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Fergus Falls City administrator presents 2025 annual report; tax‑levy increase held to 1.85%
Summary
City Administrator Andrew told the Fergus Falls City Council the newly resumed annual report reviews 2025 departmental activity, cites a tax‑levy increase cut from a preliminary 8.13% to a final 1.85%, and highlights major projects and service metrics across public works, public safety, utilities and community services. No action was taken.
City Administrator Andrew delivered an informal annual report to the Fergus Falls City Council, summarizing 2025 operations and previewing a busy 2026 construction and service year, and said the full report is posted on the city website. He emphasized that the presentation was informational and required no council action.
Andrew said the tax‑levy committee worked to shrink a preliminary 8.13% levy increase to a final 1.85% and cited an $8.7 million levy within a $56.5 million city budget. "We hosted 74 meetings with all of you in 2025," he said, describing extensive council orientation, special meetings and retreats.
The report covered department‑by‑department metrics and notable investments. In finance, Andrew credited the transition from the city’s legacy AS400 system to a new finance/IT platform and congratulated Finance Director Bill Sonour and staff for receiving the Government Finance Officers Association…
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