2026 Budget


The City Council passed the 2026 preliminary budget on Aug. 12, 2025, which included a $9.9 million levy. The 6.75% increase represents the Council’s priorities of public safety, debt payments, constructing and maintaining City assets such as roads, buildings, parks, and equipment, as well as services to the citizens, while keeping taxes low.  As in previous years, growth and expanded tax capacity lessen the impact on homeowners whose City taxes should remain relatively flat due to the growth.  Even with this increase, St. Michael continues to have among the lowest tax rates of any City in Wright County.

 

Where Your City Taxes Go

Pie chart representing where local city taxes are spent.

            Breakdown of Priorities with associated dollars to be spent.

Areas of Increase

The most significant increases in the budget are:

  • Public Safety (Fire and Police/Wright County Sheriff Contract)
  • Rising costs of road maintenance materials
  • Funding capital equipment purchases (transfers to capital funds)
  • Elections