Imagine a City that works proactively to build connections with its citizens, provides excellent service, retains effective staff, engages in effective long-term financial planning and keeps its tax levy competitive. This type of city does not just exist in your imagination; it actually exists in reality. Welcome to the City of New Brighton! I invite you to learn about our great city. New Brighton is a community that has well connected and safe neighborhoods, outstanding schools, well-maintained infrastructure and highly trained, competent staff.
While our past three citizen surveys will tell you that, our residents are very satisfied with their core services. Nine in ten residents rate New Brighton a desirable place to live, a desirable place to raise children and that the quality of the City’s services are excellent or good. Results are what matter and when you consider the strength of a community and the quality of life the residents enjoy. New Brighton is a results oriented organization.
New Brighton typically finishes in the top 5 in National Night Out nation-wide rankings oftentimes boasting 130 to 145 neighborhood parties. Our great city is only one of a handful of cities to have won two International Association of Chiefs of Police Community Policing awards in the world. We are working towards reinvesting in our 13 city parks and creating greater connection between those parks with trails. New Brighton also is home to Ramsey County’s Long Lake Regional Park which is one of the busiest parks in the County. When you compare the tax levy of New Brighton with its nine other comparable cities, New Brighton’s tax levy is second lowest. Great service and quality of life at competitive prices; sounds amazing. That is the New Brighton way though.
As Mayor, I am very pleased with these results. New Brighton’s work is not done yet, in fact, our work is never done. Maintaining New Brighton’s current levels of exceptionalism takes eternal vigilance. Continuing to build on our existing successes takes even more hard work. Moving into the future, New Brighton is committed to finding new ways to engage its public. Whether it’s our redesigned website and newsletter, our neighborhood and community open house meetings, or moving our odd year elections to the even years, New Brighton will continue to work hard to connect with our residents and that is what will make New Brighton the preferred place to live, work and play.
Sincerely,
Mayor Valerie Johnson
Term Expires: 12/31/2019
PO Box 120824
New Brighton, MN 55112
Phone Number: 651-775-1837
Drinking Water Updates
In May 2016, New Brighton started construction on the Minneapolis Interconnection, which will connect the Minneapolis Hilltop Reservoir to New Brighton’s water distribution system at Water Treatment Plant 1. New 18 and 24-inch pipes were installed to allow for delivery of up to 6 million gallons per day (MGD); that will replace the capacity of New Brighton’s Mount Simon Hinckley Wells, which supply a maximum of 4.5 MGD. The additional capacity will ensure that we can supply a safe, reliable source of water for the next two years, until the expansion of Water Treatment Plant 1 is completed in fall of 2018. The Minneapolis Interconnection will also serve as an emergency back-up supply after Water Treatment Plant 1 resumes operations in 2018.
With the Minneapolis Interconnection in place, New Brighton has changed its primary water source from the Mount Simon Hinckley wells to Minneapolis Water. New Brighton and Minneapolis have worked with the Minnesota Department of Health on the transition process. To account for the chemical differences between surface water and groundwater, New Brighton is feeding the same anti-corrosion chemicals that Minneapolis uses into the existing pipe network.
Important Information about Lead in Your Drinking Water
The City of New Brighton found elevated levels of lead in drinking water in some homes/buildings in our community. Lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and children six years and younger. Please read the following General Public Education Notice to see what you can do to reduce lead in your drinking water and learn what the City of New Brighton is doing to address the problem.
For additional information, please visit EPAs website at: www.epa.gov/lead
Call us at 651-638-2114 for more information.
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Parks & Recreation 20 Year Vision
The City of New Brighton is working on creating a 20-year vision for the future of our parks and trails and is looking for valuable information from the community to help guide future planning goals. We have created a project website with an interactive map for leaving an idea, a comment, or what you like/don’t […]
2019 Winter Newsletter
You can read the winter newsletter here. Some of the topics: Closest unit dispatching New Brighton Elementary School Redevelopment Utility Rates for 2019
New Brighton Seeks Volunteers to Serve on Municipal Commissions
The City of New Brighton is seeking volunteers who are interested in becoming more involved in their community by serving on one of the City’s four Municipal Advisory Commissions. New Brighton’s commissions serve as a bridge between the community and local government. They bring community issues to the attention of local government officials, help solicit […]
Weekly Incident Reports Posted
The NBDPS has just posted the most recent listing of selected incidents which occurred during the previous week. It can be viewed by CLICKING HERE.
Pursuant to Minnesota Statute 471.701 The City of New Brighton must annually notify its residents of the positions and base salaries of its three highest-paid employees. They are as follows: City Manager $152,880, Director of Finance $129,732, Director of Public Safety $129,732, Director of the Department of Community Assets and Development $129,732.