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North St. Paul council adopts 2025 tax levies, budgets and 2025'034 capital plan
Summary
The North St. Paul City Council on Dec. 17 approved the city's final 2025 tax levy and associated budgets, adopted the Housing and Redevelopment Authority and EDA levies, and approved the 2025'034 capital improvement plan; council directed staff to submit documents to Ramsey County for certification.
The North St. Paul City Council on Dec. 17 adopted resolutions setting the city's final 2025 tax levies and approving the 2025 budgets for the general, park and street maintenance funds, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) and the Economic Development Authority (EDA). The council also approved the 2025'034 capital improvement plan.
Finance Director Winnick told the council that, combining levies for the city, HRA and EDA, the jurisdiction is "at the 9.1 percent" levy increase the administration proposed. Council members voted by voice to adopt the city's final 2025 general-purpose and debt-service levies and the accompanying budgets. The council also approved a $11,000 levy for the North St. Paul HRA (HRA budget cited as $498,993) and a $200,907 levy for the North St. Paul EDA (EDA budget cited as $267,355).
The council recorded a total 2025 tax levy for the city of $7,776,312, which Winnick presented as comprised of a $5,669,387 general-purpose levy, a $78,702 park levy, an $835,477 street-maintenance levy and a $992,746 debt-service levy. Park and street fund figures were presented during the readings: the park fund revenues were read as $286,187 (expenditures $67,500). The transcript includes an apparent transcription error for the line identified as "total 2025 general fund budget revenues and expenditures"; the numeric text in the record appears garbled and is not specified here.
Councilors unanimously approved the resolutions and authorized the city manager and finance director to submit the required certification documents to Ramsey County.
Why it matters: the levy and budget decisions set property-tax levies and spending priorities for 2025, including funding for parks, street maintenance and debt service. The council also adopted the 2025'034 capital improvement plan, authorizing project-level agreements and change orders consistent with the approved budgets and the city's purchasing policies.
What comes next: the adopted levy and budget resolutions will be submitted to Ramsey County for certification and staff will implement projects and procurements within the approved budgets. Council members thanked Finance Director Winnick and staff for work on the budget process.
