The city's share of property taxes levied in RIchfield would increase 3.98 percent next year to pay for a budget approved Tuesday night by the City Council.

The city expects to spend about $19.95 million in 2012, according to the budget resolution, a 2.5 percent increase over this year.

The council also decreased the amount it plans to spend in 2011 at Tuesday's meeting, trimming $231,200 from its current budget because it expects to take in that much less in revenue.

Here's a breakdown of the budget for 2011 and the proposed budget for 2012:

The tax increase is a preminary figure. Under state law, the city can decrease the amount it proposes to take in property taxes but not increase it. The city's truth-in-taxation public hearing on the tax levy is scheduled for 7 p.m. Dec. 6 at City Hall.

The Hennepin County Board also anticipates a property tax increase, approving a maximum property tax levy of $676.1 million, 1 percent higher than the 2011 levy.