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City of Asheville

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Note: All data unless otherwise specified is for the 12 month period ending June, 30th of the designated year

Municipality Revenues and Expenditures Financial Profile Go to top of page			2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
	Revenues by Source
		Property Tax	$45,252,649	43,839,812	42,137,547	41,265,169	36,874,016	35,178,460
		Utility	35,723,702	34,522,088	33,195,080	31,641,711	25,444,019	26,832,992
		Sales Tax	14,104,677	14,959,877	16,473,529	17,326,145	16,043,057	14,494,337
		Sales & Services	10,373,003	10,658,816	10,759,145	10,096,329	8,987,745	7,891,497
		Intergovernmental	23,280,794	20,853,953	19,108,649	18,340,587	17,395,805	17,301,083
		Debt Proceeds	-	477,913	41,000,209	551,425	2,594,468	877,289
		Other Miscellaneous	11,366,432	14,791,932	20,226,534	21,043,138	21,020,787	8,032,468
		Total	$140,101,257	140,104,391	182,900,693	140,264,504	128,359,897	110,608,126

	Expenditures by Function
		Utility	$30,527,595	49,989,480	38,048,773	19,627,996	16,189,822	16,322,417
		Debt Service	12,966,378	14,773,486	15,040,733	12,565,606	11,388,251	11,932,616
		Transportation	18,931,586	22,483,813	16,032,499	15,075,440	12,821,772	12,825,691
		General Government	13,985,805	13,968,356	13,666,373	12,041,361	11,436,237	12,765,385
		Public Safety	41,081,067	42,480,148	41,504,353	38,994,947	35,596,653	31,606,740
		Other	30,852,047	25,616,635	23,749,626	23,931,751	23,446,166	22,683,541
		Total	$148,344,478	169,311,918	148,042,357	122,237,101	110,878,901	108,136,390

	Expenditures by Object
		Salaries & Wages	$52,563,514	59,056,666	52,246,235	46,008,732	42,168,129	40,568,112
		Capital Outlay	20,566,139	36,742,014	23,360,648	15,106,401	5,723,530	8,340,579
		Other Operating + Debt Service	75,214,825	73,513,238	72,435,474	61,121,968	62,987,242	59,227,699
		Total	$148,344,478	169,311,918	148,042,357	122,237,101	110,878,901	108,136,390


	Per Capita Revenues by Source
		Property Tax	$566	560	541	543	504	480
		Utility	447	441	426	417	348	366
		Sales Tax	176	191	213	229	219	198
		Sales & Services	130	136	138	133	123	108
		Intergovernmental	291	266	245	241	238	236
		Debt Proceeds	-	6	527	7	35	12
		Other Miscellaneous	142	189	260	277	287	110
		Total	$1,752	1,789	2,350	1,847	1,754	1,510

	Per Capita Expenditures by Function
		Utility	$382	638	489	258	221	223
		Debt Service	162	189	193	165	156	163
		Transportation	237	287	206	198	175	175
		General Government	174	179	176	160	157	173
		Public Safety	514	542	533	513	486	432
		Other	386	327	305	315	320	310
		Total	$1,855	2,162	1,902	1,609	1,515	1,476

	Per Capita Expenditures by Object
		Salaries & Wages	$657	754	671	606	576	554
		Capital Outlay	257	469	300	199	78	114
		Other Operating	941	939	931	804	861	808
		Total	$1,855	2,162	1,902	1,609	1,515	1,476

	Population Group		No Electric 50,000 and Above	No Electric 50,000 and Above	No Electric 50,000 and Above	No Electric 50,000 and Above	No Electric 50,000 and Above	No Electric 50,000 and Above
		Number of Municipalites in Group	11	11	10	10	10	10
		Average Population In Group	213,963	208,221	219,011	209,977	203,653	197,088
		City of Asheville Population	79,973	78,313	77,837	75,948	73,189	73,239
	Group Average Per Capita Revenues by Source
		Property Tax	486	484	463	452	427	420
		Utility	333	310	325	322	313	281
		Sales Tax	153	168	190	193	187	177
		Sales & Services	177	187	197	194	175	151
		Intergovernmental	242	228	258	253	224	216
		Debt Proceeds	368	318	396	414	348	311
		Other Miscellaneous	222	197	321	424	305	283
		Total	1,981	1,892	2,150	2,252	1,979	1,839

	Group Average Per Capita Expenditures by Function
		Utility	370	391	428	413	380	338
		Debt Service	309	318	268	279	263	241
		Transportation	324	359	337	381	357	297
		General Government	140	154	155	133	137	116
		Public Safety	411	423	404	401	390	369
		Other	395	429	383	363	348	343
		Total	1,949	2,074	1,975	1,970	1,875	1,704

	Group Average Per Capita Expenditures by Object
		Salaries & Wages	513	531	514	503	470	461
		Capital Outlay	503	562	539	566	537	443
		Other Operating	933	981	922	901	868	800
		Total	1,949	2,074	1,975	1,970	1,875	1,704


General Fund Go to top of page			2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
	General Fund revenues		$83,745,819	85,540,877	87,616,437	86,131,200	78,380,054	75,897,630
	General Fund expenditures		83,069,737	84,438,678	87,048,609	75,980,501	70,641,399	68,289,185
	Operating transfers in		43,985	84,600	314,423	-	115,000	-
	Operating transfers out		6,091,466	4,663,325	16,839,879	6,415,732	6,082,098	5,488,689
	Capital leases and installment purchase proceeds		1,300,000	-	3,000,000	-	1,738,255	-
	Other items		21,933	146,505	35,336	253,619	1,311,587	96,803
	Excess of revenues and other sources over (under) expenditures and other uses		(4,049,466)	(3,330,021)	(12,922,292)	3,988,586	4,821,399	2,216,559

	Fund balance available (FBA):
		In dollars	$11,162,752	16,696,979	18,231,893	28,831,071	30,869,284	23,044,331
		FBA as a % of GF Net Expenditures:
		Unit's FBA %	12.70	18.74	18.07	34.99	41.17	31.23
		Group weighted average FBA %	25.92	24.27	22.35	23.61	24.59	23.70
		State weighted average Non-Electric Group	39.13	37.89	36.65	37.39	37.38	36.82
		State weighted average FBA %	37.79	37.09	36.34	36.54	36.96	36.78


Enterprise Funds: Go to top of page
	Water/Sewer

	Combined financial results:
		Working capital	$33,577,649	38,635,118	69,473,946	19,008,890	16,031,179	21,208,608
		Quick ratio	3.92	4.08	4.94	2.95	3.16	2.34
		Net income	2,797,918	7,938,436	16,039,648	16,528,813	16,589,916	5,692,524
		Cashflow from operations	11,871,887	11,592,393	22,221,637	16,004,403	10,346,499	8,930,009
		Depreciation & Amortization Expense	7,743,757	4,817,994	4,327,033	4,229,696	3,971,962	3,832,185



