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CITY OF SAGINAW
DONATIONS FUND

OVERVIEW OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
2024-2025

The Donations Fund was created in May 2009 to better track funds received through water bill
donations as well as direct donations to the City for specific purposes. Currently, Animal Services,
Parks, Library, Beautification, the Senior Center, Police, and Fire Department have donation funds
available for expenditure. Each of these departments has an advising board which helps create the
budgets for and approves expenditures of donations. Donations have also been received for the
Train & Grain Festival, for fence pickets for the Dream Play playground at Willow Creek Park, and
Community Special Events.

REVENUE

Donations Revenue
This includes the $4.00 donations on most monthly water bills for Parks, Library, Beautification, and
Animal Services as well as direct donations from the citizens and businesses within the City for other
purposes. The donation amount for Parks and Library was raised to $1 each from 50 cents each in
FY 18/19.

A portion of the Train and Grain Festival and other Community Special Events is funded through
corporate and private donations.

Interest on Investments
Interest income is based on current rates.

EXPENDITURES:

Animal Services
Budgeted expenditures are for partial funding of the vaccination program and animal care.

Parks
In FY24/25 there is $3,500 for annual cost of the early warning weather system.

Library
Budgeted expenditures (recommended by the Library Board) focus on enhancing and expanding the
Library's programs and services, and include technology, books and other collection items,
electronic resources, supplies, equipment, contract services for library programs, and training for the
staff. Funding is also included for 3 part time apprentices from the Saginaw Apprentice Program for
11 weeks during the busy summer months and partial funding of the Adult Learning Library
Assistant.

Beautification
Budgeted expenditures include various beautification projects including Adopt-a-Spot and Yard-of-
the-Month programs, various maintenance and repair projects throughout the City as needed,
holiday decorations, right-of-way mowing contracts for Saginaw Blvd. and Blue Mound Rd, and
funding for public art.

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