The document summarizes the mayor's report on Birmingham's progress over the last two years. It highlights accomplishments like paving 125 miles of streets, creating over 20,000 jobs through new and retained businesses, helping build facilities like the Birmingham Zoo elephant habitat and a baseball hall of fame. The mayor says the city has changed dramatically and encourages residents by saying "don't blink" and miss the transformation happening in Birmingham. An ordinance is then discussed that allocates $18 million in sales tax revenue increases to projects focused on public safety, community and economic development, education, and streets.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, promising self-driving cars, medical breakthroughs, and new ways of working. But how do you separate hype from reality? How can your company apply AI to solve real business problems?
Here’s what AI learnings your business should keep in mind for 2017.
The Mayor’s proposed budget was released April 14, 2014. In this powerpoint, Dr Greene analyzes the Mayor’s 2015 budget. Afterwards, residents learned how to most effectively speak about the need for good city services and improvements in your neighborhood.
This document was produced by the Community Budget Alliance (CBA). The CBA advocates for a values-based budget, especially: Equity, Increased community input, Transparency Accountability and Functionality. For more information please visit: http://onlinecpi.org/campaigns/community-budget-alliance/
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, promising self-driving cars, medical breakthroughs, and new ways of working. But how do you separate hype from reality? How can your company apply AI to solve real business problems?
Here’s what AI learnings your business should keep in mind for 2017.
The Mayor’s proposed budget was released April 14, 2014. In this powerpoint, Dr Greene analyzes the Mayor’s 2015 budget. Afterwards, residents learned how to most effectively speak about the need for good city services and improvements in your neighborhood.
This document was produced by the Community Budget Alliance (CBA). The CBA advocates for a values-based budget, especially: Equity, Increased community input, Transparency Accountability and Functionality. For more information please visit: http://onlinecpi.org/campaigns/community-budget-alliance/
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For Final Project One, you will use the Final Project One Student Workbook Excel spreadsheet provided for you.
If you would like a refresher course on using various features of Excel, sign in to Atomic Learning and type “Excel” in the search box. This will provide you with options to select the specific level of training that you need (i.e., intro, intermediate, or advanced) and the specific version of Excel that you have (i.e., 2011, 2013, etc.). The trainings are broken down into small, meaningful chunks. Therefore, you should be able to find specific topics at each level that will meet your needs.
IMPORTANT: For the transaction worksheets for each fund, in column A, the part shaded in yellow, code the account 1 for balance sheet accounts and 2 for operating statement accounts. For example, on sheet GF WS, cash is a balance sheet account so in cell A1 you will put 1. These codes will allow the worksheet to automatically populate the operating statement and balance sheet columns on the worksheets. These will automatically populate the corresponding financial statements.
For some funds, you will be required to prepare entries for transactions. Statements will automatically be created (if you properly code column A). You can check your work by ensuring debits equal credits and that the corresponding statements balance.
For other funds, you will be given the completed worksheet for the funds’ transactions and you will be required to prepare the appropriate statements (statements will not automatically be populated from the completed worksheet).
Sheets you are required to complete will have white tabs. Sheets that automatically populate or that have given information will have green tabs.
SAVE YOUR WORK OFTEN!
General Fund
As one of the accountants for the City of Springfield, you will record the following transactions into the accompanying workbooksheet GF WS. Note that some
transactions have already been recorded in the workbook. The city has other accountants who also record transactions.
1. The city levied its general property taxes for the year of $1,580,000. The city estimates that $30,000 of the taxes will prove uncollectible. Record the taxes assuming the city will collect the remaining balance later during the fiscal year.
2. The city collected $1,300,000 of property taxes before the due date for taxes. The remainder of the taxes receivable became delinquent.
3. The city received and vouchered the materials and supplies that were on order from the previous year. The actual cost equaled the estimated cost of these materials and supplies, $19,000. The city records expenditures for materials and supplies when they are consumed. A perpetual inventory system is used.
4. The city incurred and paid salary expenditures as follows:
Accrued salar ...
