2023 property tax levy rising 6.5%

On Dec.6, after making 26 amendments to Mayor Jacob Frey’s proposal, the council approved a 2023 budget that totals $1.66 billion and increases the property tax levy by 6.5%.
The amendments included moving over $1 million from the police department’s proposed budget of $195 million to fund, among other things, a Lake Street safety center. All southwest council members except for Andrea Jenkins introduced amendments to the mayor’s recommended budget.
Ward 7 Council Member Lisa Goodman’s amendment to increase funding for neighborhood organizations so that no neighborhood organization will receive less than $20,000 between the base funding and equitable engagement funding in 2023 was approved.
Ward 10 Council Member Aisha Chughtai authored an amendment that was approved to dedicate $150,000 for the Traffic Calming Program in order to complete additional Neighborhood Traffic Calming projects. Her amendment to reallocate $200,000 to implement the city’s approved but stalled municipal identification program, failed on a 7-6 vote. She was successful in her amendment to move $150,000 from the police department to the office of immigration and refugee affairs to expand immigration-related services.
Ward 11 Council Member Emily Koski, who also chaired the budget committee, authored an amendment that passed to move funds from the police department to add a public safety auditor to the city auditor’s office.
Ward 13 Council Member Linnea Palmisano authored a series of amendments to implement the new government “Executive Mayor-Legislative Council” structure ordinance and one that reduced the budget for the police department by $30,000 in order to add $30,000 to the civil rights department’s budget to fund the proposed Community Commission on Police Oversight (CCPO).
Palmisano also authored a legislative directive that was approved that calls for a report in June of next year on neighborhood organization funding with recommendations for “potential future improvements to the Neighborhood Network Fund (base funding) in an effort to maintain a full network of neighborhood and community organizations that support residents across the city.”
The budget also includes $9 million for streetlights with targeted investments in the Loring Park, and Stevens Square neighborhoods.
More details on the 2023 budget can be found at https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/File/2022-00788.