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City of Paris <br />July 2024 Financial Report Comments <br />Net to Date Comparison of Revenues: <br />I. The operations and maintenance property tax and related collections reported are 1.09% more than <br />what was reported in 2023. Current tax collections this year are 97.46% of the tax levy vs. 97.54% <br />last year. <br />2. Sales taxes are up 3.75% from last year ($323,556). <br />3. Hotel occupancy taxes are up 12.09% compared to last year ($121,643). <br />4. Franchise fees are down 3.73% compared to last year ($112,478). This is due to a significant <br />decrease in the payment from Atmos. <br />5. Permit fees are up 107.05% from last year ($285,546). This increase is due to new commercial <br />permits. <br />6. Municipal Court fines and related fees are down 11.86% compared to last year ($24,656). <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 15.69% ($379,522). This is due to <br />higher interest income and miscellaneous revenue. <br />8. Sanitation fees are up 4.76 0.55% ($8,439). <br />9. EMS fees are up 30.42% compared to last year ($858,284). <br />10. Lamar County EMS contributions are up 6.05% (21,461) compared to last year. <br />11. Total General Fund revenues are up 7.21% compared to last year ($1,950,965). General Fund <br />revenues equal 97.83% of the budget with the City being 83.33% through the budget year. <br />12. Total General Fund expenditures are up 5.03% ($1,119,453) compared to last year. General Fund <br />expenditures to date equal 75.20% of budget with the City being 83.33% through the budget year. <br />13. Sewer revenue was up 16.98% ($1,360,262). <br />14. Water revenue was down 0.80% ($58,734). <br />15. Other revenue sources are down 4.63% ($34,565). <br />16. Total Water & Sewer revenues, ignoring transfers and adjustments, are 7.91% above last year <br />($1,266,962) and represents 82.32% of the total budget. <br />17. Total Water & Sewer expenses are 5.47% above last year ($509,589) at this point and represent <br />46.77% of the total budget (78.43% adjusted for debt payments.) while the City is 83.33% through <br />the budget year. <br />18. The Airport Fund has overcome the deficit reported last month with summer activity boosting <br />revenue as expected. <br />19. The Sanitation Fund shows in this report to be operating at a deficit, but this is a timing issue. There <br />is a pending revenue transfer from the Water Billing Office which collects the sanitation fees to the <br />Sanitation Fund which will eliminate the deficit shown in this report. <br />