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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 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 the
<br />head of the administrative branch of the City government and shall be responsible to
<br />the council for the proper administration of all affairs relating to the City." The
<br />council is composed of five members, including the mayor who is chairman. The City
<br />manager is appointed by the council.
<br />General Fund
<br />The General Fund accounts for all revenue and the related activities not required to
<br />be accounted for in another fund. The principal sources of revenue are general
<br />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 $41,626
<br />during 1983 increasing the fund balance to $688,573 at December 31, 1983, of which
<br />$32,936 is appropriated for severance payments. A condensed summary of revenue and
<br />expenditures compared with the budget for the year ended December 31, 1983 is shown
<br />below:
<br />$1,483,803 $1,445,670
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<br />Budget
<br />Actual
<br />Revenue and Other Sources
<br />General Property Taxes
<br />$ 511,072
<br />$ 501,925
<br />Licenses and Permits
<br />28,000
<br />29,109
<br />Intergovernmental Revenue
<br />425,061
<br />431,940
<br />Fines and Forfeitures
<br />60,000
<br />61,030
<br />Charges for Current Services
<br />4,000
<br />3,413
<br />Other Revenue
<br />62,000
<br />64,879
<br />Transfers from Other Funds
<br />395,000
<br />395,000
<br />$1,485,133
<br />$1,487,296
<br />Expenditures and Other Uses
<br />General Government
<br />$ 333,361
<br />$ 322,121
<br />Public Safety
<br />763,272
<br />752,565
<br />Public Works
<br />346,435
<br />335,784
<br />Park Maintenance
<br />35,735
<br />30,200
<br />Transfers to Other Funds
<br />5,000
<br />5,000
<br />$1,483,803 $1,445,670
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