A roughly $116 million budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 will be considered by the Fort Dodge City Council when it meets Monday.

The proposed budget keeps the property tax rate unchanged at $20.42 per $1,000 of taxable value for the fourth year in a row.

The council will act on the budget during its regular business meeting, which will begin at 6 p.m. Monday in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S.

The spending plan is for the fiscal year that begins July 1 and ends on June 30, 2020.

It calls for spending $116,280,901.

The budget contains funding for all the city government’s various departments and operations. Running the sanitary sewer system accounts for the biggest single spending category at $6,236,063. The money for that budget comes from sewer bills, not property taxes.

The property tax levy is divided up into these different categories:

• $8.10 for the general fund, which pays for police and fire protection, the library, the Blanden Memorial Art Museum, parks and recreation and other government functions.

• $5.78 for employee benefits

• $4.59 to pay off general obligation bond debt

• 61 cents for emergency management and the county 911 dispatch center

• 53 cents for liability and property insurance

• 27 cents for Dodger Area Rapid Transit

• 27 cents to help balance the general fund

• 12 cents for Citizens Central

• 6 cents for the Karl L. King Municipal Band

Categories

Here are the major expenditure categories in the 2019-2020 budget to be considered by the Fort Dodge City Council on Monday.

• Sanitary sewer system — $6,236,063

• Water system — $4,975,712

• Police Department — $3,873,957

• Economic development — $2,787,342

• Fire Department — $2,753,815

• Recreation — $1,627,332

• Roads, bridges and sidewalks — $1,590,532

• Sanitation — $1,495,634

• Fire Department ambulance — $1,205,166

• Fort Dodge Public Library — $766,250

• Fort Dodge Regional Airport — $612,404

• Storm sewers — $594,700

• Snow removal — $474,212

• Emergency management — $432,202

• Building inspection — $361,050

• Planning and zoning — $263,950

• Street lighting — $260,000

• Traffic control and safety — $256,725

• Parks — $211,000

• City clerk and treasurer — $182,550

• Street cleaning — $139,825

• Citizens Central — $112,250

• Mayor, city council and city manager — $110,580

• Animal control — $58,435

• Legal services and city attorney — $53,500

• Oakland Cemetery — $41,100