Subdivision 1.Budget.

The board must, on or before July 1 each year, prepare and submit a detailed budget of the district’s needs for the next calendar year to the governing body of each municipality in the district with a statement of the proportion of the budget to be provided by each municipality. The governing body of each municipality in the district shall review the budget and the board upon notice from a municipality must hear objections to the budget. After the hearing, the board may modify or amend the budget. Notice must be given to the municipalities of modifications or amendments.

Subd. 2.Municipal funding.

(a) The governing body or board of supervisors of each municipality in the district shall provide the funds necessary to meet its proportion of the total cost to be borne by the municipalities as finally certified by the board.

(b) The municipality’s funds may be raised by any means within the authority of the municipality. The municipalities may each levy a tax not to exceed .02418 percent of estimated market value on the taxable property located in the district to provide the funds. The levy shall be within all other limitations provided by law.

(c) The funds must be deposited into the treasury of the district in amounts and at times as the treasurer of the district requires.