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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 of
<br />Minnesota Statutes. Optional Plan B is known as the council-manager plan. Under
<br />this plan, as specified in the Statutes, "The council shall exercise the legislative
<br />power of the City and determine all matters of policy. The City manager shall be
<br />the head of the administrative branch of the City government and shall be responsible
<br />to the council for the proper administration of all affairs relating to the City."
<br />The council is composed of five members, including the mayor who is chairman. The City
<br />managgr is appointed by the council.
<br />GENERAL FUND
<br />The General Fund is used to account for all revenues and the activities financed by
<br />them which are not accounted for in a special fund. The principal sources of revenue
<br />are property taxes, licenses and permits, intergovernmental revenue, fines and
<br />forfeitures and transfers. Expenditures are for general government, public safety,
<br />public works, park maintenance and other functions. A plan of financial operation of
<br />the General Fund is set forth in the annual budget adopted by the Council. Revenue
<br />exceeded expenditures by $81,350 during 1979 and increased the fund balance to
<br />$336,550 at December 31, 1979. A condensed summary of revenue and expenditures
<br />compared with the budget for 1979 is shown below.
<br />SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
<br />Special revenue funds are established to account for taxes and other revenues set
<br />aside for a particular purpose. Following is a brief description of each fund.
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<br />1979
<br />1978
<br />Budget
<br />Actual
<br />Actual
<br />Revenue and other sources
<br />General property taxes
<br />$ 413,231
<br />$ 407,937
<br />$ 443,330
<br />Licenses and permits
<br />13,500
<br />20,962
<br />26,563
<br />Intergovernmental revenue
<br />304,442
<br />314,939
<br />275,508
<br />Fines, forfeitures and penalties
<br />20,000
<br />21,580
<br />24,294
<br />Charges for current services
<br />2,000
<br />1,828
<br />2,529
<br />Other revenue
<br />19,644
<br />58,923
<br />29,294
<br />Transfers from other funds
<br />420,000
<br />401,367
<br />434,230
<br />51.192.817
<br />51.227.536
<br />51.235.748
<br />Expenditures and other uses
<br />General government
<br />$ 249,142
<br />$ 204,211
<br />$ 204,894
<br />Public safety
<br />634,329
<br />623,017
<br />477,709
<br />Public works
<br />234,942
<br />229,006
<br />207,415
<br />Health, sanitation and waste
<br />waste removal
<br />18,050
<br />17,851
<br />18,385
<br />Park maintenance
<br />12,625
<br />11,906
<br />22,221
<br />Other functions
<br />62,582
<br />60,195
<br />170,646
<br />Transfers to other funds
<br />3,821
<br />51.211.670
<br />51.146 186
<br />51.105.091
<br />SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
<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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