TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Finance
Kelley Cochran
425-556-2748
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Finance
Haritha Narra
Finance Manager
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Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Report
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The purpose of this staff report is to review the City's quarterly financial performance from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. Please note that these numbers are not final as the City is continuing to go through its 2022 year-end closing procedures.
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OUTCOMES:
The key financial highlights from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022 include the following:
General Fund
* Total revenues are 26.8%, or $52.8 million, above target.
* Property tax is 0.4%, or $186,000, above target.
* Sales & use taxes are 75.7%, or $97.3 million, above target primarily due to the high level of development activity. This includes retail sales tax, criminal justice sales tax, and use tax. Ongoing retail sales tax is 27.3%, or $13.0 million, above target. One-time retail sales tax, which primarily relates to construction, is $34.7 million through December 31, 2022.
* Utility & other taxes are 10.3%, or $2.2 million, above target primarily due to an electric and gas utility tax spike.
* License & permit fees are 38.2%, or $8.4 million, above target primarily due to the high level of development activity.
* Total expenditures are 2.5%, or $6.1 million. In year 2022, the personnel cost is over the target due COLA at 5%, overtime cost increase for Fire due to vacancies because of vaccination mandate, retirement payouts, rate increases after unions contract negotiations.
Other Funds
* Recreation Activity Fund: Total revenues a...
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