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Staff presents 12.23% preliminary levy estimate; council asks staff to study utility PILOT alternatives
Summary
At a Aug. 25 budget workshop, city staff presented a proposed balanced 2026 budget that currently requires a $7.97 million levy (a 12.23% increase). Council members asked staff to study alternatives to the current per-kilowatt PILOT allocation and delayed setting the preliminary levy until updated insurance and RFP figures are available.
City staff presented the Brainerd City proposed 2026 budget at an Aug. 25 workshop and said the working funds as currently estimated would require a preliminary levy of $7,966,136 — a 12.23% increase over 2025.
The presentation, led by city staff (introduced in the meeting as Tanya), covered the general and three special working funds (public safety, parks and recreation, and streets), debt service, and capital. "We are here tonight to discuss the 2026 budget and levy," the staff presenter said, outlining operating expenditures, proposed capital projects and revenue assumptions.
Why it matters: the preliminary levy certified to the county by Sept. 30 is used to generate the tax notices mailed to residents in…
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