NOTICE OF HEARING
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 103D.911, notice is hereby given that the Board of Managers of the Red Lake Watershed District will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2026 General Fund Budget at 9:15 a.m., September 11, 2025, at the Red Lake Watershed District Office, 1000 Pennington Avenue South, Thief River Falls, MN 56701. The following is the 2026 proposed budget:
Proposed 2026 Budget
Manager’s fees, salaries
$40,000.00
Board of Manager’s
expense 24,200.00
Staff salaries 633,000.00
Payroll taxes 49,500.00
Employee benefits 179,000.00
Travel and meetings
(inc. mileage & exp.) 7,500.00
Audit 10,400.00
Legal 16,000.00
Office supplies 20,000.00
Office equipment 20,000.00
Appraiser/Viewer
Expense 2,000.00
Professional services
(inc. Eng. Fees) 54,000.00
Dues and subscriptions 11,000.00
Insurance and bonds 30,000.00
Repairs and maintenance
-Building 15,000.00
Utilities 12,000.00
Advertising and
publications 4,000.00
Telephone 10,000.00
Vehicle expense and
maintenance 15,000.00
Engineering supplies 3,000.00
Engineering equipment 49,000.00
TOTAL $1,204,600.00
Less: Overhead computed
using 1.5 x salary $949,500.00
Less: Miscellaneous
revenue 3,000.00
2026 General Fund
Budget $252,100.00
PROPOSED 2026 GENERAL
FUND LEVY $339,574.00
CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND
An ad valorem tax of .0003627 times the taxable market value for 2025, collectible for 2026, will be levied on all taxable property within the Red Lake Watershed District. One-half of the levy will remain in the District for projects listed below; the other one-half of the levy will be sent to the Red River Watershed Management Board for projects within the Red River Basin.
Permitting system Benchmarks
Flood Control studies/projects Stream gauging
Water quality studies/projects Rivers
Watershed hydrologic analysis Lakes
Bank stabilization