How Shoreview is run
Who runs Shoreview, 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 Shoreview's own public documents. Every number links to its source and says which year it describes. Checked Oct 10, 2026.
Who runs Shoreview
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
- $400 a month car allowance
- Six months' salary and benefits as severance if terminated without cause
- Health, dental, life and disability insurance on the same terms as other employees
- Employer pension contribution to PERA as state law requires, or the same amount to deferred compensation
- 26.25 days of annual leave a year
Shoreview city staff
160 full-time-equivalent positions, including Community center 46, Recreation programs 32. FY2025. Budgeted full-time equivalents at December 31, 2025, all funds: 98 full-time, 1.87 part-time and 60.10 associate (mostly community center and recreation) FTEs. Police and fire are contracted, so those workers are not city staff. City of Shoreview · Jun 4, 2026
The ACFR reports budgeted staff counts by function. We found no city-published pay list for individual employees. We name pay only for elected officials and the city manager.
Is Shoreview 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: $8.3M (2025-12-31). The city's own target: Keep unassigned general fund balance equal to 50% of next year's general fund tax levy and levy-based state aid for cash flow, plus 5% to 10% of next year's budgeted spending for unexpected events. The city met both minimums at the end of 2025. The city meets this target. City of Shoreview · Jun 4, 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 tax$13.8M · 74%
- Charges for services$1.9M · 10%
- Transfers in from other funds$1.2M · 6%
- State and federal aid$812,317 · 4%
- Licenses and permits$796,850 · 4%
- Other (investment income, fines, miscellaneous)$149,920 · 1%
Goes to (FY2026)
- Public safety (police and fire contracts)$7.3M · 39%
- General government$3.9M · 21%
- Parks and recreation$3.3M · 18%
- Public works$2.5M · 13%
- Community development$992,901 · 5%
- Transfers to other funds$630,000 · 3%
Your property tax bill: who gets it
Minnesota property taxes are mostly set as a rate on a property's tax capacity. This split leaves out voter-approved school levies charged on market value.
30¢
of each property-tax dollar goes to the city of Shoreview
- City of Shoreview32.377 · 30%
- Ramsey County (including county library)47.476 · 44%
- Independent School District 621 (Mounds View)Part of Shoreview is in Roseville School District 623, with a different rate.17.033 · 16%
- Regional rail authority4.176 · 4%
- Other districts (Rice Creek Watershed, Ramsey County housing authority, Metropolitan Council, mosquito control, Shoreview HRA)5.678 · 5%
- Total (percent of tax capacity)106.74
Taxes payable 2025 tax capacity rates for property in Shoreview (Ramsey County), Mounds View School District 621 and Rice Creek Watershed area. City of Shoreview · Jun 4, 2026
See what a Shoreview home costs each year, line by line →Who provides your services
Not everything in Shoreview is run by the city. Who provides a service decides whose budget pays for it and whose election decides it.
- PoliceThe countyRamsey County Sheriff's Office, by contractCity of Shoreview · Jun 4, 2026
- WaterThe cityCity water utilityCity of Shoreview · Jun 4, 2026
- Storm water and street lightsThe cityCity utilitiesCity of Shoreview · Jun 4, 2026
- RecyclingPrivate companyRepublic Services, under city contractCity of Shoreview · Jan 16, 2024
- Streets and trailsThe cityShoreview Public WorksCity of Shoreview · Jun 4, 2026
- Parks, recreation and community centerThe cityShoreview Parks and RecreationCity of Shoreview · Jun 4, 2026
- Planning and building inspectionThe cityShoreview Community DevelopmentCity of Shoreview · Jun 4, 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 | FaribaultMN | FarmingtonMN | WinonaMN | ShoreviewMN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 25,040 | 25,425 | 26,530 | 26,906 |
| Top administrator's base pay | $172,162 | $204,208 | $183,750 | Not current (2023) |
| Council member pay | $9,800 | Not confirmed | $7,705 | $7,980 |
| General fund per resident | $976 | $741 | $937 | $670 |
| Debt per resident | $971 | $496 | $324 | $2,256 |
| Unfunded pension per resident | $262 | $190 | $307 | $125 |
| City staff per 1,000 residents | 6.4 | 4.1 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
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). Shoreview pays another agency for police or fire, so its own staff count is lower.
What Shoreview 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 Shoreview · Nov 1, 2025
- Yes: City manager's contract findable online City of Shoreview · Oct 25, 2021
- Yes: Meeting videos and minutes onlineCouncil meeting videos, agendas, packets and minutes are posted in the city's Granicus archive. City of Shoreview · Oct 10, 2026
- Yes: Council pay stated in a public documentOrdinance 1062 states the mayor's and council members' monthly pay. The staff memo gives current pay. City of Shoreview · Apr 20, 2026
- No: Employee pay publishedThe financial report gives budgeted staff counts. We found no pay list by employee on the finance page or in council packets. City of Shoreview · Jun 4, 2026
Questions to ask your council
- Public safety, mostly the sheriff and fire department contracts, is $7.3 million of the $18.0 million general fund budget for 2026. How much of the 9.8% general fund increase for 2026 comes from those contracts?
- Bonded debt rose $7.4 million in 2025, to $55.5 million. How much more borrowing does the capital plan expect?
The fiscal year starts January 1. Budget work starts in May. The council holds budget workshops from early August through November, the budget hearing at its first regular meeting in December (December 1, 2025), and adopts the budget at its second regular meeting in December. See who is running for council
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