Board Passes FY2017 Budget

The Bourbon Board of Aldermen passed its fiscal year 2017-2018 budget Tuesday night without much discussion.

A public hearing took less than 10 minutes to complete and the $1.2 million budget was agreed upon unanimously later on that night.

The budgets for each department respectively:

City hall: $281,542

Municipal court: $11,120

Police: $260,600

Street: $158,375

Park: $32,750

Water: $304,047

Sewer: $222,305

City employees received a 2 percent cost of living adjustment.

Municipal Court

After the board voted to dissolve the court earlier this year, the budget was whacked from $25,214 in 2016-2017 to $11,120.

The only expenses remaining are $9,700 in legal wages; $750 in tax expenses; $100 in court insurance and $500 in legal fees for a special prosector.

Police

The department budget has been increased from $237,050 in 2016-2017. The half-cent sales tax that was passed by voters in April 2016 and took effect in October is projected to bring in $71,500 in revenue.

General fund revenue for a vehicle loan of $25,860 and capital improvement funds of $2,500 for the building boosts the budget.