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Ramsey County City Council Meeting on 2026-09-30: Budget and Library Cuts

Board of Commissioners & Authorities — Wednesday, September 30, 2026
BodyRamsey County, Minnesota
SessionBoard of Commissioners & Authorities
DateWednesday, September 30, 2026
StatusFILED
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Speaker 1

0:00

Even though I know we've got the supplementary budget, we're not gonna have to keep talking about those cuts.

0:04

I learned so much from my community about what they truly value over the last month or so since the mayor's budget was proposed, and that was really, really important to me and just a really um really great experience to hear from everyone and understand uh what is what they value the most in our city and what are the services that they expect to see.

0:27

And so I look forward to making sure that our final budget reflects that.

0:30

Thank you, Ms.

0:31

Just Ms.

0:32

Johnson.

Speaker 2

0:34

I share a lot of the same sentiments as my colleagues have mentioned, um, and I'll just be brief because I don't want to repeat some of the things that I shared that I shared earlier.

0:42

I'll just simply share that um

Unassigned speaker

0:45

was

Speaker 2

0:46

prepared today as well to talk about the max levy in depth because to Councilmember Joseph's earlier point, we were prepar we there was a proposal to take out $286,000 out of the library um budget.

1:02

Some people may applaud that cut, but really what

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Budget Equity Analysis█████████████████████████████████████████████70%
Libraries███████████████████30%
Summary of Proceedings

Ramsey County City Council Meeting - September 30, 2026

This meeting transcript, though incomplete (no minutes were available), focused on the supplementary budget and community priorities. Two councilmembers spoke about the mayor's proposed budget and a potential cut to the library budget.

Discussion Items

  • A councilmember (unnamed) expressed that they had learned from community members what they truly value, emphasizing that the final budget should reflect those priorities.
  • Councilmember Ms. Johnson shared similar sentiments, noting she was prepared to discuss the maximum levy in depth. She referenced Councilmember Joseph's earlier point and mentioned a proposal to remove $286,000 from the library budget, stating that while some may applaud that cut, her statement was cut off before elaborating on her position.

Key Outcomes

  • No formal decisions, votes, or next steps were captured in the available transcript.

Meeting Transcript

Even though I know we've got the supplementary budget, we're not gonna have to keep talking about those cuts. I learned so much from my community about what they truly value over the last month or so since the mayor's budget was proposed, and that was really, really important to me and just a really um really great experience to hear from everyone and understand uh what is what they value the most in our city and what are the services that they expect to see. And so I look forward to making sure that our final budget reflects that. Thank you, Ms. Just Ms. Johnson. I share a lot of the same sentiments as my colleagues have mentioned, um, and I'll just be brief because I don't want to repeat some of the things that I shared that I shared earlier. I'll just simply share that um was prepared today as well to talk about the max levy in depth because to Councilmember Joseph's earlier point, we were prepar we there was a proposal to take out $286,000 out of the library um budget. Some people may applaud that cut, but really what

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