12 - 2018-19 General fund Budget HighlightsItem No. 12
TO: Mayor & City Council
FROM: John Godwin, City Manager
SUBJECT: 2018-19 BUDGET
DATE: July 11, 2018
Highlights of the 2017-18 recommended General Fund budget include:
GENERAL FUND:
• No change in the existing tax rate of to $55.195 per $100 of valuation.
• Quicker top -out for sworn police staff, effective 01/01/19 ($38,000).
• Increase in firefighter pension fund contribution from 12% to 14%.
• Cancer screening program for firefighters, and protective firefighter equipment.
• Programmed increase in debt on fire engines.
• Sidewalk CDBG grant match ($75,000).
• Increased costs for third -party plan reviews and inspections (+$36,000).
• Expanded downtown grants, funded by vacant building registry.
• Park grant match ($100,000).
• One new FTE in EMS to manage increased calls for ambulance transports.
• One new ambulance and associated equipment ($179,000).
• The remainder of construction costs ($190,000) for a replacement EMS station in northwest
Paris.
Not included:
e Improvements to the exterior of the police and courts building.
e Replacing phone system at police & courts building.
e A general raise for employees.
e A COLA for retirees.
e Replacement road grader for Streets.
e Resurfacing the swimming pool.
GENERAL FUND
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Variance
%Change
Property taxes
6,933,981
7,025,059
7,383,000
357,941
4.98
Sales taxes
7,233,526
7,184,950
7,187,500
2,550
0.04
Hotel occupancy tax
657,270
625,000
650,000
25,000
4.00
Franchise fees
3,256,924
3,272,350
3,340,150
67,800
2.07
Permits
155,363
134,625
158,300
23,675
17.58
Fines
300,664
310,380
308,380
-2,000
-0.64
Miscellaneous
218,223
167,458
238,008
70,550
42.13
Other
10,810
11,000
10,000
1,000
9.09
Sanitation fees
413,4665
359,675
344,675
-15,000
-4.17
EMS
2,609,811
2,562,000
2,675,720
113,720
4.44
Mixed beverage tax
50,000
50,000
0
0
0.00
Charges & fees
224,588
293,400
256,200
-37,200
-12.68
Transfers
850,798
943,950
963,950
20,000
2.12
Recreation fees
111,329
122,000
121,000
-1,000
-0.82
TOTAL REVENUES
23,031,448
23,061,847
23,686,883
625,036
2.71
GENERAL FUND 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 Variance %Change
City council 116,853 81,530 89,830 8,300 10.18
City manager
501,955
I 392,116
395,806
3,690
0.94
City attorney
378,928347,968
349,688
1,720
0.49
Municipal court
222,819
244,555
247,772
3,217
1.32
City clerk
136,492
149,045
144,357
-4,688
-3.15
Accounting
398,262
442,839445,942
3,103
0.70
Police
6,211,438
6,396,659
6,358,662
142,003
2.22
Fire
4,594,948
4,916,871aE45843118,455
798
3.43
Community development
633,204
333,388455
35.53
Engineering
357,913
505,066,565
-16.74Public
works
210,856
231,598425
0.62Parks
1,023,090
1,234,015,304
1.48
Streets
1,609,086
1,579,583
1,703,269
123,686
7.83
Traffic
533,615
564,620
570,516
5,896
1.04
Garage
300,022
361,500
368,238
6,738
1.86
EMS
2,682,515
2,685,200
2,693,657
8,457
0.31
Cox Field
134,705
117,650
138,850
21,200
18.02
Paris Band
17,343
23,050
23,050
0
0.00
Library
675,736
733,179
721,328
-11,851
-1.62
General expenses
1,803,021
1,670,615
1,762,529
1 91,914
5.50
Contingency
50,000
50,000
50,000E625,802
0.00
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
22,451,829
23,061,047
23,686,849
2.71
UTILITIES FUND:
• Rate increase for water and sewer.
• No new employees.
Capital maintenance improvements at the water treatment plant ($179,000); installing
VFDs on Pat Mayse intake pumps #3 and #4 ($56,000).
• Filter effluent valves and sedimentation basin valves ($55,000); replace sludge disposal
pumps and rebuild #2 transfer pump ($53,000).
• Final year of partial funding for mechanical bar screenlheadworks improvements ($85,000)
at the wastewater treatment plant.
• Belt filter press at wastewater treatment plant ($255,000).
UTILITIES FUND
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Variance
%Change
Sewer
5,671,910
5,932,360
6,458,199
525,839
8.86
Water
7,669,909
8,188,427
8,148,099
-40,328
-0.49
Interest
79,464
100,000
120,000
20,000
20.00
Fees
438,048
430,825
435,300
4,475
1.04
TOTAL REVENUES
13,860,294
14,651„612
15,161,598
509,986
3.48
UTILITIES FUND
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Variance
%Change
Warehouse
114,731
115,363
116,194
831
0.72
Utility billing
2,137,735
2,389,888
2,415,860
25,972
1.09
Water production
2,514,007
3,138,806
3,139,598
792
0.03
Water distribution
1,711,215
1,478,003
1,553,801
75,798
5.13
Sewer maintenance
831,490
826,365
895,992
69,627
8.43
Sewer treatment plant
2,099,040
2,531,151
2,519,069
-12,082
-0.48
Lift stations
345,282
454,779
459,196
4,417
0.97
Debt
0
3,717,257
3,851,457
134,200
3.61
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
1 16,386,974
14,651,612
14,951,167
299,555
2.00
OTHER:
• Replacement sanitation truck ($157,000).
• Contributions to non-profit organizations are included as follows: Lamar County Historical
Society ($8,750), New Hope Center ($12,000), Children's Advocacy Center ($12,500),
ETCADA ($4,500), CASA for Kids ($4,500), Paris Optimist Club baseball program
($10,000), Lamar County Human Resources Council ($12,500), Safe -T Shelter Agencies
($5,000), Northeast Texas Trail Coalition ($10,000), RRV Down Syndrome ($10,000),
Lamar County Humane Association ($15,000), and Paris Metro ($25,000).