Cash, Investments and Financing Go to top of page			2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005

		Population at July 1st of the Previous Year	79,973	78,313	77,837	75,948	73,189	73,239
		Population Group	No Electric 50,000 and Above	No Electric 50,000 and Above	No Electric 50,000 and Above	No Electric 50,000 and Above	No Electric 50,000 and Above	No Electric 50,000 and Above
		Cash &Investments	$0	0	0	0	0	0
		Investment Earnings	8,710	259	40,039	50,624	38,689	16,592
		Tax Rate Equivalent	0.0001	0.0000	0.0004	0.0005	0.0006	0.0002
		Tax Rate Equivalent Group weighted average	0.0025	0.0058	0.0124	0.0187	0.0148	0.0080
		Tax Rate Equivalent Statewide weighted average	0.0013	0.0034	0.0069	0.0101	0.0080	0.0043
		Latest year of Revaluation	2006	0	2006	2006	2002	2002
		January 1, Prior Year Assessed Valuation	$10,799,221,899	10,432,574,099	10,011,553,680	9,782,270,980	6,914,561,548	6,689,663,711
		Tax Rate	0.4200	0.4200	0.4200	0.4238	0.5300	0.5300
		Tax Rate Group weighted average	0.4525	0.4817	0.4782	0.4849	0.4576	0.4681
		Tax Rate State Wide	0.4060	0.4262	0.4238	0.4450	0.4321	0.4448
		Assessment -to-Sales Ratio	93.56	83.60	87.40	98.91	82.61	88.48
		Assessment -to-Sales Ratio Group weighted average	96.75	90.78	87.34	90.02	92.79	93.67
		Assessment -to-Sales Ratio Statewide	98.29	90.81	88.53	88.41	92.28	92.35
		Assessed Valuation Adjusted for Assesment to Sales Ratio	$11,542,562,953	12,479,155,621	11,454,866,911	9,890,072,773	8,370,126,556	7,560,650,668
		EffectiveTax Rate	0.3930	0.3511	0.3671	0.4192	0.4378	0.4689
		Group weighted average Effective Tax Rate	0.4378	0.4373	0.4177	0.4365	0.4246	0.4385
		Statewide weighted average Effective Tax Rate	0.3990	0.3870	0.3752	0.3934	0.3987	0.4108
		Percent Collected	98.7600	98.9400	99.3000	99.3700	99.1500	99.0100
		Percent Collected Group weighted average	98.39	98.18	98.31	98.25	98.16	97.85
		Percent Collected Statewide	97.61	97.36	97.56	97.58	97.55	97.42
		Percent Collected Excluding Motor Vehicles	99.05	99.27	99.66	99.74	99.62	99.51
		Percent Collected Excluding Motor Vehicles Group weighted average	99.00	98.90	99.14	99.09	99.04	98.63
		Percent Collected Excluding Motor Vehicles Statewide weighted average	98.30	98.31	98.65	98.59	98.61	98.36
		Percent Collected Motor Vehicles Only	92.70	92.75	93.20	93.48	93.58	92.49
		Percent Collected Motor Vehicles Only Group weighted average	88.30	88.26	88.24	88.33	88.07	88.43
		Percent Collected Motor Vehicles Only Statewide weighted average	86.89	86.67	86.74	86.71	86.80	87.31
		Tax Uncollected	2,436,864	2,535,762	2,466,493	2,547,202	3,010,429	2,708,059
		Tax Rate Equivalent	0.0226	0.0243	0.0246	0.0260	0.0435	0.0405
		Dominant County: Buncombe
	Debt Information
		Population Group	50,000 to 99,999	50,000 to 99,999	50,000 to 99,999	50,000 to 99,999	50,000 to 99,999	50,000 to 99,999
		Ratings:
		Fitch
		Moody's	Aa1	Aa2	Aa2	Aa2	Aa2	Aa2
		S & P	AA+	AA	AA	AA	AA	AA

		General Obligation Debt (GO) where the taxing power of the entrire municipality is pledged to pay the obligation
		Enterprise GO Debt	$1,704,095	3,173,492	4,588,475	6,028,364	7,382,864	8,755,154
		General Government GO Debt	945,905	1,506,508	2,146,525	3,551,636	5,087,136	6,639,846
		Total General Obligation Debt	2,650,000	4,680,000	6,735,000	9,580,000	12,470,000	15,395,000
		Per Capita	$33	60	87	126	170	210
		Total Per Capita for the Population Group	139	165	348	346	372	376
		Total Per Capita Statewide	449	455	456	478	495	505
		Total per Assessed Valuation Adjusted for Current Year Sales	0.0230%	0.0375%	0.0588%	0.0969%	0.1490%	0.2036%
		Total per Assessed Valuation Adjusted for Current Year Sales- Group Average	0.1572%	0.1772%	0.3766%	0.3712%	0.4382%	0.4687%
		Total per Assessed Valuation Adjusted for Current Year Sales - Statewide	0.4104%	0.3909%	0.4132%	0.4706%	0.5275%	0.5588%
		Total Authorized but not Issued General Obligation Debt

		Installment Sales Purchases and Lease Obligations
		--Enterprise	$0	0	0	570,000	1,105,000	1,610,000
		--General Government	13,990,287	16,114,040	18,177,793	20,186,547	22,140,300	14,920,000
		Total*	$13,990,287	16,114,040	18,177,793	20,756,547	23,245,300	16,530,000
		* The total only includes the contracts that require Local Government Commission approval.
		Revenue Bond Debt	$74,620,000	77,250,000	79,520,000	42,080,000	43,450,000	44,760,000


Annual Financial Information Report Detail Go to top of page
Line	Section	Description	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
	Population at July 1st of the Previous Year Adjusted for Boundry Changes		79,973	78,313	77,837	75,948	73,189	73,239

