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<br />Regarding the departmental expenditure summary for the current year, <br /> <br />13. The City Council expense to date is higher than expected due to payments made <br />to the Pace Group and higher than expected election costs ($25,470). <br />14. The City Manager expense to date is higher than expected due to the cost of the <br />interim manager. The Texas First Group is paid an hourly rate based on the <br />budgeted salary and benefit costs of the City Manager. The City has to pay for <br />each hour worked without the benefit of having someone who is a salaried exempt <br />employee. <br />15. The "General Expenses" category is higher than expected reflecting a higher than <br />expected collection and remittance of hotel taxes and the fact that all city <br />memberships (TML, COG, & Tx Coalition of Cities) have been paid for the year. <br />16. The Departmental Expenditure Summary Comparison contains a $3,956,855 line <br />item that accounts for the Water & Sewer Fund debt due for the year. Money is <br />transferred from the Water & Sewer Fund to various Interest & Sinking funds <br />from which the debt payments are actually made. These transfers do not show up <br />as expenditures. Debt payments made to date for the Water & Sewer Fund equal <br />$3,953,960.82. <br />