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City of Paris <br />November 2017 Financial Report Comments <br />Net to Date Comparison of Revenues: <br />1. The operations and maintenance property tax and related collections are 8.83% more than this <br />time last year. Current tax collections were 8.42% of the tax levy vs. 7.90% last year. <br />2� Sales taxes are up 1.41% from last year. <br />3. Hotel occupancy taxes are up 11,14% from last year. All hotels are current on their taxes. <br />4. Franchise fees are down 2.26% compared to last year, <br />5. Permit fees are up 21,89% from last year. This amounts to less than $6,000. <br />6. Municipal Court fines and related fees are 6,10% above 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 10.12%. <br />8, Sanitation fees are down 15.48%. This was expected with more of these fees going directly to <br />the Sanitation Fund in this year's budget. <br />9. EMS fees are up 10.07% compared to last year. <br />10, Total General Fund revenues, net of any transfers, are 3.63% above last year. General Fund <br />revenues equal 12.67% of the budget with the City being 16.66% through the budget year, <br />11. Total General Fund expenditures are down 3,35% compared to last year. General Fund <br />expenditures to date equal 15.93% of budget with the City being 16.66% through the budget <br />year. <br />12. Sewer revenue is down 3.91%. <br />13, Water, revenue is down 3.29% compared to last year. <br />14, Total Water & Sewer revenues, ignoring transfers, are 2.85% below last year, <br />15. Total Water & Sewer expenses are 9,03% above last year at this point and represent 11.05% of <br />the total budget (11.05% adjusted for debt payments) while the City is 16.6,6% through the <br />budget year, <br />Departmental Expenditure Summary: <br />At this point the City is two months or 16.66% through the budget year. It is important to remember <br />that expenditures do riot 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 />six departments whose expenditures are over 16.66%, <br />1, City Council -50,11%. The overage amounts to $27,278. This overage is due to the annual <br />insurance payment and election related expenses, <br />2. Streets -17,92%. The overage amounts to $20,030 and is due to the annual insurance payment, <br />temporary employees, and street repairs. <br />3. Cox Field Airport -22.36%. The overage amounts to $6,716 and is due to the annual insurance <br />payment. <br />