The Dog Days of Summer continue in Maumelle with relatively light council agendas.
Regarding the heat, one item I will note is that a large portion of the west and north side of Maumelle lost power multiple times over the last week. According to @EntergyArk via Twitter on Tuesday evening, the outages stemmed from a construction crew digging into an underground line last week. Hopefully the repairs will work going forward so we won’t have repeated outages across the same areas in the future.
Onto the council agenda, this week we reviewed financials through the first six months of the year.
So far, the city’s revenue is approximately $1 million ahead of budget and our expenses are approximately $940,000 under budget. This continues to put our city in a strong financial position for the remainder of the year.
The city is in the process of completing our 2020 audit and it should be completed early in the month of August. As you’ll recall, the city completed the 2019 audit a few months ago, so our finance department has done a tremendous job getting our reporting back on track. Once the 2020 audit is completed in August, we will immediately begin the 2021 audit and should have that completed by the end of the year.
In new business this week, the council only took action on two small budget items. The first was a budget amendment to approve $8,500 to be used towards outfitting a fire department vehicle that was purchased. We approved this same request back in 2021, but the new vehicle didn’t arrive until this year so we had to appropriate those funds again to be used in 2022.
The second budget item was a request for $3,500 to repair a 2014 Ford F150 that’s used by Animal Services. This vehicle still has usable life so it made sense to approve the repair at this point.
That’s all for the week.
Be sure to cool off in the city’s splash pad during the upcoming heat! The splash pad is open daily until 8 p.m. and is free to the public.
If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. Chad chad4maumelle@gmail.com, 501-529-1336
Maumelle: City Council report
Maumelle: City Council report
Maumelle: City Council report
The Dog Days of Summer continue in Maumelle with relatively light council agendas.
Regarding the heat, one item I will note is that a large portion of the west and north side of Maumelle lost power multiple times over the last week. According to @EntergyArk via Twitter on Tuesday evening, the outages stemmed from a construction crew digging into an underground line last week. Hopefully the repairs will work going forward so we won’t have repeated outages across the same areas in the future.
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Onto the council agenda, this week we reviewed financials through the first six months of the year.
So far, the city’s revenue is approximately $1 million ahead of budget and our expenses are approximately $940,000 under budget. This continues to put our city in a strong financial position for the remainder of the year.
The city is in the process of completing our 2020 audit and it should be completed early in the month of August. As you’ll recall, the city completed the 2019 audit a few months ago, so our finance department has done a tremendous job getting our reporting back on track. Once the 2020 audit is completed in August, we will immediately begin the 2021 audit and should have that completed by the end of the year.
In new business this week, the council only took action on two small budget items. The first was a budget amendment to approve $8,500 to be used towards outfitting a fire department vehicle that was purchased. We approved this same request back in 2021, but the new vehicle didn’t arrive until this year so we had to appropriate those funds again to be used in 2022.
The second budget item was a request for $3,500 to repair a 2014 Ford F150 that’s used by Animal Services. This vehicle still has usable life so it made sense to approve the repair at this point.
That’s all for the week.
Be sure to cool off in the city’s splash pad during the upcoming heat! The splash pad is open daily until 8 p.m. and is free to the public.