1.5A	FISCAL	Governmental Activities Assets	242,730,774	248,240,872	252,326,307	254,470,716	256,480,246	239,425,188
1.5B	SUMMARY	Governmental Activities Liabilities	42,002,473	42,775,271	39,805,457	35,849,452	43,686,814	36,360,475
3.5A		Business Type Activities Assets	253,116,100	254,196,609	253,662,744	194,662,689	180,822,672	166,155,862
3.5B		Business Type Activities Liabilties	86,997,050	91,797,533	98,744,042	55,783,635	58,472,430	60,395,536
6.5A		Fiduciary Funds Assets	487,806		207,082	452,706	102,404	138,420
6.5B		Fiduciary Funds Liabilties	487,806		207,082	452,706	102,404	138,420
10.0	PART 2	Current Collections of Unit -Wide Levy	44,749,409	43,441,265	41,759,690	40,918,679	36,525,940	34,795,812
11.0	TAX	Current Collections of Special Tax Districts	68,165	76,470	74,896	73,020	63,587	50,239
12.0	REVENUES	Prior Years' Levy Collections	358,847	265,606	268,266	239,802	248,495	289,518
13.0		Penalties and Interest	144,393	132,941	109,591	106,688	99,581	93,130
14.0		Collections of Taxes Previously Written Off
15.0		Animal Tax
15.1		Solid Waste Disposal Tax	54,103
16.0		1% Local Government Option Sales Tax	8,205,874	7,792,926	7,640,778	8,096,195	7,607,367	7,090,991
17.0		1/2% Local Government Option Sales Tax (40)	2,514,766	2,655,989	2,932,193	3,049,729	2,751,909	2,384,834
18.0		1/2% Local Government Option Sales Tax (42)	2,923,022	2,614,326	2,894,224	3,009,987	2,719,832	2,355,472
18.5		1/2% Local Government Option Sales Tax (44)	461,015	1,896,636	3,006,334	3,170,234	2,963,949	2,663,040
19.0		Privilege Licenses	711,955	1,476,118	1,107,849	1,040,814	745,900	845,204
19.2		Privilege -- All other privileges and pemits	59,401	66,524	65,352	36,863	16,512	19,125
20.0		Auto Licenses	302,449	312,791	322,809	618,181	308,674	595,784
21.0		Vehicle Tax for Public Transportation	313,863		308,638	308,638	308,674	314,652
22.0		Other Licenses	37,794	1,055,568	1,023,987	1,340,574	1,301,764	1,293,333
23.0		Local Occupancy Tax
24.0		Prepared Food Tax
25.0		911 Charges
26.0		Gross Short Term lease and Rental Tax	388,715	301,358	313,987	320,916	308,367	271,024
27.0	FEDERAL	Payments In Lieu of Taxes - Federal
28.0	INTERGOV	Equitable Sharing of Fed. Forfeited Prop.	182,232	33,924	106,401	216,559
29.0	REVENUES	General Government	11,345
30.0		Public Safety	708,322	-72,759	359,782	217,041	2,270,883	119,986
31.0		Transportation - Streets	70,150
32.0		Transportation - All Other	314,426	4,115,554	1,157,848	2,960,271	1,161,598	1,071,872
33.0		Environmental Protection	340,618		190,620			742,862
34.0		Econ. & Phys. Dev. - Housing/Comm. Dev.	3,016,778	2,931,528	2,777,766	3,292,866	1,723,498	3,793,017
35.0		Econ. & Phys. Dev. - All Other		32,053			1,130,291
36.0		Human Services: Health, Mental Hlt & Hosp				5,975		679,981
37.0		Human Services: All Other		13,298	12,084	15,365	7,117	5,721
38.0		Culture & Recreation	1,822,968	402,447	117,329	928,581	401,549	10,220
39.0	STATE	Payments In Lieu of Taxes - State		63,786	47,839	42,275	42,275	46,280
40.0	INTERGOV	Unauthorized Substance Tax
41.0	REVENUES	Transitional Hold Harmless
42.0		Wireless Enhanced 911 Service Charges
42.1		Emergency Telephone Services Fund (ETSF) Revenues (Do not include interest)
42.2		ETSF Interest Income
43.0		Piped Natural Gas Charge Distribution
44.0		Utility Franchise Tax	7,930,762	7,403,284	6,412,238	5,372,491	4,733,340	4,539,809
45.0		Beer and Wine Tax	113,235	349,564	349,847	330,717	323,492	321,654
46.0		Powell Bill	2,125,431	2,372,265	2,607,730	2,282,069	2,326,644	2,329,679
50.0		Court Fees - Facilities and Arrest Fees	31,461	44,378	54,043	32,308	30,249	29,665
51.0		General Government		24,960	1,367,382	444,295
52.0		Public Safety	190,854	140,394	359,428	71,638		7,239
53.0		Transportation - Streets	326,956	67,917				41,007
54.0		Transportation - All Other	1,534,706	1,765,094	1,495,692	1,028,998	1,367,290	849,013
55.0		Environmental Protection	3,073,389		557,605	172,252	494,847	271,296
56.0		Econ. & Phys. Dev. - Housing/Community Dev			39,746		49,050	7,720
57.0		Econ. & Phys. Dev. - All Other					2,000
58.0		Human Services -Health, Mental Health, Hosp
59.0		Human Services - All Other		3,338				10,883
60.0		Culture and Recreation	534,879	409,792	205,042	100,036	23,653
61.0	LOCAL	Payments in Lieu of Taxes - Local	93,683	136,367	119,661	142,365	66,910	59,631
62.0	INTERGOV	General Government		25,000
63.0	REVENUES	Public Safety	255,125	242,161	266,546	355,069	557,752	2,027,524
64.0		Transportation - Streets	157,509
65.0		Transportation - All Other		29,325		8,500	375,000	65,000
66.0		Environmental Protection	1,500		30,000
67.0		Economic and Physical Development		18,925	160,033
68.0		Human Services - Health, Mental Hlt & Hosp
69.0		Human Services - All Other	55,750
70.0		Culture and Recreation	180,000	40,000		1,473,052	101,196	198,122
71.0	PERMITS	Building Permits	2,345,578	2,753,845	3,203,221	2,683,151	1,958,992	1,541,032
72.0	& FEES	Inspection Fees	539,578	591,187	505,689	480,623	555,083	575,090
72.1		Amusements licensing and permit taxes					24,086
73.0		Other Permits	80,141	170,156	23,998	20,669		13,030
74.0	SALES &	Parking Revenues	2,801,862	2,849,477	3,008,300	2,866,773	2,382,909	2,410,239
75.0	SERVICES	Rents and Royalties	307,905	1,352,073	1,880,481	1,779,626	1,437,047	1,219,796
76.0		Airport		105,520	203,798	100,000	100,000	131,377
77.0		Fire Protection Charges	1,230,135	1,087,936	1,043,318	664,845	624,995	606,045
78.0		Solid Waste	1,075,587	559,341	515,315	899,818	874,373	843,383
79.0		Ambulance and Rescue Squad Charges
80.0		Cemeteries	46,855	43,427	28,787	41,564	33,281	36,170
81.0		Recreation Service Revenues	2,574,436	1,729,931	1,498,868	1,369,549	1,555,249	518,319
82.0		Library Service Revenues
83.0		Other Cultural and Rec Service Revenues	1,412,018	1,958,611	1,722,581	1,710,062	1,245,120	1,453,629
84.0		Mass Transit - City Operated	844,064	802,344	833,699	643,423	734,771	659,509
85.0		Other Sales and Services	4,371,540	3,907,756	2,057,043	1,234,033	1,480,760	3,985,026
86.0	UTILITY	Water and Sewer Charges	31,352,162	30,614,332	31,138,037	30,407,678	23,963,259	22,847,966
87.0	REVENUES	Electric Charges
88.0		Gas Charges
88.1		Storm Water Fees	3,187,664	2,901,320	3,049,649	3,035,331	2,356,828
89.0	MISC.	Investment Earnings - Bond Proceeds	8,710	259	40,039	50,624	38,689	16,592
90.0	REVENUES	Investment Earnings - All Other Funds	608,258	2,775,744	4,458,764	8,519,645	2,461,097	1,060,792
91.0		Special Assessments						104,655
92.0		Private Contributions and Donations	752,354	1,795,321	101,575	5,140	509,736	457,083
93.0		Sales of Materials and Fixed Assets	200,663	146,571	52,462	128,542	178,543	131,352
94.0		Sale of Real Property		1,827	15,695	242,027	1,192,589	270,196
95.0		Nongovt Contr For Streets & Traffic Signals
96.0		ABC Mixed Drink Surcharge
97.0		ABC Profit Distribution	750,000	750,000	895,909	1,006,913	653,537	559,217
98.0		Other Miscellaneous Revenues		477,913	1,968,116	551,425	950,333	877,289
99.0		Proceeds of Sale of Bonds and Notes			39,032,093		1,644,135
100.0		Proceeds of Capital Leases/Install Purchases	1,300,000	48,387	5,000,000		8,245,300
101.0		Other		32,079	419,266
102.0	NON-REV	School - Current Levy Collections
103.0	RECEIPTS	Prior Years' Levy Collections
104.0		Tax Collections for Other Units
105.0		Utilities Customer's Deposits	32,510
106.0		Deposits Other than Utility
107.0		Prepaid Taxes	-9,162
108.0		Prepaid Privilege Licenses	644,864
109A	PART 4	Governing Body - Salaries & Wages	102,453	103,607	99,641	139,854	89,670	85,371
109B	GENERAL	Governing Body - Other Direct	66,290	68,131	88,265	121,286	481,998	76,569
109C	GOVT	Governing Body - Construction
109D		Governing Body - Purchase of P,P&E
110A		Administration - Salaries & Wages	550,695	1,084,951	953,357	766,442	749,206	867,331
110B		Administration - Other Direct	209,042	610,835	670,362	404,752	373,369	441,463
110C		Administration - Construction
110D		Administration - Purchase of P,P&E
111A		Elections - Salaries & Wages	213,948
111B		Elections - Other Direct			159,416		91,706
111C		Elections - Construction
111D		Elections - Purchase of P,P&E
112A		Finance - Salaries & Wages	1,081,291	1,686,766	1,423,510	1,292,543	1,276,586	1,220,709
