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PERMITS AND FILING FEES

Builders, engineers, and developers pay the City a fee for the review and inspection of their projects. The fee is
based on the City’s actual cost of providing these services. Revenue from building permits is projected to stay the
same as the 2022-23 re-estimate of $300,000 for 2023-24. Revenue from alarm permits, fire code permits, zoning
filing, subdivision, and development inspection fees is projected to remain relatively the same at the 2022-23 re-
estimate amount in 2023-24.

FINES AND FORFEITURES REVENUE

Revenue that the City receives from fines and forfeitures (traffic and safety violations) is estimated to be $545,000
in 2023-24; this amount is $103,000 over the 2022-23 re-estimate of $442,000. Revenue sources within this
category include: municipal court fines, warrant fees, defensive driving school fees, ticket dismissal fees, arrest fees,
special expense fees, and miscellaneous fines and forfeitures. Most sources of revenue from fines and forfeitures

are projected to increase above the 2022-23 level in 2023-24.

USE OF MONEY AND PROPERTY REVENUE

Included within this category are interest earnings, building rentals, gas well permits, and miscellaneous uses of
money and property. Revenue for 2023-24 is projected to be $369,500; this total is $130,000 less than the amount
estimated for 2022-23 due to a recession in 2023-24. Projected revenue for 2023-24 includes $300,000 for interest
on investments, $34,500 for gas well permits, and $35,000 for miscellaneous revenue.

REVENUE FROM OTHER AGENCIES

Revenue from Other Agencies includes the revenue from fire service contracts, reimbursement for Police Officer
salary expense from the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD), grants from Tarrant County, and other
grants. Revenue for 2022-23 is re-estimated at $500,000 and is projected to increase by $5,000 for 2023-24 to

$505,000.

Both the 2023-24 projection and the 2023-23 re-estimate reflect reimbursement of salary expenses for two Police
Officers assigned to Western Hills High School and for one Police Officer assigned to Benbrook Middle School that
opened in 2011. Revenue from Tarrant County for the fire services contract is projected at $325,000 in 2023-24.

SERVICE CHARGES REVENUE

Included within this category are animal pound fees, lot cleaning/mowing fees, ambulance fees, street cut charges,
park lease and usage fees, sale of cemetery lots, and disposal of surplus equipment and vehicles, and sale of
property. A net decrease of $321,447 is reflected for Charges for Current Services revenue based on the 2022-23
re-estimate of $1,219,447 and the 2023-24 projection of $898,000. This decrease is because of land sold in 2022-

23 and not budgeted in 2023-24.

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