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. ain th ills e DATE : September 7, 1989 APPROVAL = i TO z Mayor, Council Members, and .Sue VanderHeyden FROM = Lois. Davis, City Accountant ITEM : Budget Overage Report The following are areas of overage on the budget as of July 31, 1989. First the department is listed, next, each area that is over budget is listed and the reason for the overage. 40100 - Mayor, Council 320 Consulting-- The Cable TV fee was budgeted at $4388, while the actual bill was $7035 causing a $2647 overage. The amount budgeted for Goal Setting was $3000. The amount spent was $700 higher. The last area causing the budget to be over is postage for the Newsletter. In previos years the Newsletter was included in the water bill without allocating any of the postage cost to the Newsletter. In 1989 it is sent in a separate mailing so every resident receives a letter, but nothing was budgeted. So far the cost has been $975. 342 Subscriptions/Membership -- Membership in the National League of Cities for $639 was coded to- this account in error. It will be corrected and coded to finance in August. 671 Contingency -- Chairs for the council chambers were purchased this year for $1776 that were not included in the budget. The St Anthony pins costing $1780 were not budgeted. The final reason for being over budget__ in this area is caused by the $4000 paid for the Village float. This money is to' be paid back to the City. 40510 - Finance, Insurance, Accounting 321 Other Services -- American Risk is charged to this account at the rate of $325 a month. This service has always been charged here, but has never been budgeted for. 40700 Engineering and Planning 110 Salaries -- For the past two years we have had .a summer intern work for the city. The amount paid is charged to this area, but never has been budgeted for. The amount spent is $1266.