City Commission (Budget) Meet -- June 15, 2011 -- Collinsville, OK -- www.cvilleok.com

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Ted Wright comments in purple (below):

Overall the total city budget of $3,444,825 (city) and $7,549,281 (CMA) was approved in items 5 & 6 above after the public hearing (item 4). All Commissioner were present (Sink, Davis, York & Porter) and voted in favor of the budget with Mayor Sallee presiding.

City Revenue Summary		City Expenditure Summary
Sales Tax Receipts	478,815	Non-Departmental	661,598
Other Tax Recepits	195,623	Municipal Court	80,156
Other Services Recp.	618,883	Police	1,078,244
Court Receipts	203,941	Animal Warden	52,038
Grant Receipts	690,136	Fire	1,065,943
Other Receipts	106,461	Street	322,820
Transfers	1,150,966	Vehicle Maint.	31,667
--- Total	$3,444,825	Park/Cemetery	152,359
		--- Total	$3,444,825

CMA Revenue Summary		CMA Expenditure Summary
Utility Receipts	0	Administration	888,578
Sales Tax Receipts	207,227	Electrical Operations	3,261,116
Other Services Receipts*see below	6,974,456	Civil Defense	5,975
Court Receipts	0	Building/Code Enf	96,324
Grant Receipts	1,048	Sanation / Recycling	324,956
Other Receipts	14,352	Buildings	33,000
Transfers	352,198	Community Planning	32,374
----- Total	$7,549,281	Non-Dept Misc	1,496,707
		Professional Services	126,013
		Insurance	73,000
		Water & Sewer Distribution	606,313
		Water & Sewer Treatment	604,925
		----- Total	$7,549,281

*$6,974,456 CMA Other Services Receipts (Revenue Details)**
Refuse Billing	474,907
Water Tap	6,000
Sewer Tap	8,400
Underground Electric	12,800
Elec Temp Pole	1,020
Miscellaneous	27,201
Electric Billing	4,569,260
Water Billing	894,803
Sewer Billing	546,407
Penalties	157,882
Administrative Fees	243,842
Planning Dept Fees	2,134

There are plenty of other budget details ... in the multi-page packet ... these are just selected summaries -- Ted

Supporter of Collinsville Downtown Inc. (the Main Street program) made up the majority of the 'public" at the public hearing Wednesday night and were the first topic of discussion. The city budget for the CDI program was raised to $18,000 this year (from $12,000 last year). The state director of the Commerce Department's Main Street program (with 40 communities) spoke of the successes of the Collinsville Main Street program (and a few challenges faced including keeping a local director). A former local program director (Maureen Wright) also spoke as did a few CDI board members. Commissioner Porter commented she "felt better about CDI this year" compared to previous years.

I will mention a few topics I brought up (below) for potential budget impacts but will limit details here and perhaps elaborate selectively at a later date. -- Ted Wright 6/16/2011

Potential equipment to dig Ridgelawn graves without removing existing (nearby/occupied) headstones (if not possible with existing equipment). It was stated that funds for a mini-evacuator are in the new budget with expectation that headstone disturbances would would be reduced but not eliminated.
Park budget not reviewed by park board
Chamber of Commerce $5K informal request for city funds for promotions activities to be defined later ... not in this budget.
Tourism potential -- need better plan for Depot museum joint venture between City and (apparently inactive?) Collinsville Historical society requested with unknown plan/cost.
Missing turn late at 12th & Main ... potential city cost (or O-DOT?) -- previous coverage current & initial drawing
Transition from future 4-lane (after S-Curve project) into 2-lane angle parking in First Baptist block (between 13th & 14th) ... with the question being if additional work in the bock between streetscape projects and s-curve project would be a near-term cost issue 9or hazard) . Quick discussion indicates initial implementation will be narrowed to 2-lanes prior to 14th Street coming from the west via striping despite current construction for 4 lanes.

Footnote: There was apparently a commission work session to discuss the pending budget on May31st that I was unaware of until the day after. I requested a budget packet with the numbers reported above (plus a lot more detail) back on June 8th but did not receive it until a few minutes into the public hearing June 15th so I had no numbers to report to the public before the public hearing. -- Ted W.