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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Obi-Wan" data-source="post: 406542" data-attributes="member: 709">The Bismarck City Commission has finalized its 2024 budget with a nearly $50 million increase in spending over last year but no mill levy increase.The 2024 budget, finalized last week, totals $346 million, up from this year's $299 million budget. Fees for some city services including garbage collection and street light maintenance will rise. Mills are used to calculate property taxes. There will be no increase in 2024 but property taxes might rise for residents due to property valuation increases. Bismarck's budget impacts only a portion of a city property owner's tax bill. The budgets for Burleigh County, Bismarck Public Schools, and Bismarck Parks and Recreation also impact property taxes.The city general fund, funded primarily through property taxes, has a 2024 budget of $67.4 million -- an increase of roughly $4 million from the 2023 budget. The general fund covers things such as city operations, community development, health, and police and fire protection. The city will use $230,000 from its reserve fund to cover a portion of Bis-Man Transit public transportation costs. The commission <a href="https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bis-man-transit-gets-financial-boost-will-help-cover-paratransit-funding-gap/article_2dcb9da0-2bee-11ee-90bf-af432393b2a3.html#:~:text=At%20the%20Tuesday%20meeting%20the,%24230%2C000%20from%20the%202024%20budget." target="_blank">approved</a> the funding in July.The city will pay roughly $3.8 million from the general fund in the budget to sustain the roads and streets fund that has a budget of roughly $12 million. The roads and streets fund is primarily supported by state highway, fuel and motor vehicle licensing taxes.A $2 per month increase will be implemented for the streetlight and signal fund, for changing of street lamp lights to LED lights and replacing of traffic signals. The increase will appear on utility bills; the current fee for street and traffic light maintenance is $8.82 per month.Water and stormwater rates on resident's utility bills will not increase, but sewer rates will rise 2.25% and garbage collection fees will increase $2.10 per month for residential customers. Garbage collection fees currently total $20.71 per month for residential customers. The city cites rising operating and capital costs as reasons for the increase. Prices at the landfill for commercial customers will rise $6 per ton. Municipal solid waste -- which includes carpet, food waste, insulation, paper, plastic and furniture -- currently costs $49 per ton. Inert waste -- which includes wood, vinyl siding, roofing paper, Sheetrock, masonry, plaster, glass and ceiling tile -- costs $27.75 per ton. <a href="https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/government-politics/bismarck-2024-budget-includes-no-mill-levy-increase/article_e8769576-6143-11ee-b60c-1f6ee9de0ad7.html" target="_blank">https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/government-politics/bismarck-2024-budget-includes-no-mill-levy-increase/article_e8769576-6143-11ee-b60c-1f6ee9de0ad7.html</a></blockquote>

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