City Council meets on budget
May 18, 2016
By Temple Ligon
City budget readied for public hearing and first reading
On June 7, the city will have a public hearing and a first reading on its budget for the coming fiscal year, 2016-17. The second reading and final adoption is set for June 21.
- Total city operating budget: $138,800,368, 6.2% gain
- Water/sewer operating fund summary: $148,467,000, 7.1% gain
- Storm water operating summary: $7,235,000, 1.8% gain
- Hospitality tax summary, total budget: $10,795,200
- Accommodations tax: $2,135,302
On Tuesday, May 17, city council distributed $1,850,000 in hospitality tax funds from the budgeted $10,795,200, according to the tally in The State:
- Columbia Museum of Art: $1 million
- EdVenture Children’s Museum: $250,000
- Senior Resource Center: $135,000
- Columbia City Ballet: $50,000
- Mentally Ill Recovery Center: $50,000
- Columbia Opportunity Resources: $45,000
- City Year: $45,000
- HIV/AIDS Council: $40,000
- Efforts to attract national collegiate basketball tournament: $28,800
- Attract Miss South Carolina pageant to Columbia: $25,000
- Antioch Senior Center, Healthy Learners, National Collegiate Marching Band competition: $10,000 each
- Federation for the Blind, Free Medical Clinic: $9,000 each
- Columbia Council of Neighborhoods: $7,000
- Alston Wilkes Society: $6,500
