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8A Mineola Monitor • Wednesday, January 13,2016
City of Mineola
Revenue
Month to Month Comparison
General Fund
Sales Tax
October November December Total
FY 2014-2015 $ 134,792.03 $ 159,860.66 $ 134,715.11 $ 429,367.80
FY 2015-2016_$ 143,902.17 $ 169,255.52 $ 141,183.71 $ 454,341.40
Under/Over $ 9,110.14 $ 9,394.86 $ 6,468.60 $ 24,973.60
Property Tax
October November December Total
FY 2014-2015 $ 70,945.88 $ 77,138.43 $ 311,885.63 $ 459,969.94
FY 2015-2016_$ 42,351.85 $ 89,759.48 $ 291,272.16 $ 423,383.49
Under/Over $ (28,594.03) $ 12,621.05 $ (20,613.47) $ (36,586.45)
Refuse Collection
October November December Total
FY 2014-2015 $ 26,697.15 $ 29,007.76 $ 28,946.62 $ 84,651.53
FY 2015-2016_$ 32,104.12 $ 32,283.06 $ 31,794.93 $ 96,182.11
Under/Over $ 5,406.97 $ 3,275.30 $ 2,848.31 $ 11,530.58
Fines
October November December Total
FY 2014-2015 $ 20,763.53 $ 18,322.84 $ 19,306.80 $ 58,393.17
FY 2015-2016_$ 21,905.43 $ 20,064.52 $ 15,127.92 $ 57,097.87
Under/Over $ 1,141.90 $ 1,741.68 $ (4,178.88) $ (1,295.30)
General Fund - Other
October
November
December
Total
FY 2014-2015
$
261,198.91
$ 60,286.94
$ 112,937.43
$
434,423.28
FY 2015-2016
$
62,245.02
$ 43,494.02
$ 144,623.85
$
250,362.89
Under/Over $ (198,953.89) $ (16,792.92) $ 31,686.42 $ (184,060.39)
General Fund - TOTAL
October
November
December
Total
FY 2014-2015
FY 2015-2016
$
$
514,397.50
302,508.59
$ 344,616.63
$ 354,856.60
$ 607,791.59
$ 624,002.57
$ 1,466,805.72
$ 1,281,367.76
Under/Over $ (211,888.91) $ 10,239.97 $ 16,210.98 $ (185,437.96)
Water Utility Fund
Water Sales
October November December Total
FY 2014-2015 $ 119,248.81 $ 92,659.67 $ 77,501.17 $ 289,409.65
FY 2015-2016_$ 126,068.22 $ 118,650.31 $ 80,487.82 $ 325,206.35
Under/Over $ 6,819.41 $ 25,990.64 $ 2,986.65 $ 35,796.70
Sewer Sales
October November December Total
FY 2014-2015 $ 52,641.43 $ 50,967.33 $ 47,831.86 $ 151,440.62
FY 2015-2016_$ 54,968.95 $ 58,460.97 $ 48,657.79 $ 162,087.71
Under/Over $ 2,327.52 $ 7,493.64 $ 825.93 $ 10,647.09
Council
From page 1A
ommended the action. "I mean, I'm
that by default," he said. "I can do
things. I'm already a signatory. But he
said just to cover everything you need
to do this." He said Rushing is "basi-
cally the point person. We talk five or
10 times a day. We're a check and bal-
ance."
Watkins said that while he and Rush-
ing had been working together on the
city administration and it would provide
authority to him in situations when she
might not be available. With city revenue
under what was budgeted, the mayor
said that it would save the city some
money in not hiring an interim city ad-
ministrator immediately. On numerous
days the mayor has said he has spent
many hours, if not nearly the entire day,
at city hall taking care of matters.
When it came to the city's finances, the
mayor noted that as current a profit and
loss (P&L) statement as was possible,
(which is up to the previous month) was
part of the meeting packets. The docu-
ment shows the previous year's actual
revenue, the actual revenue of Decem-
ber, the amount budgeted monthly, the
year-to-date actual revenue, the year-
to-day budgeted, amount over or un-
der budget and the annual budget. He
complimented Lori Shipman, a city hall
employee, who had prepared the docu-
ment. He also said that she had been
working nonstop to get the information
to the council in understandable form
when they needed it. The mayor said he
and the city staff would try to provide
these every month.
The P&L was further broken into gen-
eral fund, water utility fund, economic
development, natural resources and all
checks written and purchase orders by
departments.
