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<br />To the City Council and Citizens of the City of Orono
<br />May 17. 1995
<br />The following schedule presents a summary of General Fund, Special Revenue Funds, and Debt Service
<br />Funds expenditures for the year ended December 31, 1994, and the amount and percentage of increases
<br />or decreases in relation to the prior year expenditures. For purposes of this analysis, current and capital
<br />outlay are combined by function.
<br />Expenditures Amount
<br />Percent
<br />of Total
<br />Increase
<br />(Decrease)
<br />From 1993
<br />Percent of
<br />lncrea.se
<br />(Decrea.se)
<br />Currem and capital outlay
<br />General government $ 701,681 16 07%$44,126 6.71 %
<br />Public safety 1,660,901 40 ; 5 46.235 2.86
<br />Streets 583,636 14.li 87,653 17.67
<br />Parks and recreation 79,309 1.9:8,259 11.62
<br />Recycling 72,137 1.74 (13,256)(15.52)
<br />Miscellaneous 99,592 2.41 32.438 48.30
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<br />Debt service I
<br />Principal 550,000 13.30 400,000 266.67 1
<br />Interest and other charges 388.991 9.40 (23,263)(5.64)
<br />$ 4.136,247 100.00%$582.192 16 .38 %
<br />The increa.se in general government expenditures is a result of an administration department increa.se of
<br />$10,374, primarily for personnel services; elections department increases of $8,171 in the areas of
<br />personal services and supplies, as 1994 was an election year; finance department increases of S4.895 for
<br />personal services and data processing co.sts; legal department increa.ses of $22,380 for retainer,
<br />consulting, and jail charges; and government buildings increases of $6,279 comprised of an increase of
<br />$31,599 for building capital costs offset by decrea.sed personal .serv'ices costs, maintenance co.sts. and
<br />insurance costs of $25,320. The foregoing increases were offset by reductions of $7,147 in the mayor
<br />and council department due to decreased membership expenditures; reductiims of $600 in the a.s.sessing
<br />department for personal services and supplies, offset by an increase in contracted assessing services and
<br />reductions of $226 in the human serv’ices department for memberships.
<br />The overall increase in public safety expenditures of $46.2.^5 is from a combination of the following:
<br />the police department had an iwerall increase of $19,032 as a result of increases in personal services of
<br />$16,842. supplies increa.ses of $5,257. while contract services decreased $2,562, and capital outlay was
<br />reduced by $505. The fire department contracted service co.sts increased $4,485 between the four
<br />communities providing fire protection to the City. Within the inspection and zoning department, the total
<br />increase was $19,090; personal .services increased $9,041, contract services and charges increased $459.
<br />capital outlay increa.sed $10,516. while supplies costs decreased $926. The emergency preparedness
<br />department experienced an overall increa.se of $63. with increa.sed supplies costs of $233. and decrea.sed
<br />contract services and charges of $170. The animal control department total increa.se was $3,565; persimal
<br />services increased $2,220; supplies increased $202; and other services and charges increa.sed $1,143.
<br />The street department expenditures increased m total by $87,653 due t(* increases in personal services of
<br />$8,476. other services and charges of $89,643, and capital outlay of $98,145. The.se increases were
<br />offset by decrea.ses in supplies costs of $108.611.
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