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CITY OF LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA Management’s Discussion and Analysis (continued) Year Ended December 31, 2019 BUDGETARY HIGHLIGHTS General Fund The General Fund original budget was revised to reflect the following changes: • Other revenue and the public safety expenditure budget were increased by $10,000 for additional police services provided to an establishment in the City. The establishment reimbursed the City for these services. • The intergovernmental revenue and fire department budgets were increased by $6,478 due to the State Fire Relief funds received by the City that were required by State Statute to be paid to the Fire Relief Association. • The charges for services revenue and protective inspection budgets were increased by $5,200 for private contracting services needed to help cover inspection services during the summer. The actual results were different than the final budget amounts. Large differences are as follows: • Total General Fund revenues exceeded the budget by $355,493. The biggest budget variances for revenue categories were within licenses and permits. o Three significant building permits were received in 2019 to cause the large budget variance. A portion of these funds will be utilized in 2020 to purchase building permit software, implement online permits, and to scan address files in the City. • Total General Fund Expenditures were under budget by $57,428. o $84,081 was spent in 2019 for emergency sandbagging and pumping operations at Twin Lake that was not included in the budget. These sandbagging and pumping operations were needed due to significant spring flooding. The City has completed an emergency declaration with FEMA to be reimbursed for these unbudgeted expenditures. o There were health insurance and salary savings of $78,400 that occurred in all departments. The health insurance savings were realized when the City changed health insurance providers. o There were attorney and prosecution savings of $29,827, due to less utilization of these services than was anticipated when the budget was prepared. o There were crack filling savings in the street maintenance budget of $24,765. This maintenance item was not needed to be completed in 2019, due to the condition of the streets. 26