City officials presented a video at Monday night’s State of the City Address, highlighting key accomplishments of the city in 2023. Above, City Manager Terry Emery opens the video detailing the city finances for the year.
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As part of Monday’s State of the City event, Marysville officials presented a video highlighting the accomplishments of 2023.
“2023 was a year of infrastructure improvements to keep pace with current development activity in and around Marysville and it all started with city finances,” City Manager Terry Emery said, opening the video.
The video was presented at Monday night’s State of the City event, held at Leon’s Garage.
In addition to the video, the city presented a question and answer session with council members and a project update with City Engineer Kyle Hoyng.
The video highlighted that 2023 general fund year-end revenues and expenditures met or exceeded expectations.
General fund revenues totaled $32,370,782, an increase of 4% compared to 2022.
Emery credited the increase to investment earnings and permit fee collections.
He said income tax revenue continues to be the “major source of revenue for the general fund” accounting for 76% of total revenue.
General fund expenditures totaled $34,596,244, about 16%, more than the 2022 fiscal year.
“This increase in expenditures is primarily attributed to the city’s increase in transfers to the Capital Improvement Fund and Police, Fire and Court Fund,” Emery said, noting that transfers to the Police, Fire and Court Fund accounted for 38% of General Fund expenditures and Capital Improvement transfers totaled 27% meaning 66% of all General Fund expenditures are spent on those two areas.
The video highlighted the roundabout at the intersection of Route 31 and Creekview Drive, the Reservoir Connector Bridge and the city’s new water treatment plant.
City officials listed “key developments” in the city for 2023, including the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Distribution Center, the planned Automotive and Mobility Innovation Center (AMIC), the city’s trip to meet with businesses and officials from Marysville’s Friendship City, Yorii and the Marysville-Yorii Student Exchange Program.
The video also highlighted an increase in police and fire activity in the city for 2023.
According to the video, officer initiated calls for service increased 125% from 2022 to 6,853. Largely attributed to “an increase in police officers assigned to patrol and a focus on a proactive approach to policing.”
Citizen-initiated calls for service increased 4.5% to 11,389.
The video also highlighted recreation in the city for 2023. It noted 24,930 attendees, 68 volunteers and 180 vendors participated in the city’s Friday Nights Uptown series, the Marysville Outdoor Refreshment Area (MORA) sold 7,974 cups, the city’s sand volleyball program had 465 players on 66 teams and the BMX course held 39 races with 321 racers.
“As we close the books on 2023, we look forward to a prosperous 2024,” Emery said in closing the nearly six-minute video.
When Marysville moved to a Council/Manager form of government, the city adjusted how the State of the City address was handled, mandating the city manager make a presentation in the first quarter of the next year. For several years the event was a panel discussion and in 2019, the city added a short video that highlighted some of the 2018 activity. In 2020, the entire event went digital because of the pandemic. The State of the City Address was presented as a video as part of a regular council meeting in 2021.