The Brownsboro City Council met Thursday, November 13, to review the city budget. After a look at how each item in the budget packet was doing, the council came to the conclusion the budget expenditures and revenues are on the right track.

Brownsboro Mayor Ronny Harris said "Water and sewer was down some, general fund was up" about the October budget report. The current target is 33.3 percent of the overall budget for each item.

Office supplies is at $2,233.53 of $3,800, putting this item at 41.2 percent. Electricity is also above the target area, standing at 45.6 percent of its $27,000 expenditures budget.

"We feel that will adjust downward some," Harris pointed out.

Gas and oil sits at 42.7 percent of its $13,000 budget.

Items like health insurance, garbage contract and miscellaneous are well under the budget expenditures goal.

Attorney fees is at a balance of $100 of its $800 budget. Harris said, "We will probably need to adjust that in December. "

Overall, the expenditures are at 32.7 percent of the $443,150 total.

Revenues are up to 34 percent of the revenue total. Items like city sales tax and fines and fees are way up, fines and fees being near 50 percent of its revenue allot- ment, while franchise tax and advalorem tax are down.

"They're just starting to come in," Harris said.

The water and sewer budget could have issue with gas and oil and equipment repair.

Gas and oil is at 48.8 percent of its $7,500 total and an adjustment might be possible.

For equipment repair, currently at 38.5 percent of its $4,000 total, the city has done some significant equipment repair work already.

The I and S obligation item is at 81.5 percent of its $46,500 total, but Harris said "This has been paid up front".

New equipment is at 14.7 percent of its $13,000 total.

The water and sewer total is at 36.7 percent of its $341,400 total.

For revenues, water and sewer have both been up; they're at 37.4 percent of $192,000 and 35.1 percent of $102,000, respectively.

This leaves the revenue total at 34 percent.

Harris said, "This will probably not continue because we're getting into the season when we'll have rains."

After going over the budget, the council moved on to a trio of items for discussion and action.

The first was action on removing the $1 fire department fee on water bills.

Harris said, "Leagueville and others within the Emergency Services District voted to remove that dollar and we can do it at whatever date. It's not because we don't care about the fire department but because the ESD gives so much more."

Mayor Pro-tem Randal Clayton made the motion to approve the removal of the dollar from water bills, effective December 1, and Council Member Len Vest seconded.

Next was action on nominating a candidate for the Henderson County Appraisal District Board of Directors. This has already occurred, but the council voted to nominate Ronny Harris for the position. Council Member Doug Shaffer made the motion and Len Vest seconded.

Finally, the council approved the construction of a pair of storage buildings for extra equipment storage near the current storage building. Clayton and Vest made the motion and seconded, respectively.

There was an extra decision to be made before the meeting was out; the council decided to give city employees the day after Christmas and New Year's Day off in addition to the two holidays.

After this the meeting was adjourned.