112B		Finance - Other Direct	681,354	871,181	1,047,331	1,962,327	975,271	3,525,363
112C		Finance - Construction
112D		Finance - Purchase of P,P&E		190,151	50,001
113A		Taxes - Salaries & Wages	671,725
113B		Taxes - Other Direct		675,765	650,885	635,922	565,110	541,083
113C		Taxes - Construction
113D		Taxes - Purchase of P,P&E
114A		Legal - Salaries & Wages	449,549	429,811	379,362	354,311	333,343	327,370
114B		Legal - Other Direct	233,358	188,997	197,584	147,739	236,254	147,162
114C		Legal - Construction
114D		Legal - Purchase of P,P&E
115A		Public Buildings - Salaries & Wages	479,501	392,449	352,703	316,282	336,475	327,269
115B		Public Buildings - Other Direct	426,579	1,041,377	857,047	720,379	658,360	583,912
115C		Public Buildings - Construction	23,861					33,031
115D		Public Buildings - Purchase of P,P&E						11,259
116A		Court Facilities - Salaries & Wages
116B		Court Facilities - Other Direct
116C		Court Facilities - Construction
116D		Court Facilities - Purchase of P,P&E
117A		Central Services - Salaries & Wages	3,448,978	484,084	536,943	501,219	524,270	513,608
117B		Central Services - Other Direct	2,627,042	621,692	685,998	455,252	257,901	129
117C		Central Services - Construction	469,766		60,000		448,466
117D		Central Services - Purchase of P,P&E	138,220		16,564	46,407
118A		Gen. Govt. All Other - Salaries & Wages	371,449	2,388,702	2,213,901	1,843,609	1,663,641	1,535,486
118B		Gen. Govt. All Other - Other Direct	1,704,250	2,173,893	3,208,654	1,702,143	2,199,888	2,004,517
118C		Gen. Govt. All Other - Construction	36,454
118D		Gen. Govt. All Other - Purchase of P,P&E		955,964	14,849	630,894	174,723	523,753
119A	PUBLIC	Police & Comm - Traffic Control - Salaries and Wages	11,575,843	12,277,471	11,407,862	10,304,229	9,661,122	9,133,597
119B	SAFETY	Police & Comm - Traffic Control - Other Direct	6,285,973	7,033,922	7,472,342	5,712,712	5,001,878	4,621,995
119C		Police & Comm - Traffic Control - Construction	208,834
119D		Police & Comm - Traffic Control - Purchase of P,P&E	138,611	30,371	1,113,024	582,482	672,898	484,533
120A		Emergency Communications - Salaries & Wages
120B		Emergency Communications - Other Direct
120C		Emergency Communications - Construction
120D		Emergency Communications - Purchase of P,P&E
120B		Emergency Telephone Service Fund (ETSF) Expenditures - Operating
120C		ETSF Expenditures - Capital Construction
120D		ETSF Expenditures - Capital Purchases
121A		Emergency Mgmt - Salaries & Wages
121B		Emergency Mgmt - Other Direct
121C		Emergency Mgmt - Construction
121D		Emergency Mgmt - Purchase of P,P&E
122A		Fire - Salaries & Wages	12,387,821	11,796,227	11,153,516	9,912,807	9,067,192	9,252,788
122B		Fire - Other Direct	5,690,985	5,196,319	5,499,866	4,791,167	7,904,848	4,162,011
122C		Fire - Construction	474,266		438,106	3,701,722
122D		Fire - Purchase of P,P&E	150,489	2,040,840	65,050	571,642	114,183	855,652
123A		Inspectors - Salaries & Wages	1,788,302	1,812,893	1,693,701	1,491,574	1,367,639	1,339,190
123B		Inspectors - Other Direct	752,928	730,864	1,181,681	592,757	545,063	556,540
123C		Inspectors - Construction			75,069	45,494	48,876
123D		Inspectors - Purchase of P,P&E
124A		Rescue Units - Salaries & Wages
124B		Rescue Units - Other Direct
124C		Rescue Units - Construction
124D		Rescue Units - Purchase of P,P&E
125A		Animal Control - Salaries & Wages
125B		Animal Control - Other Direct
125C		Animal Control - Construction
125D		Animal Control - Purchase of P,P&E
126A		Pub. Safety All Other - Salaries & Wages
126B		Pub. Safety All Other - Other Direct
126C		Pub. Safety All Other - Construction
126D		Pub. Safety All Other - Purchase of P,P&E	775,140	563,059	541,586	508,641	467,331	468,958
127A	TRANSPOR	Traffic Engineering - Salaries & Wages	523,813	7,975,288	3,128,085	2,464,217	2,023,589	1,875,012
127B	TATION	Traffic Engineering - Other Direct	37,237	30,789		38,187	113,527	57,193
127C		Traffic Engineering - Construction		291,316		256,690	6,954
127D		Traffic Engineering - Purchase of P,P&E	1,909,592	1,323,349	780,359	804,734	816,227	964,124
128A		Streets and Highways - Salaries & Wages	1,363,293	447,286	2,229,324	1,386,806	1,537,492	2,598,375
128B		Streets and Highways - Other Direct	4,439,578	1,316,589	905,928	1,098,663	829,873	37,867
128C		Streets and Highways - Construction		450,695	610,214	312,359	410,530	534,016
128D		Streets and Highways - Purchase of P,P&E
129A		Street Cleaning - Salaries & Wages	527,836	92,191	74,651	84,993	71,658	37,933
129B		Street Cleaning - Other Direct	687,999	251,984	29,375	34,582	40,272	24,873
129C		Street Cleaning - Construction
129D		Street Cleaning - Purchase of P,P&E
130A		Powell Bill - Salaries & Wages	100,851	527,782	1,239,066	900,870	858,946	1,005,557
130B		Powell Bill - Other Direct	1,977,788	1,420,145	627,838	770,138	791,788	1,000,817
130C		Powell Bill - Construction	47,207	425,791
130D		Powell Bill - Purchase of P,P&E
131A		Parking Facilities - Salaries & Wages	474,589	527,036	471,383	353,966	349,718	335,426
131B		Parking Facilities - Other Direct	882,896	1,825,577	1,050,708	673,065	558,131	645,141
131C		Parking Facilities - Construction	415,759
131D		Parking Facilities - Purchase of P,P&E		321,137		14,500	221,227	181,236
132A		Mass Transit - City - Salaries & Wages	152,132	151,090	58,703	87,507	75,068	78,093
132B		Mass Transit - City - Other Direct	5,019,826	5,058,494	4,757,170	4,350,844	3,972,863	3,427,591
132C		Mass Transit - City - Construction	5,536
132D		Mass Transit - City - Purchase of P,P&E	365,654	47,274	69,695	1,443,319	143,909	22,437
133B		Mass Transit - Private - Other Direct
134A		Airport - Salaries & Wages
134B		Airport - Other Direct
134C		Airport - Construction
134D		Airport - Purchase of P,P&E
135A		Transpor. All Other - Salaries & Wages
135B		Transpor. All Other - Other Direct
135C		Transpor. All Other - Construction
135D		Transpor. All Other - Purchase of P,P&E
136A	ENVIRON	Solid Waste - Salaries & Wages	1,118,886	1,256,346	1,120,824	989,010	895,590	937,213
136B	MENTAL	Solid Waste - Other Direct	3,556,794	3,272,010	2,876,852	2,679,672	2,747,292	2,777,563
136C	PROTECTION	Solid Waste - Construction
136D		Solid Waste - Purchase of P,P&E	35,020		225,082	45,480	154,888	26,648
137A		Drainage & Watershed - Salaries & Wages
137B		Drainage & Watershed - Other Direct
137C		Drainage & Watershed - Construction	1,148,173
137D		Drainage & Watershed - Purchase of P,P&E
138A		Cemeteries - Salaries & Wages	33,534	176,830	145,010	139,527	136,667	132,381
138B		Cemeteries - Other Direct	28,479	59,651	49,104	46,932	53,978	53,465
138C		Cemeteries - Construction
138D		Cemeteries - Purchase of P,P&E		11,259	5,630
139A		Environ. All Other - Salaries & Wages	35,372
139B		Environ. All Other - Other Direct	36,268
139C		Environ. All Other - Construction
139D		Environ. All Other - Purchase of P,P&E
140A	ECONOMIC	Planning & Zoning - Salaries & Wages	1,068,479	1,064,432	1,069,764	1,024,359	864,477	909,674
140B	& PHYSICAL	Planning & Zoning - Other Direct	482,104	468,485	672,027	1,087,845	370,894	502,072
140C	DEVELOP	Planning & Zoning - Construction			65,880
140D		Planning & Zoning - Purchase of P,P&E			23,155			18,964
141A		Economic Development - Salaries & Wages	243,891	281,535	262,859	287,275	260,316	46,563
141B		Economic Development - Other Direct	389,533	605,079	529,796	290,560	307,715	391,873
141C		Economic Development - Construction
141D		Economic Development - Purchase of P,P&E						140,000
142A		Community Development - Salaries & Wages	184,914	157,208	158,400	155,483	231,285	241,987
142B		Community Development - Other Direct	3,265,195	1,378,683	1,475,884	1,668,545	1,275,105	1,694,008
142C		Community Development - Construction	97,900
142D		Community Development - Purchase of P,P&E
143A		Housing & Urban Renewal - Salaries & Wages	88,140	99,417	105,288	118,965	85,940	73,116
143B		Housing & Urban Renewal - Other Direct	1,536,246	1,255,470	1,220,980	1,674,214	1,763,709	2,425,367
143C		Housing & Urban Renewal - Construction			17,000
143D		Housing & Urban Renewal - Purchase of P,P&E
144A		Special Empl Programs - Salaries & Wages
144B		Special Empl Programs - Other Direct
