By Vicki Brown
Receiving no public comments on the proposed budget during Walterboro City Council’s recent June 1st meeting, city council approved its proposed 2021-2022 Fiscal Year General Fund budget of $7,541,899.
This budget includes the following approved expenses: $219,811 for city council; $384,776 for the city manager; $399,581 for the city’s finance department; the public works’ department has expenditures of $1,038,540; and the city’s Planning and Development has been allotted $193,016 in expenses.
Additionally, as part of the budget, the Walterboro Police Department is allotted $2,811,486; the city’s judicial department has $209,284; the Walterboro Fire Department’s budget is $1,319,389; the city’s Parks Department has a $750,455 budget; the city’s Tourism Department has a $163,425 budget; and the Walterboro Wildlife Center has a $52,136 budget.
The total of all expenditures within the city’s approved budget is $7,541,899.
Additionally, the Enterprise Budget for fiscal 2021-2022 was also approved with expenditures and revenues in the amount of $4,547,414. Revenue from the Utility Fund is $4,439,800. Expenditures from each department’s personnel, operating and capital line items are as follows:
Water - $1,077,705;
Utility Support and debt - $909,590;
Sanitation - $456,362;
Sewer - $754,270;
Sewer Support - $481,065;
Utility Support to General Fund - $868,422;
Utility Fund Subtotal - $4,547,414;
Use Of Net Position - $107,614;
Year End Statement of Cash Flow - $1,496,559.