Town of LevintonThe September 2010 Levinton Town Meeting was cer.docxturveycharlyn
Town of Levinton
The September 2010 Levinton Town Meeting was certain to be contentious. The views above reflected the wide range of opinions about the proposed $3M expansion of the town water and sewage system. The town’s treasurer was proposing to finance the expansion with 20 year bond issue. The bonds would carry an interest rate of 5% meaning that the town was looking at large debt service obligation. Approval of the expansion was by no means certain
Background
The town of Levinton was located on the Pacific coast of California, some 200 miles north of LA. It had been incorporated In 1800s, during the time of California’s gold rush, when it was popular with miners who had “struck it rich” in the hills to its east. Over the years it had grown and matured, and now was home to some 2000 permanent residents. About 30 new homes had been built each year over the past several years, mainly by retirees or people who wanted to leave LA and live simpler life. Many of these people purchased a local business and tried to make a go of it, or they started their own business, usually as professionals (stock brokers, accountants, lawyers)
Levinton was a popular summer vacation spot, but the citizens, via their Board of Selectmen (3 people elected to staggered 3-year terms), had always voted to maintain the town’s small village feel by not allowing expansion in the number of tourist facilities (hotels &inns, beach parking, beach concession stands). As a result, the town had sleeping accommodations for only about 500 tourists at any one time, although due to vacation schedules and lengths, some 4000 people spent more or all of their summer vacations in Levinton each year. The town Manager estimated that another 2000-3000 people were “ day visitors” during the summer.
The Municipal services department
For over 20 years, the town’s water and sewer system had been operated by the Municipal service department. As Exhibit 1 indicates, from 2007 to 2009, the department had incurred sizable operating deficits. A deficit meant that the general tax revenues budgeted for the department ($0.5 of the general property tax) were insufficient. And tax revenues had to be diverted from other uses to eliminate the deficit, which had angered some residents. In 2009, the Board of Select men had told the town Manager to see to it that the department ran a surplus or incurred only a small deficit. The department had incurred a small deficit in 2010 and was forecasting a surplus in its 2011 budget
Water and Sewer Units and Fees
Initiation fees for “tapping into” the system, as well as ongoing usage fees for water and sewer consumption, were based on estimated rather than actual use. Estimated consumption was a function of the number of “units” in a building, which depended on the building’s size and design. For ex, building with many bathrooms, saunas, whirlpool tubs, wet bars, ice machines, extra sinks, outdoor spigots, and so forth had more units than buildings designed more ...
The updated document used for the second Stormwater Information Session held Weds, March 11 at the Franklin TV studio. Some slides were added and or revised to better tell the story based upon feedback from the first session.
Derbyshire Dales District Council's spending plans and priorities for the 2015/16 financial year. 0% increase in DDDC Council Tax also revealed, frozen for the 5th year.
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From: Dayana Mirabal <[email protected]>
Date: July 5, 2016 at 11:14:49 PM EDT
To: Dayana mirabal <[email protected]>
Sent from my iPhone
__MACOSX/such nice.rtfd/._TXT.rtf
For Final Project One, you will use the Final Project One Student Workbook Excel spreadsheet provided for you.
If you would like a refresher course on using various features of Excel, sign in to Atomic Learning and type “Excel” in the search box. This will provide you with options to select the specific level of training that you need (i.e., intro, intermediate, or advanced) and the specific version of Excel that you have (i.e., 2011, 2013, etc.). The trainings are broken down into small, meaningful chunks. Therefore, you should be able to find specific topics at each level that will meet your needs.
IMPORTANT: For the transaction worksheets for each fund, in column A, the part shaded in yellow, code the account 1 for balance sheet accounts and 2 for operating statement accounts. For example, on sheet GF WS, cash is a balance sheet account so in cell A1 you will put 1. These codes will allow the worksheet to automatically populate the operating statement and balance sheet columns on the worksheets. These will automatically populate the corresponding financial statements.
For some funds, you will be required to prepare entries for transactions. Statements will automatically be created (if you properly code column A). You can check your work by ensuring debits equal credits and that the corresponding statements balance.
For other funds, you will be given the completed worksheet for the funds’ transactions and you will be required to prepare the appropriate statements (statements will not automatically be populated from the completed worksheet).
Sheets you are required to complete will have white tabs. Sheets that automatically populate or that have given information will have green tabs.
SAVE YOUR WORK OFTEN!
General Fund
As one of the accountants for the City of Springfield, you will record the following transactions into the accompanying workbooksheet GF WS. Note that some
transactions have already been recorded in the workbook. The city has other accountants who also record transactions.
