2009 WATER TOTALS
Wonder what is done with the money collected from your water billings?
Well, here is the 2009 breakdown. to sum it up,
we took in $137,260.49 and paid out $145,503.74.
An explanation will follow at the end of the page.
Maybe you will have a better understanding why your bill is so high.
RECEIPTS DISBURSED
NON TAXABLE WATER SALES 4172.36 SALARY 10,608.27
TAXABLE WATER SALES 116,606.53 SALARY OFFICERS 7,189.04
SALES TAX COLLECTED 8,534.99 BENEFITS 519.50
PENALTY COLLECTED 1,419.12 PURCHASED POWER 9,547.84
HYDRANT RENT RECEIVED 3,600.00 CHEMICALS 553.75
OTHER COLLECTIONS 633.86 MATERIALS SUPPLIES 2,184.56
CHECKING INTEREST 2293.63 CONTRACTUAL
TOTAL COLLECTED 137,260.49 BILLING 1,330.00
PROFESSIONAL 29,426.00
TESTING 553.00
OTHER 90.00
REPAIRS 11,792.81
TRANSPORTATION 92.82
INSURANCE 4,724.50
UTILITIES 1,424.12
TAXES 7,785.19
MISC EXPENSES 2,838.85
OTHER 944.07
LOAN AND INTEREST 41,513.00
TRANSFER DIFFERENCE 11,037.67
TOTAL DISBURSED 145,503.74
The salary in the amount of $10,606.53 is for 3 part time employees.
We have Betty Gipe that works in the office when needed, Sally Greene, usually works
Monday and Thursday, and Gayle Soliday works Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.
The Salary Officers is for the clerk treasurer and the board members.
The board members presently receive $400.00 per year for serving on the water board.
Sharon is the clerk treasurer and receives $600.00 per month.
The amount of $519.50 are benefits which are the fica and medicare tax, unemployment tax, etc.
Purchased power in the amount of $9,547.84 is mainly the power it takes to run
the water plant to pump the water, etc. Contrary to some's belief, the water doesn't just
come up out of the ground ready to drink. This does not count the electric it takes to
otherwise operate the building, just to pump the water.
The Chemicals and material supplies are used to treat the water.
Hydrant Rent is money the town pays the water company for use of the hydrants.
As you know, the town is now collecting this fee from the residents and hopefully,
after looking at the budgets, you can understand why we had to do such.
Contractual billing is the cost of maintaining the computer system for billing.
Contractual Professional is for our certified operator which is 26,400.00 per year.
The remainder is other professionals we have hired for various things.
Contractual repairs is self explanatory. When a line breaks, we have to fix it, no options there.
For 2009 the repairs ran $11,792.81.
Testing fees of $553.00 is required testing. Our water is sent to a lab once a month for testing.
Other expense - Mowing of the water plant.
Transportation - we pay the girls a mileage fee to run the deposits each day to the bank.
We are required to deposit within 48 hours of receipt.
Utilities - these are the utility expenses for the plant and the office building.
Starting in May, the utility bills will be paid by the water company, as presented at the
May town board meeting. The town funds have been cut pretty badly.
It was felt that most of the business in the office is for water, therefore,
it should start paying its share of the expenses.
Taxes - We pay the sales and and a gross income tax on water.
The gross income tax is prepared on a tax return, and 1.4% is paid on gross receipts.
Loan and interest - this is our 2 SRF loans for when we upgraded the water system.
The total paid was $41,513.00