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Show $1.1 million added to 1991-92 budget i By PAUL CHALLIS News Editor BOUNTIFUL A public hearing to amend the 1991-92 fiscal budget was held by the Bountiful Boun-tiful City Council recently and $1.1 million was added to the revenues and expenditures. "The increase is mainly due to more sales la received and more building permit fees than anticipated," an-ticipated," City Manager Tom Hardy said. 4tWc budgeted for a 2 percent increase anc? actuall) received over 10 percent more in than projected. pro-jected. ' ' Hardy also credited the increase in revenues tc a "strong Utah economy" and that point of sale; increase. "Sales tax from ShopKo were more than we had anticipated." Hardy said that the new LDS temple building permit was $73,000 and helped add to an already "healthy" construction period for Bountiful. "We were unsure that we would receive the i temple's building permit during the 1991-92 year. It really helped to increase building permit : fees amounts," he said. The original 1991-92 budget was $31,168,787 ; and $24,411,888 net after transfers. The propos-r propos-r ed amended budget is $32,346,847 with a net . budget after transfers of $25,589,948. Hardy added that the police department was impacted during the 1991-92 budget with more s crossing guards than anticipated, and other in- creases in the general runa included the hiring of J a new Planning -Redevelopment Agency director. City Planner Jon Reed Boothe will retire at the , end of the year and Blaine Gehrmg has been hired to replace Boothe and to head up the Redevelopment Agency post. The RDA was without an executive director for a few years. Hardy had been acting director of the RDA. "Other expenditures included more garbage .t trucks and cans because of added service in the 1 ValVerda area," Hardy said. " The council voted to approve the amended - ; budget for 1991-92 giving $833,060 to the ges-y eral fund and $345,000 to capital lmprovemei J The council voted 5-0 to adopt the new proposal. , t |
