City County Adopts 2013 Budget, Tax Levy
The Oakdale city council adopted the 2013 General Fund Budget and tax levy.
The Oakdale city council reduced the overall property tax levy for the second year in a row Tuesday night. Before the city council was a request to approve the 2013 General Fund Budget, Tax Levy, Special Revenue and Capital Fund Budget and the Enterprise Fund Operating Budget. The city's goal has been to avoid raising residents' property taxes, and this year the council was able to reduce the overal property tax levy by $1,530 from 2012 and reduce it by $100,644 from 2011, said Finance Director Suzanne Warren. Warren noted that Oakdale was only one of three cities in Washington County in 2012 that actually reduced their tax levy. The 2013 property tax levy is $9,879,444, which includes the following: About 34 cents of each property tax …
