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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. Expenditures exceeded revenue by $7,906
<br />during 1984 decreasing the fund balance to $680,667 at December 31, 1984, of which
<br />$51,405 is appropriated to balance the 1985 budget and for severance payments. A
<br />condensed summary of revenue and expenditures compared with the budget for the year
<br />ended December 31, 1984 is shown below:
<br />Expenditures and Other Uses
<br />General Government $ 368,258 $ 371,917
<br />Public Safety 774,759 766,444
<br />Public Works 370,319 368,940
<br />Park Maintenance 35,145 35,090
<br />Transfers to Other Funds 15,000 15,000
<br />$1,563,481 $1,557,391
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<br />Budget
<br />Actual
<br />Revenue and Other Sources
<br />General Property Taxes
<br />$ 588,000
<br />$ 578,835
<br />Licenses and Permits
<br />27,781
<br />73,461
<br />Intergovernmental Revenue
<br />384,700
<br />399,277
<br />Fines and Forfeitures
<br />65,000
<br />64,265
<br />Charges for Current Services
<br />6,000
<br />3,026
<br />Other Revenue
<br />72,000
<br />66,621
<br />Transfers from Other Funds
<br />420,000
<br />364,000
<br />$1,563,481
<br />$1,549,485
<br />Expenditures and Other Uses
<br />General Government $ 368,258 $ 371,917
<br />Public Safety 774,759 766,444
<br />Public Works 370,319 368,940
<br />Park Maintenance 35,145 35,090
<br />Transfers to Other Funds 15,000 15,000
<br />$1,563,481 $1,557,391
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