Where the Money Comes From: City Income Fund
Fri., Aug. 14, 1998
| % increase | % increase | % increase | |||||
| FY 1999 | FY 1998 | 1 year | FY 1994 | 5 years | FY 1989 | 10 years | |
| Property tax | 105,795,666 | 91,623,643 | 15.47% | 61,684,566 | 71.51% | 47,674,922 | 121.91% |
| Sales tax | 104,030,000 | 88,466,000 | 17.59% | 70,160,000 | 48.28% | 44,500,000 | 121.91% |
| Transfers from enterprise funds | 72,008,619 | 73,221,264 | -1.66% | 68,832,157 | 4.61% | 80,379,975 | -10.41% |
| Austin Energy | 55,295,000 | 57,409,800 | -3.68% | 54,886,700 | 0.74% | 49,691,952 | 11.28% |
| Water/WW | 16,213,619 | 15,311,464 | 5.89% | 13,027,676 | 24.46% | 7,664,000 | 111.56% |
| Others | 500,000 | 500,000 | 0.00% | 917,781 | -45.52% | 23,024,023 | -97.83% |
| Licenses and franchise fees | 29,901,912 | 27,860,557 | 7.33% | 22,655,401 | 31.99% | 16,135,128 | 85.32% |
| Parking meters | 1,973,662 | 2,040,000 | -3.25% | 1,631,170 | 21.00% | 1,450,000 | 36.11% |
| Building permits | 8,247,349 | 7,879,850 | 4.66% | 8,500,090 | -2.97% | 6,034,801 | 36.66% |
| Southwestern Bell | 8,688,000 | 7,608,000 | 14.20% | 5,684,000 | 52.85% | 3,225,000 | 169.40% |
| S Union Gas | 3,379,000 | 3,279,000 | 3.05% | 2,603,000 | 29.81% | 2,550,000 | 32.51% |
| Austin Cablevision | 3,374,000 | 3,200,000 | 5.44% | 2,421,000 | 39.36% | 1,575,000 | 169.40% |
| Other permits | 3,373,501 | 3,231,841 | 4.38% | 1,079,091 | 212.62% | 487,030 | 592.67% |
| Other franchises | 866,400 | 621,866 | 39.32% | 737,050 | 17.55% | 813,297 | 6.53% |
| Fines | 13,333,296 | 12,026,036 | 10.87% | 12,116,329 | 10.04% | 10,702,405 | 24.58% |
| Parking and traffic | 8,593,840 | 7,737,310 | 11.07% | 6,989,025 | 22.96% | 2,313,760 | 271.42% |
| Other Muni Court | 4,263,456 | 3,901,726 | 9.27% | 4,804,804 | -11.27% | 8,164,970 | -47.78% |
| Library fines | 476,000 | 387,000 | 23.00% | 322,500 | 47.60% | 223,675 | 112.81% |
| Charges and fees | 11,996,881 | 10,544,443 | 13.77% | 6,177,587 | 94.20% | 12,259,169 | -2.14% |
| EMS and health | 9,182,253 | 7,975,365 | 15.13% | 4,311,587 | 112.97% | 4,179,501 | 119.70% |
| Parks and libraries | 2,126,545 | 1,951,253 | 8.98% | 1,347,042 | 57.87% | 3,336,888 | -36.27% |
| Other services | 688,083 | 617,825 | 11.37% | 518,958 | 32.59% | 4,742,780 | -85.49% |
| Other funding sources | 8,482,876 | 8,048,614 | 5.40% | 5,820,940 | 45.73% | 3,797,600 | 123.37% |
| Interest income | 4,624,000 | 4,336,600 | 6.63% | 2,925,000 | 58.09% | 2,000,000 | 131.20% |
| Real-estate income | 598,326 | 666,060 | -10.17% | 807,550 | -25.91% | 497,600 | 20.24% |
| Bingo and drink tax | 2,658,000 | 2,515,000 | 5.69% | 1,905,000 | 39.53% | 1,300,000 | 104.46% |
| Other | 602,550 | 530,954 | 13.48% | 183,390 | 228.56% | 0 | N/A |
| Total General Fund% of all funds | 345,549,250 | 311,790,557 | 10.83% | 247,446,980 | 39.65% | 215,449,199 | 60.39% |
| Other funds | 1,180,400,000 | 1,104,751,000 | 6.85% | 944,372,000 | 24.99% | 740,409,000 | 59.43% |
| Enterprise funds | 1,019,744,000 | 969,994,000 | 5.13% | 842,059,000 | 21.10% | 733,944,000 | 38.94% |
| Other proprietary funds | 160,656,000 | 134,757,000 | 19.22% | 102,313,000 | 57.02% | 6,465,000 | 2385.01% |
| Debt service | 368,452,000 | 344,282,000 | 7.02% | 287,376,000 | 28.21% | 274,753,000 | 34.10% |
| General obligation | 77,200,000 | 72,875,000 | 5.93% | 64,193,000 | 20.26% | 55,086,000 | 40.14% |
| Utilities | 255,623,000 | 241,508,000 | 5.84% | 215,770,000 | 18.47% | 219,667,000 | 16.37% |
| Airport | 25,270,000 | 23,940,000 | 5.56% | 2,205,000 | 1046.03% | 0 | N/A |
| Conv Center | 10,359,000 | 5,959,000 | 73.84% | 5,208,000 | 98.91% | 0 | N/A |
| Total other funds | 1,548,852,000 | 1,449,033,000 | 6.89% | 1,231,748,000 | 25.74% | 1,015,162,000 | 52.57% |
| GRAND TOTAL | 1,894,401,250 | 1,760,823,557 | 7.59% | 1,479,194,980 | 28.07% | 1,230,611,199 | 53.94% |
| Less inter-fund transfer | (412,707,000) | (406,311,000) | (319,246,000) | (299,944,000) | |||
| NET TOTAL | 1,481,694,250 | 1,354,512,557 | 9.39% | 1,159,948,980 | 27.74% | 930,667,199 | 59.21% |
| Internal service | 101,916,380 | 88,562,403 | 15.08% | 52,093,131 | 95.64% | 27,181,834 | 274.94% |
| Total debt load (p+i) | 6,242,282,970 | 6,459,507,143 | -3.36% | 6,009,478,754 | 3.87% | 6,615,652,910 | -5.64% |
| General obligation | 805,912,149 | 795,659,423 | 1.29% | 825,686,891 | -2.39% | 861,303,008 | -6.43% |
| Utilities | 4,218,069,026 | 4,498,288,313 | -6.23% | 4,745,484,934 | -11.11% | 5,318,271,487 | -20.69% |
| MUDs | 255,221,301 | 172,600,007 | 47.87% | 221,288,879 | 15.33% | 436,078,416 | -41.47% |
| Airport | 832,519,756 | 856,459,126 | -2.80% | 71,799,450 | 1059.51% | 0 | N/A |
| Conv Center | 130,560,738 | 136,500,274 | -4.35% | 145,218,600 | -10.09% | 0 | N/A |
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