2%), new public-safety hires, and a plan to monitor savings from staffing changes.
Dayton City Council adopted the city's final levy for 2025 after a public hearing and a multi-hour budget discussion on Dec. 10.
Finance Director Zach (identified in the packet as speaker 5) told the council the city must certify the final levy to Hennepin County by Dec. 30. He said the council's earlier adjustments reduced the preliminary levy from 16.63% to a proposed final levy increase of 11.24% and walked members through how levies, tax capacity and tax rates interact. He explained every 1% change in tax rate is roughly $53 on the typical $525,000 home and noted that each 1% of levy change translates to about $79,000 in city revenue.
The presentation included staffing and service changes that contributed to the proposed budget. Staff proposed…
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