Tuesday, February 9, 2010

IS MAYOR ENGLAND BORROWING FROM OUR SEWER FUND?

Mayor England has stated he "does not borrow from our Sewer Fund!"

Well, that's not what John Skomp of Crowe Horthwath Report says:

Statement of Receipts and Disbursements of September 30, 2009:

New Albany Municipal Sewage works:

Tap-In and Drainage Fees...$244,210

EDIT (1) Transfer Required
by Ordinance.....................$1,645,000

EDIT (1) Transfer-
Additional.........................$----------

TIF (2) Reimbursement......$----------

Stormwater Collections and
Interest............................$1,183,686

General Fund Transfer
for Payroll........................$20,000

Proceeds from 2007 BAN...$1,183,686

Sanitation Interest............$----------

Debt Service Reserve
Receipts...........................$4,858

Escrow Release................$56,572

Interest Income...............$8,959

Total Other Receipts........$4,274,797

Other Disbursements:

Transfer to Stormwater
Fund..............................$1,052,479

*Loan to General Fund........$70,000

Right of Way.....................$98,067

Sewer Renovation.............$1,381,094

Capital Leases...................$---------

Transfer to Bank of
New York.........................$795,205

Transfer to Bond and
Interest Fund...................$5.00

Principal and Interest
Payments.........................$4,815,395

Registrar and Paying
Agent Fees.......................$7,677

Cost of Issuance on
Bonds.............................$--------

Interest Expense.............$105,729

Total Other
Disbursements...............$8,325,651

Net Receipts..................-$210,538

(1) Economic Development Income Tax (EDIT)

(2) Tax Increment Financing (TIF)

Source: John Skomp, Crowe Horthwath

Freedom Of Speech would like to say: "You can't argue with the facts...Mayor England!"

Is this what he means, when he says: the sewer, police and fire is under funded?