Meeting Signals: Finance Committee Of The Whole
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Meeting Signals
Source transcript: kzxwg1mtca4.finance_committee_of_the_whole_10-7-24.txt
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Motion / Vote Signals
| Signal | Evidence | Nearby Result | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motion / Vote Signal | Full of the agenda so move second there was none so we moved to item six which is discussion of the following budget items general fund revenue government building cemetery neighborhoods tourism debt service health ca… | No nearby result line detected | detected |
| Action-Like Signal | All right with that let’s move to debt service fund. | No nearby result line detected | detected |
| Adjournment Signal | Seeing none, we have public comments if there’s any on seeing none I take a motion for adjournment motion by My partner seconded by Sellers. | All in favor? | detected |
Roll Call Signals
No matching roll-call blocks detected by deterministic rules.
Money Signals
| Amount | Context |
|---|---|
| $2.8 million | So we budgeted the same amount as last year for property taxes. However, we’re still waiting on the EAV to make this correct. So right now we’ve got about $2.8 million budgeted in revenue for property taxes. |
| $5.8 million | So that will be lower than it was last year. Mayor. Municipal sales tax about $5.8 million. |
| $85,000 | The Illinois Gaming Board website has all the details in our area and how much we collect so So this is continuing to move along. Cannabis use tax, state allocation based on the population as we don’t have a dispensar… |
| $25,000, | That’s yearly, that’s for maintaining IDOT thoroughfares through town. That would be minor repairs and that type of thing, pothole patching and such. Reimbursement for traffic signals, $25,000, and that’s a reimbursem… |
| $840,000 | That would be minor repairs and that type of thing, pothole patching and such. Reimbursement for traffic signals, $25,000, and that’s a reimbursement from the state for repairs to traffic signals in State Right-of-Way… |
| $880,000 | We’ve got food and beverage, about $840,000. That’s 1.25 local tax directly back to the City of Freeport for food and beverage. Electric tax, we’re looking at about $880,000 from ComEd and natural gas, $660,000 from N… |
| $660,000 | We’ve got food and beverage, about $840,000. That’s 1.25 local tax directly back to the City of Freeport for food and beverage. Electric tax, we’re looking at about $880,000 from ComEd and natural gas, $660,000 from N… |
| $198,000 | Telephone Use Tax. Again, this one is continuing to decrease over the years. So right now we’re budgeting for $198,000 for this year, but it will continue to drop. |
| $25,000 | We’re budgeting for $260,000 this year, but it’s decreasing as people cut the cord. And we’ll be evaluating any kind of streaming tax that we can do to replace that in the future. We’ve got reimbursement for fire, so… |
| $25,000 | And we’ll be evaluating any kind of streaming tax that we can do to replace that in the future. We’ve got reimbursement for fire, so there’s $25,000. That’s training and other salary reimbursements and then same thing… |
| $200,000 | Sustained traffic enforcement so that’s a grant for the police so holiday traffic stops and safety related funding there so about 20,000 and I’ll move down here to a few of these other ones. Liquor licenses we receive… |
| $190,000 | Liquor licenses we receive about a hundred thousand dollars in revenue each year for liquor licenses so approximately ten thousand dollars a Peace, and we’re we’re receiving income from about 10 different establishmen… |
| $46.70 | Liquor licenses we receive about a hundred thousand dollars in revenue each year for liquor licenses so approximately ten thousand dollars a Peace, and we’re we’re receiving income from about 10 different establishmen… |
| $20,000 | Liquor licenses we receive about a hundred thousand dollars in revenue each year for liquor licenses so approximately ten thousand dollars a Peace, and we’re we’re receiving income from about 10 different establishmen… |
| $140,000 | What is that from? That’d be the fees that we charge to open graves and inter people when they are interred at the Cemetery. Let’s see here, fines, traffic, DUIs, ordinance and that, about $140,000 per year, so we’re… |
| $900,000 | So this is paid from the water and sewer to the city as well as the next three water and sewer accountancy fee and the distribution to corporate fund. So these are are all the utility compensating the city for work re… |
