The City of Ukiah made more and spent less money than expected
last fiscal year, leaving it with a surplus of nearly $900,000,
according to Finance Director Gordon Elton.  Elton will be
presenting those findings and more to the Ukiah City Council
tonight as part of an update on the city's General Fund revenues
and expenditures.  "It is very positive," Elton said Tuesday,
describing the $892,306 surplus for Fiscal Year 2011/12 as a
"fund balance increase (that) will go into the city's reserves,
and can be spent on any number of things that reserves are spent
on."  In his staff report for tonight's meeting, Elton describes
the year that ended June 30, 2012, as "not a normal year for
city operations," explaining that the dissolution of the Ukiah
Redevelopment Agency had a large impact on funds and workloads,
and the city received reimbursements from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency for repairs needed following the 2005/06
flood.  According to his report, revenues for FY 2011/12 were
$314,014 more than ant