Minnesota's budget

Cities with the biggest rainy day funds

by Tom Scheck, Minnesota Public Radio

Top 10 cities with the largest unreserved undesignated (rainy day) funds by dollar amount

1. Minneapolis: $133,081,000
2. Duluth: $61,970,007
3. St. Paul: $27,152,911
4. Maple Grove: $25,473,090
5. Rochester: $20,141,647
6. Moorhead: $16,453,017
7. Brooklyn Park: $15,791,524
8. St. Cloud: $12,435,141
9. Mounds View: $11,744,004
10. Apple Valley: $11,292,107

Top 10 cities with the largest unreserved funds as a percentage of total current expenditures

These figures include undesignated funds as well as designated funds, which are set aside for a specific future project or purchase.

1. Buffalo Lake: $3,397,617 (765 percent)
2. Skyline: $472,640 (679 percent)
3. Bricelyn: $780,285 (429 percent)
4. Granada: $298,952 (423 percent)
5. Sanborn: $651,176 (390 percent)
6. Bluffton: $199,227 (387 percent)
7. Bertha: $780,269 (317 percent)
8. St. Clair: $1,049,674 (315 percent)
9. Edgerton: $1,559,126 (309 percent)
10. Hills: $743,766 (309 percent)

(Source: 2007 City Finances report compiled by the State Auditor and Minnesota Revenue Department)

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, 03/03/2009, 7:25 a.m.