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64 WINNETKA TALK May 19, 1928 MAKES ANNUAL REPORT TO WINNETKA COUNCIL (Continued from Page 3) ance of $19,523. In other words, we have finished the year's work with $32,- 000 more in the General Fund than was contemplated a year ago. The following tabular statement shows in summary form the income and ex- penditures of the General Fund, by de- partments, with a comparison with the budget estimates: Receipts 1927-28 1927-28 Pct. of Item Budget Receipts Budget Gen. Taxation ..$148,000 $148,284 100.1% Other Income 90,955 111,093 122.09 Elec. Dividend 42,700 42,731 100.1% Total... 5%. $281,655 $302,108 107.2% Less Tax Transfers 7,450 7,600 102.0% Net Receipts. .$274,205 $294,508 107.2% Expenditures 1927-28 1927-28 Pct. of : Budget Expend. Budget Public Affairs ..$ 63,633 §$ 53,497 84.0% Gen. Administ'n 21,085 19,583 92.9% Health Dept. .. 8,340 7,822 93.89 Pub. Wks. Dept. 104,625 100,963 95.6% Police Dept. 49,725 49,812 100.2% Hire Dept. ..... 29,495 27,174 92.1% Pens. Fd. Pmts. .. ... 12.6970 i... Total ii. Lud $276,903 $271,528 98.1% It will be interesting to point out some of the important items of General Fund income: 1. Receipts from general taxation were $148,284 or within .1% of the budget estimate. This tax income, which is 969 of the amount levied for Village pur- poses, includes $7,600 assignable to retire- ment of filtration plant bonds and in- terest, making the net tax income for corporate purposes $138,684, as compared with $129,681 last year. The foregoing tax revenue was based on the 1926 valuation, which was $6,958,- 447 and a tax rate for Village purposes of 1.97% of the assessed valuation. The total tax rate for 1926 was 12.14%, which shows that the Village received last year only 17% of the total taxes col- lected in Winnetka. The average family in Winnetka pays approximately $5 per month in taxes for municipal service, such as police protection, fire protection, health service, street lighting, street cleaning and numerous other activities. 2. Interest received on bank deposits and on securities owned by the Village amounted to $6,700, as compared with the budget estimate of $4,000. 3. Justice fines, largely for violations of motor vehicle and liquor laws, were $2,100, as compared with the budget esti- mate of $3,000. 4. Dog licenses amounted to $1,366, there being over 900 dogs licensed in the Village. 5. Receipts from vehicle licenses amounted to $20,463, as compared with the budget estimate of $18,000. There were 3,004 motor vehicles licensed during the year, an increase of 214 for the year. 6. Receipts from building permits amounted to $4,860, as compared with the budget estimate of $2,500, this year's re- ceipts being an increase of approximately $1,000 over the previous year, and a record figure. 7. Receipts for garbage, ash and special rubbish collections amounted to $34,920, an increase of $1,400 over last year. 8. The Village received $1,604 from the tax collected by the Village on the premiums of fire insurance companies not incorporated in Illinois. 9. The Village received $9,400 for mis- cellaneous work handled for contractors and others, including street special rubbish collections, etc. 10. The amount of $4,300 was received as rentals for the Village Hall, paid by the water and electric departments, and from rentals for storage of trucks and cars of private individuals at the service yard. 11. There was rebated to the General Fund $5,404 from special assessment funds, which amount had been previous- ly advanced for preliminary engineering and legal expense, prior to confirmation. 12. Miscellaneous receipts of $10,805 included $5,700 received by the Village from the sale of real estate and from a street vacation. 13. Total receipts other than general taxes amounted to $111,093 or 22% more than the budget estimate. To this income is added the dividend from the electric department of $42,731, making a total income of $302,108. From this must be deducted the amount of general taxes collected for retirement of filtration plant bonds and interest, amounting to $7,600, making the net total income of the Gen- eral Fund $294,508 or an increase of 7.2% over the budget estimate. The expenditures of the General Fund as shown by the foregoing tabular state- ment, namely $271,528, were 1.9% less than the budget, and may be commented on as follows: 1. Public affairs expenditures amounted to $53,497 or 849% of the budget, this difference of approximately $10,000 being due to a deferred reimbursement of the special assessment fund for widen- ing Linden Avenue (now Center Street), between Elm and Oak Street, in front of the new Village Hall, for the purpose of making up a deficit in this fund. The reimbursement of this fund was included in last year's budget, but was not made until after the end of the present fiscal year, and will show in next year's opera- tion. 2. Public affairs expenditures include an item of $2,930 for completing the fire station, including grading, seeding and landscaping, construction of driveways and sundry equipment. This makes the total cost of the completed fire station improvement $40,857. 