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City of Paris <br />May 2021 Financial Report Comments <br />Net to Date Comparison of Revenues: <br />1. The operations and maintenance property tax and related collections reported are 8.38% more <br />than this time last year ($605,015). Collections on the current tax levy are at 96.12% vs. 96.03% <br />last year. <br />2. Sales taxes are up 19.86% from last year ($1,012,928). This is due in part to $271,309 in <br />collections derived from audit payments ($325,571 if you include PEDC share). Even without this <br />windfall, collections would be up 14.54%. <br />3. Hotel occupancy taxes are up 25.10% compared to last year ($120,014). All hotels are current <br />on their payments. <br />4. Franchise fees are down 2.72% compared to last year (57,404). <br />5. Permit fees are down 36.49% from last year ($57,510). <br />6. Municipal Court fines and related fees are down 1.23% ($2,040) 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 12.00% ($71,549). <br />8. Sanitation fees are down $983 or 0.50% when compared to last year's collections. <br />9. EMS fees are up 3.39% compared to last year ($70,903). <br />10. Total General Fund revenues are 8.63% more than last year ($1,619,372) and represent 83.66% <br />of the budget. The City is 66.66% through the budget year. Total General Fund expenditures are <br />down 1.48% ($224,574) compared to last year. General Fund expenditures to date equal 60.94% <br />of budget with the City being 66.66% through the budget year, <br />11. Sewer revenue is up 11.02% ($459,691). <br />12. Water revenue is up 8.59% ($424,847). <br />13. Other revenue sources are up 51.40% ($159,967). <br />14. Total Water & Sewer revenues, ignoring transfers and adjustments, are 11.08% above last year <br />and represents 68.55% of the total budget. <br />15. Total Water & Sewer expenses are 3.52% above last year at this point and represent 42.80% of <br />the total budget (68.13% adjusted for debt payments.) The City is 66.66% through the budget <br />year. <br />Departmental Expenditure Summary: <br />At this point the City is eight months or 66.66% 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 />three departments whose expenditures are over 66.66%. <br />