Property Taxes

What Your Taxes Buy

Here are some of the things paid for with your tax dollars:

• Snowplowing of 135 miles of city streets
• Street sweeping of all city streets at least four times a year
• 24-hour police and fire protection
• Regular mowing of 550 acres of park lawns
• Inspections of apartment and commercial buildings for structural safety
• Diseased tree removal and tree planting on public property
• Routine maintenance of 10,000 public property trees
• Team sports programs for adults and youth
• Environmental education programs for youth and adults
• Administration of garbage, recycling and yard waste collection
• Inspections of restaurants and grocery stores for food safety
• Maintenance of nine miles of paved park trails
• Periodic repair of city sidewalks and curbs
• Periodic seal coating of city streets
• Maintenance of the Rec Center's indoor ice rinks and outdoor aquatic park
• Maintenance of 2,500 streetlights and 9,500 traffic control signs
• Flooding and resurfacing of 9 outdoor ice rinks
• Administration of zoning control laws and long-range redevelopment plans.