Minnesota's budget and shutdown

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.