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Crookston staff warns of roughly $1.0–1.2M shortfall; council to weigh cuts and revenue options
Summary
City staff presented a preliminary budget showing modest tax-capacity growth but material wage and capital pressures — roughly $1.0–1.2 million — and asked departments to prioritize requests as the council considers cuts, reorganization, and revenue enhancements.
City staff told the Crookston City Council that rising labor and capital requests in the coming budget year create a funding gap staff estimates at about $1.0–1.2 million unless offsets are found.
Jeff, a city staff member presenting the budget, said county notices put the city’s tax capacity essentially even with last year (about a $20,400 increase). Using a conservative 5% wage-increase assumption for budgeting purposes, staff estimate roughly $300,000 in added wage-and-benefit costs against a 2025 operating baseline of…
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