Some nonprofit organizations are content with proposed changes to their donations, while others are not. A total of $168,231 is currently allocated for nonprofits in the city of McMinnville’s budget for fiscal year 2013-14.Meeting to discuss donation changes recently were Finance Committee members Aldermen Ken Smith, chairman, Ben Newman and Mike Neal.Magness Library was given a “one-time donation” of $7,000 to be included with a $48,000 donation under “maintenance of effort.”Newman says, after taking time to review the library’s budget request, he believes the numbers are slightly skewed with the inclusion of $52,000 for depreciation included as an actual expense.“After looking at their budget and taking out the depreciation expense, which is not an expense but an accounting mechanism, they are above their budget by $3,000,” Newman said. “They talked about having trouble with computers and having old computers.”Newman made a motion to include in the budget a one-time donation of $7,000 to go toward computers, as well as the $48,000 for maintenance of effort.
City revises proposed nonprofit donations