Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — With formal approval by the Jamestown City Council, the 2013 calendar year budget is reduced by 8-mills.

On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Jamestown Mayor, Katie Andersen said,  the city was able to reduce the mill levy in part due to an increase the city received in dollars from a State Aid formula.

The Mayor added the City Council decided, as well, to pass along a portion of the city’s reserve fund, for a property tax break, and still have a comfortable amount of dollars left in reserve.

 

Information supplied by City Administrator, Jeff Fuchs showed the 2013 Jamestown City Budget has total levies and appropriations of 49,825,090.00.

Minus budgets for the Public Building Site, Animal Shelter, Library, Airport including the airport’s insurance reserve and special assessments the total General Funds is $6,767,610.00.

Other budgets for 2013 include:

City Fire Department, $694,605.00

Police Department, $2,481,080.00

Engineering, $178,675.00

Forestry, $100,840.00

Water Department, $2,776,210.00

Sanitary Operation, $1,519,050.00

Sewer $2,088,880.00

Solid Waste Disposal $$1,284,465.00

Vector Control $ 76,660.00

Civic Center, $500,000

Equipment Replacement, $749,620.00

General Administration, $302,495.00

City Sales Tax, $3,690,000.00

Convention Promotion, $740,915.00

Visitors Promotion Capital Construction, $71,130.00

The 2013 Jamestown City Budget expenditures, $30,529,941.00

Interim Fund, $2,201,510.00

The total, 2013 City of Jamestown budget line items is available at City Hall.