SILVERHILL, Alabama --- The Silverhill Town Council passed the annual budget for the 2012-13 fiscal year with numbers showing a slight shortfall.

Total revenues for the 2012-13 budget are estimated at just under $1 million, $987,241, while total expenses are estimated at slightly over $1 million, $1,017,380, leaving a shortfall of just over $30,000, or a total of $30,139.

Officials said plans are to make up the shortfall later in the year and the council will come back in six months to adjust the budget accordingly.

While the 2012-13 budget numbers are slightly higher than the budgeted amounts for the past year, actual numbers are coming in higher, according to the budget.

The budget for 2011-12 showed estimated revenues of $922,750, with expenses totaling $859,700 for a surplus of $63,050, but actual numbers figured from Oct. 1, 2011 to Sept. 7, 2012 show revenues of $1,116,594.24 with expenses of $1,183,372.63 or a deficit of $66,778.39.

Projected General Fund revenues showed a slight increase over the budgeted amount for 2011 with projected revenues of $258,575 for 2012-13. Revenues for 2011-12 were projected at $242,825, with actual revenues coming in at $351,264.10.

Tax revenues for 2012-13 are projected at $342,166, a slight decrease from projected revenues of $342,470 with actual tax revenues coming in at $268,115.47 as of Sept. 7.

Utility fund revenues are projected to increase from $301,400 in 2011-12 to $324,400 for 2012-13 with actual revenues as of Sept. 7 coming in at $281,609.22.

Other revenues, which include police, Heritage Day, library, parks and recreation and state gas tax income revenues are projected at $62,100 for 2012-13, with projected revenues of $36,055 budgeted for 2011. Actual revenues of $156,322.24 for the Silverhill Volunteer Fire Department and $1,527 in street income, were not reflected in the 2011-12 budget.

General government expenses are estimated at $366,150 for 2012-13. Expenses were estimated at $282,650 in the 2011-12 budget with actual expenses as of Sept. 7 at $379,143.27.

Utilities expenses for 2012-13 are projected at $347,800 with budget expenses in 2011-12 estimated at $305,050 and actual expenses as of Sept. 7 coming in at $348,663.31.

Other expenditures, which include police, municipal court, parks and recreation, state gas, library and sanitation/street department expenses, are estimated at $303,430 for 2012-13 with budgeted expenses of $270,000 for 2011-12 and actual expenses of $292,200.01.

The Silverhill Volunteer Fire Department does its own budget separately from the town, with revenues as of Sept. 7 at $156,322.24 and expenses of $163,365.91.  There was also $1,527 in street income not reflected in the 2011-12 budget. State gas expenses of $2,683.13 are not reflected in the 2011-12 budget, but are projected at $3,000 for 2012-13.

The 2012-13 budget passed unanimously with Council member Bert Jones not present at Monday’s Council meeting.

In other business Monday, the council:

• Voted to send town clerk Patricia Bankester to a clerk’s conference Oct. 23-25 in Tuscaloosa at a cost of $245 plus hotel expenses.
• Offered to send a council member to an orientation conference for CMO in Mobile Nov. 8.
• Adopted Resolution No. 481 extending the 45 mile-per-hour speed limit on County Road 55 north from Woodpecker Road to North Boulevard and south from South Boulevard to Camelia Road to concur with a recommendation made by the Baldwin County Highway Department. The speed limit currently increases to 55 miles per hour at those two intersections.
• Adopted Resolution No. 482 establishing a $150,000 commercial line of credit with Vision Bank of Robertsdale to complete the Silverhill Community Center.
• Voted to write off bad debts for the town.