How Rosemount is run
Who runs Rosemount, 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 Rosemount's own public documents. Every number links to its source and says which year it describes. Checked Oct 10, 2026.
Who runs Rosemount
Rosemount is a statutory city with the mayor-council form. The mayor and four council members pass ordinances, adopt the budget and hire the city administrator, who runs day-to-day operations and appoints department heads with council approval.
What they are paid
Rosemount city staff
113 full-time-equivalent positions. 2025-12-02. City of Rosemount · Dec 2, 2025
We found no city-published pay list for employees or notice of the highest-paid positions. We name pay only for elected officials and the city manager.
Is Rosemount 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: $11.1M (2025-12-31). The city's own target: Keep unassigned general fund balance between 45% and 55% of the next year's budgeted general fund spending and transfers out. At the end of 2025 it equaled 50.0% of the 2026 budget. The city meets this target. City of Rosemount · Jun 25, 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$16.3M · 73%
- Intergovernmental$1.9M · 9%
- Charges for services$1.5M · 7%
- Building permits$1.2M · 6%
- Recreation fees$426,500 · 2%
- Other (licenses, fines, interest, miscellaneous, transfers in)$764,200 · 3%
Goes to (FY2026)
- Police$8M · 36%
- Public works$5.2M · 23%
- Administrative services$2.3M · 10%
- Parks and recreation$2.2M · 10%
- Fire$1.8M · 8%
- Community development$1.7M · 8%
- Other (council, general government, transfers out)$1M · 5%
Your property tax bill: who gets it
Minnesota property taxes are mostly set as a rate on a property's tax capacity. Parts of Rosemount are in school districts 199 and 200 instead of 196. This split leaves out voter-approved school levies charged on market value.
43¢
of each property-tax dollar goes to the city of Rosemount
- City of Rosemount35.265 · 43%
- Independent School District No. 19622.968 · 28%
- Dakota County19.948 · 24%
- Other special districtsNot all of these apply to every property.3.325 · 4%
- Total (percent of tax capacity)81.506
Taxes payable 2025 tax capacity rates for property in Rosemount (Dakota County, ISD 196 area). City of Rosemount · Jun 25, 2026
See what a Rosemount house pays, line by line →Who provides your services
Not everything in Rosemount is run by the city. Who provides a service decides whose budget pays for it and whose election decides it.
- PoliceThe cityRosemount Police DepartmentCity of Rosemount · Jun 25, 2026
- Fire and first responseThe cityRosemount Fire DepartmentCity of Rosemount · Jun 25, 2026
- WaterThe cityCity water utilityCity of Rosemount · Jun 25, 2026
- Sewage treatmentAnother agencyMetropolitan CouncilCity of Rosemount · Dec 2, 2025
- StormwaterThe cityCity storm water utilityCity of Rosemount · Jun 25, 2026
- StreetsThe cityRosemount Public WorksCity of Rosemount · Jun 25, 2026
- Parks and recreationThe cityRosemount Parks and RecreationCity of Rosemount · Jun 25, 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 | FridleyMN | Brooklyn CenterMN | RosemountMN | SavageMN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 30,829 | 31,846 | 31,881 | 32,970 |
| Top administrator's base pay | Not confirmed | $170,040 | Not confirmed | $196,997 |
| Council member pay | Not confirmed | $11,493 | $7,900 | Not confirmed |
| General fund per resident | $842 | $957 | $696 | $801 |
| Debt per resident | $2,258 | $1,768 | $3,466 | $942 |
| Unfunded pension per resident | $255 | $294 | $181 | $226 |
| City staff per 1,000 residents | 5.4 | — | 3.5 | 4.5 |
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 Rosemount publishes
What a resident can find online today. A "no" is something you can ask the council to publish.
- Yes: Adopted budget posted online City of Rosemount · Oct 10, 2026
- No: City manager's contract findable onlineMinutes refer to an employment contract with the city administrator. We found no posted contract or pay amount in 2026 council packets. City of Rosemount · Apr 7, 2026
- Yes: Meeting videos and minutes onlineAgendas, meeting videos and approved minutes are posted, with live streams of regular council meetings. City of Rosemount · Oct 10, 2026
- Yes: Council pay stated in a public documentA July 21, 2026 staff report and ordinance state the mayor's $10,400 and council members' $7,900 annual salaries. City of Rosemount · Jul 21, 2026
- No: Employee pay publishedWe found no employee pay list or notice of the three highest-paid positions on the city's transparency page or in the budget. City of Rosemount · Oct 10, 2026
Questions to ask your council
- Police is the largest general fund cost in the 2026 budget. How will the added officer and sergeant change service levels?
- The city owes $45.1 million in recreational facility bonds for the Life Time partnership. How do service charges and rent from that project cover the payments?
The fiscal year starts January 1. Departments submit requests to the city administrator by May 15. The council sets a preliminary budget and levy by September 30 (September 24, 2026 for the 2027 budget) and holds the Truth in Taxation hearing on December 1, 2026. The 2026 budget and levy were adopted December 2, 2025. See who is running for council
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