| $770,000 | So this is the interest that we receive from all the accrued funds that are sitting in bank accounts. So we’re generating about $900,000 in interest each year. And then transfer from Fund 32, that’s $770,000. |
| $25,485,575 | And then transfer from Fund 32, that’s $770,000. And that’s from Fund 331, capital fire improvement, about 54% of the net ambulance revenues. So with that, our total revenue estimate or revenue budget for 2025 is $25,… |
| $200,000 | We have contracted equipment repair and maintenance for essentially for $50,000 that’s essentially more more just some budget put there in case we have any more issues with the PD building. We’re looking at other opti… |
| $9,200 | We receive revenue in two forms in the Cemetery Care Fund. One is to grave and earn purchases and the other one is interest income. So we’re expecting about $9,200 in grave and earn purchases and that’s just based on… |
| $4125 | I think it would look nice with a nice paint job or something. Okay with that we can move on to Neighborhood Housing Fund. So Neighborhood Housing Fund Revenue side starting with $4125. |
| $2 | Okay with that we can move on to Neighborhood Housing Fund. So Neighborhood Housing Fund Revenue side starting with $4125. So this is a local tax from property transfer tax of $2 per 500 of consideration when buying a… |
| $210,000 | So Neighborhood Housing Fund Revenue side starting with $4125. So this is a local tax from property transfer tax of $2 per 500 of consideration when buying a property. So we’re receiving about $210,000 in revenue there. |
| $15,000 | So this is a local tax from property transfer tax of $2 per 500 of consideration when buying a property. So we’re receiving about $210,000 in revenue there. And then interest income of about $15,000. |
| $20,000 | So plan on using the remainder of this fund here on the Neighborhood Housing Fund. Pretty much all we use this for is not All, but primarily this is used for demolitions. So if you see here in the expense items, about… |
| $605,000 | So plan on using the remainder of this fund here on the Neighborhood Housing Fund. Pretty much all we use this for is not All, but primarily this is used for demolitions. So if you see here in the expense items, about… |
| $15,000 | It could be used for other initiatives. But I mean, we’re looking at some pretty hefty budget items. So a typical house is going to cost anywhere from $15,000 to $20,000 to demolish. |
| $20,000 | It could be used for other initiatives. But I mean, we’re looking at some pretty hefty budget items. So a typical house is going to cost anywhere from $15,000 to $20,000 to demolish. |
| $2,000 | But I mean, we’re looking at some pretty hefty budget items. So a typical house is going to cost anywhere from $15,000 to $20,000 to demolish. And we’re looking at right now anywhere from $2,000 to $250,000 to demolis… |
| $250,000 | But I mean, we’re looking at some pretty hefty budget items. So a typical house is going to cost anywhere from $15,000 to $20,000 to demolish. And we’re looking at right now anywhere from $2,000 to $250,000 to demolis… |
| $50,000 | I know that this year we had that three hundred thousand for demos and then we also had what wasn’t it some other money that came in that was going to be a grant or something so yeah so three hundred thousand dollars… |
| $280,000 | You know, whether it’s going out and receiving grant funding to help us take these things down or opening up a conversation with other units of government, I think we’ll be opening up those discussions, but we’ve got… |
| $5,000 | You know, whether it’s going out and receiving grant funding to help us take these things down or opening up a conversation with other units of government, I think we’ll be opening up those discussions, but we’ve got… |
| $248,000 | You know, whether it’s going out and receiving grant funding to help us take these things down or opening up a conversation with other units of government, I think we’ll be opening up those discussions, but we’ve got… |
| $120,000 | So in this particular fund we’re transferring in funds from the General Fund to pay for our debt service. So we’ll be bringing in about 3.4 million dollars for the 2016 City Hall, and 2020 Pension Bonds to support the… |
| $477,000 | So in this particular fund we’re transferring in funds from the General Fund to pay for our debt service. So we’ll be bringing in about 3.4 million dollars for the 2016 City Hall, and 2020 Pension Bonds to support the… |
| $2 | Also transferring in $120,000 to pay for the 2015A bond, which is library, and then the transfer in for streets, which is $477,000. That’s for the payment on bonds 2019A and 2021. Both of those funded street repairs i… |
