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CITY OF ORONO, MINNESOTA <br />Notes to Financial Statements (continued) <br />Decembers!, 1998 <br />NOTE 1 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) <br />Elections - The budget was increased to fund the City ’s share of pass-through expenses incurred <br />by the County. <br />Assessing - The budget was increased to reflect an increase in the assessor ’s contract for <br />services. <br />Finance - The budget was decreased to reflect lower than anticipated personal service costs. <br />Legal - The budget was increased to fund the cost of two matters in litigation during the year. <br />Human Services - The budget was decreased to reflect the decrease in charges from various <br />senior and community service organizations. <br />Central Services - The budget was increased to fund higher than anticipated buildings and <br />grounds maintenance costs and to fund the permit tracking system costs. <br />Police Protection - The budget was increased to reflect the purchase of an additional squad car <br />and higher than anticipated squad car maintenance and repairs. <br />Fire Protection - The budget was increased to reflect increased charges from the four cities <br />providing fire services to the City. <br />Animal Control - The budget was increased to fund the addition of a full-time employee. <br />Streets - The budget was decreased to reflect lower than anticipated costs for vehicle <br />maintenance, contracted street repairs, and equipment rental. <br />Parks and Recreation - The budget was decreased to reflect lower than anticipated personal <br />service costs. <br />Recycling - The budget was decreased to reflect lower costs for the Spring and Fall clean-up <br />programs. <br />Engineering - The budget was decreased to reflect the decrease in general engineering services <br />from outside consultants. <br />Special Services - consulting/police > The budget was increased for higher than anticipated <br />police special duty assignments and engineering services related to development activity. <br />Contingency - The budget was decreased to reflect the unused portion of the current year <br />contingency amount. <br />Operating Transfer Out - The budget was increased to reflect the actual transfer to the <br />Improvement and Equipment Capital Outlay Special Revenue Fund. <br />-32-