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GAZETTE

BUDGET PROPOSED FOR 2012

General Fund Revenues

General Fund Property Tax ............ $3,035,692

Licenses and Bldg Permits .... .......... $203,845

Inter-governmental Revenue ............. $118,260

Charges for Services ........................ $330,058

Fines ................................................... $17,050

Miscellaneous Revenue ...................... $24,100

TOTAL REVENUES                $3,729,005

 

General Fund Expenditures

General Government:

Mayor/Council ..................................... $14,790

Administration ................................... $455,486

Finance ............................................. $207,270

Elections ............................................. $33,513

Professional Services ....................... $314,567

Planning and Zoning ......................... $112,864

Government Building .......................... $30,362

             Total General Government:  $1,168,852

 

Public Safety:

Police/Sheriff ..................................... $298,957

Fire Protection ................................... $342,994

Building Inspection Department ........ $241,971

Civil Defense ............................................ $900

Animal Control ......................................... $600

                            Total Public Safety:   $885,422

 

Public Works:

General Maintenance/Streets ........... $899,371

Snow Removal .................................... $50,300

Street Lighting ..................................... $80,500

Signal Lights ......................................... $3,020

Composting/Recycling .......................... $7,277

                         Total Public Works:  $1,040,468

 

Parks and Recreation:

Recreation Activities ............................ $60,797

Park and Recreation ......................... $146,918

Park Maintenance ............................. $147,384

              Total Parks and Recreation:  $355,099

 

Miscellaneous:                                                   

                          Total Miscellaneous:  $279,164

                                                                             

TOTAL EXPENDITURES         $3,729,005

 

       Administrator Don Uram replied to Gazette questions that the "Miscellaneous" expenditures include two of the Operating Transfers (See below:  $150,000 repayment to the Water Enterprise Fund and $113,794 to the Capital Facilities Fund), plus $15,000 for marketing for the central business district Hwy 5 construction in 2012, and $370 donation to the SouthWest Metro Chamber of Commerce in lieu of membership.

 

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         There is another way to look at the city's expenditures -- in categories not specifically itemized to the various city departments but to more general identifiable costs and services.  In either case, bottom line of the proposed budget stays the same:

 

General Fund Expenditures

Wages and Benefits ....................... $1,429,756

Supplies, Repairs, Maintenance ....... $446,967

Contracted Services ....................... $1,082,031

Miscellaneous Charges ..................... $156,858

Capital Outlay ..................................... $54,600

Operating Transfers .......................... $558,794

TOTAL EXPENDITURES         $3,729,005

 

        

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October 2011

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