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• Capital levy changes: reduce Facilities, increase Fire Capital Fund slightly with <br />additional funding covered by antenna lease and surplus fund and potential grants, keep <br />Pavement Management and Parks at the same amount; remove Community Investment. <br />• Increase in other general fund revenue sources, such as building permit and interest <br />revenue, based on past years’ trend. <br /> <br />Several departments had more significant changes in the General Fund budget that should be <br />considered: <br /> <br />• Administration and Elections – 2025 is not an election year so expenditures have been <br />moved around to accommodate for additional staff hours to scan documents into the <br />City’s document retention software. <br />• Communications – This is a newly created department within the General Fund in 2024. <br />This will allow for better tracking of expenditures related to newsletters, social media, <br />and other communication related costs. For 2025 budget, a Communications personnel is <br />budgeted for. <br />• Assessing – Hennepin County will no longer be charging cities under population of <br />30,000, which includes Orono. <br />• Central Services and Parks – Reallocation of Parks and Facilities Superintendent due to <br />the restructuring of the position to include facilities oversight. <br />• Fire – Orono Fire Department’s first full year of operational service to the Navarre <br />service area. <br /> <br />Additional items to be noted that staff is still reviewing with the budget process includes the <br />following: <br /> <br />• Long Lake Fire Department service contract amount has been received and is being <br />reviewed by Orono staff. <br />• Compensation for non-union employees is being reviewed. <br /> <br />As staff continues to refine the budget and receive additional budget numbers, the Budget <br />Committee will be informed and an updated draft budget and tax levy will be presented at the <br />next General Fund Budget work session in September. <br /> <br />A copy of the June 24th work session memo is attached along with draft preliminary budget and <br />tax levy information. <br /> <br />Attachments <br />1) 2025 Draft Tax Levy <br />2) 2025 Draft Tax Rate Calculation <br />3) 2025 Draft GF Revenue Summary <br />4) 2025 Draft Expenditure by Category <br />5) 2025 Draft Expenditure by Department <br />6) 2025 Draft Department Expenditure <br />7) June 24th Work Session Memo <br />Page 2 4