1976-12-14 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

2 The following is a brief explanation of the needed transfers: City Hall - 409 a. Acct. $k17, Maintenance and Repair $900 During 1976 there were several unanticipated repairs to the City Hall hea.tin g and water circulation system. b. Acct. #20, Communication $1,200 Since the time that the~1976 budget was adopted, there have been two telephone rate increases. This r esulted in the needed $1,200 transfer. c. Acct. #22, Utility Services $1,200 Same as (b) above. 2. Fire Department - 412 Acct. #10, Personnel Services $2,000 Because of drought conditions during 1976, the fire.,department has experienced an unprecedented number of fire calls,an~7_farabove the number budgeted. Two-hundred fire calls were budgeted for, and 246 had. occurred during the first 10 months of the year. The actual deficit is anticipated to be $5,000; however, the proposed resolution recommends that $3,000 of this deficit be made up through use of countercyclical anti-recessional grants. Street Dept. - 422 Acct. #18, I.G.S. $1,700 This transfer is for parts necessary for repair of street vehicles. It is difficult to determine exactly why this particular account is this far out of line, although clearly, the amount of money is that which was needed in order to keep the City's street fleet in proper working order.. 1976 was an extraordinary year from a maintenance perspective because of very dry weather that we had. This weather meant that there were very few down days and substantially greater amounts of street maintenance occurred than we would normally expect. This, undoubtedly placed a major strain on the City's street equipment requiring more extensive repair. 4. Street Lighting - 426 Acct. #$22, Utility Services As noted in No. 1 above, we have had two utility rate increases since 1976 budget was adopted by the Council. The amount of deficit in this fund is based on these increases which were more substantial than were the increases for other users.on the NSP system.