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City of Paris <br />February 2021 Financial Report Comments <br />Net to Date Comparison of Revenues: <br />1. The operations and maintenance property tax and related collections reported are 7.42% more <br />than this time last year ($520,752). <br />2. Sales taxes are up 19.36% from last year ($639,739). This is due to $314,502 in collections <br />derived from audit payments. Even without this wind fall, collections would be up 9.84%. <br />3. Hotel occupancy taxes are down 18.17% compared to last year ($45,488). All hotels are current <br />on their payments. <br />4. Franchise fees are down 0.97% compared to last year (11,592). <br />5. Permit fees are down 28.04% from last year. ($26,379) <br />6. Municipal Court fines and related fees are down 33.80% ($39,483) 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 8.16% ($28,622). <br />8. Sanitation fees are up $1,478 or 1.22% when compared to last year's collections. <br />9. EMS fees are down 3.25% compared to last year ($43,984). <br />10. Total General Fund revenues are 6.48% more than last year ($931,952) and represent 62.63% of <br />the budget. The City is 41.66% through the budget year. Total General Fund expenditures are <br />down 2.17% ($213,497) compared to last year. General Fund expenditures to date equal 39.20% <br />of budget with the City being 41.66% through the budget year. <br />11. Sewer revenue is up 6.89% ($183,539). <br />12. Water revenue is up 9.42% ($295,355). <br />13. Other revenue sources are up 7.15% ($16,454). <br />14. Total Water & Sewer revenues, ignoring transfers and adjustments, are 8.21% above last year <br />and represents 42.71% of the total budget. <br />15. Total Water & Sewer expenses are 9.08% above last year at this point and represent 27.31% of <br />the total budget (46.00% adjusted for debt payments.) The City is 41.66% through the budget <br />year. <br />Departmental Expenditure Summary: <br />At this point the City is five months or 41.66% through the budget year. It is important to remember that <br />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 />six departments whose expenditures are over 41.66%. <br />