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Roseville holds budget and levy hearing; council continues decision to next meeting
Summary
Finance Director Michelle Petrick presented a proposed 2026 city/EDA budget of $81.2 million and scenarios that would raise the typical homeowner roughly $17–$19 per month; the council opened public testimony, heard one resident concern about a large personal tax increase, and continued the hearing to next Monday for final action.
Finance Director Michelle Petrick presented the proposed 2026 Roseville city and EDA budget on Monday, telling the City Council the preliminary package totals $81,200,000 and reflects a $7.1 million increase over the prior year.
Petrick said the council asked in September for seven additional police positions and 15 firefighter‑paramedics that are reflected in the proposal. She said federal grants awarded in October — a three‑year COPS grant covering four patrol positions and a SAFER grant for firefighter positions — will partially offset personnel costs but that bringing some positions online earlier increased near‑term expenses by about $850,000 while adding roughly $638,000 in grant revenue.
The preliminary levy presented in September was $33,000,009.94, Petrick said, and the packet’s combined tax increase figure was shown as 11.53%. Using median home valuations, staff provided three scenarios to illustrate homeowner impact: the scenarios in the packet show roughly $17 to $19 per month in added cost over 2025 in the outlined combinations of new positions, grants and possible franchise fees. Petrick also described proposed utility‑rate changes: 2% for sanitary sewer, 5.5% for water, 0% for storm drainage and a 3% recycling increase; she said the quarterly utility effect on a typical single‑family home would be $7.21 (about $2.40 per month, annualized about $28.83).
Mayor Roe opened the meeting for public comment on the levy. Resident Dwenda Jurdigan (2553 Fiske Street) said her property tax statement showed an estimated $962 increase — about a 16.2% rise for her household — and called that change surprising. "We were really surprised," she told the council.
No further public speakers addressed the budget Monday night. Mayor Roe closed the portion of the hearing heard at this meeting and continued the public hearing to the council’s next regular meeting on Monday, December 8, where the council will consider final action on the 2026 budget, levy and related fee and utility schedules.
What’s next: The council plans to reconvene the hearing at its next meeting, at which it must adopt a final levy and budget before the end of the year.
