The following are key dates for the budget process:
Goal-setting session in spring
Staff budget preparation from May through June
Budget work sessions with the City Council are held from July through September
Adoption of preliminary budget and levy in September
Notify Sherburne County by September 30 of the City Council meeting for the city’s public presentation and comments meeting, which is typically held in early December of each year
Sherburne County sends out parcel specific notices (formerly the Truth-in-Taxation notice) between November 11 and November 25
Deadline to certify final tax levy to county is December 28