Amy Doeun
Wyoming Reporter
The city of Wyoming has approved a 2018 preliminary levy that signals a decrease in city spending next year.broadstreet.zone(48036);
On Sept. 19, Gail Bauman of AEM Financial Solutions addressed the Wyoming City Council about the upcoming tax season. In the preliminary budget and levy presented to the council, the general fund levy decreased by 9.35 percent (from approximately $3.24 million in 2017 to $2.93 million in 2018), and the overall levy, which includes the general fund levy is decreasing by 5.76 percent ($4.25 million to $4.01 million).
“There may have been something budgeted for in 2017 that wasn’t needed,” Bauman said.
The city’s Local Government Aid from Minnesota is also set to increase. “The annual LGA appropriation was increased by $15 million (from $519.4 million to $534.4 million). This is effective for aids payable in 2018 and thereafter,” Bauman said. “Under the new law, the city of Wyoming is scheduled to
Skip to content
News and other stories about real people, places, and events in Forest Lake and nearby suburbs.