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Finance director details tax receipts, budget amendments and one $30,000 portrait bid
Summary
At the March 6 work session, the city finance director reported January sales and state sales tax receipts, informed the board of intra-fund vehicle transfers, outlined five items in a proposed budget amendment and noted a single $30,000 bid for a Joseph Greer portrait funded from an existing grant.
The Fayetteville finance director reported that local option sales tax receipts for January, received in February, totaled $375,251 and that state share sales tax for the same period was $86,720. The occupancy tax figure for the period was $8,459, a decline from the prior year.
The director told the Board of Aldermen the city transferred a van from the police department to animal control; because the move stayed within the same fund, no formal action was required. The director also said the police department requested authorization to surplus a 2000 Ford ambulance and sell it through GovDeals.
The finance director described a five-part budget amendment that the board will consider at the next regular meeting. The items are: (1) recording previously approved electric service at the camp lot in the current budget, (2) adding a 9-1-1 employee position the hospital will fully fund, (3) paying for emergency lighting for a new planning pickup that was omitted from the original bid, (4) reallocating workers’ compensation funds to reflect an audit that required an additional payment of about $2,390, and (5) re-budgeting last year’s approved but unexpended trailer purchase for the city garage. The director said the finance staff will move the amendment to the Tuesday council meeting for formal consideration.
Separately, the director reported a single bid of $30,000 from David Wright to produce a portrait of Joseph Greer. The portrait and the related expenditures are paid from an existing state grant originally totaling $500,000 for the overarching project. The director said two contingency items discussed by Mr. Wakefield would also be paid from that grant and not from city funds.
Finally, the director asked the board to approve two additional credit cards for the police department with $2,500 limits each, citing occasions when multiple officers travel for training and the department’s customary practice of issuing cards to command staff for emergency purchases. The board did not take a final vote during the work session; the item will be placed on the upcoming regular meeting agenda.
The finance director invited questions and said department staff will have detailed budget numbers prepared for the April work session and for the strategic planning process.
