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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 plan.
<br />Under this plan, as specified in the Statutes, "The council shall exercise
<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 government
<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 />GENERAL 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 of
<br />receipts are property taxes, licenses and permits, fines and forfeitures and
<br />intergovernmental revenue. Disbursements are for general government, public
<br />safety, street and highways, recreation and other functions. The fund balance
<br />decreased $49,836 to $56,864 at December 31, 1975, of which $25,467 has been
<br />appropriated to finance the 1976 budget leaving an unappropriated balance of
<br />$31,397. A condensed summary of receipts and disbursements, excluding investment
<br />transactions, is shown below.
<br />1975 1974
<br />Budget Actual Budget Actual
<br />RECEIPTS
<br />General property taxes
<br />$300,640
<br />$300,381
<br />$275,716
<br />$266,952
<br />Licenses and permits
<br />8,500
<br />10,228
<br />10,000
<br />10,830
<br />Fines and forfeitures
<br />12,000
<br />18,150
<br />10,000
<br />18,042
<br />Revenue from use of money and
<br />13,706
<br />13,705
<br />2,594
<br />2,223
<br />property
<br />3,000
<br />1,668
<br />3,000
<br />2,538
<br />Intergovernmental revenue
<br />170,034
<br />168,373
<br />171,134
<br />170,967
<br />Other revenue
<br />30,300
<br />52,352
<br />28,000
<br />39,494
<br />Transfers from other funds
<br />331,000
<br />310,200
<br />296,000
<br />295,000
<br />$855,474 $861,352 $793,850
<br />DISBURSEMENTS
<br />General government
<br />$164,442
<br />$166,384
<br />$124,941
<br />$124,153
<br />Public safety
<br />398,512
<br />398,448
<br />357,118
<br />356,745
<br />Highways
<br />164,855
<br />164,728
<br />155,119
<br />154,642
<br />Sanitation and waste removal
<br />13,706
<br />13,705
<br />2,594
<br />2,223
<br />Community services
<br />48,696
<br />48,696
<br />59,055
<br />57,885
<br />Parks maintenance
<br />13,590
<br />13,570
<br />17,269
<br />16,714
<br />Other functions
<br />133,574
<br />134,429
<br />123,984
<br />105,275
<br />$937,375 $939,960 $840,080 X5817.637
<br />Special revenue funds are established to account for taxes and other revenues set
<br />aside for a particular purpose. Following is a brief description of each fund.
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