The second half is expected to arrive in July 2022, according to Lisa Sova. She is assistant director of finance with the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC).
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Menahga City Council will discuss further at an May work session. 8:30 pm, Apr. 16, 2021 ×
Menahga Mayor Liz Olson called for a special budget meeting after seeing a negative checking balance and deficit spending in the 2021 budget.
She voiced her concerns at the Monday, April 12 city council meeting.
“How can these checkbook balances be in a deficit?” Olson asked, referring to the check reconciliation report for March 2021. Eight funds showed a negative balance, ranging from -$373 to -$347,775.
City Administrator Curt Kreklau said it was a coding issue in the accounting software. The 2021A fire truck fund, for example, shows a -$108,910 balance. It’s a bond payment that the city made, he said.
Menahga City Council initiates water tower, street, sewer planning
The council hired an engineering firm to write a facility plan for street and sewer improvements and a design to replace the existing water tower. 11:45 am, Feb. 17, 2021 ×
The Menahga water tower stands in the background of this 2018 Menahga Midsummer water war.Enterprise file photo
The Menahga City Council hired Ulteig Engineers, Inc. on Feb. 9 to complete two engineering plans: one for street improvements and another to replace the existing water tower.
The council also approved grant applications to Sourcewell and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for energy and environment planning and implementation.
After budget cuts, the council dropped the levy .26 percent compared to last year. 1:50 pm, Dec. 15, 2020
The Menahga City Council on Dec. 8 adopted a final 2021 tax levy of $473,298 – a $1,246 or 0.26 percent decrease from 2020.
Last year’s final levy was $474,544.
City Administrator Curt Kreklau said the council “did a lot of work” to whittle the levy down from the preliminary one set in September at $577,554, which would have been a 23 percent increase. “So we’re basically keeping the levy steady from 2020 to 2021.”
“I was proud of us,” said council member Karol Andreasen.
The general fund levy accounts for $382,642 of the total levy. The remainder is general obligation improvement bond payments for payable 2021, totaling $90,656.