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Beardstown council reviews September financials and ambulance reports
Summary
Council received and filed City Clerk and Treasurer reports showing fund balances, payroll overtime totals for September 2024, and ambulance statistics for Beardstown and Virginia; consent agenda and minutes were approved without opposition.
The Beardstown City Council on Oct. 22 received the City Clerk’s and Treasurer’s reports for September 2024 showing combined fund balances and department payroll details, and it filed ambulance reports for Beardstown and Virginia.
City Clerk Brian Ruch reported May 1–April totals and September receipts and disbursements: cash receipts for the period listed $1,127,464.26 and cash disbursements $696,458.10 (May 1–April totals shown as $6,966,627.25 receipts and $5,537,957.68 disbursements). The Treasurer reported fund balances including General Fund $3,136,826.86; Special Revenue Funds $4,672,686.26; Bond Sinking Funds $600,639.38; Water Increment Fund $213,645.41; Adequate Assurance Fund $118,199.50; ARPA Grant $746,421.39; Harbor Development Fund $119,367.04; Marina Campground Fund $2,047.56.
Overtime and part-time pay for September were recorded by department: Ambulance $24,853.33; Fire $4,908.94; Police $13,636.34; Public Works/Cemetery/City Hall $8,333.56.
Ambulance statistics filed for September 2024 show: Beardstown — 56 total calls, total charges $48,814.00, collections $23,184.79, county taxes $79,674.41, total adjustments $23,405.01. Virginia — 35 total calls, total charges $44,186.00, collections $16,843.27, county taxes $73,545.61, total adjustments $14,052.43. The minutes record these figures under the routine reports filed by omnibus consent vote; no public comment was recorded on the reports.
Procedural items on the agenda included approval of the Oct. 8 minutes (motion by Alderperson Dawn Seward, seconded by Alderperson Eric Harbin) and filing of the consent agenda (motion by Alderperson Shawn Taylor, seconded by Alderperson Eric Harbin); both passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 6:52 p.m.
