Clerk-Treasurer Jerry Wilcox walked the Council through the General Funds budget. This includes revenue from sources including sales tax, property tax, state municipal equalization, and other various sources. After receiving the expenses back from each department, the General Fund is balanced. The total property tax increase is 1.82% and we are well under the levy limit. Wilcox noted any significant changes to the General Fund budgets.

City Administrator Tom Ourada touched on the Fire Department budget, stating that it went up a small amount. He mentioned that the Fire Department is becoming more aggressive with payment collection, which will increase their revenue quite a bit.

Lieutenant Gary Young informed the Council about the general budget of the Police Department, including operations, as well as the new K9 budget and what that will entail. Young mentioned the new K9 patrol car and other costs related to the dog, like food and vet bills.
Sergeant Menagh spoke about a couple of items that stood out in the capital outlay, dispatch, and code enforcement budgets. These things included the new code enforcement officer's salary and building repairs. 

City Administrator Tom Ourada informed the Council that the library budget increased by 10.7%. The increase was mostly due to both salaries and utilities being underbudgeted last year. Library Director Joy Stevenson stated that the other budget lines were either slightly lowered or unchanged. 

Public Works Director Brian Stork noted changes in the Street budget and the Water budget. Most of the increases were due to inflation. Stork also went through the Cemetery, Sewer, Transfer Station, Landfill Reserve, City Hall, Community Center, Community Room budgets, of which most stayed the same. 

City Administrator Tom Ourada informed the Council that the Parks & Recreation budget went up 1%, due to the comparability study array indicating that some of our salaries were set too low. There were no other notable changes.

City Administrator Tom Ourada presented the electric budget to the Council. He went over all of the big projects to be done in the next year, stating that not all of them will likely get done. These projects include the new substation, demolition and renovation of the fuel farm, switching networks, and new subdivisions coming in. Ourada also mentioned that there will be matching funds to allow the implementation of electronic metering. 

Clerk-Treasurer Jerry Wilcox briefly commented on the airport budget. There is no outstanding debt, and they did not request any property tax this year. Wilcox also walked the Council through the state budget forms. The budget is in compliance with the lid and levy limits, and the property tax increase of 1.82% does not require the City to participate in a joint public hearing with other entities. City Administrator Tom Ourada noted how smoothly this budget process has been compared to past years. The city is in excellent shape for the upcoming fiscal year. 
The Council made the decision to have the budget hearing before the Council meeting on Tuesday, September 6th.