144C		Special Empl Programs - Construction
144D		Special Empl Programs - Purchase of P,P&E
145A		Econ. Dev. All Other - Salaries & Wages	149,483
145B		Econ. Dev. All Other - Other Direct	137,255
145C		Econ. Dev. All Other - Construction
145D		Econ. Dev. All Other - Purchase of P,P&E
146A	HUMAN	Health - Salaries & Wages
146B	SERVICES	Health - Other Direct
146C		Health - Construction
146D		Health - Purchase of P,P&E
147A		Mental Health - Salaries & Wages
147B		Mental Health - Other Direct
147C		Mental Health - Construction
147D		Mental Health - Purchase of P,P&E
148A		Social Services - Salaries & Wages
148B		Social Services - Other Direct
148C		Social Services - Construction
148D		Social Services - Purchase of P,P&E
149B		Hospital-City - Other Direct
150B		Hospital-Private - Other Direct
151A		Legal Aid - Salaries & Wages
151B		Legal Aid - Other Direct
151C		Legal Aid - Construction
151D		Legal Aid - Purchase of P,P&E
152A		Human Serv. All Other - Salaries & Wages
152B		Human Serv. All Other - Other Direct		50,488	51,227	50,762	40,594	690,606
152C		Human Serv. All Other - Construction
152D		Human Serv. All Other - Purchase of P,P&E
153A	CULTURE	Recreation & Parks - Salaries & Wages	4,833,845	5,226,243	5,065,486	4,889,067	4,527,717	3,317,978
153B	RECREATION	Recreation & Parks - Other Direct	5,327,837	5,931,667	5,502,305	5,456,758	7,150,102	3,841,633
153C		Recreation & Parks - Construction	1,442,132	798,171	515,636	1,091,199		1,850,147
153D		Recreation & Parks - Purchase of P,P&E	19,088	282,311	314,581	123,472	203,624	220,517
154A		Coliseum - Salaries & Wages	826,836	907,175	819,945	809,056	778,104	861,265
154B		Coliseum - Other Direct	1,026,174	1,427,820	1,228,021	1,164,407	1,228,542	1,252,936
154C		Coliseum - Construction	1,629,835
154D		Coliseum - Purchase of P,P&E	70,647	137,396		15,000	42,326	77,925
155A		Museums - Salaries & Wages
155B		Museums - Other Direct						20,000
155C		Museums - Construction
155D		Museums - Purchase of P,P&E
156A		Libraries - Salaries & Wages
156B		Libraries - Other Direct
156C		Libraries - Construction
156D		Libraries - Purchase of P,P&E
157A		Cult. & Recr. All Other - Salaries & Wages	325,377	361,410	85,874	54,073	51,389	48,837
157B		Cult. & Recr. All Other - Other Direct	294,361	281,894	44,949	26,230	23,356	56,293
157C		Cult. & Recr. All Other - Construction
157D		Cult. & Recr. All Other - Purchase of P,P&E
158A	UTILITY	Water & Sewer - Salaries & Wages	5,989,996	5,858,865	4,941,956	4,410,304	3,729,029	3,465,983
158B		Water & Sewer - Other Direct	11,003,523	12,506,631	12,402,291	8,390,968	9,201,288	10,929,055
158C		Water & Sewer - Construction	9,457,891	28,206,834	16,123,864	3,630,157	341,734	1,120,486
158D		Water & Sewer - Purchase of P,P&E	1,122,846	233,375	2,004,339	1,015,414	1,035,976	806,893
159A		Electric Power - Salaries & Wages
159B		Electric Power - Other Direct
159C		Electric Power - Construction
159D		Electric Power - Purchase of P,P&E
160A		Natural Gas - Salaries & Wages
160B		Natural Gas - Other Direct
160C		Natural Gas - Construction
160D		Natural Gas - Purchase of P,P&E
161.1A		Storm Water - Salaries & Wages	1,400,692	1,489,571	1,055,121	930,384	622,000
161.1B		Storm Water - Other Direct	1,169,429	1,261,483	1,290,238	983,974	840,137
161.1C		Storm Water - Construction	347,367
161.1D		Storm Water - Purchase of P,P&E	35,851	432,721	230,964	266,795	419,658
161B	DEBT	Water & Sewer - Interest & Fees	3,614,562	4,680,670	2,613,513	2,295,937	2,640,752	2,896,085
161D	SERVICE	Water & Sewer - Principal	4,033,407	3,618,994	2,958,899	2,658,511	1,950,050	2,824,675
162B		Electric - Interest & Fees
162D		Electric - Principal
163B		Gas - Interest & Fees
163D		Gas - Principal
164B		School - Interest & Fees
164D		School - Principal
165B		Hospital - Interest & Fees
165D		Hospital - Principal
166B		All Other - Interest & Fees	964,038	3,015,583	3,660,829	1,608,398	1,251,217	1,408,079
166D		All Other - Principal	4,354,371	3,458,239	5,807,492	6,002,760	5,546,232	4,803,777
167B	PENSION	Direct Benefit Program - Other Direct
168B	FRINGE	Fringe Benefits Unallocated	184,771	125,655	98,067	43,860	252,556	74,510
169B		Separation Allowance - Law Enforcement	375,893	295,922	289,325	285,675	282,071	278,513
170B		Separation Allowance - Other Employees
171B		Supplemental Retirement - Law Enforcement	475,982	702,260	573,225	494,045	463,552	452,963
172B		Fringe Benefits Other
173A	INTERGOV	Multi-Cnty Libr Dis,Cnty,Or Other - Recipient
173B	EXPEND	Multi-Cnty Libr Dis,Cnty,Or Other - Item #
173C		Multi-Cnty Libr Dis,Cnty,Or Other - Amount
174A		Gen Gov Activities Shared W/ Cnty - Recipient
174B		Gen Gov Activities Shared W/ Cnty - Item #
174C		Gen Gov Activities Shared W/ Cnty - Amount
175A		Highways (Payments to State) - Recipient
175B		Highways (Payments to State) - Item No.
175C		Highways (Payments to State) - Amount
176A		Other - Intergovt. Expenditures - Recipient	Buncombe County-Public Safety (CrimeStoppers, Bureau, CJIS
176B		Other - Intergovt. Expenditures - Item #	119b
176C		Other - Intergovt. Expenditures - Amount	1,123,272
177A		Other - Intergovt. Expenditures - Recipient	Buncombe County-Public Safety-Dispatch
177B		Other - Intergovt. Expenditures - Item #	122b
177C		Other - Intergovt. Expenditures - Amount	112,206
178A		Other - Intergovt. Expenditures - Recipient
178B		Other - Intergovt. Expenditures - Item #
178C		Other - Intergovt. Expenditures - Amount
179.0		Current year's levy -- Excluding motor vehicles	43,286,926.	41,503,932.00	39,712,919.00	39,229,324.00	33,986,709.00	32,894,584.00
180.0		Current year's levy -- Motor vehicles (only)	2,023,493.	2,232,972.00	2,330,726.00	2,445,957.00	2,882,811.00	2,547,918.00
181.0	PART 6	Uncollected Taxes - Current Year's Levy Except Mot Veh	413,371.	302,790.00	135,767.00	101,245.00	127,618.00	160,141.00
182.0	OTHER	Uncollected Taxes - CY Levy -Motor Vehicles	147,639	161,947	158,546	159,559	184,936	191,382
183.0	DATA	Percentage of Taxes Collected - All Property %	98.76	98.94	99.30	99.37	99.15	99.01
184.0	DATA	Percentage of Taxes Collected - Exclude Motor Vehicles%	99.05	99.27	99.66	99.74	99.62	99.51
185.0		Percentage of Taxes Collected - Motor Vehicles %	92.70	92.75	93.20	93.48	93.58	92.49
186.0		Ttl Amt Salaries/Wages for Construction
187A		Capital Reserve Schools - July 1, 2009
187B		Capital Reserve Schools - June 30, 2010
188A		Capital Reserve Hospitals - July 1, 2009
188B		Capital Reserve Hospitals - June 30, 2010
189A	PART 7	Cash On Hand & in Bank - Debt Service
189B	CASH &	Cash On Hand & in Bank - Construction Bond	1,236,641	8,507,590	55,413,669	15,660,464	47,520,003	3,637,109
189C	INVEST	Cash On Hand & in Bank - All Other	83,196,402	89,960,334	79,240,844	57,236,394	64,367,237	51,862,661
190A	PART	Appropriations Made During FY - B(1) - B(7)
190B	8	Expenditures Made During FY - B(1) - B(7)
191.0		Investment in Property - B(1) - B(4)
192.0		Amount Expended During FY - B(5) and B(7)
193.0		Amount of Tax Revenues Taken Into Account
194A	PART 9	Amount - Total Revenues	148,226,413	155,500,516	201,735,276	162,288,746	179,473,017	117,802,322
194B	FISCAL	Amount - Subtract Refunding Bond Proceeds					41,800,000
194C	SUMMARY	Amount - Subtract Interfund Transfers In	8,071,053	15,364,046	18,415,317	22,024,242	9,313,120	7,194,196
194D		Amount - Net Revenues	140,155,360	140,136,470	183,319,959	140,264,504	128,359,897	110,608,126
		Calculated amount	140,155,360	140,136,470	183,319,959	140,264,504	128,359,897	110,608,126
		Amounts in AGREEMENT??	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
		Difference
195A		Amount - Total Expenditures	156,761,169	184,675,964	166,457,674	144,261,343	163,904,584	115,330,586
195B		Amount - Subtract Pymts. to Refunded Debt Agent					43,712,563
195C		Amount - Subtract Interfund Transfers Out	8,071,053	15,364,046	18,415,317	22,024,242	9,313,120	7,194,196
195D		Amount - Net Expenditures	148,690,116	169,311,918	148,042,357	122,237,101	110,878,901	108,136,390
		Calculated amount	148,344,478	169,311,918	148,042,357	122,237,101	110,878,901	108,136,390
		Amounts in AGREEMENT??	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
		Difference	345,638

