How Rogers is run
Who runs Rogers, what it costs, and where your money goes
The city manager, council pay, the budget, your property tax bill and who provides each service, from Rogers's own public documents. Every number links to its source and says which year it describes. Checked Oct 10, 2026.
Who runs Rogers
A city manager hired by the council runs the city day to day. The council sets policy, adopts the budget and sets the tax rate.
What they are paid
Rogers city staff
The 2026 budget shows a $17,439,599 personal services budget and wages by department. We found no published salary schedule or total staff count. We name pay only for elected officials and the city manager.
Is Rogers in the red?
Cities must pass a balanced budget, so "profit" and "deficit" mean something different here. The useful questions: does the city's everyday money (the general fund) cover its everyday costs, how much does it keep in savings compared with its own target, and how big are its pension and debt bills.
Savings against the city's own target
Unassigned general fund balance: $11.3M (2025-12-31). The city's own target: Keep an unassigned general fund balance of at least 45 to 50% of the next year's budgeted general fund spending. In late 2025 the council named 60% as its long-term target and moved $375,000 of the excess to a facility reserve. City of Rogers · Jun 2, 2026
Why we skip the "budgeted deficit": many cities plan to dip into savings, then spend less than planned. The audited result tells you what really happened.
Where the money comes from and goes
The general fund only: the city's everyday money for FY2026.
Comes from
- Property taxes$12.5M · 66%
- Licenses and permits$1.9M · 10%
- Charges for services$1.9M · 10%
- Intergovernmental$841,250 · 4%
- Miscellaneous$761,720 · 4%
- Other (interest, fines, transfers in, use of fund balance)$1M · 5%
Goes to (FY2026)
- Police$7.1M · 38%
- General government$4.6M · 24%
- Fire$2.2M · 12%
- Culture and recreation$2.1M · 11%
- Public works$2M · 11%
- Building inspection$782,026 · 4%
- Other public safety (emergency management, fire prevention)$157,216 · 1%
Your property tax bill: who gets it
Rates apply to a property's tax capacity. Some school district levies are charged on market value instead and are not shown. Parts of Rogers are in the Osseo or Buffalo school districts, with slightly different totals.
36¢
of each property-tax dollar goes to the city of Rogers
- City of Rogers40.062 · 36%
- Hennepin County39.242 · 36%
- Elk River School District (ISD 728)24.502 · 22%
- Other districts (Metropolitan Council, mosquito control, parks, rail authority, watershed and others)6.366 · 6%
- Total (% of tax capacity)110.172
Taxes payable 2026 tax capacity rates for a home in Rogers (Hennepin County, Elk River ISD 728). Hennepin County · Jan 1, 2026
See what a Rogers home costs each year, line by line →Who provides your services
Not everything in Rogers is run by the city. Who provides a service decides whose budget pays for it and whose election decides it.
- PoliceThe cityRogers Police DepartmentCity of Rogers · Oct 10, 2026
- FireThe cityRogers Fire DepartmentAlso serves Corcoran and Otsego, with 6 full-time staff and 45 paid-on-call firefighters.City of Rogers · Oct 10, 2026
- Emergency medical responseThe cityRogers Fire DepartmentCity of Rogers · Oct 10, 2026
- SewerThe cityCity of RogersCity of Rogers · Oct 10, 2026
- TrashPrivate companyPrivate haulers chosen by residentsRogers is an open-hauling community.City of Rogers · Oct 10, 2026
- RecyclingContractorRepublic ServicesCurbside every other week, billed on the city utility bill.City of Rogers · Oct 10, 2026
- StreetsThe cityCity of Rogers Streets DepartmentMaintains 93 miles of streets.City of Rogers · Oct 10, 2026
- Parks and recreationThe cityCity of Rogers Parks and RecreationCity of Rogers · Oct 10, 2026
- LibraryThe countyHennepin County LibraryHennepin County Library · Oct 10, 2026
Compared with similar cities
The cities in this state closest in population that we cover. Read it for scale, not as a ranking: cities provide different services.
| Per city | RogersMN | MonticelloMN | BemidjiMN | HibbingMN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 15,606 | 15,670 | 15,770 | 15,823 |
| Top administrator's base pay | Not confirmed | $168,430 | $180,544 | Not confirmed |
| Council member pay | Not confirmed | $7,200 | Not confirmed | $7,200 |
| General fund per resident | $1,216 | $886 | $1,305 | $1,507 |
| Debt per resident | $1,986 | $895 | $3,529 | $579 |
| Unfunded pension per resident | $303 | $134 | $342 | $427 |
| City staff per 1,000 residents | — | 6.6 | 8.6 | 9.4 |
Figures as shown in each city's section, divided by its population. Years differ by state, and pension figures are measured differently in each state (each city page says how).
What Rogers publishes
What a resident can find online today. A "no" is something you can ask the council to publish.
- No: City manager's contract findable onlineWe found no employment agreement or pay figure for the City Administrator on the city website or in 2025-2026 council packets. City of Rogers · Oct 10, 2026
- Yes: Meeting videos and minutes onlineCouncil packets with agendas and minutes are posted on the City Council page, and meeting videos are on YouTube. City of Rogers · Oct 10, 2026
Questions to ask your council
- The Civic Campus is expected to cost $45,385,000, with $39,235,000 in new general obligation bonds. How much will repaying them add to future levies?
- Police is budgeted at $7,123,393 of the $18,973,601 general fund for 2026. How will added officers be paid for as the city grows?
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