The new budget includes a tax levy that could affect residents’ property values
By Sara Hussein – news intern
The city of Roseville has created a city budget of $81.5 million and a city tax levy of $33.9 million for 2026, set to be approved on Dec. 8 following feedback from residents.
the city council created the budget and tax levy in September. According to the city of Roseville website, the budget and levy could impact property taxes within the city.
“On September 22, the city council adopted a preliminary city tax levy of $33.9 million for 2026. This ‘not-to-exceed’ levy establishes the maximum amount of property taxes the city can collect next year,” the council said.
Roseville City Council member Matt Bauer said council members do have differing opinions on what they would want in the budget, but that they are mainly focusing on working together to have the budget passed.
“I think all council members probably want some aspect of it changed, but [we’re] just trying to find a budget that works for the city as a whole that can be passed as well,” Bauer said.
Bauer said he hoped to see some changes within the budget, including focusing on programs in Roseville.
“I will say that I personally would like to see more effort placed on looking at the services and the level of services and programming that we provide and to see if those still make sense,” he said. “I was disappointed that we entertain adjustments or cuts to certain things, programs that aren’t as popular, or services that are as popular, or doing certain things to try to reduce the budget.”
According to the Roseville city council meeting packet from Sept. 22, City Manager Patrick Trudgeon said in a memo document to the city council that, because many people commute to Roseville, the city has to increase infrastructure funding.
“As a regional commercial and retail destination, Roseville has 35,000 persons journey to Roseville daily for their work and up to 80,000 people traveling through the city every 24 hours on our numerous state and county roads,” Trudgeon’s memo said. “These visitors use Roseville’s roads, parks and city services. We need to respond to medical and law enforcement issues regardless of whether they are Roseville residents or not. All this activity requires the city to allocate additional resources above what is needed for a community of Roseville’s size.”
The meeting packet also said the 2026 city tax levy will be increased by 7.55% in 2026 and could affect Roseville residents, but it could vary based on their home.
“The impact on residents will vary depending on the property’s value and change in value relative to other properties in the city,” the meeting packet said.
The proposed city tax levy comes after Roseville Area Schools passed its own levy referendum on Nov. 4, with revenue providing funds for technological support and advancement.
The next Roseville city council meetings are on Dec. 1 and Dec. 8. Residents are invited to come share their feedback on the budget at these public meetings.
