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Abbeville financial committee reviews 2024 revenue, payroll and department expenditures
Summary
At its Feb. 18 financial committee meeting, the Abbeville City Council reviewed year-end 2024 revenue and expenditure results, including a small year-over-year rise in sales tax and a drop in electric revenue; no formal actions were taken.
Councilwoman Rachel Mouton, chair of the Abbeville City Council financial committee, called the meeting to order on Feb. 18 and heard a presentation on the city’s 2024 financial results from staff member Steven Losa.
Losa said the city’s total 2024 sales tax revenue was $6.1 million, up about $90,000 from 2023, or roughly a 1.5% increase. Water revenues for 2024 totaled $2.1 million, down about $32,000 from the prior year. Sewer revenue was just over $2.0 million, roughly $10,000 below 2023. Electric revenue fell to $3.8 million, about $250,000 less than 2023 and roughly 6% below the adopted budget, Losa reported.
“The 2024 total is 6,100,000.0,” Losa said while presenting the packet figures to the committee.
On payroll, Losa reported total general fund payroll of just over $5.0 million for 2024, up from about $4.78 million in 2023, and total city payroll of about $6.8 million compared with $6.6 million the prior year. He noted the budget assumes a roughly 2% payroll increase year over year when the budget allows.
Department-level expenditures varied. Police department expenditures were about $3.7 million, roughly $200,000 higher than the prior year and about $85,000 over budget. Fire department expenditures were about $4.1 million, roughly $31,000 over budget. The street department’s actual spending was about $1.28 million, under the year’s budget by about $41,000. Parks and recreation spent roughly $497,000, about $35,000 below the budgeted $532,000.
Utility fund expenditures totaled about $5.175 million, up from roughly $5.0 million in 2023 and about $75,000 over the utility fund budget; Losa said the overrun was concentrated in electric and sewer functions while water was under budget.
During the presentation Mouton asked whether a portion of Chris Gautreau’s salary was still being charged to parks and recreation; the record does not include a response clarifying current payroll allocations.
No committee motions or formal votes were recorded during the meeting. After the presentation the committee adjourned.