401A	Part 10	Number of residential accounts billed Water
401B	Water /	Number of residential accounts billed Sewer
402A	Sewer	Amount processed and/or purchased in units Water	7	7,278	7,667,030	7,770,000
402B	Operations	Amount processed and/or purchased in units Sewer
403A		Total amount billed in units - Water	5	6,378	4,906,700	5,190,000
403B		Total amount billed in units - Sewer
404A		Of the total in 403A above how many units were Residential W	3	3,787	4,170,700	5,020,000
404B		Of the total in 403B above how many units were Residential S
405A		Of the total in 403 above, how many units were Outside Muni W
405B		Of the total in 403 above, how many units were Outside Muni S
406A		Of the total in 405A above how many units were Residential W
406B		Of the total in 405B above how many units were Residential S				289,000
407A		Of the total in 403A, how many units were sold for redistribution
407B		Of the total in 403B how many unit were delivered in bulk	27,565,364	26,877,099	26,697,836	263,725,316
408A		Dollars related to 403A above
408B		Dollars related to 403B above	21,500,984	22,845,534	22,693,161
409A		Dollars related to 404A above
409B		Dollars related to 404B above
410A		Dollars related to 405A above
410B		Dollars related to 405B above
411A		Dollars related to 406A above
411B		Dollars related to 406B above				355,565
412A		Dollars related to 407A above
412B		Dollars related to 407B above	47,905	47,536	47,252
421A		Number of residential accounts billed - Water
421B		Number of residential accounts billed - Sewer	4,573	4,573	4,524
422A		Number of non-residential & bulk accounts billed - Water
422B		Number of non-residential & bulk accounts billed - Sewer	2	2	2	2	2	2
423A		Estimated percentage of accounts outside of municipal limits



