City budget for coming year set at $2.36 million

Stanley wastewater could soon be getting a new quad axle truck, but before those details, there’s the budget.

Meeting in the new city hall conference room at 353 South Broadway, the Stanley Common Council moved to approve the budget for 2022-23, using a series of resolutions to accomplish the task.

Set for the coming year at $2,356,071 million, the budget math represents a drop from the year before of $2,576,630 million, with a total budget levy of $679,795 and a proposed (not yet approved) levy rate of $6.96 per $1,000 for Chippewa County, up from $4.59 per $1,000 last year.

For that portion of Stanley in Clark County the proposed rate for the present year is $5.52 per $1,000 in property, down from $6.42 per $1,000 last year.

The respective levy rates by county are set for approval at the next council meeting. So what’s in the budget?

A lot. Taken in short form by fire, police, water, wastewater, and public works, here are a few revenue highlights to chew on for the coming year:

• $679,765 called for in general property tax for the city

• $172,000 in taxes from the municipal owned utility

• $170,000 in state aid for local streets

• $7,000 in 2 percent fire dues

• $1,002,871 in shared taxes from the state

• $30,000 in “other state payments”

• $14,500 for payments “in lieu of taxes”

• $15,000 in projected revenue from the Police Department’s salvage and hoist

•$6,000 in state aid for municipal recycling, and a host of smaller revenue items. As to expenditures, among the largest are the following:

• $185,000 for health and dental insurance

• $408,054 in police department wages and salaries

• $101,000 in library appropriations for transfer out, and

•$104,000 in property and liability insurance.

This just scratches the surface though. Check back next week for a more complete rundown on the city budget as approved–and the truck details.