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Metropolitan Council adopts 2026 unified budget, approves housing and transit contracts
Summary
The Metropolitan Council on Dec. 3 approved its 2026 unified budget and property tax levies, awarded $3 million in Livable Communities homeownership grants, and authorized multiple transit contracts and amendments, including a subordinate funding agreement with MnDOT and a construction-management amendment for the Green Line Extension.
The Metropolitan Council adopted resolutions approving its 2026 unified budget and the 2025-payable-2026 property tax levies after a roll-call vote during its Dec. 3 meeting in St. Paul.
Ned Smith, the council's chief financial officer, told members the final budget contains no changes from the public-comment draft approved in October and that the council is keeping its property-levy increase limit at 2%. "The short answer is there have been no changes," Smith said during a brief presentation before the vote. He said updated motor-vehicle sales and regional transportation sales tax forecasts issued in November will be incorporated via a budget amendment in early 2026.
The vote followed a public…
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