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Budget Update October 19, 2018 Page 2 General Fund Expenditures At 73.89%, the overall expenditure amounts are on target for the year. Although some adjustments have been made, the expenditure statement should be view as non-adjusted. The major adjustment made was to remove the payroll expenditures for the first five days of October which were included in the base numbers. While the overall budget is in good shape, some departments already or will exceed their budgets this year. • The Mayor and Council Department is at 82.6%. This is the result of the timing of payments for memberships. This department will finish the year at 100% of budget. • Law and Legal Services are trending over budget at 78.45%. This is the result an increase in the amount of ordinance amendments and a lawsuits that the City is named in. • Central Service is at 93.4% of budget. There are three line items leading to this higher than anticipated expenditure level. First, bank Fees are currently $10,000 over budget. This is the result of the switch to Citizen Serve and credit card fees related to the online processing. Software Licensing is at $21,000 over budget; this is mainly the result of $19,500 in Citizen Serve licensing. Internet costs are also higher than budget, this is due to internet speed upgrades that were approved after the budget was set. • Public Works is trending over budget. Some reasons for this are $6,000 in unemployment costs that are not budgeted for. Increased building maintenance costs as the facilities age. There also appears to be some expenditures that could be charged in other departments. Finance will be meeting with the department to go over these expenditures. • Engineering is trending over budget. Mapping and GIS costs as the City continues to improve its mapping capabilities are the reason for this overage. At a total budget of $15,000 to is a very minor department and has a minimal effect on the overall budget. • The Golf Course is at 103.48% of budget. While a majority of expenditures have been recorded for the year, there will still be some additional expenditures for this account. The reason for this overage was a budgeting error with the removal of the Assistant Supervisor’s wages. The position was not hired, but the wages were still needed to pay for the seasonal workers that covered these hours. • Expenditures in the Special Services department are engineering and legal fees associated with developments, variances, and other building related items. These are generally passed through to the party requiring the expenditure. The revenues related to these expenditures are also over budget.