As far as the revenue breakdown, a
Power Point presentation of the general
fund month to month comparison was
projected wall-size on the northeast side
of the room. Watkins discussed the chart
that showed the revenues in the gen-
eral fund down $185,437.96. The sales
tax is up $25,000 and garbage collection
$11,500. But revenue property tax, fines
and others sources are down.
He also showed the water utility fund
breakdown that includes water and sew-
er sales and other sources of revenue that
include deposits. All of those amounts
are up a total of $101,000. However, the
water utility fund is a completely sepa-
rate fund from the general fund.
In other business the council deliberat-
ed, discussed and ranked the city's wish
list to the Meredith Foundation. Watkins
started out noting that they had put off
making the request to try to see where
the city stood in the first three months.
The city operates on a fiscal year from
Oct. 1 - Sept. 30.
"I'm personally real happy with the
numbers," he said. Watkins also said he
thought the number one priority should
be operating funds for the city with a
request of $100,000. The foundation has
given the city about twice that in the past
and so he suggested ranking the depart-
ment head's requests for the other por-
tion of the wish list to the foundation.
Watkins noted that the city depart-
ment heads had been asked if there was
anything that could be cut from their
budgets. They were also queried in the
meeting as to whether their requests to
the Meredith Foundations were "wants
or needs."
One of those involved a backhoe Wil-
liam Crump, wastewater treatment plant
superintendent, had requested. When
asked, he said cautiously that the backhoe
was still operating and he could probably
get another year of operation out of that.
But later, Tuck asked him about a sewer
machine and got an honest answer in re-
turn. "The sewer machine, sir, is a differ-
ent animal. It is a necessary evil," he said.
The same went for fire department
gear. When asked, Fire Marshal David
Madsen said that not getting it could cre-
ate a liability issue for the department if a
firefighter were injured. The councilman
asking, Tuck, said that was all he needed
to know on that.
Ward 3 Councilperson Novada Big-
ham, spoke for the museum board say-
ing she believed that the money that was
requested for the museum was all some-
thing that was needed.
After ranking the requests, the council
came up with the $100,000 for operating
expenses at the top of the list. There was
a tie for second between the fire depart-
ment dual certified gear /helmets and
security upgrades at city hall. The next
in starting with the third ranked was the
sewer jetter machine; one pickup for the
street department; $34,000 for streets;
museum projects; Main Street Christmas
and ranking number eight was the water
department backhoe. The requests add
up to $410,200. The council unanimously
authorized the mayor to make the re-
quests.
Ward 1 Councilperson Sue Jones was
absent from the meeting due to being out
of town.
Water Fund - Other
October
November
December
Total
FY 2014-2015
$
3,882.14
$
7,306.45
$
7,733.77
$
18,922.36
FY 2015-2016
$
10,941.84
$
8,741.84
$
53,845.11
$
73,528.79
Under/Over
$
7,059.70
$
1,435.39
$
46,111.34
$
54,606.43
Water Fund - TOTAL
October November December Total
FY 2014-2015 $ 175,772.38 $ 150,933.45 $ 133,066.80 $ 459,772.63
FY 2015-2016_$ 191,979.01 $ 185,853.12 $ 182,990.72 $ 560,822.85
Under/Over
$ 16,206.63 $ 34,919.67 $ 49,923.92 $ 101,050.22
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From page 1A
involving the charges are
alleged to have happened
in 2012.
District Attorney Jim
Wheeler has told the
Monitor on more than one
occasion he understood
that Franklin intends to
accept the plea offered.
Franklin turned herself
in to the Wood County
Jail in January last year
and served three days
before bonding out. She
was originally charged
with 15 counts of credit
card abuse and theft over
$20,000, as well as fraud.
However, Wheeler said
there were several identi-
cal charges that "weren't
stackable," for which
he would not have been
able to get an additional
sentence for. They cannot
be used to enhance the
sentence but, "We'll still
get the restitution."
Franklin was indicted
in March 2015 for credit
card abuse and forgery
of a financial instrument
against the elderly stem-
ming from her approxi-
mately three-year tenure
at the chamber. Late last
year the district attor-
ney's office made a plea
offer to Franklin. Wheel-
er said that the plea offer
involves jail time, resti-
tution, a fine and proba-
tion, "but I can't let out
the particulars."
As far as the incentive to
pursue the case, Wheeler
said his office paid over
$5,000 to conduct the
audit of the chamber's
books and "we intend to
get justice."
UT Tyler appoints emergency management coordinator
The University of Texas
Tyler police chief Mike
Medders announced
Randal Duke as the new
emergency coordinator.
Duke has been a mem-
ber of the UT Tyler Police
Department since 2012
where he served as a tele-
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