1. The city levied its general property taxes for the year of $1,580,000. The city estimates that $30,000 of the taxes will prove uncollectible. Record the taxes assuming the city will collect the remaining balance later during the fiscal year.
2. The city collected $1,300,000 of property taxes before the due date for taxes. The remainder of the taxes receivable became delinquent.
3. The city received and vouchered the materials and supplies that were on order from the previous year. The actual cost equaled the estimated cost of these materials and supplies, $19,000. The city records expenditures for materials and supplies when they are consumed. A perpetual inventory system is used.
4. The city incurred and paid salary expenditures as follows:
Accrued salar ...
Town of LevintonThe September 2010 Levinton Town Meeting was cer.docxturveycharlyn
Town of Levinton
The September 2010 Levinton Town Meeting was certain to be contentious. The views above reflected the wide range of opinions about the proposed $3M expansion of the town water and sewage system. The town’s treasurer was proposing to finance the expansion with 20 year bond issue. The bonds would carry an interest rate of 5% meaning that the town was looking at large debt service obligation. Approval of the expansion was by no means certain
Background
The town of Levinton was located on the Pacific coast of California, some 200 miles north of LA. It had been incorporated In 1800s, during the time of California’s gold rush, when it was popular with miners who had “struck it rich” in the hills to its east. Over the years it had grown and matured, and now was home to some 2000 permanent residents. About 30 new homes had been built each year over the past several years, mainly by retirees or people who wanted to leave LA and live simpler life. Many of these people purchased a local business and tried to make a go of it, or they started their own business, usually as professionals (stock brokers, accountants, lawyers)
Levinton was a popular summer vacation spot, but the citizens, via their Board of Selectmen (3 people elected to staggered 3-year terms), had always voted to maintain the town’s small village feel by not allowing expansion in the number of tourist facilities (hotels &inns, beach parking, beach concession stands). As a result, the town had sleeping accommodations for only about 500 tourists at any one time, although due to vacation schedules and lengths, some 4000 people spent more or all of their summer vacations in Levinton each year. The town Manager estimated that another 2000-3000 people were “ day visitors” during the summer.
The Municipal services department
For over 20 years, the town’s water and sewer system had been operated by the Municipal service department. As Exhibit 1 indicates, from 2007 to 2009, the department had incurred sizable operating deficits. A deficit meant that the general tax revenues budgeted for the department ($0.5 of the general property tax) were insufficient. And tax revenues had to be diverted from other uses to eliminate the deficit, which had angered some residents. In 2009, the Board of Select men had told the town Manager to see to it that the department ran a surplus or incurred only a small deficit. The department had incurred a small deficit in 2010 and was forecasting a surplus in its 2011 budget
Water and Sewer Units and Fees
Initiation fees for “tapping into” the system, as well as ongoing usage fees for water and sewer consumption, were based on estimated rather than actual use. Estimated consumption was a function of the number of “units” in a building, which depended on the building’s size and design. For ex, building with many bathrooms, saunas, whirlpool tubs, wet bars, ice machines, extra sinks, outdoor spigots, and so forth had more units than buildings designed more ...
The updated document used for the second Stormwater Information Session held Weds, March 11 at the Franklin TV studio. Some slides were added and or revised to better tell the story based upon feedback from the first session.
Derbyshire Dales District Council's spending plans and priorities for the 2015/16 financial year. 0% increase in DDDC Council Tax also revealed, frozen for the 5th year.
Report Card City of Birmingham Projects Mayor Langford Administration
1.
2. In this report is a comprehensive synopsis of the city of
Birmingham’s progress over the last two years since I
took office in November 2007. While compiling the data,
my staff and I were amazed at how much we have been
able to accomplish in a very short amount of time. From
125 miles of newly-paved streets -- enough to stretch
from Birmingham to Atlanta -- to more than 20,000 new
and retained jobs from a massive list of new and retained
businesses to helping the Birmingham Zoo build the
nation’s first-ever natural habitat for exotic Bull elephants
to constructing the nation’s first Negro and Southern
Association Baseball Hall of Fame to finally committing
the funds to build the city’s much needed expanded Civic
Center, the last two years has been truly amazing! Take a minute to review all that has
happened in the city of Birmingham and be encouraged: Birmingham is changing right
before our very eyes so, “don’t blink” because the magic is back!
