15 - PARIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP FY 2016-17 BUDGETItem No. 15
memorandum
TO: Mayor & City Council
FROM: John Godwin, City Manager
SUBJECT: 2016 -17 BUDGET
DATE: July 15, 2016
Highlights of the final 2016 -17 recommended general fund budget include:
• Maintaining a flat tax rate of 50.195 cents per $100 valuation.
• One new FTE police video technician, effective April 1, 2017, to manage new camera data
and additional mandated public information requirements.
• One replacement ambulance and associated equipment.
• Architectural & engineering costs ($30,000) for a replacement EMS station in northwest
Paris, and the start of construction ($100,000 of total estimated $300,000).
• Debt service on the new fire engine delivered last year and the new quint truck now under
construction, totaling $186,692.77.
• Grant matches for a new airport hangar deferred by TXDOT from 2016, CDBG sidewalk
and utility improvements, and the West Paris Trail.
• One new replacement garbage truck, to be paid from accrued funds out of the 2015
equipment replacement fee.
• Initial payments for a new library roof.
• Costs related to implementing the new ADA transition plan.
• Costs related to adoption of the International Property Management Code and updating all
other international building and fire codes.
Not included:
• Improvements or repairs to the exterior of the police and courts building.
• Lake Crook road /bridge reconstruction.
• A replacement motor grader for Streets.
• Changes in firefighter workweek pay.
• Complete replacement of SCBA and bunker gear.
• Refurbishing tennis courts, swimming pool, or other park improvements.
GENERAL FUND
2014 -15
2015 -16
2016 -17
Variance
%Change
Property taxes
6,132,318
6,396,700
6,477,000
80,300
1.26
Sales taxes
7,584,997
6,675,000
7,310,000
640,000
9.59
Hotel occupancy tax
591,571
570,000
570,000
-
-
Franchise fees
3,291,571
3,345,700
3,241,350
(104,350)
(3.12)
Permits
220,696
123,625
131,575
7,950
6.43
Fines
312,264
357,400
319,800
(37,600)
(10.52)
Miscellaneous
130,832
152,218
142,358
(9,860)
(6.48)
Other
9,943
9,800
9,800
Sanitation fees
1,463,140
420,000
420,000
-
EMS
2,391,817
2,251,582
2,351,582
100,000
4.44
Mixed beverage tax
54,323
54,000
50,000
(4,000)
(7.41)
Charges & fees
621,603
319,200
301,800
(17,400)
(5.45)
Transfers
844,723
899,000
899,000
Recreation fees
156,747
147,500
146,500
(1,000)
(0.68)
TOTAL REVENUES
23,806,545
21,721,725
22,175,765
454,040
2.09
GENERAL FUND
2014 -15
2015 -16
2016 -17
Variance
%Change
City council
74,190
73,930
76,430
2,500
3.38
City manager
358,962
369,563
376,383
6,820
1.85
City attorney
329,562
438,910
378,928
(59,982)
(13.67)
Municipal court
208,607
229,092
232,063
2,971
1.30
City clerk
128,110
140,958
143,688
2,730
1.94
Accounting
409,551
420,501
425,416
4,915
1.17
Police
5,629,007
6,073,596
6,108,190
34,594
0.57
Fire
4,369,483
4,381,076
4,680,013
298,937
6.82
Community development
363,879
463,692
541,768
78,076
16.84
Engineering
507,679
513,374
492,522
(20,852)
(4.06)
Public works
189,950
205,471
216,337
10,866
5.29
Parks
1,085,220
1,140,560
1,098,324
(42,236)
(3.70)
Sanitation
936,640
0
0
0
0
Streets
1,375,157
1,488,440
1,511,116
22,676
1.52
Traffic
544,492
593,119
583,250
(9,869)
(1.66)
Garage
306,951
341,450
342,686
1,236
0.36
EMS
2,379,745
2,332,850
2,693,797
360,947
15.47
Cox Field
108,648
103,350
106,950
3,600
3.48
Paris band
19,770
23,050
23,050
0
0
Library
668,154
691,853
694,850
2,997
0.43
General expenses
1,624,687
1,598,860
1,597,333
(1,527)
(0.10)
Contingency
0
50,000
50,000
1 0
0
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
21,618,444
21,673,695
22,173,094
1 499,399
2.30
Utilities fund highlights include:
• No rate changes for either water or sewer.
• No new employees.
• Increased O &M cost passed on by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ($83,000).
• Capital maintenance improvements at the water treatment plant: wells & pumps
($120,000), replace two transfer pump valves ($60,000), surface coating two water
treatment storage tanks ($100,000), and replace the basement flooring ($50,000).
• Capital improvements at wastewater treatment: Partial funding for mechanical bar
screen/headworks improvements ($320,000).
UTILITIES FUND
2013 -14
2014 -15
2015 -16
Variance
%Change
Sewer
5,608,130
5,572,575
5,531,575
(41,000)
(0.74)
Water
8,146,928
8,088,476
8,078,476
(10,000)
(0.12)
Interest
39,237
35,000
50,000
15,000
42.86
Fees
441,378
438,550
432,550
(6,000)
(1.37)
TOTAL REVENUES
14,235,673
14,134,601
14,092,601
(42,000)
(0.30)
UTILITIES FUND
2013 -14
2014 -15
2015 -16
Variance
% Change
Warehouse
103,372
105,977
107,855
1,878
1.77
Utility billing
2,053,401
2,271,505
2,276,711
5,206
0.23
Water production
2,657,524
2,969,837
3,085,896
116,059
3.91
Water distribution
1,591,232
1,602,310
1,615,414
13,104
0.82
Sewer maintenance
846,380
942,845
981,358
38,513
4.08
Sewer treatment plant
2,037,523
2,475,808
2,470,962
(4,846)
(0.20)
Lift stations
428,202
448,426
446,325
(2,101)
(0.47)
Debt
0
31339,897
3,101,825
(238,072)
(7.13)
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
9,717,634
14,156,605
14,086,346
(70,259)
(0.50)
Other issues:
• Current permitting and inspection fees are considerably below actual costs of providing
these services, so they need to be increased with the new budget.
• In order to complete certain drainage construction projects, the council may wish to issue
approximately $2.2 million in certificates of obligation, necessitating a one -cent tax rate
increase.
• Contributions to non - profit organizations are included as follows: Lamar County Historical
Society ($5,000), New Hope Center ($10,000) Children's Advocacy Center ($12,500),
ETCADA ($4,500), CASA for Kids ($2,500), Lamar County Human Resources Council
($12,000), and Safe -T Shelter Agencies ($5,000). Also, two previously unfunded agencies,
the Optimist Club (for their baseball program) and Northeast Texas Trails (for a staff
member) have requested new funding.