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North St. Paul staff kick off 2027 budget with proposed 6% levy
Summary
Finance Director Dan Winnick presented the proposed 2027 levy package that meets the council’s 6% target while funding streets, parks and facilities; council asked staff to seek alternatives to a proposed $40,000 EDA levy reduction.
Finance Director Dan Winnick presented the City of North St. Paul’s proposed 2027 levy and levy-supported budgets at a council workshop, saying staff were presenting the “levy budgets” tonight and would bring enterprise funds and the capital improvement program back on Aug. 18. “Tonight, we're gonna have the budget kickoff, and we're gonna go over budgets that have a levy impact,” Winnick said.
Winnick said the packet meets the council’s previously stated goal of keeping the levy increase to 6 percent while continuing to fund infrastructure priorities. He outlined the major levy changes: the general fund up about $176,000; street maintenance $173,000; park fund $76,000; asset preservation $142,000; and a small debt decrease of about $11,000. “The budget that we're gonna show you tonight achieves that, and it continues to fund the infrastructure,” he said. Winnick also noted personnel costs are the largest driver of the general fund increase and that no new full-time positions were proposed.
The council directed staff to develop options that reach the 6% target without putting the entire burden on one fund and asked to see enterprise, internal service and CIP details at the next meeting. The council will certify a maximum levy in September and consider final approval in December.
