The Park Rapids City Council has passed a preliminary 2009 budget at about a 3.9 percent increase from 2008.
The increase is about $96,558, said Angela Brumbaugh, Park Rapids city treasurer. After the original budget proposals, the budget was cut by about $92,000, she said, to limit the increase to 3.9 percent.
The city is under a levy limitation for 2009 from the state.
In the area of revenues, building permits have decreased since 2007, according to a budget draft. In 2007, the actual revenue from building permits was $101,333. The estimate for 2009 is $45,917.
The decrease could be attributed to Wal-Mart construction in 2007, Brumbaugh said. But building permits can change drastically depending on large projects in the city, she said.
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The budgeted amount for building permit revenue in 2009 is $50,000.
The breakdown of expenditures in the 2009 proposed budget is $1,140,696 for public safety, $726,619 for general government, $474,266 for public works, $161,205 for culture and recreation, and $76,699 for community development.
Brumbaugh stressed that the budget is still preliminary and will be discussed further before it is passed at a truth in taxation hearing in December.
"We don't know yet how it will affect tax payers," she said.
