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City of Paris <br />July 2021 Financial Report Comments <br />Net to Date Comparison of Revenues: <br />1. The operations and maintenance property tax and related collections reported are 8.27% more <br />than this time last year ($606,873). Collections on the current tax levy are at 97.01% vs. 96.82% <br />last year. <br />2. Sales taxes are up 20.13% from last year ($1,278,615). This is due in part to $279,985 in <br />collections derived from audit payments. Even without this windfall, collections would be up <br />15.72%. <br />3. Hotel occupancy taxes are up 20.69% compared to last year ($144,791). All hotels are current <br />on their payments. <br />4. Franchise fees are down 1.90% compared to last year ($50,845). <br />5. Permit fees are down 41.32% from last year ($84,003). <br />6. Municipal Court fines and related fees are down 0.19% ($388) 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 up 6.71% ($49,998). <br />8. Sanitation fees are down $909 or 0.37% when compared to last year's collections. <br />9. EMS fees are up 5.72% compared to last year ($149,295). <br />10. Total General Fund revenues are 9.58% more than last year ($2,094,205) and represent 97.96% <br />of the budget. The City is 83.33% through the budget year. Total General Fund expenditures are <br />up 1.25% ($239,126) compared to last year. General Fund expenditures to date equal 78.71% of <br />budget with the City being 83.33% through the budget year. <br />11. Sewer revenue is up 13.41% ($702,244). <br />12. Water revenue is up 7.02% ($447,623). <br />13. Other revenue sources are up 56.35% ($206,865). <br />14. Total Water & Sewer revenues, ignoring transfers and adjustments, are 11.33% above last year <br />and represents 87.28% of the total budget. <br />15. Total Water.& Sewer expenses are 3.82% above last year at this point and represent 54.78% of <br />the total budget (80.01% adjusted for debt payments.) The City is 83.33 % <br />through the budget year. <br />Departmental Expenditure Summary: <br />At this point the City is 10 months or 83.33% 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 />four departments whose expenditures"are over 83.33%. <br />