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Nicollet County holds public input on proposed 2025 budget; preliminary levy remains at 3.5%

Nicollet County Board · December 5, 2024
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Summary

Nicollet County staff presented a proposed $57.35 million 2025 budget and a preliminary 3.5% levy (about $27.34 million) at a Dec. 5 public input meeting, answered questions about valuation timing and examples of tax impacts, and heard residents voice concern about recent land-sale prices and their effect on taxes.

County officials presented the proposed 2025 Nicollet County budget and preliminary levy at a public input meeting on Dec. 5, 2024, telling residents the board set a preliminary levy of 3.5% (about $27,335,294) at its Sept. 24 meeting and that the total proposed budget for 2025 is $57,352,173.

County Administrator Mandy Lane walked through slides showing revenue and expenditure trends, fund breakdowns and examples of tax impacts for different property classes. Lane said a 1% levy increase equals $264,110 and that the 3.5% proposal represents roughly a $924,321 increase from 2024 to 2025. She told the board the county proposes establishing a building fund in 2025 to begin setting aside money for a future public works facility and to smooth the…

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