St. Francis public meetings in 2024
5 substantive meetings from 2024, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Bargaining Committee
The Bargaining Committee approved the St. Francis Professional Police Association Local 217 Collective Bargaining Agreement for 2025-2027, subject to union approval. Key changes include increased clothing allowance, an additional paid holiday, higher prescription glasses allowance, and earlier vacation accrual thresholds.
- Approved 2025-2027 police union contract (unanimous, subject to union approval)
- Increased clothing allowance from $650 to $750
- Increased paid holidays from 10 to 11
- Increased prescription glasses allowance from $100 to $200
- Reduced years of service for vacation accrual (3 weeks at 5 years, 4 weeks at 12, 5 weeks at 20)
Council
The Common Council approved the 2025 Capital Improvement Plan and a 2025-2027 collective bargaining agreement with the St. Francis Professional Police Association Local 217, subject to union approval. It also created a snow emergency parking restriction ordinance, approved an SRO agreement with the school district, and approved several finance-related items including extra compensation for clerk staff and use of residual APRA funds for the ambulance.
- Approved 2025 Capital Improvement Plan
- Approved 2025-2027 police union contract (subject to union approval)
- Created snow emergency parking restriction ordinance (Section 435-15)
- Approved SRO agreement with St. Francis School District
- Approved MMSD PPII Funding Agreement (subject to staff final language)
- Approved extra compensation for Deputy Clerk and Clerk II
- Approved use of residual APRA funds to pre-pay ambulance
- Approved participation in library services study (Fliss voted NO)
Joint Review Board
The Joint Review Board will meet to review and acknowledge the annual report for Tax Incremental District No. 5, as required by state law. The district, created in 2015, has an incremental property value of $243,001,200 as of 2024 and a projected closure year of 2033. Completed projects include the Mariner Apartments (221 units) and 42 Hundred On The Lake (236 units), with The Bluffs on Lake (479 units) under construction.
- Resolution acknowledging filing of Annual TID Report and compliance with meeting requirements
- TID No. 5 incremental value: $243,001,200 as of January 1, 2024
- Completed developments: Mariner Apartments (221 units at 4000 S. Lake Dr) and 42 Hundred On The Lake (236 units at 4200 S. Lake Dr)
- Under construction: The Bluffs on Lake (479 units, 12,000 sq ft retail at 3700 S. Lake Dr; Phase I completion 2027, Phase II 2028)
- Current fund balance $4,254,921; projected TID closure year 2033
Board of Review
The Board of Review will meet to handle property assessment matters, including adopting policies for sworn telephone/written testimony and hearing waivers, certifying corrections to the 2024 assessment roll, and hearing any taxpayer objections to property valuations. The meeting also includes procedural items such as verifying notices and reviewing the assessment roll.
- Adoption of policy for sworn telephone testimony and sworn written statements
- Adoption of policy for waiver of Board of Review hearing requests
- Certification of corrections to the 2024 assessment roll
- Hearing of property tax objections (if filed with proper notice)
- Open book examination for 2024 assessment starting August 19, 2024
Board of Review Meet to Adjourn to Later Date
The St. Francis Board of Review met on July 1, 2024, to call the board into session. Because the assessment roll is not yet complete, the meeting was adjourned. The board is now scheduled to meet on October 16, 2024, at 1:00 p.m.
- Adjournment of Board of Review until October 16, 2024