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Wayzata board packet recommends $96.3 million preliminary levy for taxes payable 2025; final certification set for Dec. 9
Summary
District finance staff recommended the Board adopt a preliminary property tax levy of $96.3 million for taxes payable in 2025 — a 4.26% increase — and suggested certifying the maximum amount allowed by state law to permit any later MDE adjustments before final certification Dec. 9.
The Wayzata Public School District presented a recommendation at a Sept. 23 special meeting to certify a preliminary property tax levy for taxes payable in 2025 of $96,322,944, an increase of $3,937,464 (4.26%) over the 2024 certified levy. Scott LeSage, Executive Director of Finance & Operations, framed the filing as a required step under Minnesota law with a Sept. 30 deadline for submitting a preliminary levy to the county auditor.
LeSage recommended the Board approve the preliminary levy at the maximum statutorily allowed amount so that positive adjustments from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) can be included automatically; final levy certification is scheduled for the regular board meeting on Dec. 9, 2024, when the Truth in Taxation hearing and public comment will occur. The meeting packet states, verbatim, “The District’s total preliminary levy for taxes payable in 2025 is $96.3 million.”
Staff materials show the proposed levy is allocated across funds: General $75,487,101; Community Service $2,118,627; Debt Service $18,717,216. District documents note that assessed market value within the district rose by about $1.785 billion (from $19.22 billion to $21.01 billion), a factor that will affect tax impacts on property owners.
The packet does not record a roll‑call vote on the recommendation in these segments; it instead sets the procedural next steps for final certification and public comment on Dec. 9.
