CITY OF ST. ANTHONY, MINNESOTA
<br />COMMENTS
<br />The City of St. Anthony operates under 'Optional Plan B" as defined in the State
<br />of Minnesota Statutes. Optional Plan B is known as the council-manager plau,
<br />Under this plan, as specified in the Statutes, "The council shall e-erc:ise:
<br />( the legislative power of the City and determine all matters of policy, The City
<br />manager shall be the head of the administrative branch of the City goverrar,enc
<br />and shall be responsible to the council for the proper administration of all
<br />affairs relating to the City." The council is composed of five members, includ-
<br />ing the mayor who is chairman. The City manager is appointed by the council,
<br />CENERAL FUND
<br />The General Fund is used to account for all receipts and the activities financed
<br />by them which are not accounted for in a special fund. The principal sources
<br />of receipts are property taxes, licenses and permits, fines and forfeitures
<br />and intergovernmental revenue. Disbursements are for general government, public
<br />safety, street and highways, recreation and other functions. The fund balance
<br />decreased $33,486 to $106,700 at December 31, 1974. A condensed summary of
<br />receipts and disbursements, excluding investment transactions, is shown below.
<br />SPE.(:TAL 3hVE'NDE FUNDS
<br />Special revenues funds are established to account for taxes a.nd ocher reve;<ues
<br />(except special assessments) set aside for a particular purpose. Following is
<br />a brief description of each fund,
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<br />1974
<br />1973
<br />Budget
<br />Actual
<br />Budget
<br />Actual
<br />R.EC E LD TS
<br />General property taxes
<br />$275,716
<br />$266,952
<br />$246,923
<br />$215,185
<br />Licenses and perm4ts
<br />10,000
<br />10,830
<br />9,700
<br />13,301
<br />Fines and forfeitures
<br />10,000
<br />18,042
<br />10,000
<br />12,740
<br />Revenue from use. of money and
<br />property
<br />3,000
<br />2,538
<br />3,000
<br />4,206
<br />Intergovernmental revenue
<br />171,134
<br />170,967
<br />173,313
<br />172,290
<br />Other revenue
<br />28,000
<br />39,494
<br />25,000
<br />28,254
<br />Transfers from other funds
<br />296,000
<br />295,000
<br />280,000
<br />294,817
<br />$793,850
<br />$803,823
<br />747 9;f6
<br />$740.793
<br />DISBURSEMENTS
<br />General government
<br />$124,941
<br />$124,153
<br />$11.0,207
<br />$107,950
<br />Public Safety
<br />357,118
<br />356,745
<br />321,785
<br />320,605
<br />Highways
<br />155,119
<br />154,642
<br />159,435
<br />158,139
<br />Sanitation. and waste removal
<br />2,594
<br />2,223
<br />2,945
<br />2,854
<br />Community services
<br />59,055
<br />57,885
<br />52,438
<br />51,197
<br />Parks maintenance
<br />17,269
<br />16,714
<br />15,390
<br />15,023
<br />Other functions
<br />123,984
<br />105,275
<br />862820
<br />_901,071
<br />$840,080
<br />817 637Si7(+-,020
<br />SPE.(:TAL 3hVE'NDE FUNDS
<br />Special revenues funds are established to account for taxes a.nd ocher reve;<ues
<br />(except special assessments) set aside for a particular purpose. Following is
<br />a brief description of each fund,
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