In its second reading on the Amended Budget Ordinance for 2005-06, the city showed a budget of just over $618,000 for general fund revenues for the current fiscal year, with expected total expenditures of around $421,000.
As for the water and sewer revenue, the city expects to take in a little over $472,000, with total expenditures around $392,674.05.
As for the proposed 2006-07 budget, the city currently expects to take in just under $538,000, with total expenditures budgeted at $370,673.
Water and sewer revenue for 2006-07 were budgeted at just under $752,000, with total expenditures a little over $706,500.
In other city business, Vernon Shanklin, with American Consulting Engineers, PLC, again addressed the commission regarding to the Highway 79 Sewer Extension Project.
Shanklin said that preliminary plans and specs for the project were complete and he presented a couple of sets of plans to the commission for their review.
As for submitting the sewer extension plan to the Kentucky Division of Water, Shanklin advised the commission that it would be in their best interest to hold off submittal of the plan until the city could show some progress on the inflow/infiltration (into the city's sewer system) problem.
Shanklin also recommended using Kentucky Rural Water's report to determine which of the city's manholes are in the worst condition.
From the data they have collected, Shanklin said, “we will be able to tell which ones are bad and what exactly is bad about them.”
Shanklin said a flowmeter at the wastewater plant will also allow the city to see what's flowing into the plant and compare that with what is flowing out of the plant.
Showing the Ky. Division of Water that they are taking action to solve the inflow/infiltration problem (repair and remediation work on both the manholes and wastewater plant) would benefit the city when it comes to the sewer extension proposal, Shanklin said.
In other action, the commission:
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