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• 2ND QUARTER EXPENDITURES 2005 General Fund: Within the General Fund, the Administrative, Finance, Police, and Parks & Public works accounts show spending at a higher rate than normally expected if averaged throughout the year. These accounts usually experience this during the first six months. Some expenses are paid once early in the year for the entire year. In 2004 during this same time period the Tree account was already at 82% of the projected budget amount due to the Dutch Elm Disease outbreak. In 2005, the tree account is currently at 34% of the projected budget. However, not all the bills have been received for 2005 from all the removals for Dutch Elm Disease. The Legislative account reflects the cooperative service payments paid early in the year. Northwest Youth and Family services has expenses of $7485 as compared to $7358 in 2004. The City has not yet paid the yearly dues to the League of Minnesota cities. These dues are projected to be $4391 for 2005 as compared to $4,123 for 2004. These dues are usually paid in September or October. Also, the city has paid the $5000 for the Housing Resource Center to aid the citizens in Falcon Heights in housing issues. • The Administrative account reflects St the insurance expenditures of $24,889 dunng the 1 quarter. The insurance costs are allocated among the accounts of the general fund. For example, the insurance cost for the fire trucks is allocated in the fire account (124). The insurance cost on city trucks is in the city hall account (131). The insurance cost for the park buildings and playground equipment is in the parks & recreation fund (141). The Finance account reflects $6,400 audit costs allocated for the General Fund. The balance of the audit costs are allocated over the other funds. The Police account reflects payment for services during January thru July. St Anthony village requests payment the first of the month for the month. Therefore, the first six months statistics reflect 7 months of payments instead of 6 months. The Parks & Recreation account reflects a $15,000 transfer out to the Special Revenue Recreational Program Fund. Also, insurance costs of $7275 occurred. Heavy expenses occur during the summer months for the upkeep of the parks and also salaries for the park employees during the summer months. In the Streets account, the city has already spent $17,579 for 2005 as compared to • $13,543 in 2004 of the $22,000 budgeted each year for snow plowing/sanding. That