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Budget In Brief

OTHER REVENUES – $84.3 MILLION, 26.2% OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES

Franchise Fees are paid by utilities for the use of City streets, rights-of-way, and property in providing utility service to citizens.
These revenues represent 12.1% of General Fund revenues in FY 2024, down from 12.8% in the FY 2023 budget. The electric
utility pays the most in franchise fees and is expected to pay $13.05 million in FY 2024. Other franchise fees include telephone,
cable television, garbage collection, and water and gas utilities.
Service Charges are collected by the City for the use of facilities or services. These include pool and recreation center fees,
various inspections and reviews conducted by City personnel, and transfers from other City funds to reimburse the General
Fund for services provided to those funds. In FY 2024, these revenues represent 6.1% of General Fund revenues, unchanged
from the FY 2023 budget.
Fines and forfeitures are obtained primarily from fines assessed by the City’s Municipal Court. In FY 2024, these revenues
represent 1.7% of General Fund revenues, down from 2.5% in the FY 2023 budget. Revenues received by the Municipal Court
are expected to be $1.63 million lower than the FY 2023 budget.

Other revenue sources for the General Fund include interest, leases and rents, licenses and permits, and taxes on bingo, liquor,
and criminal justice. In FY 2024, these revenues represent 6.3% of General Fund revenues, up from 5.6% in the FY 2023
budget.

OTHER OPERATING FUNDS

Although each of the funds below is discussed in more detail in the following sections of the Adopted Budget, this section
provides a brief financial summary for each of the City’s operating funds in FY 2024.

• The Water Utilities Fund is projecting available resources (beginning balance, revenues, and net interfund transfers)
of $163.9 million and total expenditures of $163.8 million.
• The Storm Water Utility Fund is projecting available resources of $14.2 million and total expenditures of $14.1 million.
• The Convention and Event Services Fund is projecting available resources of $14.2 million and total expenditures
of $14.2 million.
• The Park Performance Fund is projecting available resources of $19.6 million and total expenditures of $19.3 million.
• The Street Maintenance Fund is projecting available resources of $36.5 million and total expenditures of $36.1 million.
• The Document Services Fund (internal service fund) is projecting available resources of $2.4 million and total
expenditures of $2.4 million.
• The Fleet Services Fund (internal service fund) is projecting available resources of $12.3 million and total expenditures
of $12.2 million.
• The Information Technology Support Fund (internal service fund) is projecting available resources of $23.1 million
and total expenditures of $22.8 million.
• The Communication Services Fund (internal service fund) is projecting available resources of $14.6 million and total
expenditures of $14.2 million.
• The Debt Service Fund is projecting available resources of $77.3 million and total expenditures of $75.0 million.

FY 2024 Adopted Budget and Business Plan 5 City of Arlington, Texas