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City of Paris <br />June 2017 Financial Report Comments <br />Net to Date Comparison of Revenues: <br />1. The operations and maintenance property tax and related collections are 5.12% more than this <br />time last year. Current tax collections are at 97.71% vs. 96.51% at this time last year. <br />2. Sales taxes are up 4.33% from last year. February collections included a onetime net audit <br />collection of $126,245.49. $105,204.58 of this went to the general fund and $21,040.91 to PEDC. <br />3. Hotel occupancy taxes are up 2.26% from last year. All hotels are current on their taxes. <br />4. Franchise fees are up 2.20% compared to last year. <br />5. Permit fees are up 38.39 %. The largest area of increase has been in new commercial permits. <br />6. Municipal Court fines are 6.87% below last year's collections. <br />7. Other revenue includes leases, interest, copy fees, birth & death certificates, library fees, mixed <br />beverage tax, and other minor revenues. This revenue is down 3.58 %. <br />8. Sanitation fees are flat being down only 0.33 %. <br />9. EMS fees are up 5.57% compared to last year. <br />10. Total General Fund revenues are 3.96% above last year after adjusting for transfers. General <br />Fund revenues equal 85.07% of the budget with the City being 75.00% through the budget year. <br />11. Total General Fund expenditures are down 1.95% compared to last year. General Fund <br />expenditures to date equal 73.61% of budget with the City being 75.00% through the budget <br />year. <br />12. Sewer revenue is flat compared to last year being up only 0.049 %. <br />13. Water revenue is flat being up 1.13% compared to last year. <br />14. Total Water & Sewer revenues, ignoring transfers, are 0.93% above last year. <br />15. Total Water & Sewer expenses are 5.27% below last year at this point and represent 51.45% of <br />the total budget (74.48% adjusted for debt payments) while the City is 75.00% through the <br />budget year. <br />Departmental Expenditure Summary: <br />At this point the City is nine months or 75.00% through the budget year. It is important to remember <br />that expenditures do not occur equally throughout the year. For example, capital expenditures and <br />association memberships are one time expenditures that if made early in the fiscal year can produce a <br />distorted expenditure percentage. Within the General, Water & Sewer, and Sanitation Funds there are <br />seven departments whose expenditures are over 75.00 %. <br />1. City Council- 123.38 %. The overage amounts to $36,978. This overage is due election related <br />expenses and electrical repairs to the building. <br />2. Police- 76.59 %. The overage amounts to $97,215 and is due to the annual payment for general <br />liability insurance, uniforms, supplies, emergency notification service, phones, travel, vehicle <br />maintenance, electronic data processing, vehicles, and confidential funds. <br />