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Isanti City Council adopts 0% levy, using one‑time funds to balance 2026 budget
Summary
The Isanti City Council voted 4‑0 to adopt a 2026 budget that holds the property tax levy flat by using one‑time revenue and fund balance, after finance staff outlined two budget options and long‑term impacts of reserve use.
The Isanti City Council voted unanimously to adopt a 2026 budget that keeps the city’s levy at 0% and covers the difference with one‑time funds and fund balance.
Nick George, the city’s finance director, presented two options: one that would raise the levy by about 5.05% and use roughly $212,000 of fund balance, and a second that would keep the levy flat but draw about $395,000 from reserves. George told the council the first option would leave unreserved fund balance near 50.87% of expenditures;…
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