Kristy Janigo City Council Record

From the military to city council, Kristy Janigo has dedicated her life to public service. On the Maple Grove City Council, she has focused on practical results: keeping taxes low, funding essential services, strengthening public safety, supporting local jobs, and protecting the environment.

Keeping Taxes Low While Maple Grove Grows

Maple Grove’s 2027 budget materials show a 2026 levy per capita of $695. The average among listed Hennepin County cities over 10,000 residents was $977. Maple Grove had the lowest levy per capita in that comparison.

That matters to families. Maple Grove is growing, but the city has kept its tax burden competitive while still funding public safety, roads, water systems, parks, community facilities, and long-term planning.

The city budget graphic shows Maple Grove with a 2026 levy per capita of $695, below the $977 average among Hennepin County cities over 10,000 residents. Source shown in graphic: Hennepin County for levy and Met Council for 2024 estimated population.

  • Core services funded: The city invested in public safety, road infrastructure, water systems, parks, and community facilities.
  • Lower road costs for families: The council changed road reconstruction policies to reduce annual costs, including special assessments paid by benefited families. Some residents saw special assessments that were almost half what they would have been with the old policy.

Sources: 2027 budget; 2026 budget; pavement plan; road policy

Promoting Public Safety

Public safety starts with trust. Kristy supported a community engagement coordinator to strengthen communication between residents, neighborhoods, and the city. She also backed practical investments in police, fire, prevention, training, and victim support.

  • Community engagement coordinator: Kristy supported the idea through multiple work sessions, and the position was included in the preliminary 2027 budget.
  • First responder support: The council invested in training, mental health services, peer support, fire station improvements, and long-term fire department planning.
  • Regional public safety  training facility: A partnership among the city, county, and state, the North Metro Regional Public Safety Training Facility located in Maple Grove received a major upgrade and expansion to accommodate firearms training, scenario based training, and virtual reality-enabled training to keep our officers and the public safe. The facility is a regional asset with many nearby agencies as joint powers agreement partners or renters of the training space.
  • Prevention and victim support: Maple Grove moved forward with social worker partnerships, a victim witness coordinator, and regional public safety partnerships.

Sources: COC work session; COC budget; social workers; training facility; peer support program; Fire Station 3 remodel; Fire Station 3 remodel contract; exhaust system upgrade; victim witness

Maintaining Local Infrastructure

Kristy helped move forward the everyday infrastructure people rely on: roads, bridges, water systems, trails, accessible public buildings, and transportation options. That includes the final leg of Highway 610 through the Rush Creek Boulevard project, Fish Lake Interchange advocacy, TH 169 and Elm Creek Boulevard bridge replacement, water infrastructure planning, ADA upgrades, transit partnerships with Plymouth Metrolink to expand our transit service area, MY RIDE expansion, and free MY RIDE service for disabled veterans.

Sources: Hwy. 610 agreement; Hwy. 610 grant; TH 169 design; water infrastructure planning; Maple Grove Transit and Plymouth Metrolink study; MY RIDE

Developing Economic Security

A strong local economy gives residents more opportunities to work, support their families, and build a stable future. Kristy supported construction, expansion, and renovation projects tied to major employers and institutions, including Boston Scientific, BAE Systems, BioMADE, Nextern, Bora Pharmaceuticals, and the Maple Grove Hospital. During her time on council, the final phases of the Arbor Lakes Business Park were approved, constructed, and substantially occupied by business tenants. She also backed community assets that improve quality of life, including the Community Center renovation and expansion, Performing Arts Center planning, school projects, a new Life Time Fitness complex, and small business support.

Sources: Boston Scientific; BAE Systems; BioMADE; Bora Pharmaceuticals; Arbor Lakes Business Park Building 9 PUD/final plat; Arbor Lakes Business Park Building 10 PUD; hospital expansion; Community Center

Conserving the Environment

Kristy advocated for a city forester in the 2024 budget and helped secure enough support from her colleagues for it to pass. The city forester helps Maple Grove manage trees and forests, treat city trees for emerald ash borer, eliminate invasive buckthorn, and support community tree planting. Kristy also supported stream restoration, lake water-quality projects, forest preservation, Rice Lake trail reconstruction, and annual Arbor Day efforts. She served on the Maple Grove Arbor Committee before being elected to city council.

Sources: city forester; ash borer; tree planting; Rush Creek; lake quality

Improving Trust and Transparency

Kristy’s city council record reflects the same approach she brings to public service: listen carefully, work collaboratively, and make government deliver. She supported city goals, housing goals, public safety partnerships, budget decisions, infrastructure planning, and public-facing work that helps residents see how local decisions affect daily life.

Record at a Glance

  • Kept Maple Grove’s 2026 city tax levy per capita at $695, below the $977 average among listed Hennepin County peer cities.
  • Dramatically cut the costs of city road reconstruction special assessments for families.
  • Supported public infrastructure, job creation, economic development, major employers, small businesses, public safety, healthcare, schools, arts, recreation, and community facilities.
  • Advocated for a community engagement coordinator to strengthen trust between residents and the city.
  • Advocated for a city forester to improve tree management, ash borer response, forest preservation, and community tree planting.
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