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Finance director: first-quarter variance report shows timing-driven revenue and expense differences

City Council of Maplewood, Missouri · October 22, 2024
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Finance Director Alexis Miller told council first-quarter variances reflect timing (property tax receipts and cyclical expenses), noted unaudited numbers and explained a temporary capital charge for sewer lateral work pending tax receipts; the audit team is on site and some prior-year accruals may be reclassified.

Alexis Miller, finance director, presented the city's fiscal year 2024 first-quarter variance report and walked council members through key drivers of the reported variances. "Because it's the first quarter, generally, we should have either collected 25% of our revenue or we should have expended 25% of our budget," Miller said, noting that timing differences and cyclical expenses often alter that expectation.

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