City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: DECEMBER 5, 2018
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of the Monthly Financial Report for the Period Ending October 31, 2018.
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ISSUE: Receipt of the Monthly Financial Report for the Period Ending October 31, 2018.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council receive the Monthly Financial Report (Attachments 1 and 2).
BACKGROUND: The following discussion is a summary of the Monthly Financial Report for this period. Schedules comparing revenues and expenditures to date to the same period in
FY 2018 are attached.
At this time in FY 2019, the City's revenue and expenditures are not noticeably different than the same time period last year. As of October 31, 2018, General Fund revenues totaled $150.7 million, an increase of $25.6 million or 20.5 percent more than the revenues collected at the same time in FY 2018. Through the first four months, approximately 20.1 percent of budgeted revenues have been collected. Revenues may not track consistently with calendar since many revenue sources have dues dates that do not occur evenly through the year. Large revenue sources, such as real estate and personal property tax revenues are remitted twice per year and once per year, respectively. Personal Property taxes were due on October 5th and collections through October exceed last year's collections by $0.8 million or 1.8 percent. Second half of the calendar year Real Property taxes were due on November 15th. Collections in October can be sporadic and often include large transactions from mortgage companies. Any variance in October for Real Property tax revenue is due to timing of payments.
Through the four months of the fiscal year, no revenue category has sufficient receipts to suggest any change in projected economic conditions or forecast. Person...
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