The Stanley City Council held a public hearing on November 18th to review the proposed 2025 general operating budget during its regular meeting. Mayor Mike Henke announced that the budgeted expenditures total $3,038,613, with revenues other than property taxes at $2,318,098, and a property tax levy of $720,515. With no comments from the public, the council proceeded to adopt the 2025 General Fund Budget and set the 2024 Property Tax Levy.
“Based on this levy, taxes will be about the same for each residence?” asked Alderperson Jason Meyer.
City Administrator Nicole Pilgrim clarified that this has not yet been determined, as the mill rate is calculated after the levy is approved.
D.R. Moon Memorial Library Director Elizabeth Miniatt presented the monthly library report to the council, offering a brief overview of the library’s rural outreach programs. Miniatt explained that many residents are unable to visit the library in person, so the library takes its services to them.
“We bridge this gap and bring the library to them,” she stated. She added her gratitude, saying, “Thanks to dedicated staff time and generous grant partnerships we have grown our outreach beyond what we began several years ago with just one school to now many different schools.” Miniatt thanked library staff member Colleen Danielson for her tireless work in making the rural outreach program a success. Additionally, she informed the council that the library will be closed on November 28th and 29th in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

In other news
The Council voted to replace the radiant tube heater placed in the county building at a cost of $7, 034.92 from Korenuk’s Heating and Cooling.
“It will be paid by the wastewater budget. The reason wastewater will be paying for it, they are going to have their vac truck in there and they want it heated in a more secure place,” explained Henke.