FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2024 – JUNE 30, 2025
LEVY ESTIMATE – BUDGET DOCUMENT
PENDING CERTIFIED CANVAS
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
MUNICIPALITY OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA
In accordance with Code Section 11-8-14, as amended, the Council proceeded to make an estimate of the amounts necessary to be raised by levy of taxes for the current fiscal year, and does determine and estimate the several amounts to be as follows:
The amount due and the amount that will become due and collectible from every source during the fiscal year INCLUDING THE LEVY OF TAXES, is as follows:
REVENUE SOURCE
Unassigned Fund Balance 300,000
Property Taxes – Current
Expense 4,162491
Prior Year Taxes 192,333
Supplemental Taxes 201,170
Tax Loss Restoration 5,000
Property Taxes Excess Levy 1,549,557
Tax Penalties, Interest &
Publication Fees 27,000
Gas & Oil Severance Tax 275,000
Excise Tax on Utilities 1,320,800
Business & Occupation Tax 12,803,000
Wine & Liquor Tax 453,000
Animal Control Tax 2,800 Hotel Occupancy Tax 1,342,000
Amusement Tax 20,000
Horse & Dog Racing Tax 62,900 Sales Tax 4,275,000
Fines, Fees & Court Costs 387,100
Parking Violations 64,000
Licenses 101,800
Building Permit Fees 125,000
Miscellaneous Permits 98,780
Franchise Fees 525,000
IRP Fees (Interstate
Registration Plan) 600,000
Cemetery Revenue 10,800 Parks & Recreation 113,773
Parking Meter Revenues 192,800
Rents, Royalties & Concessions 48,000
Refuse Collection 2,205,000
Fire Protection Fees 2,310,000
Charges for Services 560,000 Charges to Other Entities 461,823
Ambulance Fees 1,775,000
Federal Government Grants 500,000
State Government Grants 45,000
Contributions From
Other Entities 50,000 Payment in Lieu of Taxes 45,000
Gaming Income 450,000
Municipal Specific 8,000
Interest Earned on
Investments 160,080 Reimbursements 116,337
Sale of Materials 83,100
Insurance Claims 15,000
Video Lottery (LVL) 847,000
TOTAL ESTIMATED
REVENUE (GENERAL
FUND) 38,890,444
COAL SEVERANCE TAX FUND
REVENUE SOURCE
Assigned Fund Balance $5,000
Coal Severance Tax 100,000
Interest Earned on Investment –
Reimbursements –
Refunds –
TOTAL ESTIMATED REVENUE
(COAL SEVERANCE FUND) $ 105,000
Coal
General Severance
Fund Fund
ESTIMATED CURRENT
EXPENDITURES
Economic Development $ 210,340 – Mayor’s Office 32,236 – City Council 103,247 – City Manager’s Office 677,237 –
Finance Office 1,914,055 – City Clerk’s Office 199,912 – Police Judge’s Office 132,090 – City Attorney 240,035 – Engineering 235,407 – Personnel Office 381,309 – Regional Development
Authority 10,825 –
Building Inspection 848,336 –
Data Processing 125,281 –
Market House 274,978 – Police Department 8,801,752 – Fire Department 10,628,684 –
Communication Center/
Central Dispatch 80,000 –
Streets & Highways 5,558,146 –
Central Garage 1,238,430 –
Public Transit 1,549,557 –
Garbage Department 2,060,447 –
Recycling Center 77,213 –
Parks & Recreation 476,628 –
Visitors Bureau 671,400 –
Youth Program 138,488 –
Playgrounds 868,347 –
Civic Center-Municipal
Auditorium 332,000 – Capital Projects-General
Government 40,000 –
Capital Projects-Public
Safety 138,424 – Capital Projects-
Street and Transportation 80,000 –
Capital Projects – Health &
Sanitation 1,000 –
Capital Projects – Culture &
Recreation 45,000 105,000
Capital Projects – Social
Services – –
TOTAL ESTIMATED
EXPENDITURES $38,890,444 105,000
MUNICIPALITY OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA
FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2024 – JUNE 30, 2025
PENDING CERTIFIED CANVAS
Certificate of Valuation Levy Taxes
Assessed Value Rate/ Levied
for Tax Purposes $100
Class I
Personal Property $ 0 4.08 $ 0
Public Utility 0 0
Total Class I 0 0
Class II
Real Estate $552,856,385 8.16 $451,131
Personal Property 29,448 24
Total Class II $552,885,833 $451,155
Class IV
Real Estate $394,880,165 16.32 $644,444
Personal Property 287,733,746 469,581
Public Utility 60,797,387 99,221
Total Class IV $743,411,298 $1,213,246
TOTAL VALUE AND
PROJECTED
REVENUE $1,296,297,131 $1,664,401
Less Delinquencies,
Exonerations,
& Uncollectable Taxes 5.00% 83,220
Less Tax Discounts
(use Total Projected Revenue
to calculate) 2.00% 31,624
Net Amount to be Raised by
Levy of Property Taxes $1,549,557
MUNICIPALITY OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA
Bond Levy
FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2024 – JUNE 30, 2025
PENDING CERTIFIED CANVAS
Levy Taxes
Certificate of Valuation Rate/$100 Levied
Assessed Value
for Tax Purposes
Class I
Personal Property 0 0.43 0
Public Utility 0 0
Total Class I 0 0
Class II
Real Estate $552,856,385 0.86 47,546
Personal Property 29,448 3
Total Class II $552,885,833 47,549
Class IV
Real Estate $394,880,165 1.72 67,919
Personal Property 287,733,746 49,490
Public Utility 60,797,387 10,457
Total Class IV $743,411,298 127,866
TOTAL VALUE AND
PROJECTED
REVENUE $1,296,297,131 $175,415
Less Delinquencies,
Exonerations,
& Uncollectable Taxes 5.00% 8,771
Less Tax Discounts(use Total
Projected Revenue to calculate) 2.00% 3,333
Net Amount to be Raised
by Levy For Budget
Purposes: $163,311
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
COUNTY OF OHIO
MUNICIPALITY OF WHEELING
I, John C. Carlier, Recording Officer of said municipality, do hereby certify that the foregoing are true copies from the record of the orders made and entered by the council of the said municipality on the 21st day May, 2024.
John C. Carlier, Interim Finance Director
The Intelligencer, & News-Register, May 28, June 3, 2024