950.0		Official	Lauren Bradley
951.0		Title	Administrative Services Director
952.0		Date	02/15/2011	12/01/2009	01/28/2009	12/13/2007	10/31/2006	11/30/2005
953.0		Contact	Tia Keith
954.0		Title	Accounting Services Manager
955.0		Phone	828-259-5593
956.0		Fax	828-259-5619
957.0		E-Mail:

Go to top of page Key Ratios and Operations Statistics of Water and Sewer Systems for
City of Asheville

	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005

Population	79,973	78,313	77,837	75,948	73,189	73,239
Population Group	No Electric 50,000 and Above	No Electric 50,000 and Above	No Electric 50,000 and Above	No Electric 50,000 and Above	No Electric 50,000 and Above	No Electric 50,000 and Above
Total Operating Revenues	$31,276,303	30,841,116	31,534,907	30,465,188	23,992,811	22,923,465
Total Operating Revenues Per Capita	$391	394	405	401	328	313
Group Weighted Average Revenues Per Capita	295	275	270	271	260	223
State Weighted Average Revenues Per Capita	306	290	293	293	286	262

% to Total Operating Revenues
Operating Expenses	79.09%	70.27%	62.12%	60.14%	73.16%	79.38%
Group Weighted Average	78.11%	84.45%	83.11%	76.73%	75.13%	81.44%
State Weighted Average	83.80%	88.94%	85.72%	81.18%	80.03%	84.59%

Operating Margin	20.91%	29.73%	37.88%	39.86%	26.84%	20.62%
Group Weighted Average	21.89%	15.55%	16.89%	23.27%	24.87%	18.56%
State Weighted Average	16.20%	11.06%	14.28%	18.82%	19.97%	15.41%

Operating Transfers In	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Group Weighted Average	0.12%	0.24%	0.11%	0.28%	0.14%	0.32%
State Weighted Average	1.47%	1.12%	1.21%	1.12%	1.45%	1.59%

Operating Transfers Out	5.30%	0.50%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Group Weighted Average	0.80%	1.19%	2.34%	0.46%	0.49%	0.34%
State Weighted Average	1.66%	2.70%	3.12%	1.85%	2.76%	2.79%

Net Income before capital contributions	7.90%	22.55%	34.19%	35.74%	17.73%	12.46%
Group Weighted Average	10.74%	-25.82%	10.93%	19.33%	22.73%	14.90%
State Weighted Average	12.99%	-9.68%	14.10%	18.23%	15.30%	15.64%

Key Ratios and Cash Flow

Quick Ratio	3.92	4.08	4.94	2.95	3.16	2.34
Group Weighted Average	3.21	2.80	2.93	2.86	2.72	1.67
State Weighted Average	3.20	2.81	2.96	2.90	2.82	1.82

Days Sales in Receivables	8.0	60.6	37.9	67.4	67.1	76.4
Group Weighted Average	61.3	60.4	60.1	68.1	67.4	68.6
State Weighted Average	58.8	58.6	56.1	60.7	58.1	60.0

Days Cash on Hand	810.8	450.0	523.4	483.6	465.0	347.5
Group Weighted Average	675.8	595.5	608.5	696.3	663.1	591.6
State Weighted Average	526.9	479.1	507.5	565.1	514.1	479.7

Cash flow from Operations	$11,871,887	11,592,393	22,221,637	16,004,403	10,346,499	8,930,009

