The totals of this budget are based on numbered line items and are reviewed numerous times by both the city council and mayor.
Estimated revenues for the general fund are $5,673,158. This amount is broken down into separate revenue properties including property taxes of $986,331; fines and forfeitures of $16,090; occupational taxes of $2,362,680; insurance premium tax of $475,000; governmental revenues and transfers of $37,896; code enforcement of $5,605; interest of $6,000; charges for services of $240,754; alcohol license fee of $193,564; franchise taxes of $41,401; note proceeds/sale of asset proc of $160,680; Rockwell grants of $1 million and other grants of $147,197.
The Carpenter Center fund reflects that $555,887 will go towards the center’s operation with $407,965 being taken from the occupational tax and $147,922 actual predicted revenue.
The Municipal Road Aid & LGEAF is predicted to generate $130,367 with $2,376 carryover and $24 interest; the GOLD grant funds are to generate $314,646 with a carryover of $9,646; water and sewer to generate $4,677,876 with $490,859 of that coming from Rockwell grants and $2,000 interest; KIA W/S Grant Fund $400,000; deGraffenried $1,115,343 with $1,099,343 carryover and $16,000 generated from interest and the police and fire incentive $110,120.
The city’s appropriations for 2009-2010 are as follows:
Administrative $595,570
Police $1,525,054
Fire $768,328
Streets $561,159 with an additional $123,767 coming from the Municipal Road Aid & LGEAF Fund
Cemetery $191,084
Parks $420,455
Service Center $116,312
•Civic Interests $495,196 with an additional $4,200 coming from the Municipal Road Aid & LGEAF and $24,333 coming in from the deGraffenried Fund
Water $2,116,203
Sewer and I&I $1,820,165
Carpenter Center $555,887
Rockwell Park Project $1 million
Rockwell Water $90,859
Rockwell Sewer Project $400,000 from the KIA W/S Grant Fund
Theatre Renovation project $290,000 from the GOLD Grant Funds
Streetscape Downtown Project $15,000 from the GOLD Grant Funds
•The civic interests that received funding from the City of Russellville were BRADD-Aging Services program $1,000; Russellville Senior Citizens Meals $2,000; Ky Community Action Agency $1,200; Humane Society $7,200; Arts Commission $3,000; Mayor’s Youth Council $200; Airport Board $4,375; Good Samaritan $500; Special Olympics $130 and Main Street Russellville $20,000. The non-profits that got cut from the city’s budget this year were the Tobacco & Heritage Festival, Search and Rescue, Agape Foundation, Chaplains, Concerned Citizens, Kentucky Changers and the Logan Todd Baptist Association.
Which do we fund? Search and Rescue or Humane society?? I am sure this question was a hard one for city government, but they chose animals over people. See how important we are? Arts and Humanities over people's lives? Beautification over people's Lives?? How about supporting downtown Russellville over people's lives???? The council should see how foolish it makes them look. Take another look Council!!