Living in Dryden: Special District tentative budgets

October 25, 2004

Special District tentative budgets

Continuing with the tentative budget into the district budgets (fire, lighting, water and sewer), here are more details.

The fire protection budget comes as one big "Contractual Expenditures" number. It's declined from $701,145 in the 2004 budget to $649,839 in the 2005 budget. (Actual 2003 expenditures were $506,490.) I really wish this was broken down, and I'll be asking for more details. There's also a Worker's Compensation line for the district, which is climbing from $69,288 to $80,000.

The Varna and Etna lighting district expenditures and revenues are budgeted the same as they were in 2004, but the Meadow/Leisure Lane district's tentative expenditures are $3600, up from $2000.

In the ambulance district, contractual expenditures remain at $290,000, while worker's compensation rises from $14,539 to $16,000.

Across the water and sewer districts, "special assessments" have plunged to zero from as much as $44,260 in the Monkey Run Water District, while some costs have increased. I'm sure there's a general story behind the vanishing special assessments. Here's a list of items changing substantially.

In the Sapsucker Sewer District, contractual expenditures for Sewage Treatment and Disposal are climbing from $14,000 to $16,000. Sewer rents are projected to fall from $8800 to $6600. $1200 of Special Assessments are going away.
In the Varna Sewer District, $9520 of Special Assessments are going away, and sewer rents are declining from $28,500 to $25,000.
In the Cortland Road Sewer District, contractual expenditures for sewer administration are climbing from $1500 to $3000, and contractual expenditures for sanitary sewers are climbing from $121,000 to $125,000. $3100 in special assessments are going away, and sewer rents are declining from $121,000 to $93,500.
In the Monkey Run Sewer District, contractual expenditures for sanitary sewers are climbing from $10,000 to $18,500. Special assessments are falling from $43,298.50 to zero while sewer rents are increasing slightly from $9520 to $10,000.
In the Turkey Hill Sewer District, contractual expenditures for sanitary sewers are climbing from $4000 to $6000, while contractual expenditures for sewage treatment and disposal have increased from $2700 to $8000. An extra $5000 is going to principal (from $45,000 to $40,000) on bonds. $28,329 of special assessments are going away, though payments in lieu of taxes have increased from $4651 to $5528 and sewer rents have increased from $4642 to $8013.
In the Peregrine Hollow Sewer District, contractual expenditures for sanitary sewers are climbing from $2000 to $4000. $895 in special assessments are going away, while sewer rents fall from $1195 to $900.
In the Varna Water District, contractual expenditures for water administration climb from $700 to $2000. $3727 of special assessments are going away.
In the Snyder Hill Water District, contractual expenditures for transmission and distribution are increasing from $500 to $1000, while $6000 in special assessments are going away.
In the Monkey Run Water District, $44,260 of special assessments vanish while metered water sales increase from $1610 to $2297. A number of miscellaneous revenues fall from $700 total to zero.
In the Hall Road Water District, $385 in special assessments is going away. while metered sales increase from $6500 to $7000.
In the Turkey Hill Water District, $26,137 in special assessments have vanished, while metered water sales decline from $9489 to $8500.

Again, there will be a budget workshop tonight at 5:00pm at the Neptune Hose Company (map) to discuss this tentative budget and turn it into a preliminary budget for the November 4th budget hearing.

Posted by simon at October 25, 2004 12:59 PM in
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