| $112,000 | That’s for the payment on bonds 2019A and 2021. Both of those funded street repairs in the city and they are paid for with the $2 that you pay in your water bill. Transfer in for the TIF, you got $112,000 that’s payin… |
| $340,000 | That’s for the payment on bonds 2019A and 2021. Both of those funded street repairs in the city and they are paid for with the $2 that you pay in your water bill. Transfer in for the TIF, you got $112,000 that’s payin… |
| $7,600, | It’s interest alone. Yep. With that I’d like to move on to the health care fund so this fund manages the health care expenses for the city employees and retirees we anticipate a 1.8 percent increase in medical insuran… |
Civic Object Signals
| Type | Evidence |
|---|---|
| Grant / Program Reference | And then of course federal grant ARPA is no longer in effect. |
| Grant / Program Reference | Sustained traffic enforcement so that’s a grant for the police so holiday traffic stops and safety related funding there so about 20,000 and I’ll move down here to a few of these other ones. |
| Grant / Program Reference | And the federal grant as well? |
| Grant / Program Reference | Well federal grant ARPA is over. |
| Grant / Program Reference | Would it be nice to get a grant? |
| Grant / Program Reference | Is the city going to work towards grant funds to demolish it? |
| Grant / Program Reference | I know that this year we had that three hundred thousand for demos and then we also had what wasn’t it some other money that came in that was going to be a grant or something so yeah so three hundred thousand dollars is a strong communities grant program that has to be residen… |
| Grant / Program Reference | I’d just like to know about how much do we have left in that grant, from what we’ve done this year? |
| Grant / Program Reference | Probably end up with, when I, excuse me, when I end up requesting for a grant extension, there will probably end up being $50,000 not spent that I would be asking for an extension on, and that would be at the best case scenario. |
| Grant / Program Reference | So unfortunately or fortunately how you look at it there’s I have enough properties to put through that grant to use that money so just in residential vacant properties thank you and just my math on this shows that you take out the 250 that you’re budgeting for demolition of t… |
| Grant / Program Reference | If I could just jump in on this one Alderman Monroe, we do occupy a special role which is we can go after and receive grant money that we can then go and acquire these properties, We’re budgeting for this this year because we’re budgeting for it. |
| Grant / Program Reference | You know, whether it’s going out and receiving grant funding to help us take these things down or opening up a conversation with other units of government, I think we’ll be opening up those discussions, but we’ve got to budget for it if we want to get it down within the next y… |
| Compliance Reference | This is basically to maintain the IEPA requirements and then we’ve got the Landfill Closure Expense so this is for monitoring the landfill itself. |
Question Signals
- And the federal grant as well?
- When was the ordinance changed?
- Can they repeat what the transfer from Fund 32 means?
- And do we know out of the 54 percent what that amount was, you know, so that I can kind of know what the 54 percent of that was that went into the general fund?
- That went into the general fund?
- To take the 50% off and put it in the general fund?
- So would you be in favor of leaving it as it is or in not the general fund getting that 54%?
- On the neighborhood housing fund or any of these funds going to use for other demos?
- Would it be nice to get a grant?
- Is the city going to work towards grant funds to demolish it?
- I’d just like to know about how much do we have left in that grant, from what we’ve done this year?
Low-Confidence Transcript Lines
- And then as far as expenses contracted building repair and maintenance currently we don’t have anything planned for cemetery in terms of for major repairs out there we’ve replaced all of the roofs on all of the mausoleums that need to be replaced and the ga…
- Miller, Mayor, Mayor, Mayor, Mayor, Mayor We keep ending up with all these properties and having to pay to tear them down ourselves.
Internal Extraction Counts
These counts are included for QA and pipeline observability. They should not be read as proof that a category was absent from the meeting.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Action-like signals | 3 |
| Roll-call blocks | 0 |
| Money references | 40 |
| Civic object references | 13 |
| Question lines | 11 |
| Possible people detected internally | 10 |
| Low-confidence lines | 2 |
Extraction Notes
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