Debt to Equity	0.57	0.60	0.67	0.43	0.51	0.58
Group Weighted Average	0.82	0.77	0.79	0.76	0.69	0.71
State Weighted Average	0.60	0.56	0.57	0.55	0.52	0.54

Debt per Capita	976	1,040	1,094	642	698	717
Group Weighted Average	1,389	1,291	1,289	1,221	1,029	904
State Weighted Average	997	927	932	886	798	753

Capital Expenditures:	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
	$0	0	0	0	0	0

	2004	2003	2002	2001
	$2,347,478	1,164,830	1,226,380	2,654,484

Capital Contributions: Excluded from income above	$325,784	982,606	3,489,290	2,145,480	4,137,452	2,130,454


Operating Statistics

Estimated population of the areas served Water	0	0	0	121,000	NA	NA
Estimated population of the areas served Sewer	0	0	0	0	NA	NA

Number of Gallons of Water Processed (000) omitted	7	7,278	7,667,030	7,770,000	NA	NA
Number of Gallons of Sewage Processed (000) omitted	0	0	0	0	NA	NA

Number of Gallons of Water Billed (000) omitted	5	6,378	4,906,700	5,190,000	NA	NA
Number of Gallons of Sewage Billed (000) omitted	0	0	0	0	NA	NA

Ratio of Water Billed to Water Processed	0.63724	0.87628	0.63997	0.66795	NA	NA
Ratio of Sewage Billed to Sewage Processed					NA	NA

Total Revenue from Water Sales	27,565,364	26,877,099	26,697,836	263,725,316	NA	NA
Total Revenue from Sewage Sales	0	0	0	0	NA	NA

Water Revenue per 1000 gallons of Sales				2,179.54807	NA	NA
Sewage Revenue per 1000 gallons of Sales					NA	NA

Group Average Sales per thousand Gallons Water	$0.00003	$19.98811	$0.00068	$0.25022	NA	NA
Group Average Sales per thousand Gallons Sewage	$0.00005	$20.68930	$0.00128	$0.18626	NA	NA

State Average Sales per thousand Gallons Water	$25.53413	$28.47236	$12,972.02948	$5,350.70834	NA	NA
State Average Sales per thousand Gallons Sewage	$40.97199	$44.63671	$11,463.64343	$3,991.93085	NA	NA

Residential Water Sales per thousand Gallons	$7,875,818.31502	6,032.54090	5.44109	0.00000	NA	NA
Residential Sewage Sales per thousand Gallons					NA	NA

Water Sales per thousand Gallons outside Municipal Limits					NA	NA
Sewage Sales per thousand Gallons outside Municipal Limits					NA	NA

Total Water Sales per thousand gallons for Redistribution	$0.00000	0.00000	0.00000	355,565.00000	NA	NA
Total Sewage Sales per thousand gallons for Redistribution	$0.00000	0.00000	0.00000	0.00000	NA	NA

Financial Graphs and Comparisons

Analysis of Available Fund Balance: General Fund
Analysis of Property Tax Collection %
Analysis of General Obligation Debt
Analysis of Revenue (5 years)
Analyis of Revenue (most recent fiscal year)
Analysis of Expenditures by Function
Analysis of Expenditures by Object

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Analysis of Available Fund Balance: General Fund

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Unit's FBA %	41.17%	34.99%	18.07%	18.74%	12.70%
Group average FBA %	24.59%	23.61%	22.35%	24.27%	25.92%
State average Electric/Non Electric Group FBA %	37.38%	37.39%	36.65%	37.89%	39.13%
State average FBA %	36.96%	36.54%	24.59%	37.09%	37.79%

Municipal Population Group: No Electric 50,000 and Above

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Municipality 99.15% 99.37% 99.30% 98.94% 98.76%

Pop. Group 98.16% 98.25% 98.31% 98.18% 98.39%

Statewide 97.55% 97.58% 97.56% 97.36% 97.61%

Municipal Population Group: No Electric 50,000 and Above

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Municipality	99.15%	99.37%	99.30%	98.94%	98.76%
Pop. Group	98.16%	98.25%	98.31%	98.18%	98.39%
Statewide	97.55%	97.58%	97.56%	97.36%	97.61%

Municipal Population Group: No Electric 50,000 and Above

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Municipality 170 126 87 60 33

Pop. Group 372 346 348 165 139

Statewide 495 478 456 455 449

Municipal Population Group: 50,000 to 99,999

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Municipality	170	126	87	60	33
Pop. Group	372	346	348	165	139
Statewide	495	478	456	455	449

Municipal Population Group: 50,000 to 99,999

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Property Tax $504 543 541 560 566

Utility 348 417 426 441 447

Sales Tax 219 229 213 191 176

Sales & Services 123 133 138 136 130

Intergovernmental 238 241 245 266 291

Debt Proceeds 35 7 527 6 0

Other Miscellaneous 287 277 260 189 142

Total $1,754 1,847 2,350 1,789 1,752

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Property Tax	$504	543	541	560	566
Utility	348	417	426	441	447
Sales Tax	219	229	213	191	176
Sales & Services	123	133	138	136	130
Intergovernmental	238	241	245	266	291
Debt Proceeds	35	7	527	6	0
Other Miscellaneous	287	277	260	189	142
Total	$1,754	1,847	2,350	1,789	1,752

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2010
2010

Category Revenue
Per Capita

Property Tax $45,252,649
$566

Water/Sewer 4,371,540
55

Electric 31,352,162
392

Other Utilities 0
0

Sales Tax 14,104,677
176

Sales & Services 10,373,003
130

Intergovernment 23,280,794
291

Debt Proceeds 0
0

Miscellaneous 11,366,432
142

Total $140,101,257
$1,752

Municipal Population Group: No Electric 50,000 and Above

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2010
2010

Category Expenditures
Per Capita

General Government $13,985,805
$174

Water/Sewer 619,738
8

Electric 27,574,256
345

Other Utilities 2,333,601
29

Debt Service 12,966,378
162

Transportation 18,931,586
237

Public Safety 41,081,067
514

Other 30,852,047
386

Total $148,344,478
$1,855

Municipal Population Group: No Electric 50,000 and Above

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2010
2010

Category Expenditures
Per Capita

Salaries & Wages $52,563,514
$657

Water/Sewer Capital 0
0

Electric Capital 10,580,737
132

Other Capital 9,985,402
125

Other Operating 75,214,825
941

Total $148,344,478
$1,855

Municipal Population Group: No Electric 50,000 and Above

Last Updated 5/4/2011 8:11:07 PM



	2010	2010
Category	Revenue	Per Capita
Property Tax	$45,252,649	$566
Water/Sewer	4,371,540	55
Electric	31,352,162	392
Other Utilities	0	0
Sales Tax	14,104,677	176
Sales & Services	10,373,003	130
Intergovernment	23,280,794	291
Debt Proceeds	0	0
Miscellaneous	11,366,432	142
Total	$140,101,257	$1,752

Municipal Population Group: No Electric 50,000 and Above

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