3. General administration expense, which includes salaries of officers, office expense and operation of the municipal building, amounted to $19,583 or 92.9% of the budget. This item shows some reduction from the previous fiscal year. A more detailed discussion of depart- mental expenditures will be given later under the heading of each department. For the information of the Council, a comparison is given here of the past vear's financial operations with the Five Year Program, adopted more than a year ago: repairs, Comparison of 1927-28 General Fund Operation With Five-Year Program 1927-28 Five-Year Item Operations Program (a) Bal. in Gen. Fund Proper, 1st of yr. $ 16,198 $ 38,219* Receipts--Taxation .. 148,284 147,000 Other Income ..... 111,093 90,000 Tofal t...T RIL. $259,377 $237,000 Expenditures Normal Operation Public Affairs 10,500 TAbrary ies iF. nag 12,000 Gen. Administration 19,583 22,200 Health Department 7,822 7,820 Pub. Wks. Dept. 100,963 110,000 Policey Dept. oo... .... 49,812 50,000 Fire Department 27,174 27,000 Tot. Normal Oper"n $227,382 $239,520 Special Pub. Benefits (portion) av... nw. .. 13,350 13,350 Bonds and Int. .... 7,600 7,450 Pens. Bd. Trans... "12,6772 ~~... .~ Tot, Expend, ...... $261,009 $260,320 Bal. in Gen. Fd. end of year Comparison of Operation With 14,566 31,539* 1927-28 General Fund Five-Year Program 1927-28 Five-Year Item Operations Program (b) Betterment Fd. ist. of year: . i div. $ 12,613 $ 12,613 Receipts--Elec. Div. 42,731 43,500 Expenditures Ex. Pub. Benefits 14,663 20,974 Grade Separation 55 500 Other Improvements 3,401 5,000 Tot. Expend. ....$ 18,119 $ 26,474 Betterment Fund, end of year ....... 37,225 29,639 Bal. Gen. & Better- m't Fd., combined, end of year .i:... $ 51,781 $ 1,900% * (Deficit) For the purpose of making a distinc- tion between the ordinary tax and other revenue of the General Fund, used for defraying the cost of the usual municipal activities, and special revenue derived from the dividend of the electric depart- ment and intended for public improve- ments, the foregoing statement shows a Betterment Fund, separate from the Gen- eral Fund proper, to which is credited the electric department dividend and against which is charged the expense of public improvements which could not otherwise be made by the Village with- out incurring bonded indebtedness. The foregoing statement shows that the Village started the year with a balance in the General Fund proper of $16,198, as compared with a deficit of $8,219 con- templated in the Five-Year Program, April 1, 1927. Total expenditures from the General Fund proper for the year were $261,009 or very close to the Five-Year Program, with considerable variation in individual items. The balance in the General Fund proper at the end of the year, as of March 31, 1928, is shown as $14,566, or about $45,000 more than the Five-Year Program con- templated. This, to a considerable ex- tent, is due to the increase in General Fund income other than taxation, which amounted to $21,000 more than the esti- mate for the Five-Year Program. The foregoing statement shows that, during the past fiscal year, the Village operated its ordinary municipal functions practically within its income, the receipts i $259,377 and the expenditures $261,- With reference to the Betterment Fund, the expenditures were somewhat less than the Five-Year Program, principally for public benefits, this being due to the delay in proceeding with the Center Street improvement from Elm to Tower. The result is that the Betterment Fund shows a surplus of $37,225, or about $8,000 more than the Five-Year Program contemplated, and both funds combined . show a surplus of about $53,000 more hon the program figures, for March 31, RETURNS FROM EAST Mrs. Donald MacPherson of 644 Pine street returned last Saturday after a two weeks' trip to the East. She spent a great deal of her time in Boston visiting her mother, Mrs. Frederick West, who has been ill for several months. She also visited sev- eral of her friends, and spent some of her time in various places in the East other than Boston. Mr. and Mrs. MacPherson plan to put their children in camp for the summer, and go up to Canada in August. Mrs. E. A. Meyers and her three sons returned to their home at 812 Foxdale avenue last Monday after an absence of about four months. 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