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o --------------------------------------------- - ------------- ------------------ The INDEPENDENT, May 1, 2003 Page 21 Stamp Out Hunger drive May 10 [4 brief primer on public agency budaetina Letter carriers in the City of largest largest one-day one-day food food drive drive in in Vernonia and throughout Ore Oregon and in the nation. gon will join with letter carriers Residents in the city limits of across America to do much Vernonia can help by donating more than deliver mail on Sat food items such as canned urday, May 10. tuna, peanut butter, soups, They will also collect dona stews and boxed meals. No tions of nonperishable food glass, please! from their postal customers to Donations may be placed by Stamp Out Hunger during the your mailbox on Saturday, May annual National Association of 10. Letter carriers will collect Letter Carriers Food Drive, the the donations and deliver them to Vernonia Cares. c o n & FAX SERVICE Anyone outside the city lim its wishing to participate, may ThB INDEPENDENT bring donations to the Vernonia Post Office lobby. 725 Bridge St., Vernonia Last year, this event collect ed over 800 pounds of food for 503 429-9410 Vernonia Cares. Run w ith E xtra C o n fid e n ce w ith C h e vro n DELO 400™ PLUS MOTOR OIL The name you trust for: • Gasoline • Diesel Fuel • Oils • Solvents • Additives • Greases an n itv Down U U U y tH H ig „„„ All city, county, school and fire district budg ets, and all agencies with budgets that must be reported to the state, follow the same basic for mat. Revenues and expenses are accounted for in a variety of funds, each of which has a defined purpose. The purpose may be to keep track of funds allocated for specific projects, such as building a reserve for replacement of buildings or other infrastructure, or to track the revenues and expenses of a department. Usu ally, a General Fund serves as the main de pository of revenue and the ‘checkbook’ for ex penses. At an agency’s first budget meeting, a budg et message is delivered and, usually, the budg et document is presented to the budget com mittee for review. The budget document is di vided into separate sections for each fund. Each section, or fund, shows anticipated revenues and proposed expenses for each ac count within the fund. The proposed amount is followed by a blank column that will be filled by the budget committee’s recommended budget. These committees are usually somewhat large and most operate using Robert’s Rules of or der to make agreed upon changes in the budg et. The recommended budget then goes before the governing body, ie„ the board of directors, council, etc., for final decisions. The final col umn in a budget document is for the adopted budget, as voted on by the governing body. Also included in the budget document are au dited figures showing actual revenues and ex penditures for the previous two fiscal years (In this case for fiscal years 2000-2001 and 2001- 2002), as well as the adopted budget for the current fiscal year (2002-2003). Resources (income) are presented first in each budget account and include the anticipat ed amount of each of the revenue sources that go into a specific fund, for instance, taxes, fees, grants, etc. Expenditures for each fund are also itemized, depending on the anticipat ed use, such as personnel, travel, materials and services, capital outlay or contingency. A special category included in the expenditure portion, called the “unappropriated ending bal ance” is intended to provide enough cash car ryover to last until resources start coming in for the new budget year. State law requires bal anced budgets, therefore, total revenues (re sources) must equal total expenditures (re quirements). Budget documents are huge, and are con densed for publication. Only the totals for each major category (personal services, debt serv ice, capital outlay, etc.) are printed. This can make the document extremely difficult to un derstand, particularly when several entities, such as schools, are combined into one ag gregate budget. by the Riverside at Dibblee Point Beach Friends of Dibblee Point the Riverside Enhancem ent dress for the weather and bring (FDP) is inviting everyone inter and Appreciation Day, present gloves. A com m unity potluck ested to join in some worth ed by the Oregon Lottery. BBQ and award celebration will while work and good fun, May Thousands of people will be conclude the day. FDP will pro 17 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., participating in enhancement vide the hotdogs and condi for the annual spring Beach projects in more than 100 com ments, bring along a side dish, Cleanup at Dibblee Point in munities across Oregon. chips or soda. Free tee shirts Rainier. Volunteers at Dibblee Point from the Oregon Lottery will be FDP is participating in will pickup litter along the 110- available. SOLV’s eighth annual Down by acre site. Volunteers should Friends of Dibblee Point is committed to keeping Dibblee Point clean and accessible for 'illiams fili General/Custom the public to enjoy. " a Metal Fabrication & Welding fa b of All Metals S pecializing in S tainless S teel &A luminum P hone /F ax : 5 0 3 - 4 2 9 - 8 4 3 1 [2 4 hr W ^ Protect Your Deck with E conomy S hingle O il (Slight colorizing effect) Chevron CALL (503) 429-6606 WILCOX & FLEGEL 720 Rose Avenue • Vernonia Robert Williams Vernonia, Oregon R epair i The Health Habit 503-429-0501 Complete Co-Ed Gym Facility Personal Training Available Weight Loss/Gain • Wolff Tanning Body Building • Nutritional Counseling General Conditioning • Toning & Shaping Olympic Weights • Full Line Apparatus It's time to get ready for summer! OPEN: 5a-9p M-F • 5a-5p Sat • Closed Sunday 16720 Noakes Rd., Vernonia, OR 97064 Friends of Dibblee Point Beach planning a workshop on Naturescaping A workshop on Naturescap ing is being offered by Friends of Dibblee Point on Saturday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Rainier. Participants will learn techniques to attract birds, butterflies and other wildlife to their yards and gar dens with the use of native plants. Local expert Patt Opdyke with the OSU Extension Ser vice will be teaching the work shop. Workshop cost is $10. To register, call Lori at 503- 556-2457. Proceeds will go to wards costs associated with keeping Dibblee Point Beach clean and free of litter.
