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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY
<br />COMMENTS
<br />The City of St. Anthony operates under "Optional Plan B" as defined in the
<br />State 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 the
<br />legislative power of the City and determine all matters of policy. The City manager
<br />shall be the head of the administrative branch of the City government and shall be
<br />responsible to the council for the proper administration of all affairs relating to
<br />the City." The council is composed of five members, including the mayor who is
<br />chairman. The City manager is appointed by the council.
<br />General Fund
<br />The General Fund accounts for all revenue and the related activities
<br />not required to be accounted for in another fund. The principal sources of revenue
<br />are general property taxes, intergovernmental revenue and transfers from other funds.
<br />Expenditures are for general government, public safety, public works and park
<br />maintenance. A plan of financial operation of the General Fund is set forth in the
<br />annual budget adopted by the City Council. Revenue exceeded expenditures by $98,208
<br />during 1982 increasing the fund balance to $646,947 at December 31, 1982, of which
<br />$30,243 is appropriated for severance payments. A condensed summary of revenue and
<br />expenditures compared with the budget for the year ended December 31, 1982 is shown
<br />below:
<br />$1,431,562 $1,393,990
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<br />Budget
<br />Actual
<br />Revenue and Other Sources
<br />General Property Taxes
<br />$ 458,279
<br />$ 452,632
<br />Licenses and Permits
<br />14,000
<br />30,228
<br />Intergovernmental Revenue
<br />404,543
<br />389,165
<br />Fines and Forfeitures
<br />34,000
<br />61,312
<br />Charges for Current Services
<br />2,000
<br />1,773
<br />Other Revenue
<br />47,000
<br />83,662
<br />Transfers from Other Funds
<br />448,640
<br />473,426
<br />$1,408,462
<br />$1,492,198
<br />Expenditures and Other Uses
<br />General Government
<br />$ 336,943
<br />$ 326,115
<br />Public Safety
<br />728,149
<br />712,743
<br />Public Works
<br />349;320
<br />342,183
<br />Park Maintenance
<br />11,450
<br />7,249
<br />Transfers to Other Funds
<br />5,700
<br />5,700
<br />$1,431,562 $1,393,990
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