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Revenue Source Property Taxes Licenses and Permits Intergovernmental Revenues Charges for Services Fines and Penalties Interest Miscellaneous All internal control evaluations occur within the above framework., .:We` believe that the City's internal accounting controls adequately safe- guard assets and provide reasonable assurance of proper recording‘of financial transactions. Budgetary control is maintained through the issuance of purchase requisitions and purchase orders. Purchase orders which would result in an overrun of the budgeted allotments are not released until addi- tional appropriations are made available. The City and It's Services This report includes all of the funds and account groups of the City. It includes all activities considered by the U.S. Bureau of Census to be part of (controlled by or dependent on) the City. Independent School District Nos. 11 (Anoka- Hennepin) and 728 (Elk River) are partially located in Ramsey and provide elementary and secondary education services to students within the corporate limits of Ramsey. These independent school districts are governed by their respective school boards; therefore, financial data applicable to them has been excluded from this report. The City provides a variety of municipal services. These include police protection, streets, animal control, public improvements, planning and zoning,and general administrative services. The City contracts for fire protection from the neighboring cities of Anoka on the southern border, and Elk River on the western border. The financial condition of each of the City's funds as of December 31, 1982 and the results of each funds operation for the year, together with a comparison of these results to budget estimates and a compar- ison to the previous years results is presented within the financial section of this report. General Governmental Functions Revenues for general governmental functions totaled $981,824 in 1982, a decrease of 3.1 percent from 1981. General property taxes produced 61.9 percent of general revenues compared to 63.3 percent last year. The amount of revenues from various sources and the increase /decrease from last year are shown in the following tabulation: Increase Percent (Decrease) Amount of Total over 1981 $607,878 61.9% $(33,340) 27,593 2.8% (17,314) 253,892 25.9% 17,443 23,072 2.3% 3,072 9,372 1.0% ( 2,384) 51,341 5.2% 6,159 8,676 .9% ( 4,836) Total $981,824 100.0% $(31,200)