17 - FY 2019-2020 BudgetItem No. 17
TO: Mayor & City Council
FROM: John Godwin, City Manager
SUBJECT: 2019-20 BUDGET
DATE: July 12, 2019
Highlights of the 2019-20 recommended budget include:
GENERAL FUND:
• No change in the existing tax rate of $55.195 per $100 of valuation.
• Replacement of outdated phone system at police & courts building ($120,000).
• Seniority pay for police supervisors and assignment pay for detective personnel effective
January 1, 2020.
• Programmed increase in debt service for fire apparatuses, and initial funding for a
replacement brush truck.
• Seniority pay for fire supervisors effective April 1, 2020.
• Improved code enforcement equipment; added $20,000 for contract mowing.
• Grant matches for HOME program ($80,000), Main Street CDBG sidewalks ($65,000), and
safe routes to school ($25,000).
• One new FTE in Community Development to manage a variety of new programs; 0.5 FTE
code enforcement officer position (effective April 1, 2020).
• Budgeted chief building official for full twelve months; eliminated planning manager
position; eliminated costs for third -party plan reviews and inspections.
0 Expanded downtown grants.
• Mill & inlay miscellaneous streets ($145,000).
• Park grant match from bond funds ($100,000) for pump track.
• Pool improvements ($67,000); miscellaneous parks improvements ($75,000).
• Street equipment ($104,000).
• One new ambulance ($182,580) and associated equipment ($41,000).
• Increase in health insurance funding.
• Revised development fees.
Not included:
• A general raise for employees.
• Replacement road grader, bulldozer for Streets.
• Replacement brush truck, tub grinder for Sanitation.
• Significant reconstruction of exterior at Police & Courts Building.
GENERAL FUND
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
Variance
%Change
Property taxes
7,349,595
7,383,000
7,675,000
292,000
3.96
Sales taxes
7,306,981
7,187,500
7,312,500
125,000
1.74
Hotel occupancy tax
654,059
650,000
650,000
0
0.00
Franchise fees
3,308,113
3,340,150
3,330,150
-10,000
-0.30
Permits
197,920
158,300
159,700
1,400
0.88
Fines
304,346
308,380
316,470
8,090
2.62
Miscellaneous
366,974
238,008
337,558
99,550
41.83
Other
11,220
10,000
11,000
1,000
10.00
Sanitation fees
347,662
344,675
340,000
-4,675
-1.36
EMS
2,732,909
2,675,720
2,722,642
46,922
1.75
Mixed beverage tax
57,260
50,000
60,000
10,000
20.00
Charges & fees
226,770
256,200
212,800
-43,400
-16.94
Transfers
580,511
963,950
963,950
0
0.00
Recreation fees
105,819
121,000
102,000
-19,000
-15.70
TOTAL REVENUES
23,550,139
23,686,883
24,193,770
506,887
2.14
GENERAL FUND
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
Variance
%Change
City council
105,464
89,830
103,730
13,900
15.47
City manager
401,637
395,806
400,759
4,953
1.25
City attorney
287,231
349,688
359,535
9,847
2.82
Municipal court
232,550
247,772
234,389
-13,383
-5.40
City clerk
127,289
144,357
144,847
490
0.34
Accounting
406,650
445,942
451,611
5,669
1.27
Police
6,333,536
6,538,662
6,663,541
124,879
1.91
Fire
4,715,798
5,085,669
5,245,482
159,813
3.14
Community development
367,202
451,843
592,537
140,694
31.14
Engineering
369,062
420,501
444,157
23,656
5.63
Public works
234,870
233,023
244,912
11,889
5.10
Parks
1,145,210
1,252,319
1,199,146
-53,173
-4.25
Streets
1,490,233
1,703,269
1,797,929
94,660
5.56
Traffic
514,152
570,516
546,682
-23,834
-4.18
Garage
315,239
368,238
357,199
-11,039
-3.00
EMS
3,140,586
2,693,657
2,630,947
-62,710
-2.33
Cox Field
149,837
138,850
151,850
13,000
9.36
Paris band
21,580
23,050
23,050
0
0.00
Library
698,660
721,328
713,539
-7,789
-1.08
General expenses
1,759,481
1,762,529
1,828,642
66,113
3.75
Contingency
0
50,000
50,000
0
0.00
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
22,816,267
23,686,849
24,184,484
497,635
2.10
UTILITIES FUND:
• Previously approved rate increase for water and sewer.
• No new employees.
• Water & sewer equipment ($142,000).
• Capital maintenance improvements at the water treatment plant ($265,000), rehab water
treatment plant building ($21,000), and WTP pumps ($70,000).
• Lift station rehabilitation ($59,000).
• Tasks 1-3 of the engineering services agreement for conceptual design of wastewater
treatment plant rehabilitation/reconstruction ($371,978).
UTILITIES FUND
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
Variance
%Change
Sewer
5,735,659
6,458,199
6,812,237
354,038
5.48
Water
7,298,374
8,148,099
7,870,719
-277,380
-3.40
Interest
120,266
120,000
120,000
0
0.00
Fees
444,249
435,300
447,300
12,000
2.76
TOTAL REVENUES
13,598,548
15,161,598
15,250,256
88,6580.58
-8.17
UTILITIES FUND
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
Variance
%Change
Warehouse
99,731
116,194
121,849
5,655
4.87
Utility billing
2,308,656
2,415,860
2,418,345
2,485
0.10
Water production
3,067,070
3,139,598
3,166,336
26,738
0.85
Water distribution
1,517,904
1,553,801
1,669,415
115,614
7.44
Sewer maintenance
821,977
945,992
868,698
-77,294
-8.17
Sewer treatment plant
2,575,213
2,569,069
2,566,799
-2,270
-0.09
Lift stations
379,858
459,196
454,559
-4,637
-1.01
Debt
0
3,851,457
3,845,397
-6,060
-0.16
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
10,770,409
15,051,167
15,111,398
60,231
0.40
OTHER:
• 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 ($3,500), CASA for Kids ($5,000), Paris Optimist Club baseball program
($10,000), Lamar County Human Resources Council ($12,500), Safe -T Shelter Agencies
($7,000), Northeast Texas Trail Coalition ($10,000), RRV Down Syndrome ($10,000),
Lamar County Humane Association ($15,000), Paris Metro ($25,000), and Lamar County
Health District ($75,000).