Oak Grove City Council Work Session meeting, July 29, 2024
Council Work SessionMonday, July 29, 2024
What happened
Council held a work session focused on the 2025 preliminary budget, including proposed levy and tax rate changes, department budget highlights, and requested follow-up scenarios and information.
What was on the agenda
2 items as recorded in the minutes, each with a short summary of what was at issue.
- Discussion only
1DISCUSSION ON 2025 PRELIMINARY BUDGET
Presentation and council discussion of 2025 preliminary budget changes, levy/tax rate assumptions, and department revenue/expenditure highlights; council requested additional scenarios and information.
Council received a work-session presentation on changes to the 2025 preliminary budget and the budget timeline, including that management proposed a levy increase of $121,765 (4.06%) and estimated the tax rate would increase from 22.27% to 22.82% (0.55%). Council discussion included requests from Mayor Rolf to see the impact of a 3.5% versus 3.0% cost-of-living increase, to budget elections annually instead of every other year, and to provide an update on the ARPA funds balance; Ms. Thorsten clarified that Mayor Rolf was looking for a 3% or less increase in the levy, and Council Member Tradewell asked about budgeting for Public Works equipment.
- 2025 preliminary budget
- levy and tax rate
- wages and benefits
- department budgets
- ARPA funds
- No action
2ADJOURNMENT
Adjourned work session.
Minutes record adjournment time; no motion recorded.
Alternatives considered
Options the council weighed, and what happened to them. The record of the road not taken.
Wages and Benefits cost-of-living increase assumptions
under studyUse a 3.5% cost of living increase instead of the proposed 3.0%
Cost comparison: “3.5% vs the proposed 3.0% Cost of Living increase”
Why: Mayor requested to see what the change would look like; no decision recorded in these minutes.
Raised by Mayor Rolf
Election budgeting approach
mentioned onlyBudget elections every year instead of every other year
Why: Raised as a request during comments; no follow-up action recorded in these minutes.
Raised by Mayor Rolf
2025 levy increase target
under studyAim for a 3% or less increase in the levy (vs proposed 4.06%)
Cost comparison: Proposed: “increase to the City levy of $121,765 or 4.06%” vs “looking for a 3% or less increase in the levy.”
Why: Clarified as the Mayor’s direction after discussion; no levy action recorded at this work session.
Raised by Mayor Rolf
Sources
Documents and recordings archived for this meeting, when available.
Agenda
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What was on the agenda.
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The supporting materials the board reviewed.
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