2025 Budget for the City of Shakopee

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2025 Annual Budget

Division: Mayor & Council Category: General Government

Description of Services: As the elected policy-making body for the City of Shakopee, the Mayor and City Council are here for you, the residents of Shakopee. The Mayor and City Council are regularly asked to make difficult decisions based on information and recommendations provided to them by staff, as well as input from the community. The job is not always easy, but they are public servants who accept the responsibility to do all they can to make Shakopee a great place to live, work, and play. Shakopee's Mayor and City Council are responsible for adopting ordinances, setting policy, adopting budgets, and reviewing certain projects, as well as providing oversight to the administration. They typically meet as a group on the first and third Tuesdays of every month, but due to the nature of city business, they may be called in for special meetings or workshops. In addition to regular meetings as a governing body, each member is assigned additional committees to serve on, which helps them maintain relationships with community, regional, state-wide and national-level groups to ensure that Shakopee’s voice is heard. The Mayor and City Council members are elected for staggered four-year terms. The Mayor serves as chief executive officer of the city and chairman of the City Council. The Mayor and City Council attend many events throughout the year as ambassadors of the city, and each member has an equal voice and vote on city matters.

Members:

2022

2023

2024

2025

Mayor Council

1 4 5

1 4 5

1 4 5

1 4 5

Total

Accomplishments:  Keep tax rates low with the expanding community.

Goals/Challenges: • Improve efficiency, stay atop of issues and changes at the state and federal level, and ensure that Shakopee’s voice is heard on important issues.

Performance Measures:

Actual 2022

Actual 2023

Projected 2024

Projected 2025

Council Meetings & Work Sessions

26

25

26

25