In the city's monthly reports under Administration - Mayor's Gift Shop line item #501-500. (Normally page 20 of the monthly reports.)
September 2015 is when the gift shop appeared on financial reports. ($2565) That amount disappears for the October 2015 report because we began the 2015-16 fiscal year.
October 2015 ($4115) on the report, ending balance ($4115).
November 2015 ($2110) ending balance ($6225)
December 2015 no additional expense so ($6225) carries forward.
January 2016 No explanation, but $283 decreases deficit from $6225 to ($5942)
In February 2016, line item #501-500 shows the deficit as $2942 instead of $5942 before the budget was amended by $3000 & the balance drops to zero. That line item should still have $58 ($3000 - $2942), but the bigger question is how was $3000 canceled from $5942 before it appeared on February's report as $2942?
The total cost for the gift shop is $2565 Sept 2015
$8790 for a gift shop & that total amount isn't noted anywhere.
To be fair, the gift shop has generated some sales line item #01-4320 (normally page 18 of the monthly reports.)
November 2015 $197.03
December 2015 $189.46
January 2016 $155.81
February 2016 $185.63
March 2016 $ 0.00
April 2016 $134.00
May 2016 $ 0.00
June 2016 $ 63.73
July 2016 $ 0.00
August 2016 $ 4.95
$930.64 Total sales from the mayor's gift shop
In the 2016-17 budget, $2000 in expenses are allocated & expected revenue is $500. How does it make sense to spend $2000 this fiscal year for $500 in revenue?
This is just one line item. How many more are like this? The council was not allowed by the mayor to scrutinize the budget as council & citizens have in the past.
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