Mayor Larry P. Langford
Mayor
City of Birmingham
Mayor’s Staff:
Deborah Vance-Bowie, Chief of Staff
Chris Hartsell, Chief of Operations
April Odom, Director of Communications
Chief Ivor Brooks, Birmingham Fire and Rescue
Chief A.C. Roper, Birmingham Police Department
Andre’ Bittas, Director, Planning Engineering and Permits
Rickey Kennedy, Director, Department of Public Works
Tracey Morant Adams, Director, Mayor’s Division of Economic Development
Cedric Sparks, Director, Mayor’s Division of Youth Services
3. The Birmingham Economic and Community Revitalization Plan
“An Ordinance “TO FURTHER AMEND THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET” by appropriating
$14,500,000.00 to Fund 01 General Fund – Revenue – Sales Tax, $3,500,000.00 to Use Tax,
$2,500,000.00 to Non-Departmental – Economic and Community Revitalization – Police and Fire
Protection, $5,000,000.00 to Economic Development, $7,500,000.00 to Streets and Sidewalk
Improvements, and $3,000,000.00 to Visions Scholarship Program as part of the Birmingham
Economic and Community Development Revitalization Plan.”
The ordinance was read by the Deputy City Clerk, whereupon Councilmember Royal made a
motion to amend the ordinance to remove the $3,000,000.00 to Visions Scholarship Program from
the ordinance and refer that portion to the Administration, Budget and Finance Committee, which
motion was seconded by Councilmember Hoyt, and upon the roll being called, the vote was as
follows:
Ayes: Abbott, Hoyt, Montgomery, Parker, Royal, Witherspoon, Smitherman
Nays: Duncan
The vote was then announced by the Deputy City Clerk, whereupon the Presiding Officer declared
the motion to amend the ordinance adopted.
Councilmember Bell returned and took his seat as Councilmember.
Whereupon Councilmember Royal made a motion to amend the ordinance to change the wording
“appropriating to allocating” which motion was seconded by Councilmember Hoyt, and upon the roll
being called, the vote was as follows:
Ayes: Bell, Duncan, Hoyt, Parker, Royal, Witherspoon, Smitherman
Nays: Abbott, Montgomery
The vote was then announced by the Deputy City Clerk, whereupon the Presiding Officer declared
the motion to amend the ordinance adopted.
Whereupon Councilmember Smitherman made a motion, which motion was seconded by
Councilmember Duncan, to adopt the ordinance as amended as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 08-6
AN ORDINANCE TO FURTHER AMEND
THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Birmingham that the budget for the General Fund for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, be and the same is hereby amended as follows:
4. JAN 2 2008
Amount
Title of Appropriation Increase/Decrease
Fund 01 General Fund
Revenue
_____Sales Tax $ 14,500,000.00
_____Use Tax 3,500,000.00
$ 18,000,000.00
Allocation:
Non Departmental
Economic and Community Revitalization
_____ Police and Fire Protection $ 2,500,000.00
_____ Economic Development 5,000,000.00
_____ Streets and Sidewalk Improvements 7,500,000.00
_____ Visions Scholarship Program 3,000,000.00
$ 18,000,000.00
Recommendation by the Mayor:
I recommend the above appropriation in the amount of $18, 000,000.00,
Respectfully,
Larry P. Langford /s/
Larry P. Langford
Mayor
Certification of the Director of Finance:
I hereby certify that there is available in the Capital Fund of the City of Birmingham $18,000,000.00,
unencumbered and unappropriated, sufficient to meet the additional appropriation of
$18,000,000.00, provided for in the proposed ordinance.
Respectfully,
Steve Sayler/s/
Steve Sayler
Director of Finance
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01/02/08
and upon the roll being called, the vote was as follows:
Ayes: Bell, Duncan, Hoyt, Parker, Royal, Witherspoon, Smitherman
Nays: None
Abstained: Abbott, Montgomery
The vote was then announced by the Deputy City Clerk, whereupon the Presiding Officer declared
the ordinance adopted as amended.
5. Table of Centents
Tab 1 Public Safety Initiatives
Tab 2 Community Development Initiatives
Tab 3 Economic Development Initiatives
Tab 4 Education Initiatives
Tab 5 Efficiency in Government
Tab 6 “Don’t Blink” - Major City Projects